Transparent HDTV

Does your HDTV just not seem as sleek and sexy as it once was? Now having a flat-panel display mounted to your wall just isn't enough anymore, the completely see-through Loewe Invisio might be just what you're looking for. Designed by Michael Friebe, the transparent television made a big splash in the 2011 iF Concept Design competition, and if we're lucky we may soon see it in our own homes.

Loewe is well known in Europe for its high-end televisions and audio hardware. In fact, the company is said to be in talks with Apple about a possible acquisition. This would give Apple a huge head start if the company decides to release a long-rumored Apple-branded HDTV, and would mean products like the futuristic Invisio could arrive stateside sooner rather than later.

The Invsio looks absolutely stunning — well, as stunning as a see-through television can look. The clear LCD technology allows the display to pop to life when you hit the power button, but then disappear the instant you shut it off. The bottom portion of the set houses all the important bits, and the entire unit can be mounted on a wall if you're not a fan of the shiny silver tabletop stand.





Without a border or frame of any kind, the screen is meant to blend in seamlessly with its surroundings when not in use. The Invisio is clearly meant for TV lovers who want their living rooms to have an air of sophistication on nights when must-see-TV isn't a priority. Of course, if the rear of your entertainment center is littered with cords, you're going to want to clean them up before showing off a new transparent TV.

But don't start saving for this futuristic display just yet — the Invisio isn't yet a Loewe's retail offering, and because it's still considered a concept, it may never be. Of course, one look at the company's plans for other future products — including a TV with two screens and a mirror with built-in social displays (pictured below) — should be enough to tell you that the Invisio may very well see the light of day.






If the Inviso concept sounds like something out of science fiction, don't forget that transparent LCD technology has been around for a while now. Samsung has already shown off its own see-through "Smart Window" technology which allows users to interact with apps, or even pull down a set of virtual shades to dim the daylight. The Invisio would likely work in a similar fashion, though without the addition of touchscreen controls.
Regardless of whether or not it ever becomes a reality, the fact that we have the technology available to make see-through televisions is enough to make us feel like we're living in the future.

Mind Controlled Wheel Chair

Imagine, that a completely paralyzed person could control a motorized wheelchair simply by thinking about it. By bypassing damaged nerves, such a device could open many doors to independence for disabled people.
Whenever you perform a physical action, neurons in your brain generate minute electric signals. These signals move from the brain and travel along axons and dendrites, passing through your nervous system. When they reach the right area of the body, motor neurons activate the necessary muscles to complete the action.

Almost every signal passes through the bundle of nerves inside the spinal cord before moving on to other parts of the body. When the spinal cord is severely damaged or cut, the break in the nervous system prevents the signals from getting where they need to be. In the case of neuromuscular disease, the motor neurons stop functioning -- the signals are still being sent, but there's no way for the body to translate them into actual muscle action.

One way to solve the problem of a faulty nervous system is to intercept signals from the brain before they are interrupted by a break in the spinal cord or degenerated neurons. This is the solution that the thought-controlled wheelchair will put to use.

STEPHEN HAWKING'S WHEELCHAIR

Physicist Stephen Hawking suffers from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Hawking has near complete paralysis but retains enough muscle­ control to allow him to press a button with his right hand. A computer screen displays a series of icons that allow control of his wheelchair, doors and appliances in his house. He can select items on the screen by pressing the button when a moving cursor passes over the correct area of the screen. ­

Hawking speaks in a similar manner. The screen displays the alphabet, with a cursor moving over it. He presses the button at the appropriate letter. Once he has constructed a complete sentence, he can send the text to the voice synthesizer built into his chair. Hawking’s ability to move a finger on his right hand differentiates him from many other victims of paralysis or disease, who are unable to communicate or interact with control systems at all. ­

Now Cotton Is Not Just To Wear

Electronic Cotton

The next generation of wearable electronics could be a lot more comfortable, thanks to transistors made from cotton fibres. Such transistors may soon make for wearable electronics as comfy as your favourite pair of jeans or T-shirt.The day when your jeans, T-shirt or even underwear knows when you’re ill isn’t far away, say textile nano technologists.

Scientists at the Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and the University of Cagliari in Italy have found a way of making transistors from cotton fibres.

They say that the applications for their research could include carpets that know how many people have walked on them, firefighting suits that detect airborne pollutants and clothing that can incorporate heart-rate and sweat monitoring sensors.In the study, the researchers showed that they could make cotton behave like two types of transistors: organic electrochemical and organic field effect. By coating the cotton with a layer of gold nanoparticles, and then applying conductive or semiconductive coatings to the fiber, the layers were so thin that the flexibility of the cotton fibers were preserved.Cotton transistors won't match the speed of silicon transistors in typical microprocessors any time soon, but they could perform simple computational tasks. For example, a carpet could count the number of people in a room or sense the temperature.

Google Loon

Internet Wi-Fi Services for All Areas

Many of us think of the Internet as a global community. But two-thirds of the world’s population does not yet have Internet access. Project Loon is a network of balloons traveling on the edge of space, designed to connect people in rural and remote areas, help fill coverage gaps, and bring people back online after disasters.

Project Loon balloons float in the stratosphere, twice as high as airplanes and the weather. They are carried around the Earth by winds and they can be steered by rising or descending to an altitude with winds moving in the desired direction. People connect to the balloon network using a special Internet antenna attached to their building. The signal bounces from balloon to balloon, then to the global Internet back on Earth.

Project Loon starts in June 2013 with an experimental pilot in New Zealand. A small group of Project Loon pioneers will test the technology in Christchurch and Canterbury.

Each balloon can provide connectivity to a ground area about 40 km in diameter at speeds comparable to 3G. For balloon-to-balloon and balloon-to-ground communications, the balloons use antennas equipped with specialized radio frequency technology. Project Loon currently uses ISM bands (specifically 2.4 and 5.8 GHz bands) that are available for anyone to use.

Iris Camera

The Iris camera concept is a biometrically-enabled and controlled by your eye. The idea behind the camera is that it would use your eyeball to figure out what you are looking at and allows you to capture exactly what you see. It was designed by the Royal College of Art graduate Mimi Zou. 

Iris is controlled by blinking and squinting, allowing for single-handed operation. It’s supposed to recognize your friends when it focuses on their eyes, and is supposed to identify people by their iris signatures. 

Once the signature is recognized, the camera loads their preferred settings. The user looks through the lens, but they can zoom in and out by narrowing their eyelids. To snap a photo, just hold your gaze and double blink.The subject’s iris is also recognized and that allows the camera to tag the photo. The camera can upload files through Wi-Fi or store them onto an SD card.

Project Fiona

Meet the first generation of the gaming tablet. Razer’s Project Fiona is a serious gaming tablet built for hardcore gaming. Once it’s out, it will be the frontier for the future tablets, as tech companies might want to build their own tablets, dedicated towards gaming, but for now Fiona is the only possible one that will debut in 2013.

This beast features next generation Intel® Core i7 processor geared to render all your favorite PC games, all at the palm of your hands. Crowned as the best gaming accessories manufacturer, Razer clearly knows how to build user experience straight into the tablet, and that means 3-axis gyro, magnetometer, accelerometer and full-screen user interface supporting multi-touch. My body and soul are ready.

Oculus Rift

Complete Gaming Experience

Virtual Reality gaming is here in the form of Oculus Rift. This history-defining 3D headset lets you mentally feel that you are actually inside a video game. In the Rift’s virtual world, you could turn your head around with ultra-low latency to view the world in high resolution display.

There are premium products in the market that can do the same, but Rift wants you to enjoy the experience at only $300, and the package even comes as a development kit. This is the beginning of the revolution for next-generation gaming.

The timing is perfect as the world is currently bombarded with the virtual reality topic that could also be attributed to Sword Art Online, the anime series featuring the characters playing games in an entirely virtual world. While we’re getting there, it could take a few more years to reach that level of realism.

Insect Sized Spy Drone

Researchers have now developed bio-inspired drones with bug eyes, bat ears, bird wings, and even honeybee-like hairs to sense biological, chemical and nuclear weapons. And the U.S. isn't the only country to have poured money into spy drone miniaturization. France has developed flapping wing bio-inspired micro drones.

Researchers have now developed bio-inspired drones with bug eyes, bat ears, bird wings, and even honeybee-like hairs to sense biological, chemical and nuclear weapons. And the U.S. isn't the only country to have poured money into spy drone miniaturization. France has developed flapping wing bio-inspired micro drones  The Netherlands BioMAV (Biologically Inspired A.I. for Micro Aerial Vehicles) developed a Parrot AR Drone last year - which is now available in the U.S. as a 'flying video game'.

Heights of Kingston Flash Drive

How about keeping 1TB storage device in your pocket???? Kingston makes it possible with 1TB USB 3.0 Flash Drive.

The big announcement from Kingston at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show was the unveiling of a 1TB USB 3.0 flash drive— the first of its kind — giving specialists a new tool to transfer large data files quickly, and pushing the envelope for flash storage.

Kingston hasn’t officially announced a price for the new yet, but with its already-released 512GB model retailing at $1750, the rumors are pointing toward something greater than $3000 when it releases later this financial quarter.

Such a high initial price could limit the new drive to a niche market for professionals like video editors or graphic artists who would actually use such large storage capacities, as a typical consumer can find portable hard drives with more capacity for cheaper.  With 240MB/s read and 160MB/s write speeds rivaling those of SSD storage, however, the drive could prove truly useful to those specialists.

Kingston technically wasn’t the first attempt at a 1TB thumb drive; Swiss Army Knife makerVictorinox announced a similar 1TB drive last year, but among a number of softwareproblems the product has yet to materialize.

With flash memory getting more and more affordable, high-capacity storage devices like Kingston’s USB drive could be more common in the future.  Flash storage, known for its reliability, might also be attractive for consumers wary of security and dependability issues with cloud storage services.

Wanna See through Walls!!!!

Wi- Vi

Researchers of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed what could become low-cost, X-ray vision. The system, known as "Wi-Vi," is based on a concept similar to radar and sonar imaging, but rather than using high-power signals, this tech uses reflected Wi-Fi signals to track the movement of people behind walls and closed doors.

When a Wi-Fi signal is transmitted at a wall, a portion of that signal penetrates through and reflects off any humans that happen to be moving around in the other room. Since only a tiny fraction of the signal passes through the wall, with the rest being reflected, the researchers had to devise a technology that could could cancel out the arbitrary reflections, and keep only those reflecting from moving human bodies.The two antennas transmit almost identical signals, except the second antenna's signal is the inverse of the first, resulting in interference.

This interference causes the signals to cancel each other out. Since any static objects that the signals hit create identical reflections, they are also cancelled out by this effect. Only the reflections that change between the two signals, like moving bodies on the other side of the wall, arrive back at the receiver, allowing the system to track the moving people.

Previous attempts to see through walls in this manner have done so using an array of spaced antennas, which capture the signal reflected off of moving people in the room. Such systems, though effective, would be too cumbersome and expensive for use in a handheld device. By using just one receiver, the new system effectively measures the time it takes for signals to reflect, leading to a calculation of location.

Relying on low-cost Wi-Fi technology, the Wi-Vi system could be utilized in everything from disaster recovery to gaming. Because the device can detect action behind a wall, the system could be used as a gesture-based interface for controlling appliances or lighting.

It is a gesture-based interface that does not require a line of sight between the user and the device itself is perhaps its most interesting application of all.

3D Printing

Manufacture what you want by 3D printer. I'm not kidding it's seriously true!!!!!

Additive manufacturing or 3D printing is a process of making three dimensional solid objects from a digital model. 3D printing is achieved using additive processes, where an object is created by laying down successive layers of material. 3D printing is considered distinct from traditional machining techniques (subtractive processes) which mostly rely on the removal of material by drilling, cutting etc.

3D printing is usually performed by a materials printer using digital technology. Since the start of the twenty-first century there has been a large growth in the sales of these machines, and their price dropped substantially.

The technology is used in the fields of jewellery, footwear, industrial design, architecture, engineering and construction (AEC), automotive, aerospace, dental and medical industries, education, geographic information systems, civil engineering, and many others.

Additive manufacturing (AM) also known as 3D printing is defined by ASTM as the "process of joining".

NASA is set to launch world’s first zero-G-ready 3D printer into space next year, during its resupply mission to the International Space Station, so that parts can be built on-demand in space.

First 3D Printed Rifle Worked Successfully

A riflemaker in Canada has made and tested what he says is the world's first 3D-printed rifle. He follows gunsmith Cody Wilson who fired the first 3D-printed handgun earlier this year.

When the riflemaker, known as "Matthew," first fired the .22-caliber rifle, the gun cracked after the first shot. Now, the rifle, known as the "Grizzly," is back and better than ever, according to Matthew, who furnished the rifle with a thicker barrel.

Matthew managed to fire 14 shots before the plastic around the barrel cracked. When first testing the rifle, Matthew can be seen using a string to pull the trigger from a distance. Now, he seems confident enough to pull the trigger by hand.

To reload the gun, Matthew has to pull the barrel off and use a stick to dislodge the spent shell casing, then load another round and reassemble the rifle.

3D-printed guns have inspired increased debate on the availability of blueprints for such weapons. Cody Wilson, the creator of the "Liberator," posted the gun's blueprints online for anyone to access. Since then, 3D printers have made improvements and tweaks to those blueprints.

Defense Distributed, Wilson's nonprofit organization, claims to have the plans for the lower receiver of an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, the portion of the civilian rifle that’s classified as a weapon.

Inception Base Logic Cleared.....

I hope that all of you guys had seen Inception. Truly great movie but after watching it two to three times. It all seems to be fiction to share your dreams with any other person. But it's not a fiction any more.

Dream linking 

Dream Linking is a future technique which will make us to understand the logical fiction. 

Using pillows with conducting fibres in the fabric, it will be possible to see monitor electrical activity from the brain.

This will not only show when someone is dreaming, but recent developments indicate that we’ll also be able to tell what they are dreaming about.

It is also possible (with prior agreement presumably, and when both people are in a dream state at the same time) for two people to share dreams.

One could try to steer a friend’s dream in the same direction, so that they could effectively share a dream, and may even be able to interact in it.

Complete Justice League Powers

How about having super heroic powers in reality.......??? Really amazing.... 

Ya it's really possible without being Mutents. But it's lil bit costlier.
Following are the unnatural 8 powers you would love to use.

1. Invisibility 

Until recently, only boy wizards enjoyed the power of invisibility. Those “cloaks” that did exist were either too bulky or too small to fit over anything larger than a petri dish. But no more. Using a new, ultra-thin “metascreen,” researchers from the University of Texas at Austin developed a cloak that cancels out waves of light as they hit an object. It's called “mantle cloaking.” Rather than bending light around an object or projecting background images onto the front of a object, this new method can suppress not only the object itself, but also the object’s shadow — meaning it's invisible from every angle.
At this point, the technology is far from perfect, as it only cancels out microwaves. But creators hope the "cloak" will eventually help industries like defense and healthcare.

2. Lasers

While we've always considered lasers the perfect weapons against the Imperial Navy and bored cats, the technology is still a weapon of the future.

The Navy has recently acquired its own giant “lay-zer,” which it promptly used to shoot a drone out of the sky. Not to be outdone, the Air Force is also getting in on the laser light show, attaching liquid-cooled, solid state lasers to fighter planes to defend from incoming missiles and rockets. Firing tests are expected to begin in 2014.

3. Mind Control

Professor X made it cool, wheels and all. Jean Grey took it to a whole new level as the Phoenix. While you may not be able to control your boss or significant other’s mind just yet, you can do a little more about your own.

New technology called "transcranial pulsed ultrasound," currently being developed by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), controls the mind by emitting targeted, high-frequency sound waves aimed at highly specific sections of the brain. The technology, which would be planted into a helmet, offers limitless military options. Soldiers could dull feelings of pain, remain alert for longer or simply relax enough to sleep. The moral implications of who gets to control this technology, however, will most likely prevent it from gaining major traction any time soon.

4. Wall Crawling

You bought the suit and mask. You built your own web shooter. You even started dating a redhead (good luck to you). But your Spidey-skills mean zilch until you can parkour like Peter Parker.

Designed by Utah State University’s “Ascending Aggies” team of engineers, the PVAC (Personal Vacuum Assisted Climber) won first place out of 33 teams in a contest held by the Air Force. It could be the basis for a forthcoming high-tech device for military special forces.

5. Enhanced Hearing

Echolocation was perfected by Batman and Daredevil, not to mention bats and dolphins around the world. Today, scientists are working on middle ear implants that would make humans capable of echolocation. Soon, there may even be an app for that.

An area of the ear known as the pinna helps us determine where sounds are coming from, in other words, what's in front of us and behind us (a relatively important distinction that humans are surprisingly poor at). Studies have shown that there may be a “perfect pinna,” which could potentially give humans “ears in the back of their head.”

While this wouldn’t be all that useful for everyone, it would help you catch particularly sneaky bad guys during those extended fight sequences.

6. Enhanced Vision

In a world where more than 150 million Americans sport some sort of corrective eyewear, enhanced vision is tempting. Apart from ridding us of Contacts commercials, enhanced vision would likely produce better night vision and the ability to see body heat or extra colors.

Experiments are far ranging. One doctor uses special mirrors to correct even the most minor imperfections in the eye, giving patients up to 20/10 vision. Another pair of doctors hopes to genetically alter sight in monkeys and color-blind humans, eventually enhancing even normal vision.

Looking for something a little techier? Bionic options are in the works, some of which contain a camera, meaning the eye could view in infared, zoom or sport different lenses. Before you rush off the eye doctor, remember that many people who now wear “bionic” eyes do so because they’ve lost their actual eye. Plus, it’s still too soon to say whether the brain could register such images.

7. Super Strength

If you're more into self-made superheroes like Batman and Iron Man. This version can lift several hundred pounds without the wearer even feeling the weight of the suit. The problem? It's still in the design phase and needs to hook to a power source at all times.

Other options include what appears to be a tank with a face, made in Japan, and a NASA suit for astronauts in zero gravity.

8. Flying

Ah, flight. The super powers is arguably the most out of reach. If you're looking to the skies, however, there are a few options.

First, the jet pack. Thanks to a company called JetLev, you could purchase your very own jet pack for about $100,000, or rent one at various vacation spots for about $237 a day. This version is powered by water, so you'd have to keep your flight 30 feet above a water source.

Sold by Tecnologia Aerospacial Mexicana for about $125,000, Rocket Belt flights can last roughly 20 seconds, reaching speeds up to 60 mph.

The latest option for flight includes a flying bike prototype created by Czech companies Duratec,Technodat and Evektor. The bike weighs 209 pounds and is powered by four motors and one propeller. Don't look for one yet, though, as the bike will need better batteries before it's ready for commercial use.

Knowing just the name of GOOGLE GLASS is not enough...!!!!!

 As per many reports,Google is expected to start selling eyeglasses that will project information, entertainment and, this being a Google product, advertisements onto the lenses. These glasses will have the combined features of virtual reality and augmented reality.

The Google Glasses can use a 4G cell connection to pull in information from Google’s mountain of data and display info about the real world in augmented reality on the lens in front of your eye. As you turn your head you’ll get information about your surroundings and nearby objects from Google Goggles, info on buildings and establishments from Google Maps, even your friends’ nearby check-ins from Latitude. The company has no plans to sell ads into your newly augmented view of the world, but will consider it if the product really catches on.

The glasses are not being designed to be worn constantly — although Google engineers expect some users will wear them a lot — but will be more like smartphones, used when needed, with the lenses serving as a kind of see-through computer monitor.

Google glasses are basically wearable computers, that will use the same Android software that powers Android smartphones and tablets. Like smartphones and tablets, the glasses will be equipped with GPS and motion sensors. They will also contain a camera and audio inputs and outputs.

Several people who have seen the glasses, but who are not allowed to speak publicly about them, said that the location information was a major feature of the glasses. Through the built-in camera on the glasses, Google will be able to stream images to its rack computers and return augmented reality information to the person wearing them. For instance, a person looking at a landmark could see detailed historical information and comments about it left by friends. If facial recognition software becomes accurate enough, the glasses could remind a wearer of when and how he met the vaguely familiar person standing in front of him at a party. They might also be used for virtual reality games that use the real world as the playground.