Contact Lenses Can Help You Zooming In By Blinking

 

Technology never fails to amaze us: it leaves us in awe in every moment pass by. We are now into that stage of the future where the human eye can zoom in by just blinking with the help of a tiny contact lens. Yes,  you heard it right. Few Scientists from the University of California San Diego claimed to discover this fantastic technology. 

The bio-metric lenses will be driven by signals generated by the movements of the eyeballs. In simple words, the eyeballs' movements (left, right, up, down) have been studied and converted into some meaningful signals, called electrooculographic signals. Those meaning signals charge will be fed to the bio-metric lenses, which will respond to those. The polymer-made lenses will expand or contract depending upon the electric impulses fed to them, and when they become more convex, they resulted in zooming in. It is reported that blinking twice of the eye will make the lenses zoomed in.

The more advancement of this technology can be used in "visual prostheses, adjustable focal length glasses or maybe in remotely operated robotics in the future," as quoted by a researcher of the said University. Lead researcher Shengqiang Cai further added, “Even if your eye cannot see anything, many people can still move their eyeball and generate this electrooculographic signal.”

For the time being, five electrodes are connected to the lens that will act as muscles. Scientists hope this technology shortly can be used to control mobile cameras remotely. 

Let us hope for the best and greatest. 

The size comparison of the lens

The photos are for illustration purposes only.

All About Reon Pocket: Wearable Mini AC

An AC that accompanies you wherever you go. Sounds mind-boggling, right? However crazy the idea might seem to be, it is now made possible by Sony, who have come up with an innovative portable AC that can be worn with your clothes. The portable AC, called Reon Pocket, is smaller and lighter than a mobile phone. Sony says it has used the Peltier effect for this AC- a mechanism used in car and wine coolers. This device can be worn on the back or neck with dedicated inner-wears available in S, M, and L.

It releases cool air through a small rear panel. The device is equipped with a lithium-ion battery which can last for 90 minutes with two hours of charging. The temperature can be controlled by a smartphone which will be connected to the device via BlueTooth. Reon Pocket supports Bluetooth 5.0. This portable AC will cost about Rs 9000, which includes the price of inner-wears also. Currently, it is available only in Japan. Moreover, the dedicated inner wears are available for men only.

This mini AC might solve the discomfort caused when stepping out in the scorching heat of summer.

image source: designboom.com

How To Download WhatsApp Status for Free(Photos, Videos, GIFs) | 2021

Please consider taking permission from the corresponding contacts before saving the photos, videos, GIFs from the statuses.

Have you ever liked a video or GIF in somebody's WhatsApp status and wanted to share those with your friends? But then you have to ask that contact to send the Video or GIFs you liked. Those days are over. Now we will share a trick that will show you how to download or save any videos, GIFs, or photos from your contacts' statuses.

What all you have to do is to download a File Manager. You may download any kind of File Manager application. But here we are going to demonstrate it with Google File Manager. You can download it from the Google Play store. The application comes with the name "Files by Google: Clean up space in your phone" by Google LLC. 

For the Google Pixel smartphone, the application comes by default.

Steps:

1. Open Google Files >> click on the hamburger icon(three small lines) present on the top-left >> then hit Settings.
2. For Pixel smartphone, open the Files app >> hit the three-dots icon on the top-right >> click on Settings.
3. On the next screen, toggle and enable Show hidden files. For Pixel users, do enable Show internal storage.
4. Now close the App and relaunch it. The Files app's main page scroll down slightly, find the Internal Storage option and hit it.
5. You will get to see so many folders. Go to WhatsApp folder >> Media >> ‘.Statuses'.
6. You can now see a thumbnail of all the videos, photos, or GIFs present on your WhatsApp statuses.
7. To save any photo or a video or GIF, long-press on it(Multiple media can be selected by tapping each of them).
8. Copy option will be popped up. Or else click three dots appearing on the top right corner and select Copy to.
9. Now you can paste the media file anywhere you want to inside the phone's internal storage.

For reference, see here step by step.

Read here: How to bypass the security of a smartphone's gallery using Files by Google...

Create a Bootable USB for Windows 10 in a Minute

A bootable USB is required when you want to install an operating system. It is basically the installer file of the operating system mounted on a USB drive, which launches when the system is booted. Many of us must have faced the problem of not having a bootable operating system CD/USB when we need one. But don't worry, now you can create one yourself. Just follow the instructions given below.

Note: You must have the ISO file of the operating system.

Step 1:

You need to download an application called "Universal USB Installer." Here's the link. Just download the application. You don't need to install it.

Step 2: 

You need an empty USB drive. To make a USB drive empty, format the drive. It will clear all its contents. Format with FAT32 or NTFS file system. It will not work on other file systems. If you are not sure how to Format with FAT32 or NTFS, please go through this article, Which USB File System to Select: NTFS, FAT, FAT32, and exFAT | 2021.

Step 3:

Insert the empty USB drive and launch Universal USB Installer application. Agree to the license agreement. The following window appears.

Step 4:

Open the drop-down menu and select the distribution you want to install.

Step 5:

Click on browse and select the ISO file of the operating system.

Step 6:

Select the USB drive on which you want to mount the ISO file to create bootable USB. Click on “Create.” You will get the following prompt. 

Click on “Yes.” The process of creating a bootable USB will start. Once the process ends, click on “Finish.” Voila! Your bootable USB is ready to use.

Easiest way to Download YouTube Videos | 2021

Okay. Now, if you are fed up with searching for applications or software to download YouTube videos and could not find anything best, you have come to the right place. Today we will show you the easiest way to download all the videos (or audio) available on YouTube.com. Yes, from this video streaming website, you can download most of the videos available there. Without much beating around the bush, let us straightly come to the point.

1. Open YouTube.com to any browser (Preferably Chrome or Firefox for a better experience).
2. Play any video content you want to Download.
3. Let’s say you opened this Tom and Jerry video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC7kXsnYCWk.
4. Once the video started playing, go to the URL bar and add ‘ss’(Without inverted commas) just before the word ‘youtube.com’                                                                       Example: https://www.ssyoutube.com/watch?v=IC7kXsnYCWk.
5. Hit Enter and the page will be redirected to another website named en.savefrom.net (A very safe website to visit).
6. Wait for a few seconds, and the page will show you the different formats and sizes available to be downloaded.

Tips: You can directly open en.savefrom.net and paste(in the Just insert a link box) any YouTube link you want to download.

Also, See: How to download Instagram DP of any account: be it private or public.

Shoelace: Google is Now Planning to Launch its Own 'Facebook' | 2021

After the failure of Google+, Area 120, Google’s in-house incubator, has developed another social networking app named ‘Shoelace.’

This app aims to connect people in the real world with similar interests through local events and activities. To use it, you have to list your interests in the app. It will then recommend to you some hand-picked activities called ‘Loops’ around you to choose from. You can also create your own events and invite others to join them.

Currently, the app is available only in New York City and is operating on an invite-only basis. You need an active google account to sign in to the app. Shoelace currently supports Android devices (v8.0 or newer) and iOS (v11.0) or newer.



image source: google.com

Periscope Camera: Zoom into the Future | 2021

Zoom is a feature that people often use in smartphone cameras, but pictures get blurred and grainy. Smartphones being so slim, getting optical zoom higher than 2X was almost impossible. Well, at least it was so until now!

It has been possible to achieve optical zoom higher than 2X by a technology which is known as ‘Periscope Camera.’ Let us see how this camera works to provide higher zooming without compromising the image quality.

The basic structure of a periscope camera consists of a mirror in a prism, a lens, and an image sensor. The light is allowed into the prism, which bends the morning to 90 degrees. This light then passes through the lens to provide the necessary zoom and is then sensed by the image sensor to send signals to the smartphone. This arrangement allows the image sensor and the lenses to sit inside the phone instead of popping out, which would look very awkward. Also, the periscope camera sensor is perpendicular to the phone's back instead of parallel to it like other camera sensors.

Recently Huawei has launched a smartphone (Huawei P30 Pro) equipped with a periscope camera that allows up to 5X optical zoom. Another smartphone that comes with this technology is the Oppo Reno which provides 10X optical zoom. Xiaomi is also working on a periscope lens smartphone camera, and it is expected to be delivered in upcoming smartphones. Below are some images which depict the zoom achieved by the periscope camera.

Origami is Being Used in the Space Technology

Almost all of us made this paper boat at some point in our life and played with this.

Some of you might have pushed your limit and made this far also.

Now, do you know what this art is called? It is called Origami- the art of folding paper and making some object/structure out of it.

Most of us knew this. Most of us also believe that these all are for fun only.

But will you believe that NASA scientists also apply the origami technique in launching rockets or satellites in the sky?

Allow me to explain.

Scientists try to make rocket hardware as small and concise as possible. They try to pack as much technology as possible into smaller space-bound packages.

Example: An well discussed such hardware is Starshade. Starshade is a giant flower-like design that will help astronauts or scientists to take pictures of different exoplanets. Taking a direct photo of exoplanets is difficult because of the brighter lights of suns and other stars.

Starshade is being designed to cover the bright lights so that the best photos of the celestial objects can be taken in space. You can see below.

Now the challenge was to launch that giant-sized flower through a rocket. So, scientists took the help of origami art to turn impossible into possibilities. And this is illustrated like this:

Now, you understand how your childhood-made-paper-boat-making technique is related to space-related rockets and satellites.

Reference:

1. Origami - Wikipedia
2. Flower power: NASA reveals spring starshade animation - Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
3. Pic: Google

Nokia 9 Pure View | 5 Rear Camera with Ultimate ToF Deep Image Sensor

It seems Nokia is really trying hard to be the boss of camera-phone in the smartphone market with its 5-rear-camera phone placed impressively. The dazzling array of the 5 cameras did a circular module along with one ToF(Time of Flight) sensor and an LED Flash.

The camera-eyed phone has already made its way to the market in several countries earlier this year(Feb 2019). However, the teaser for the phone to be launched in India has been launched recently. The expected date of the phone to see the light of the day is 17th July.

The phone is powered by Snapdragon 845. The dimension of the phone measured to be:

Key Specs: 

See the complete specification here.

See the Teaser here.

Nokia9PureView https://t.co/XtJOxdB0y7

— TechknowTalkies (@TalkiesTechknow) July 5, 2019

Also Read: Photos Leaked For Nokia Daredevil Phone with 3 Camera 
image source: google.com

Nokia Daredevil | Leaked Photos Site Triple Rear Camera, 2021

A bunch of photos of Nokia Daredevil is moving around here and there on the internet. It seems that Nokia plans to enter into the smartphone industry once again with its weird camera feature. It is not much time passed by when a Nokia phone surfaced on the internet. The leaked pictures of the Nokia 9 PureView proved the handset to be weird because that contained 5 rear cameras placed in a circular module. The official trailer of the Nokia 9 PureView has been released.

Not much is known about the unreleased Nokia Daredevil device; from the photos (circulated by @fenibook), some features can be quickly expected to be present in the upcoming handset.

• The handset has three cameras in the rear. Some pictures suggest there could be two of them, and another camera-like thing is a sensor. 
• The handset has got a rear fingerprint sensor. 
• The device will come with a 48MP(f/1.8) rear camera with a toggle switch for wide-angle photography. That indicates one of the rear cameras is having a wide-angle lens. 

As said earlier, official specifications have not been released. However, Slashleaks shared a screenshot with some specifications captured that suggest the below specifications:

• Android 9, 
• 2340×1080 display,
• Snapdragon 660,
• 48MP primary,
• 3500mAh battery

There might be a slight discrepancy in the information about this Nokia Daredevil device present on the internet it is needless to say that Nokia is really trying hard to get into the smartphone industry with its really unique camera design and feature.

See here the gallery:

Also, read Nokia 9 Pure View with 5 Rear Camera with ToF Deep Image Sensor Releasing in India.