Monday, 23 May 2011

Sixth sense technology

The latest technology gadget by Pranav Mistry  ....................




Sixth sense technology is the portable and wearable gestural interface.It works as a projector,  a mobile phone , camera etc .It also acts as a pen which can  draw 3D objects,a physical Google map, a camera that can make any surface an application controlling interface.




It also gives the facility to call. 
It includes  some advance hardware like   wearing some controlling devices including color markers, Camera and projector.


Some information about Pranav Mistry the inventor of greatest invention of time (sixth sense technology):
Pranav Mistry (b. 1981 in Palanpur, India) is one of the inventors of Sixth Sense. He is a 
research assistant and a PhD candidate at MIT Media Lab.Before his studies at MIT, he worked with Microsoft as a UX researcher; he's a graduate of IIT.


Demo of sixth sense technology by Pranav Mistry:





Tuesday, 10 May 2011

Computer Generation


First Generation (1940-1956) Vacuum Tubes

The first computers used vacuum tubes for circuitry and magnetic drums for memory, and were often enormous, taking up entire rooms. They were very expensive to operate and in addition to using a great deal of electricity, generated a lot of heat, which was often the cause of malfunctions.


Second Generation (1956-1963) Transistors
Transistors replaced vacuum tubes and ushered in the second generation of computers. The transistor was invented in 1947 but did not see widespread use in computers until the late 1950s. The transistor was far superior to the vacuum tube, allowing computers to become smaller, faster, cheaper, more energy-efficient and more reliable than their first-generation predecessors.

Third Generation (1964-1971) Integrated Circuits

The development of the integrated circuit was the hallmark of the third generation of computers. Transistors were miniaturized and placed on silicon chips, called semiconductors, which drastically increased the speed and efficiency of computers.

Fourth Generation (1971-Present) Microprocessors

The microprocessor brought the fourth generation of computers, as thousands of integrated circuits were built onto a single silicon chip. What in the first generation filled an entire room could now fit in the palm of the hand. The Intel 4004 chip, developed in 1971, located all the components of the computer—from the central processing unit and memory to input/output controls—on a single chip.

Fifth Generation (Present and Beyond) Artificial Intelligence

Fifth generation computing devices, based on artificial intelligence, are still in development, though there are some applications, such as voice recognition, that are being used today. The use of parallel processing and superconductors is helping to make artificial intelligence a reality. Quantum computation and molecular and nanotechnology will radically change the face of computers in years to come. The goal of fifth-generation computing is to develop devices that respond to natural language input and are capable of learning and self-organization.


Friends following is the comparative chart that I have managed to prepare....its really cool to see how these all the tech stuff has evolved...... :)


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This is just a imagination of future generation computers..........where the interface of these 'idiot box' with the user will have far more intuitive feature then we see or expect in to regular PC now........






A Thumb Sized PC

Friends u all must be amused to know that the imagination of a thumb sized PC  has turned  into reality .

A Thumb sized PC to be launched by US at the cost of  $23.
The credit for this goes to David Braben who has invented the thumb sized PC.


Isn't it  amazing ?

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

I would like to introduce you about a  very interesting and mysterious aircraft and the details of the same are as follows :
The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is an advanced, long-range, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft[1] which was in service with the U.S. Air Force from 1964 to 1998.It was developed as a black project from the Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft in the 1960s by the Lockheed Skunk WorksClarence "Kelly" Johnson was responsible for many of the design's innovative concepts.The Lockheed A-12, designed for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) by Clarence Johnson at the Lockheed Skunk Works,[9] was the precursor of the SR-71.




The aircraft is  designed  superbly as follows:
The aircraft has  high temperature materials to overcome the problem of high temperatures generated.The airframe of the SR-71 is made of titanium.Lockheed uses many guises to prevent the Soviet government from knowing what the titanium was to be used for. In order to control costs, Lockheed uses a more easily worked alloy of titanium which softened at a lower temperature.
you must watch this video :