THE TRUTH OF TERAHERTZ

This slice of the electromagnetic spectrum, whose range spans the frequencies from about 300 gigahertz to 10 terahertz (which is between the microwave and optical frequencies), has some uniquely attractive qualities.

 It can yield extremely high-resolution images and move vast amounts of data quickly. Waves at these frequencies have also been exploited in laboratory demonstrations to identify explosives, reveal hidden weapons, check for defects in tiles on the space shuttle, and screen for skin cancer and tooth decay.

But promising as it is, getting terahertz technology from the lab to consumer products has been vexing. Newer, more robust micro fabricated devices do operate at lower frequencies and don’t require nearly as much cooling, but they are still demanding to produce, control, apply, and otherwise manipulate.  


The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
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THE ULTIMATE GAMER - XBOX 720

"" OH MY GOD !!! " the only phrase that came into my mind and so as it would be a mutual feeling for all gamers.

XBOX 720 or XBOX LOOP, whatever Microsoft ends up calling it, that hot rod of a console looks to be on deck for a late fall 2013 release. It is expected to be 6x more powerful & faster than the current generation of XBOX 360.

According to IGN's sources, this successor to the Redmond gaming throne is purported to pack a GPU based on AMD 6000's series of chips and will boast silicon circuitry that catapults its performance past Nintendo's upcoming Wii U by 20 percent. XBOX 720 will offer support for DirectX 11, multiple display output, 1080p HD & 3D as well. Precisely speaking, more or less the GPU will be a customized version of AMD Radeon 6670 processor which was introduced last year.


With this, the Kinect 2 is on verge of developing more advance version of motion sensing including lips movement and audio-optical contacts with verbal interface. Still more updates are to be excavated, but the device's prototype and specification has only be revealed, though more modifications and development are on move for better and enhanced versions.

Gaming is not a passion, but its an art....One who gets it, is called the PERFECT GAMER !!
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THE 3S TECHNOLOGY !!!

Since the inception of the gadgets and gizmo, electronics has redefined the realm in the world of cutting edge technology. In a long run from mercury gas discharge lamp to today’s most advanced and sophisticated thyristors, the power electronics engineering has been booming exponentially, creating a revolution in both micro and macro level development of electrical engineering sector.

Few months back by some researcher of Purdue University, have developed a “passive optical diode” that not only implies any external signals but also is so small that it can be easily embedded in millions in a computer, potentially leading to faster, more powerful information processing and supercomputers.

In addition to that, classical issues like data conversions, information theft, data misleading, high equipment cost, lower efficiency etc. are eliminated because as the data were transmitted via optical fibre but during the utilization and implementation those data were processed or accessed using electron based semiconductor rather photon based (optical).

And most wonderful part of it is “THE PASSIVE OPTICAL DIODE ARE BI-DIRECTIONAL IN NATURE” and this made possible using light or photon rather than using electron.

Being composed of silicon, the diodes are compatible for the production of computer chip. Plus, these are very compact, and they have other attributes that make them attractive as a potential component for future photonic information processing chips.

With all such feature and advantages these diodes can ensure secure information processing, faster transmission, ease access and can integrate numerous processors together to give birth most powerful supercomputer. 

Finally, the device has given me an chance to coin an innovative term for our modern electronics world, what I called it as the 3S TECHNOLOGY  i.e. SPEED, SECURE and SMOOTH.
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LETS BANG WITH "iBangle"

Every time when you jog, just for the sake of listening to music you have to put up with headphones and all the connecting wires dancing along. Wearable computing seems to be the latest fashion and though it is still away from making a formal appearance, it has begun creating waves already. Well this time, I hope you won’t see any such dancing wires because the engineers at Apple are trying out wearable devices, which also includes a curved glass iPod meant to be drawn on the wrist and put to use using Siri voice commands. A small group of Apple employees contribute in developing this wearable gadget by setting up the now-present-everywhere smartphone as a data-collecting centre.

This device what I am talking about popularly would be called as “iBangle” or “iPod-Bangle”.

The device can be used with any other locally available wrist-strap as a wrist-watch alternate. Talking about the technology embedded in it, the company has provided Bluetooth 4.0 support (popularly called as “Bluetooth Smart Ready”) as in its latest iPhone 4S.

Slash Gear reports that Apple is quietly testing and trying, what they're referring to as a curved glass iPod, which can be worn around one's wrist - more like a bangle. Interestingly, Siri will play a very important role in this one, since reports reveal that the curved iPod will be controlled, almost entirely by Siri.

It has become atrociously obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
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SWARM INTELLIGENCE

A long time ago, people discovered the variation of the interesting insect or animal behaviours in the nature. A flock of birds swings across the sky. A group of ants hunts for food. A school of fish swims, turns, flees together, etc. We call this kind of aggregate motion as SWARM behaviour. Recently biologists and computer scientists in the field of artificial life popularly called as Artificial Intelligence (AI) have studied how to model biological swarms to understand how such social animals interacts, achieve goals, and evolve to its immediate surroundings. Moreover, engineers are increasingly interested in this kind of swarm behaviour since the resulting swarm intelligence, which can be applied in optimization in telecommunication systems, power system, economical load dispatch, traffic patterns in transportation systems, and military applications.

In short Swarm Intelligence (SI) is an innovative, distributed intelligent pattern solving optimized technique that has been formerly commenced by the consistent activity of the physical laws or biological creatures which when reacting to their natural surroundings.

 It has been also quoted that “SI is the emergent collective intelligence of group of simple agents.”

It basically a three step process of identification of analogies, understanding the problems and then engineer the solution in a very economical n efficient way with accuracy and speed. It has greater advantages as such as; system performance optimization, decentralization, distributed task allocation with effective monitoring etc. 

Technology has already been implemented in various developed countries and also developing countries, equipped with most hi-tech and ground-breaking algorithms such as Simulated Annealing (SA), Ants Colony Optimization (ACO), Gravitational Search Algorithm (GSA), Bacterial Foraging Algorithm (BFA) etc. As its an heuristic study, so still the best possible algorithms are been under research keeping exclusive factors like accuracy and speed in mind.

There is always an immortal link between nature and technology.
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SMARTPHONE ON 4 WHEELS

Are you bored of using your iPhones and iPads, then just flip your eyes on the new concept what I call it as an "iCar". World famous Toyota Motor Corporation shown the Toyota Fun Vehicle interactive internet in short called as TOYOTA Fun Vii at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show, a concept vehicle that heralds a future where people, cars and society are linked.

Toyota Fun Vii is a 3 seater car with ultimate in personalization functions offer the ability to display messages or other information on the exterior and interior of the Toyota Fun Vii, with the same ease as downloading an application. The whole vehicle body can be used as a display area, with the body colour and display content changeable at will.

With hi-tech vehicle facilities, the interior can also function as a display area, with the interior freely modifiable to match one's mood of the moment. Content such as navigation information is blended seamlessly into the interior through the use of augmented reality technology. Furthermore, a vehicle's "navigation concierge" can provide the passengers with driving information and guidance through a vocal interface.

Operation of the Toyota Fun Vii is not limited to inside the vehicle itself, with a number of the vehicle's functions accessible remotely via a Smartphone or any other mobile communication device. For such sophisticated and extensive apps similar to a smartphone, its preferable to call it as SMARTPHONE ON FOUR WHEELS.

In addition to such features, the vehicle has a network update function which ensures the software versions for the vehicle's drive, control and multimedia system are always up-to-date. The Toyota Fun Vii is able to link with surrounding vehicles and infrastructure, allowing it to detect other potentially hazardous vehicles - such as vehicles in blind spots - in advance, or to connect with friends who are driving nearby.

The world has moved to smarter products whether it may be phone or be power, its time for us to make a smarter world with smart users.
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SMART GRID

Amitabh Bacchan, Indian superstar, monitors his  power consumption on Google. Well he is not the brand ambassador of Google, neither is this some gizmo which he has purchased from some flashy store abroad. 

Welcome to the world of smart grid, which is gradually moving into our living rooms across cities.

A combo of power distribution system, telecommunication devices and electrical gadgets which can predict, and respond to, usage patterns of both suppliers and consumers, smart grids have been taken up as full fledged projects or pilots in key states and metros. Such grids are seen as a solution to demand-supply mismatch in power by stressing on efficient use.  Such grids cut down on wastage and ensure dedicated service and lightning fast response times Each state in India is gradually heading this tech savvy path, which gradually reap a lot of positives in the long run.

RIL (Reliance Infrastructure Ltd.) , the power distribution company of the Anil Ambani group, offers users the capability of remotely monitoring their power consumption in the metros like Delhi and Mumbai. The smart grid installed has the capability to re-route electricity and specifically help you in cutting down on your heavy power bills by pointing out the power guzzlers.

Apart from Reliance, it is being adopted on a pilot basis by the West Bengal’s power distribution company, Bangalore’s distribution company as well as the state electricity distribution company in Karnataka. The first global smart grid was installed in Italy by Enel six years back. It delivers savings of Euros 500 million annually on a project cost of Euros 2.1 billion.

Smart Grid also serve as an early warning system predicting load on transformers and as the name goes will smartly redirect load and share the burden, rather than crashing and causing inconvenience.

The man power and wages for remote connects, disconnects and on demand reads will gradually reduce once this system is in place. This will reduce faults and increase up times and thus earnings. Welcome technology into your homes now.

Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money. 

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