Today was the last day of CES 2012. It was also a bit shorter. The exhibit floor closed at about 4 pm. I did manage to visit several more exhibits. Here are the exhibits that I visited:
Jan 13
Jan 12
Today was the third day of CES 2012. I saw another set of new impressive technology and electronics at the exhibit floor. Here are the exhibits that I visited:
Jan 11
Today was the second day of CES 2012. I got to explore more innovations in different areas of technology. Here is the next part of my of exploration of the exhibit floor at CES:
Jan 10
CES 2012 has begun!! I have seen a lot of cool things today and this post is a summary of my first day at CES. I will not cover all the flashy news that is on every news channel and blog on the internet, but rather my exploration of the CES Exhibit floor.
Here are the exhibits I visited and some summary about them:
Jan 07
Happy New Year to all. 2011 was another year of technological advancements. There were many breakthroughs in science as well as new trends in consumer electronics. The tablet market grew astonishingly with the iPad still dominating the scene. With smartphones, tablets and the new category of ultrabooks, we are moving towards the era of portability.
I will be attending CES 2012 this year and will post updates on Twitter, so be sure to follow me @JashSayani
Dec 17
Computers are fascinating. Today, we use it for all our personal and work needs. They are also present in a lot of devices in different forms. Besides a personal computer and a smartphone, computers are present in everything from a television set to a car. Since computers have a lot of applications, we need more powerful computers as we advance into the future. We have made exponential progress in speed and performance since the Pentium computers but we are soon going to hit a limit where we cannot produce faster computers due to constraints of Physics. That’s where Quantum computers come in.
Quantum computers harness the power of atoms and molecules to perform tasks. This gives the ability to process information much faster compared to our current silicon chip based computers. Quantum computers have been under development for quite some time but we soon might see quantum computers produced for consumer needs. University of Bristol’s Center for Quantum Photonics has developed a photonic chip that paves the way to programmable quantum processors. What does this mean? It just means we are getting closer to the future of computing.
Press Release: University of Bristol
Oct 27
Microsoft just released a conceptual video of their vision of the future. The concepts are just brilliant! The main devices are transparent cards which turn into a smartphone. This does seem technologically impossible today as we cannot imagine having a phone that is transparent and just a few millimeters thick, because we believe that the device has a processor, memory, batter, camera and other internal architecture. In the video, all this is abstracted out, there is nothing between the user and the content.
There are other creative ideas as well. These can be incorporated with today’s technology. For example, the person in Hong Kong sees a video that asks for help and as he raises his phone to the screen, he sees donation amounts on the device. He then selects and amount and the payment is done. Apps for today’s smartphones can be made to capture images and quickly match it up with a database of donations. Though this would need a massive database and extremely fast image processing, it is still possible to have this technology.
That being said, watch the video for yourself. Its after the break.
Sep 19
Google has released its wallet on the Nexus S 4G on Sprint in the US. The product will roll out on other carriers and devices soon. The initial version of its Android app looks very promising even though it is incomplete and will undergo a lot of development. It allows users to add credit cards (or use Google’s prepaid MasterCard) and add loyalty and gift cards for various stores (the current version only has American Eagle). When you make a purchase, it would first use the gift card balance, then pay the balance with a selected (or default) credit card. It should also scan the loyalty card automatically though this has not yet been tested.
Here is a video of Google wallet in action: [Engadget] A week with Google Wallet
Sep 13
Microsoft had unveiled Windows 8, its next generation operating system for PCs some time ago. Today, Microsoft has released a Developer Preview version of Windows 8 so that developers can take a glimpse at what Microsoft has in store. This time, Microsoft has released it onto the web so that anyone can download it without having a developer account for signing in with a Live ID. The download page just went up and according to the twitter stream, thousands of people have already begun downloading.
Aug 01
Apple has released the beta version of its iCloud web application. It is where iCloud users can use apps like Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Find my iPhone and iWork. For those of you who are not aware, iCloud offers 5 GB of free storage and Apple just announced pricing for additional storage. Here is a breakdown of the pricing:
10GB will cost $20/year
20GB will cost $40/year
50GB will cost $100/year
This is the space shared between Mail storage, Calendar, Contacts, iWork documents, iOS device backup and Mac backups. The web interface seems to have a great interface with all applications in the center and a cloud button in all apps that gets you back to the iCloud home. This is going to roll out for everyone this fall.
