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Sixth Sense Technology

Anoop Teja — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:13:11 +0000

Sixth Sense is a wearable gestural interface device that augments the physical world with digital information and lets people use natural hand gestures to interact with that information

The prototype is comprised of three main components

Camera( logitech QuickCam)
Pocket projector ( 3MMPro110)
Laptop computer

The software for this prototype is developed on a Microsoft Windows platform using C#, WPF and openCV.

The projector and camera may be mounted on a hat or may be coupled into a wearable pendant like device.

Have a look at the video

Dell’s Latitude To Have Wireless Charging?

jagadish jain — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:46:51 +0000

Dell is still found fighting hard its reputation as manufacturer of flavourless computer. Its worldwide share at the end of last year was seen 15% dropping 3 percent down from 2007. So Dell knew they have to make an attractive product to catch the eyes of the world. And the response from Dell was its soon to be released Latitude Z notebook. The notebook is has 16 inch screen, which is larget than the typical notebook. And yes, it also have Intel proccesor, hard disk, RAM and advanced wireless capabilities. According to Forbes the notebook will be charged wireless, which is sets it uniqueness. Although the details about the wireless charging is not yet revealed. Probably, this notebook will have a inductive charging pad which will charge without wire. This notebook will be priced little more higher than the typical $1100 notebook.

World’s Cheapest Laptop By India

jagadish jain — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:38:27 +0000

The world’s cheapest laptop was unveiled and demonstrated by one of the ministers in India. The laptop is unbelievably priced at Rs.500 ($ 10). The world’s cheapest laptop was produced by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Vellore Institute of Technology. The nano laptop is christened as “Sakshat” which mean “before your eyes”. This laptop is expected to bridge the gadget gap between rich and poor in the country. The laptop was specially designed for students living in rural India. It was built keeping in view the students, who wants to improve their computing skills, but cannot afford to buy normal laptop.

One of the senior official said that the laptop is smaller than the normal laptop and requires some more tuning . It is expected to explode in the market within the next six months. This small laptop has 2GB memory and wireless internet connectivity (wi-fi), though its other features are not yet revealed. It is hard to imagine this laptop with Microsoft application.

The $10 laptop is seen as India’s response to XO and Intel’s Classmate, which are priced at $188 and $300 respectively. The world’s Cheapest laptop has already created a buzz in laptop industry across world.

The critics strongly opposes calling it a Laptop and rather refer it as a mere computing device. According to MeriNews report: ” It is a computing device which stores information which can be accessed by a normal laptop and has no screen, no keyboard, is 10 inches long and 5 inches wide”.

The world’s Cheapest Car” Nano” by Tata from India and now the world’s Cheapest Laptop…. I wonder how Indian firms manage to cope up with the cheap price.