WIRELESS SPEAKER E3 OF GGMS to stream music from cloud

GGMM's wireless speaker is on its way of launching. What makes this speaker special is that its ability to stream music via cloud. Cloud based services like Pandora, Spotify etc. can be availed to this device without needing to be connected directly to a mobile device. 

Of course the functionality will be increased if the speker is directly connected to an Android or iOS device.  By using certain apps developed for E3 users can create customizable presets and can play music through different devices. 

The E3 connects via AUX or Bluetooth and comprises two 2.5 inch speakers and a built-in bass booster. 

The device expected to be in the market by middle of this year. 

AUDEZE EL-8 "A HEAD PHONE THAT STANDS AHEAD OF OHTERS

Audeze LLC. (Odyssey) made remarkable advance in 2015 by introducing a Lightning-connected pair, called the  EL- 8 , which integrates an amp and a digital-to-analog converter into the cable. This makes it possible to get the best and loudest sound from a pair of true audiophile headphones while relying on just an iPhone as the music source

The EL-8 has been  made beautifully.  A thin ribbon headband has a spring-loaded pad at the top of its curve, and they hug the head comfortably with a nice amount of clamp. The metal ear cups are ringed with wood veneer and capped with high-quality leather pads. Inside are the 100mm planar magnetic drivers—if you have the open-backs, the slots in the cups provide a nice visual 

EL-8 has been considered as one of the best audio peripheral available currently in the world. 

ZOTAC ZBOX Mini PCs ; take your PC any where for professional or casual usage.

ZOTAC’s mini PCs will provide you series of portable computers suitable for different occasions.

-B series not more than a lunch box.  Keep your desk top free of  big computer chassis.

-Smart phone shaped PICO connecting to the display and projector simultaneous.  Give your presentations brilliantly.

-C series : Perfect match for your audio experiences.

-D series: Play your modern games with smooth HD.

-E series : Steam games will be magnificent with the help of steam controller resulting full blown HD graphics.

And now ZBOX MI551  high performing 6^th Generation Intel core processor with a handy size of 18.8cm X 18.8cm X 5.1cm . Equipped with intel Core i5-6400T quad-core processor, giving desktop level performance with mobile level TDP

The MI551

The MI551 powers your productivity and entertainment with a 6th Generation Intel Core i5-6400T, integrated with Intel HD Graphics 530. Designed for Windows 10, you will be able to experience  vast of new features and fully unleash the power of both CPU and graphics with DirectX 12. The MI551 brings data transfer speed up a few notches with the revolutionary USB 3.1 protocol, giving you up to 10 Gbps of data transfer rate, giving a new defenition to speed.

SPECS

Intel Core i5-6400T Processor (quad core 2.2GHz, up to 2.8 GHz) , Intel 100 series chipsetMemory   2 x DDR3L-1600 SODIMM Slots, Max 16GB

Intel HD Graphics 530
 

2 x DisplayPort: 3840x2160 @ 60Hz; 
HDMI: 4096x2160 @ 24Hz 

1x2.5” SATA 6Gbps HDD/SSD slot

1 x M.2 SATA SSD slot (22/42,22/60,22/80) card reader

3-in-1 (SD/SDHC/SDXC) / USB 3.1 port Combo

Mass Storage, Optical Drive, M-SATA –No

Windows 10 (32/64-bit), 8 / 7 (64-bit)

Accessories

1 x WiFi antenna 
1 x VESA mount 
4 x mounting screws 
1 x Stand 

1 x AC Adapter 

With the PLUS model, there is no need for any hardware installation as the ZBOX comes with 4GB memory and 120GB M.2 SATA SSD pre-installed. Simply install your preferred OS and you are ready to go.

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SAMSUNG GALAXY S7 expected on February 2016

It has been reported that Samsung will release two models “Galaxy S7 Edge+ and Galaxy S7 Edge this time in contrary to previous occasions of releasing a “Mini” version earlier to the flag ship release.

Network: GSM / HSPA / LTE

Dimension: 143.4 x 70.8 x 6.9 mm (5.65 x 2.79 x 0.27 in)

Display : Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen,16M colors

               5.1 inches screen (70.6% screen to body ratio)

               1440 x 2560 pixels

               Multitouch

               Force Touch display, TouchWiz UI

OS        : Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)

Chipset : Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820/ Exynos 8 Octa 8890

CPU      :Octa-core

GPU     : Adreno 530/ Mali-T880 MP12

Memory : Card slot : No.

Internal : 32/64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM

CAMERA : 20MP Primary & seconday.

WLAN    : Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot

Bluetooth:     v4.2, A2DP, LE, apt-X  

GPS,NFC,IR Port :Yes

Radio :No.

microUSB v2.0, USB Host

Non removable battery

Enter in into the virtual world through HTC Vive VR

HTC  have reassured the  launching of  Vive VR after receiving all approvals and certificates from monitory agencies.  Vive VR as HTC claims will allow you to use virtual objects and interact with the virtual world.  

1200 x 1080 pixel screen in front of each eye, with a refresh rates of fierce 90 frames per second, displays photorealistic imagery that enables your field of vision in all directions, eliminating the lapses of previous VR technology devices.

The components like gyrosensor, accelerometer and laser sensor combine to precisely the rotation of your head on both axes to an accuracy of 1/10 of degree, allowing you to feel the virtual environment naturally that will transport you to another world.  Combined with the headset and a pair of Steam VR base stations to track your physical location (between 15 – 15 feet). Start walking in the virtual reality. 

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HTCVIVE

Breakthrough in the data transmission. "Photonic chips"

Traditional microprocessor chips being used in computing units from your smart phone to super computers transmits data with the help of electrical circuits.  This require lot of electrical energy and dependency on electrical energy makes limitation to the transmission speed. 

The scientists of the Colorado university Boulder, in collaboration with the University of California and Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) made a breakthrough in this limitation factor. They  have developed a technology to transmit data with the help of light which will increase the data transmission speed rapidly by consuming little amount of energy.  Photonics or light based technology  has been predicted as will revolutionize the computer technology.  

The logic part of the chip which computes and executes programs have undergone significant changes and acquired much faster by time, the transmission part has lagged much behind. Because data is being passing through copper.  

When the data is being transmitted by means of electrical circuits, there is a limitation in the speed of transmission.  But if the transmission is by means of photons the speed can be multiplied. The researchers have now achieved this goal, to break the impasse.  Hence the devices that are driven by microprocessors , like smart phone to super computers to data centers will make use of this innovative technology to acquire much needed pace. 

Photonic memory has been tested earlier also. But its life was short and required a constant supply of light to work. This is the first “on-chip” optical memory that is nonvolatile, meaning that it does not require a constant supply of energy, and thus can provide long-term storage the way a hard drive can.
The basis of the technology is a so-called phase-change material. Light pulses can be used to switch the material between two distinct states—one in which the atoms are ordered, or crystalline, and one in which they are disordered, or amorphous. The researchers exploited this phenomenon to write and read information.

One particular attribute of this material makes it especially useful for memory storage. The researchers showed they could use light to put the material into mixed states—say, 10 percent crystalline and 90 percent amorphous, or 20 percent crystalline and 80 percent amorphous, and so on. Having more than just two states available for memory storage “means you can cram a lot more information” into the same space, says Harish Bhaskaran a professor of materials science and a nanoengineering expert at the University of Oxford, in the U.K. Bhaskaran, together with Wolfram Pernice , of the University of Münster, in Germany, led the research. 

 Pic: from cnet. 

AIRBAR give your Laptop TOUCH FUNCTIONALITY

Its just an economic peripheral with USB connectivity. You just plug in the small scale like device in the USB drive and keep it on the bottom of the screen.  Alas !!! your static laptop screen will become touch screen.  

AIRBAR

The company called Neonode have developed such a devise called "AirBar" which will use invisible light screen to enable this functionality to any computer screen. Any object come across the light field produced by the devise will trigger functioning of the AirBar. Hence besides direct touch of your finger it will work even with the touch of workers gloves or paint brush.   It will respond to all gestures same as modern mobile of laptops having touch screen functionality like pinch, swipe, zoom and scroll. 

Currently it will only work with 15.6" display having Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10.   Neonode says they are working on Mac integrated option. So hopefully in the near future airbar become adaptable to most of our computer screens. 

One of the main advantage of AirBar is that it does not require any software or stylus