Google develops Star Trek style communicator device

Google has developed a prototype wearable device inspired by the communicator in Star Trek series which can allow users to leave their phones in their pocket and hear responses through wireless headphones.

In the Star Trek science fiction, Captain Picard and his crew used their lapel pins to talk to the artificial intelligence and crew onboard the Starship Enterprise.

Gionee launches new Marathon M5 smartphone

 Chinese phone maker Gionee Communication Equipment Co. on Tuesday unveiled its latest smartphone, the Marathon M5, which consists of a battery that the company claims gives up to 62 hours of call time.

This is the second launch by the company in two months after its premium flagship model Elife E8 as it attempts to increase its 4% share of the Indian smarphone market. Other Chinese firms Xiaomi Corp., and OnePlus, are also aggressively eyeing the Indian market.

Microsoft launches a new App Comparison app on Google Play Store

Microsoft Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL are now available in US. Both the smartphones are the first to run Windows 10 mobile which shares the same base code as the desktop operating system.

According to a report, the new phones are expected to launch in India on November 30 but with its own services like Office, etc being available on Android and iOS, Microsoft has an uphill task convincing users to switch.

In order to do that, Microsoft has released a new app to the Google Play store which recommends apps to users.

The Nexus 6P Is Now Available For Purchase In Europe

Google has released two Nexus handsets this year, the Nexus 5X and 6P. The first one is manufactured by LG and is Google’s affordable Nexus, while the latter one is built by Huawei and is actually a premium offering by the company. Anyhow, these two devices have been listed in select markets for quite some time now, like Europe for example. Well, the Huawei’s Nexus 6P has been listed in Europe for a while, but it hasn’t been available (in stock), until now that is. We have some good news for those of you who are looking to purchase Google’s newest phablet, read on.

Lenovo’s smartcast technology can convert any surface into a touch screen

Lenovo intends to deliver the experience of a touch screen on any surface you want with its smartcast technology. The company has showcased a concept smartphone that comes with a built-in projector which can make any surface touch responsive.

“With a combination of the world’s first laser projector and high-accuracy IR sensors, the smartcast concept phone can project a keyboard on a table, let you play a game or even be used as dual screens,” according to the company.

Lenovo hasn't revealed much about the new technology. It is still being tested as the technology needs to be bettered to improve the overall experience.

So, next time you want to play Fruit Ninja on your smartphone, with smartcast, you can play it on your table or wall

NEWS ABOUT MARK ZUCKERBERG......

On Thursday, Zuckerberg announced that they will give $20 million toEducation Super Highway, a nonprofit that helps public schools buy affordable high-speed Internet access.

NASA IS developing a chemical laptop to search aliens

Even as Nasa’s surface rovers are exploring planets, the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has developed what they are calling a “Chemical Laptop”. This is essentially a tricked out laptop in terms of its power and processing capabilities, and the idea is to use it to detect signs of life on other planets. While they look very similar to regular laptops, they are much thicker because they pack in more hardware and parts. These laptops, which will be sent on rovers, will essentially be small and portable laboratories which will instantly analyze samples picked up from the surface of other planets to identify traces of substances such as amino acids and fatty acids, which basically indicated present or past life.

Amino acids are building blocks of proteins, while fatty acids are key components of cell membranes, and both are essential to life.

The battery-powered Chemical Laptop will require a liquid sample for analysis, something that may not always be possible to obtain on all planets (for example, Mars). “This could also be an especially useful tool for icy-worlds targets such as Enceladus and Europa. All you would need to do is melt a little bit of the ice, and you could sample it and analyze it directly,” says Jessica Creamer, a Nasa post-doctoral fellow based at JPL.

Once the sample is available, the laptop mixes it with a fluorescent dye, which attaches the dye to the amino acids or fatty acids. At the second stage, the amino acids or fatty acids are separated from one another. Once the separation is done, the separated elements are picked out by a detection laser, which allows researchers on Earth to analyze the specific type of amino or fatty acids.

Nasa scientists are comparing this tool to something seen in the Star Trek movies. “Like a tricorder from Star Trek, the Chemical Laptop is a miniaturized on-the-go laboratory, which researchers hope to send one day to another planetary body such as Mars or Europa. It is roughly the size of a regular computing laptop, but much thicker to make room for chemical analysis components inside. But unlike a tricorder, it has to ingest a sample to analyze it,” they said in an official statement.

The Chemical Laptop is all set for a field test in the Atacama Desert in Chile, though Nasa hasn’t given the exact timelines for that yet.