Google App offers 3-D view of proton collison

Google with another miraculous application.A free new app on Google Android phones and tablets helps users view colliding protons in real time and 3D within the particle accelerator used by scientists carrying out work under the mountains on the French-Swiss border.

 The app allows you to 'build' a 3D view
 of the reactions inside the LHC

The app, created by an Oxford team led by physicist Alan Barr and endorsed by CERN, Geneva, which operates the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), has already been downloaded more than 10,000 times.

Naturally, it can't capture everything -the LHC produces gigabytes of data every second - but the view offers an exhilarating insight into 'Big Science' .It offers the chance to explore different parts of the detector and learn about the reactions it's looking for.

According to Barr 'For ages, I'd been thinking that with the amazing capabilities on modern smartphones we really ought to be able to make a really great app - something that would allow everybody to access the LHC data,'

Google Buzz to be shut down

Adios to Google Buzz ! Google announced to shut down the highly-controversial social networking product Google Buzz, along with several other services in the coming weeks.Launched in February 2010, Google Buzz was initially seen as a threat to Twitter and Facebook, but never lived up to its promise, becoming one of the biggest flops of the year.

Google on its official blog, Google announced the death penalty to its code search engine, Buzz, Jaiku which let users send updates to friends, the Google personalised homepage feature iGoogle.

The shut-downs came as part of Google's housecleaning effort announced in early September, in which the company said it will shut down a number of products and merging others into existing products as features.

'Changing the world takes focus on the future, and honesty about the past. We learned a lot from products like Buzz, and are putting that learning to work every day in our vision for products like Google+. Our users expect great things from us; today's announcements let us focus even more on giving them something truly awesome,' said Google in the blog post.

Google Buzz, a social networking and messaging tool integrated into Gmail service, has been widely criticised for privacy concerns and held back the search giant from expanding its businesses to the social networking space.

After Buzz, Google launched Google+ in June, which has been receiving a good response and passed the 40 million user mark. It is likely that Buzz will be viewed as a forerunner to Google+.Lets hope its followers would not have fate as its.

Beware of iPhones ! It could spy on you.

 A word of caution for iPhone users.It could spy on what you type.The iPhone 4 is so sensitive that it can decode what exactly is being typed on a computer keyboard and can double up as a spy phone.Hackers may be able to spy on your keystrokes if you keep your iPhone  too close to your computer, a group of researchers reported .

A bunch of geeks from Georgia Institute of Technology came up with it by experimenting using smartphone accelerometer - the internal device that detects when and how the phone is tilted.They have ascertained that it can be harnessed to sense keyboard vibrations and decipher complete sentences with up to 80 percent accuracy, and the iPhone is easily vulnerable to it.

According to Patrick Traynor ,the lead of research team ,"We first tried our experiments with an iPhone 3GS, and the results were difficult to read," .

"But then we tried an iPhone 4, which has an added gyroscope to clean up the accelerometer noise, and the results were much better. We believe that most smartphones made in the past two years are sophisticated enough to launch this attack." 

The  hacking technique makes use of a  mathematical software based on highly complex algorithms that can detect pairs of keystrokes, rather than individual letters.And it reveals that no technology can be false proof.

See-Through-Wall Technology

 Ever thought of being able to peer through neighbours thick wall ? Well,its not unlikely anymore. Thanks to a new cutting edge technology developed by scientists, for making it is no longer science fiction but reality.Brilliant minds from MIT's Lincoln Lab, Gregory Charvat and John Peabody have built a system that can see through walls from some distance away and it can give instantaneous pictures of the what-is-happening on the other side.

The device design consists of  unassuming array of antenna arranged in two rows - eight receiving elements on top, 13 transmitting ones below - and some computing equipment, all mounted onto a movable cart. It can sneak upon solid walls, that's certainly true of the four- and eight-inch-thick concrete walls on which the researchers tested their system.

It can prove worth utile for applications like military operations, especially "urban combat situations", says project leader Charvat according to a Lincoln Lab statement. 

At first, their radar functions as any other: Transmitters emit waves of a certain frequency in the direction of the target. But in this case, each time the waves hit the wall, the concrete blocks more than 99 per cent of them from passing through. And that's only half the battle. Once the waves bounce off any targets, they must pass back through the wall to reach the radar's receivers - and again, 99 per cent don't make it. By the time it hits the receivers, the signal is reduced to about 0.0025 per cent of its original strength.According to Charvat, Cheap signal amplifiers can used to mitigate signal losses from the wall and major challenge before them was achieving the speed, resolution and range necessary to be useful in real time. 

The Lincoln Lab team's system may be used at a range of up to 60 feet away from the wall. And, it gives a real-time picture of movement behind the wall in the form of a video at the rate of 10.8 frames per second.

Literally ,it's been true that Technology is pacing beyond walls.And be cautious of your neighbours !

Aakash ,India's $50 Tablet - Cheapest Ever

  The much anticipated $35 tablet has been officially launched by Union Ministry for Human Resource Development. The tablet is called Akash Ubislate and will be available to students at the subsidized price of $35 (approx Rs. 1720).

Weighing 350 grams, Akash tablet features a 7 inch resistive touchscreen diaplay, has 256 MB RAM, 2 GB internal storage, 32 GB expandable memory slot, two USB ports, Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g connectivity and 3.5 mm audio jack.Akash Ubislate is powered by Android 2.2 OS and 366 Mhz. Connexant with Graphics accelerator and HD Video processor. Premium version of this tablet will also have inbuilt cellular modem (GSM/3G) and SIM card slot.

Launched by the Telecom and Education Minister, Kapil Sibbal, Aakash comes loaded with unique features. As quoted by Kapil Sibbal, "The rich have access to the digital world, the poor and ordinary have been excluded. Aakash will end that digital divide." 

There is definitely no other touch pad tablet or computing device anywhere near the price of Aakash tablet. Aakash tablet is a new generation device which comes with attractive features. This is one of the world cheapest tablet pc which is launched in India. This tab is made for the requirement of the users and especially for student needs. 

The objective of Aakash is to deliver high quality, personalized and interactive knowledge module over the internet. The tablet is a computing device that is low in cost but rich in features. The tablet is also integrated with social networking applications like facebook, twitter and with email. It could certainly revolutionize ,as it brings Technology to common people.

 Specification Details :

• Hardware:
  • Processor: Connexant with Graphics accelerator and HD Video processor
  • Memory (RAM): 256MB RAM / Storage (Internal): 2GB Flash
  • Storage (External): 2GB to 32GB Supported
  • Peripherals (USB2.0 ports, number): 2 Standard USB port
  • Audio out: 3.5mm jack / Audio in: 3.5mm jack
  • Display and Resolution: 7” display with 800x480 pixel resolution
  • Input Devices: Resistive touch screen
  • Connectivity and Networking: GPRS and WiFi IEEE 802.11 a/b/g
  • Power and Battery: Up to 180 minutes on battery. AC adapter 200-240 volt range.
• Software:
  • OS: Android 2.2
  • Document Rendering
• Supported Document formats: DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP
• PDF viewer, Text editor

• Multimedia and Image Display
  • Image viewer supported formats: PNG, JPG, BMP and GIF
  • Supported audio formats: MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA
  • Supported video formats: MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV
• Communication and Internet
• Web browser - Standards Compliance: xHTML 1.1 compliant, JavaScript 1.8 compliant
• Separate application for online YouTube video
• Safety and other standards compliance

Eyes on Solar System - A web app By NASA lets you explore Universe !!

   We often dreamt of fleeing around outerspace like a super hero to explore the mysterious universe.Unless you’re an astronaut, or a billionaire with enough money to pay for a ride into space, you could never realize your wishes ,see what Earth looks like from above its atmosphere or see the rings of Saturn in real life. To cherish dreams of ours, NASA has created a real-time 3D browser-based experience that lets you explore the planets and their moons, asteroids, and other objects in our solar system, as well as the spacecrafts that are exploring these objects.

Its called “Eyes on the Solar System,” a browser-based app,uses video game technology and NASA data to let you control your point of view by clicking and dragging your mouse. NASA said this is the first time the public will actually be able to see the whole solar system as well as NASA’s missions as they move together in real-time.This has been developed by NASA's jet propulsion laboratory and California institute of technology in coalition.

To get started with Eyes on the Solar System, simply download the Unity Web Player, which is a free plug-in for both Mac and PC, and then you’re good to go explore the models of the planets, comets, and asteroids. In addition to seeing missions in real-time, you can also travel back in time thanks to NASA data that dates from as far back as 1950. You can also travel to the future with projected data that goes up to 2050.

There are various views available, as well as a number of controls located on pop-up menus to really customize your experience. Tabs across the bottom let you chose your time, destination, and speed. If you have a pair of red-cyan glasses, you can even see the content in 3D.

You can take tutorials on how to use by clicking on INTRO button.Another option available 'Explore Juno ' that lets you to navigate in the spacecraft 'Juno' ,a NASA New Frontiers mission to the planet Jupiter launched on August 5,2011.

Explore cosmos from your computer.Hop on asteroids.Enjoy the entire solar system moving in real time . Bring in your fantasy to realism.

Here's it , Start your journey !  Eyes on the Solar System