Motorola thinks that humans are wasting a lot of energy & time in remembering & typing passwords. Motorola has a fix - using body tatto or an FDA approved pill which will allow authentication without you having to do anything extra. The technology will eliminate the need of entering passwords to authenticate yourself with various computing systems - be it your personal computer, your electronic home security, your phone, tablet or wristwatch. Speaking at the D11 conference, Regina Dugan who was the first female head of DARPA showed off a tattoo on her arm - which by no means is your ordinary tattoo.
The stick-on electronic tatto on her arm comprised of a wireless power coil, ECG, temperature sensor, phone sensor and a small LED with wireless antenna border. She said that Motorola is currently working with inventors, Universities and a Massachusetts firm "MC10" to design the rubber-stamp based tattoos. Of course, the users will have a wide variety of designs.
The tattoo will last for about 2 weeks before it needs a replacement. The connections between the sensors and silicon are designed to flex by about 200%. Of course to prevent the system from potential damage from water; it will be sprayed with a plastic composite.
Just a couple of weeks back, we told you about ASUS's Teaser For Computex 2013. Though not a lot of fanfare, but ASUS did make its mark and created a lot of buzz with the trailer for what to expect from the Taiwanese manufacturer at the showcase event this year. With speculations rife about the new products from ASUS, the rumors have gone far and wide about the launch of a new tablet - always the most sought after gadget in out times. Remember the time in January last year, when ASUS's tablet photos were leaked? So, now the news air is carrying the rumor that ASUS Memo Pad 7 HD could be launched at Computex 2013.
If you're done recalling the extremely cheap 7-inch Memo pad that ASUS brought to the market this year, let us take you to the tech specs for its significantly improved version with the Memo Pad 7 HD. Along with a 7" IPS display that features a 1,280 x 720 pixel resolution, the rumors suggest the specs for Memo Pad 7 HD as a Android 4.2 Jelly Bean running tablet with support for Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n connectivity, 1GB RAM, a quad-core 1.6GHz processor, and 16GB of internal memory. If you can't help but make a mental comparison of this tablet to Google’s Nexus 7, which happens to be manufactured by Asus as well, your mind is aligned with ours.
Banking on the past trend of having leaked images floating across the web, we are looking for some of them for the Memo Pad 7 HD sometime soon. Though the younger brother came in three color variants, Pink, Gray and white, it is being rumored that Memo Pad 7 HD will come in more colors options like black, white, blue, pink and yellow. As we await an official word, a teaser or a tech specs sheet leak, the price of the new tablet is being approximated at around $169 (i.e. Rs. 9,500 in India) for the US market.
Amidst all the release of the devices arriving this month, will Asus's tablet leave its footprint? The tech gang across the internet is anxious and full of excitement for some extraordinary gadgets and gizmos that will make way at Computex, how about you?
After the November release of Linux Mint 14 - Nadia, here's a significant update from the developers team with Linux Mint 15 'Olivia' featuring Cinnamon 1.8 and MATE 1.6. So, what is new with the features on this new version of Mint? Firstly, there are the two new cool tools added for the first time - 'Software Sources' and 'Driver Manager'. And then if the new UI's intuitiveness doesn't appeal your tastes, there's provision for HTML5, CSS, Javascript, WebGL themed login screen - The MDM has a GTK greeter, a themeable variant of the same and a brand new HTML greeter for new-gen animated and interactive themes. The new Software Sources tool called 'MintSources' built from scratch replaces software-properties-gtk and lets you easily enable or disable optional components and gain access to backports, unstable packages and source code. Featuring a PPA, 3rd party repositories and authentication keys management, MintSources has solutions for the APT problems. Then there's 'MintDrivers' as your Drive Manager, the new software-properties-gtk with a slightly better UI, that can be launched from the menu.
The most attention-driving feature of this update is the Cinnamon 1.8. With improved File Manager that lets user easily hide the sidebar and switch back and forth between places and treeview, the Cinnamon's latest release has Desklets, much-like KDE's Plasmoids or Android's Widgets - that can be added to your desktop. That's not all - you can have your own screensaver and have to do away with the Gnome Control Center, because you're making way for 'Cinnamon Settings'. And if you care for adding new themes or extensions aka 'spices', that can be done straight away from your desktop.
Lastly, coming to MATE 1.6 - the project in a significantly smaller in size than before has a lot of new features to show off. There's the MATE File Manager called 'Caja' with improved places section within the sidebar. Other than that the workspace switcher features a new option to wrap around between workspaces with the mouse wheel. There are bug fixes and improvements done to the Software Manager and the Update Manager, mostly related to UI.
While the latest release is garnering mixed reactions from the keen and curious, a lot of work seems to have gone for building up this upgrade for users. For developers, there's update with settings API for Applets/Desklets, Nemo Actions and the Standalone Looking Glass. What do you feel about this update? If we have some early bird users here, please share your views with us in the comments.
