Second Life

The latest brain-computer interfaces meet smart home technology and virtual gaming

TWO friends meet in a bar in the online environment Second Life to chat about their latest tweets and favourite TV shows. Nothing unusual in that - except that both of them have Lou Gehrig's disease, otherwise known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and it has left them so severely paralysed that they can only move their eyes.

These Second Lifers are just two of more than 50 severely disabled people who have been trying out a sophisticated new brain-computer interface (BCI). Second Life has been controlled using BCIs before, but only to a very rudimentary level. The new interface, developed by medical engineering company G.Tec of Schiedlberg, Austria, lets users freely explore Second Life's virtual world and control their avatar within it.

It can be used to give people control over their real-world environment too: opening and closing doors, controlling the TV, lights, thermostat and intercom, answering the phone, or even publishing Twitter posts.

HTML5

Hey everyone...! I know I know, I don't even deserve to say sorry being gone so long, but I had some things I had to take care of. Anyways I am back now and I promise never to run away like dis ever again. SORRY all my readers for I ws nt here. Today I am gonna tell you all about HTML5.

 It is the fifth version of the standard HTML which aims at improving the language with support for the latest multimedia technology while keeping it easily readable by humans and consistently understood by computers and other devices as well. HTML5 is intended to contain not only HTML4, but also XHTML1 and DOM Level 2 HTML as well...It contains detailed processing models to encourage more inter operable implementations---- it not only extends, but also improves and rationalizes the markup available for documents, and introduces markup and APIs for more complicated web applications hence making it completely suitable for cross platform mobile applications.

Moreover HTML5 can run on low powered devices hence making it even more desirable for applications being developed for smartphones or tablets....

HTML5 is also embedded with many new syntactical features like <audio>, <video> and <canvass> etc... and the Scalable Vector Graphic ( SVG) which replaces the use of generic <object> tags. 

Next up - 4G and 5G Technologies...!!!

                                            4G technology...!

 The 4G technology also popularly known as the 4rt Generation Technology is basically the extension of the 3G technology, by which I am sure all of you are well familiar. Though their is no proper definition to the 4G tech some people say that it is the future technologies that are in their maturity periods...

 What makes 4G different is basically the high quality audio/video streaming  all over end to end Internet Protocol. If the Internet Protocol (IP) multimedia sub-system movement achieves what it is going to do, nothing of this possibly will matter.WiMAX or mobile structural design will become progressively more translucent, and therefore the acceptance of several architectures by a particular network operators will be ever more common.

Google Whipped by Microsoft...! Pretty hard ;P

 Okay! Now I know I haven't posted for a while but I have a very good reason for that. I had my end semester exams going on... But now that they are over, I am back to you my friends... Here is something for you, believe me, I did a lot of work on this post...

Looks like Microsoft is really gonna be damn hard on Google this year. When Microsoft welcomed Google’s CEO Larry page as he assumed his new job, I don’t think it could have done any better on mocking…

First this software giant presented Office 365 beta, which proved to be far much better than any of the single aspects of Google’s Google Applications.  And now the news says that Microsoft has announced that it has bought Skype for $8.5 billion. What a smack on Google’s face. Page and Google could never look weaker. Looks like the IT world is spinning fast and Google seems to lack the run. Google is already far behind Microsoft in some of the most important areas as considered in the Information Technology world…

Microsoft now, can embed Skype with Office 365, adding audio and video calling features to Outlook and Web mail products. Now, even though Gmail has this audio/video calling feature attached to it, it really hasn’t gained much momentum, while Skype on the other hand, has maintained a large database of over 170 million satisfied users, and has a devilishly huge advantage over Google… Looks like the new emperor is on its way to claim its throne in the IT kingdom...

How to download a blocked Torrent with the help of TOR...?

Hi friends...! A lot of people have been asking this question lately...., especially those in my collage.... Well this is a major problem for all those poor people who are unable to download their favorite movie or video only because their school or collage or university or company has blocked it... well here is how you can answer them....



You all must have heard about Tor. Even if not, then let me tell you...., Tor is basically an organization that has developed an exceedingly smart software that enables a proxy for you system after which noting remains inaccessible. You can run Facebook, You tube, and  anything that you want. But our main problem is downloading... How do we get past  that one... Not to worry friends, the solution is right up ----

Sixth sense! The future tech...!

Hey friends. I was just goggling around the web today when I found this amazing video talking about one of my favorite upcoming technology.
Yes guys, I am talking about the SIXTH SENSE being presented by Pattie Maes and here let me not forget to mention the name of the genius mind behind this project - Pranav Mistry (NRI) at MIT Lab, USA.

So before I tell you more on this, why don't you first watch this video...

So, let me tell you what sixth sense is all about. Imagine if we could take our

digital world and paint the physical world with that digital information…

Speak to Chrome...!

Hey friends! Sorry I haven't been able to post for a while... Just got a little busy in my college life, but I promise I am gonna make it up to you... :)


With increasing competition in technology, where all companies are rushing to prove themselves in the field of technology why would Google stay back, after all it is the one which invented the word technology....

Google technologies are now coming up with the idea to develop audio capabilities in Google Chrome that could serve just the right purpose...

A very potential text-to-speech system for mobile and desktop browsers has already been developed in the company. Sources also claim that a formal conference was held in San Francisco recently, just to spread the message across.

Welcome Nokia X7 and E6 !

I was just surfing around on the internet when I found this great  news about the latest two new Symbian based smartphones – the X7 and the E6 announced by Nokia. After the partnership between Nokia and Microsoft, many of us were hoping to see some new Windows 7 phone devices, but instead the new treat for Nokia lovers come out to be the latest smartphones. Nevertheless I really liked these new toys. They show off some great looks and amazing features.

Google vs Facebook !

Google is constantly doing its best to improve its search engine and one of its latest features just introduced is the +1 button. They say, this might be Google's answer to Facebook. There have been all sorts of rumors related to this button, but since this button is available for experimental use, we decided to share more information about it.

Basically, +1 button allows you and your friends to like a certain webpage that is listed in your search results. This makes searching a bit easier, since you’ll be able to see how many and which friends liked that particular link. According to Google, we can use +1 button with our search results or ads, and in the future, we’ll see +1 button on other sites as well, so we can like the pages that we’re reading instantly with a single click.

iPad 2 camera hack gives it x-ray like effects that lets you see through clothes

With this latest iPad 2 hack, you’ll almost be able to see through completely the clothes of anyone using your iPad 2. This can be achieved by using a pair of cheap night vision goggles and cling flim wrapped onto the iPad 2′s camera, you’ll be able to see the person, who is being taped, nude. This was accomplished by Jason Bradbury and he’s proven it works by taking a photo of himself through his top.

This sounds unbelievable but it does have an underlying scientific explanation. It has been achieved by making use of some old camcorders which have low light functions and have special LEDs that emit infrared light. This will record in ‘night vision’ mode in which it records using infrared light instead of visible light, thus generating an x-ray like effect, allowing you to see through the clothes of the person being recorded.

How to change a MAC address in Microsoft Windows

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN...!

Although physical MAC (Media Access Control) addresses are permanent by design, several mechanisms allow modification, or "spoofing", of the MAC address that is reported by the operating system. This can be useful for privacy reasons, for instance when connecting to a Wi-Fi hotspot, or to ensure interoperability. Some internet service providers bind their service to a specific MAC address; if the user then changes their network card or intends to install a router, the service won't work anymore. Changing the MAC address of the new interface will solve the problem. Similarly, some software licenses are bound to a specific MAC address. Changing the MAC address in this way is not permanent: after a reboot, it will revert to the MAC address physically stored in the card. A MAC address is 48 bits in length.

New beta version of Opera Barracuda released

With constant news about browsers such as Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 4, it seems that many users are forgetting about Opera. Although Opera might not be in the news all the time, we have now learnt that the newest beta version of Opera Barracuda has been released.

Intel launches low-cost quad-core mobile chip

Intel has launched a low-cost quad-core mobile processor and added more mobile Core 2 Duo processors to its chip lineup, according to an updated price list dated December 28.
Acer was one of the first PC makers to announce a system with the new quad-core processor. On Monday Acer released the Aspire 8930G-7665 laptop designed for extreme gaming using the new Intel Core 2 Quad Mobile Processor Q9000, which runs at 2.53GHz. The laptop comes with a 18.4-inch WUXGA screen and Nvidia GeForce 9700M GT graphics. It is priced at $1,799.
The Q9000 processor is listed at $348, significantly less expensive than the existing QX9300 mobile quad-core processor, which is listed at $1,038, and the Q9100, listed at $851. Both of these processors, however, have 12MB of cache memory, twice the amount of the cheaper Q9000, which integrates 6MB of cache. Generally, the more cache memory, the faster the processor.

Increase Your Computers Speed With Speed UP PC Computer Speed

One of the most effective and useful tool to speed up the performance of your computer is to defragment your hard drive. Defragmentation of the hard drive is referred to rearranging the scattered files stored in your hard drive. Actually the data you store in your hard drive increases with the course of time. Then data becomes scattered in the hard drive and needs arrangement so that computer can easily access and run programs from the hard drive. If data is arranged with the help of defragmentation then computer easily access the data and thus requires less time to access and run the programs. Remember that the files stored on the hard drive are in fragmented form. These files are very hard for the computer to open and run. That is why computer supports the defragmentation tool because it helps a lot to let the computer open and run the files.

Nokia Mobile SECRET Codes....!!!

Here are some secret codes for Nokia mobile users that will  solve a lot of your problems.... :)

On the main screen on your Nokia Made mobile phone type in:

Hidden Facts about WINDOWS-7

1. Standard approach to mobile broadband
Windows 7 treats cellular modems as a standard connection, much like a Wi-Fi network, popping them up in the same available wireless networks dialog.
Sierra Wireless has already said it will support the new approach, which should make life much easier for road warriors (myself included). One of my few gripes about the prebeta Windows 7 laptop I’m using is that it doesn’t recognize my relatively new USB Sprint modem.
2. Help with public Wi-Fi spots.
This was a little feature I discovered on my own. With many public Wi-Fi hot spots, once you connect to the network, you have to do something in your browser, such as agree to certain terms or enter a password. Windows 7 pops up a notification that tells you that, although you have to be connected to the network, more action may be needed and it gives you a direct link to open your browser.

Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds by up to 500 percent, resume and schedule downloads.  IDM integrates seamlessly into Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, MSN Explorer, AOL Explorer, Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firebird, Avant Browser, MyIE, Google Chrome, and all other popular browsers to automatically handle your downloads.
Internet Download Manager 6.05 Build 5 has a smart download logic accelerator that features intelligent dynamic file segmentation and safe multipart downloading technology to accelerate your downloads. Unlike other download accelerators and managers that segment files before downloading starts, Internet Download Manager segments downloaded files dynamically during download process. Internet Download Manager reuses available connections without additional connect and login stages to achieve better acceleration performance.

Internet Download Manager supports proxy servers, ftp and http protocols, firewalls, redirects, cookies, authorization, MP3 audio and MPEG video content processing.  You can also drag and drop files, or use Internet Download Manager from command line. Internet Download Manager can dial your modem at the set time, download the files you want, then hang up or even shut down your computer when it’s done.
Here are some key features of “Internet Download Manager” :

Operate PC With Your Eyes, Not Hands!

The laptop uses "eye tracking" technology by Swedish firm Tobii that follows the movement of the user's eyes

WASHINGTON: There might come a day soon when you won't even have to lift your hand to click an icon on the screen -- instead all you have to do is move your eyes and your laptop will do as you wish -- open files, play music or view pictures.

The laptop, presented at the CeBIT, the world's top tech fair in Hanover, Germany, uses cutting-edge "eye tracking" technology by Swedish firm Tobii that follows the movement of the user's eyes and allows him or her to operate menus and select icons.

The Internet Car

London, March 4: 

Scientists have developed what they say is the world’s first “Internet Car” which can read out your emails, Facebook and Twitter updates.

The unique Rinspeed BamBoo car can also help motorists behind the wheel surf the net by using a series of voice commands.

To avail the facilities, drivers only need to attach their smart phones or iPads into a charger in the electric car before they set off, the Daily Mail reported.

Designed by global audio and infotainment group Harman, the vehicle also allows drivers to search radio stations with voice commands using its special “infotainment” technology.

Now, Control Devices With The Tap Of An Arm

NEC's new technologies enable users to operate devices through natural motions that only require the tap of an arm.     Monday, March 07, 2011:  NEC Corporation has developed technologies that enable users to control consumer electronics with the tap of an arm. These technologies consist of compact acceleration sensors that are worn on each wrist and enable users’ arms to function as virtual control panels. When a user taps an arm, the sensors determine which area of the arm received contact. These areas are separated into seven sections that each correspond to a virtual input switch that can be used to operate an electronic device.