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.



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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 
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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.