'ReFlex' Flexible Android Smartphone Developed, Brings 'Bend Gestures' to Apps

Researchers in Canada have developed world's first flexible smartphone that uses bend sensors to simulate flipping of pages and playing games without even touching the display of the screen.

Researchers at Queen's University's Human Media Lab developed ReFlex - a full-colour and high-resolution smartphone that combines multi-touch with bend input allowing users to experience physical tactile feedback when interacting with their apps through bend gestures.

"This represents a completely new way of physical interaction with flexible smartphones," Roel Vertegaal, director of the Human Media Lab at Queen's University, said.

"When this smartphone is bent down on the right, pages flip through the fingers from right to left, just like they would in a book. More extreme bends speed up the page flips," Vertegaal explained, adding: "Users can feel the sensation of the page moving through their fingertips through a detailed vibration of the phone."

Published on EurekAlert.com, the report said the bend sensors are placed on the back of the display to sense the force with which a user bends the screen. The amount of bend is read by the sensors and is made available to apps for use as input.

ReFlex has a high definition LG Display Flexible Oled touch screen and is powered by an Android 4.4 (KitKat) with boards mounted to the sides of the display.

The smartphone also features a voice coil that allows the phone to simulate forces and friction through highly detailed vibrations of the display.

"This allows for the most accurate physical simulation of interacting with virtual data possible on a smartphone today," Vertegaal noted.

"When a user plays the "Angry Birds" game with ReFlex, they bend the screen to stretch the sling shot. As the rubber band expands, users experience vibrations that simulate those of a real stretching rubber band. When released, the band snaps, sending a jolt through the phone and sending the bird flying across the screen," Vertegaal said.

The researchers will unveil the ReFlex prototype at the tenth anniversary Conference on Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI) - world's premier conference on tangible human-computer interaction - in Eindhoven, The Netherlands on February 17.

Netgear AC1200 Wi-Fi Range Extender Launched at Rs. 5,500

etgear, a leading global provider of consumer and business networking products, on announced the India-launch of its new AC1200 Wi-Fi range extender EX6120 with streaming speeds up to 1,200Mbps.

Netgear EX6120 enables consumers to expand and improve Wi-Fi signals throughout their home. Its high-powered amplifiers eradicate "dead zones" and maximise Wi-Fi performance with the help of high-power external antennae, keeping iPads, smartphones and laptops, among others, connected as consumers move about their home, the company said in a release here.

Netgear EX6120 features 802.11ac technology which makes simultaneous use of dual 5GHz and 2.4GHz and reduces interference. Dual-band technology enables users to keep low-bandwidth everyday-jobs like sending e-mail and Web browsing on a different channel than more intensive ones such as online gaming or HD streaming video.

"Range extenders are a fast growing segment for Netgear as more and more customers are choosing it due to the great convenience it offers in enhancing existing home networks. With the Ex6120, Netgear brings the new high speed 802.11 AC standard to range extenders, enabling customers to experience greater range and high speed connections at home," said Subhodeep Bhattacharya, Netgear regional director, India & SAARC.

Netgear AC1200 Wi-Fi Range Extender (EX6120) would be available in India through authorised Netgear partners and other reseller channels by the first week of March at a retail price of Rs 5,500 with a warranty of two years. Netgear is a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers.

For individual consumers, the company makes high performance, dependable and easy-to-use home networking, storage and digital media products to connect people with the internet and their content and devices. For businesses, Netgear provides networking, storage and security solutions without the cost and complexity of big IT.

Netgear products are sold in approximately 44,000 retail locations around the world, and through approximately 37,000 value-added resellers. The company's headquarters are in San Jose, California, in the US, with additional offices in over 25 countries.

Google is Shutting Down Picasa Starting March 15th

Google has announced that it's shutting down Picasa to focus entirely on Google Photos.

Google believe that can create a much better experience by focusing on one service that provides more functionality and works across mobile and desktop, rather than divide our efforts across two different products.

The company offers some advice on moving over to Photos and details the timeline for shutting down its services.

Picasa Web Albums

If you have photos or videos in a Picasa Web Album today, the easiest way to still access, modify and share most of that content is to log in to Google Photos, and all your photos and videos will already be there. Using Google Photos, you can continue to upload and organize your memories, as well as enjoy other great benefits like better ways to search and share your images.

However, for those of you who don’t want to use Google Photos or who still want to be able to view specific content, such as tags, captions or comments, we will be creating a new place for you to access your Picasa Web Albums data. That way, you will still be able to view, download, or delete your Picasa Web Albums, you just won’t be able to create, organize or edit albums (you would now do this in Google Photos).

One thing to make clear is that none of this is happening today—if you have a Picasa Web Album you can keep using it as normal. We’ll start rolling out these changes on May 1, 2016.

Desktop application

As of March 15, 2016, we will no longer be supporting the Picasa desktop application. For those who have already downloaded this—or choose to do so before this date—it will continue to work as it does today, but we will not be developing it further, and there will be no future updates. If you choose to switch to Google Photos, you can continue to upload photos and videos using the desktop uploader at photos.google.com/apps.

Is Google Search going on auto-pilot with machine learning?

Everyone’s beloved (and sometimes feared) Google Search is going on auto-pilot mode soon. With senior VP of Search, Amit Singhal, announcing his retirement, John Giannandrea, who oversees the company’s AI research is going to take over, marking what may be the biggest change in Google’s Search algorithms yet. What you need to understand is that while Google’s Search currently does employ machine learning algorithms, it constitutes a small part. Giannandrea’s entry suggests that things are going to turn the other way now.

What is Machine Learning?

Machine Learning in short is how computers can process data on their own, learning as new data is discovered or entered. It’s similar to traditional algorithms, in the sense that they’re still algorithms, but the human’s control over what the code learns and does is reduced. For example, in Neural Networks are basically mathematics and humans can trace that math, but it’s still really difficult to understand why a neural network is reacting to data a certain way. This means that if you are to tweak the neural network, you will have to go by a trial and error method.

Machine Learning in Google Search

You may have heard of an algorithm by Google, called RankBrain, reported by Bloomberg in October, 2015. This is an AI, which, among other things, performs the task of dealing with new search queries. So, while Google’s Search algorithms are adept at handling common search queries by users, something new that pops up, will require RankBrain’s help. Considering the fact that the Search engine deals with millions of queries, the room for a query that it has never encountered before is really high.

RankBrain will understand these new queries and learn and more of them keep coming in, reacting intelligently and hence, making Google’s Search engine better. According to Bloomberg’s report, it took Google about half a decade to incorporate RankBrain into its Search algorithms and it is one of the many signals that determine the final search results that you see after inputting a query into the engine.

Furthermore, while under Singhal, Google’s Search algorithms were primarily based on rules determined by humans, under Giannandrea, it may be driven by decisions made by machine learning algorithms, an Artificial Intelligence. RankBrain accounts for about the 15 percent of Google’s search queries, and while that may not seem like a big percentage, the actual number would be really huge.

The problem with neural networks though is that while there is no question that they work and are useful, even experts, like Giannandrea, aren’t absolutely certain as to why some of the decisions that the machines make, are made. So, while Google’s Search algorithms may very well be more AI driven from now, one can be reasonably certain that the human-driven algorithms that Singhal built in his tenure, aren’t going to lose their importance either. For now, imagine an aircraft on auto-pilot. The pilots are right there and can make the tweaks when and where necessary.

Source : Digit

Super Easy CCTV Power Line Communication Camera

 Today in real world CCTV camera is almost must have. but some of peoples have some good infrastructure and interior and they don't allow wiring for CCTV camera and for wireless cameras they have some limitations. for those who are facing this problem, here is good news for them.

Here i am presenting Power Line Communication Network cameras. Power Line Network Camera referred electricity camera surveillance system is the high speed power line carrier (PLC) technology and streaming video technology. This system consists of one or more camera (each camera has a separate IP address) without need for a separate laying of video cable or network cable. The system is available to connect monitoring through the LAN, DSL.

This product is available only at http://www.infomatiks.com 

Features & Benefits:

1. Without laying video cable or network cable (also not necessary to add wireless network router) as long as our product (electricity) can transmit video signals.
2. The installation is simple plug-and-play, 100v – 240v power line will be able to work properly.
3. Far transmission distance up to 400 meter (in total electrical wiring, socket to socket).
4. Same video picture quality with HD network camera.
5. Same functions like HD network camera.
6. Easy installation, less cables & less time for installation. Lower labour cost.

Technical Specification:

• Video Compression: H.264 / MPEG4 / MJPEG
• IR range: up to 30 Meter, 36 Light Led.
• Lens: 3.6mm, Bullet Camera Housing.
• Resolution: 1MP, 1.3MP & 2MP.
• Bit Rate: 32 Kbps ~ 8 Mbps.
• System compatibility: ONVIF, NVSIP.
• P2P 3G 4G Mobile / PC.
• Protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP, DHCP, DNS, DDNS, RTP, RTSP, PPPoE, SMTP, NTP, SNMP, HTTPS, FTP, 802.1x, Qos.
• Power supply: AC 100v – AC 240V.
• Video output: 1 HDMI, 1 VGA.
• Definition: 1080p.
• HDD Capacity up to 4 TB (single slot).
• 1 x RJ45 10M/100M/1000M interface.
• 2 x USB 2.0.

 

 

 Contact for this product DEMO or Purchase

M : +91 99249 03331   
E-mail : infomatiks@yahoo.com
http://www.infomatiks.com