A recently published patent by Google reveals its plans for floating solar farms. It’s high time and countries all across the globe are switching to renewable means of energy and Google’s plan doesn’t much of a surprise. Another interesting thing is that the patent application is coming from the secret skunkworks lab of Google known as …
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Out of all the cool things that you’ll be able to do with your mixed reality headsets, inspecting recipes and food items will become your favourite one. A recent patent filed by Microsoft reveals that mixed reality headsets (hololens in this case) will provide help you in knowing more about the food you’re about to …
Continue reading Microsoft has new plans for Hololens – making it a food inspector gadget
YouTube has strict guidelines for explicit content and has always let people control what recommendations they get especially their kids. In December 2014, Google started revamping its products (specifically, Youtube and Search) by keeping kids in mind. Taking further steps, Google launched YouTube for Kids in early 2015 – a version of YouTube having kids …
Samsung just patented headphones that can adjust volume automatically based on where you are present. It can decipher whether you’re in a gym, running in a park or relaxing at your home. The headphones can use your smartphone to determine what you’re doing. The headphones can use sensors of your smartphone to determine what you’re doing …
Remember that Chewbacca lady? I was among the first few hundred viewers of her video. I didn’t know a lady going crazy over a mask will become such a trending thing the next day. How many times did it happen that you watched a video after few minutes of it getting uploaded and the next day …
Continue reading After in-app messenger, YouTube may introduce Trendsetter badge. But Why?
There was a time when assistant meant an actual person that followed you and helped you in finding and figuring stuff in your office. Who kept a track of your meetings, and of course your upcoming dinner plans. But now, even though human assistants are still there, virtual assistants are working really hard to compete. …
Continue reading So Cortana can now figure out your future travel plans
In 2014, Microsoft revealed Project Natick, a research project by the company to test whether keeping data centers underwater is a good idea or not. The project gained a lot of popularity in a short time which was quite expected as it solves a lot of problems that current data centers face. Project Natick is …
Continue reading The key to power underwater data centers is tidal energy and heat from servers
Samsung and Penn State University are working on a new kind of battery that can charge itself with the movement of your body. The new kind of battery comprises of Graphene based electrodes that can generate electricity directly from external forces. The importance of battery life cannot be stated enough. With a ton (metaphorically) of …
Continue reading Graphene could be the answer to poor battery life of smartwatches
Another slow day at work? Or are you just getting bored of not doing anything? I don’t think there exist a person that never get bored at least once at work, except of course if you’re a panda nanny or work for national geography. During that dizzy times of a day, when the universe conspires …
Continue reading Smart drones by IBM can bring your coffee right at your desk!
From past few years, researchers have seen a significant rise in deaths due to neurological disorders. Alzheimer alone is the reason for more than 85,000 deaths in the US every year. A research published in 2007 revealed that more than 1 billion people were suffering neurological or brain disorders – nearly 1/6th population on Earth. …
