Samsung will launch its smart watch, the Galaxy Gear, on Sept. 4 ahead of the IFA consumer electronics trade show in Berlin, Germany.
Lee Young-hee, VP of Samsung's mobile business, confirmed the date and some details about the device in an interview with The Korea Times.
"We will be introducing a new wearable concept device called Galaxy Gear at our own event in Berlin on Sept. 4," Lee said. He added that the Gear will not have a flexible display. "We are confident that the Gear will add meaningful momentum to the mobile industry."
Lee also confirmed Samsung's official launch of the Galaxy Note 3 at IFA, but he did not reveal any details about that device.
Mashable will be at IFA Berlin this year to bring you firsthand impressions of the Galaxy Gear and the Galaxy Note 3.
Are you excited about Galaxy Gear? Share your thoughts in the comments.
The Coloud KNOCK is an on-ear type headphone that features an integrated microphone and control key, to make answering or making calls easy, and Coloud’s patent-pending ‘Zound Lasso’ which is a clever way to keep the cables tangle-free.
Speaking of which, just like the other Coloud headphones, the cables themselves are flat, tangle-free type but the Zound Lasso definitely comes in useful when you’re storing the Coloud Knock in your backpack. It seems a bit plasticy but durable enough to survive being dumped into a backpack or large purse, though they’re definitely not small enough to fit inside a pocket. Or you could just wear them around your neck, seeing as how these are available in some really fun, Lumia-matching colors (which include cyan blue, bright red, or yellow).
The retail packaging is nice and well, and pretty easy to spot in a store, thanks to the aforementioned bright colors and the triangle shape, heh. And as many manufacturer will tell you, some consumers make their decision in stores, just based on what the boxes look like.
Considering these headphones are just 22 Euros (which is about INR 1800 at the time of this post), they sound pretty okay for the price. I’m going to have to give them a bit more time before I can pass a verdict, but they sound pretty much like you’d expect them to sound at that price point. And as Nokia says, they will work with all Nokia Lumia smartphones, selected Nokia Asha devices, and any device with a 3.5mm AHJ audio plug.
Specifications Audio
Audio features: Stereo
Frequency response: 20 - 20 000 Hz
Speaker drivers: 40 mm high performance
Speaker impedance: 32 ohm
Directional microphone: Yes
Connectivity
AV connectors: 3.5 mm stereo headphone connector
Usage
Earpiece type: On-ear
Operating temperature: -5 - +40 C
User Interface
Operating keys: Multifunction key
Dimensions
Width: 140 mm
Height: 160 mm
Weight: 78 g
Cable length: 120 mm
Environmental features
Materials: Free of PVC, Free of BFR, rFR as in Nokia Substance List
Recycling: 100% recoverable as materials and energy
Packaging: Packaging is 100 % recyclable
User guide: Small printed guide, full on nokia.com, One colour printing
A concept vehicle or show vehicle is a car prototype made to showcase a concept, new styling, technology and more. They are often shown at motor shows to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or may not have a chance of being produced.
General Motors designer Harley Earl is generally credited with inventing the concept, or show, car, and did much to popularize it through its traveling Motorama shows of the 1950s.
Concept cars never go into production directly; in modern times all would have to undergo many changes before the design is finalized for the sake of practicality, safety and cost. A “production-intent” vehicle, as opposed to a concept vehicle, serves this purpose.
Three years after the Birdcage 75th, Pininfarina returns with the Sintesi, a new concept car that explores ideas and solutions for the car of the future.
"The Sintesi is not only a testament to the creativeness of our design team," declared Andrea Pininfarina, Chairman and CEO of the Group, "but it reiterates our historical ability to anticipate stylistic and technological solutions that we will see in the cars of the future."
The Pininfarina Sintesi is a sports car with four doors and four seats, developed by a highly innovative approach: it does not consider the car as a shape that covers the mechanicals, but one that gives a shape to the mechanicals around the passengers, starting from the latter. This approach, which is known as "Liquid" Packaging, has overturned traditional volumetric balances, improving weight distribution and lowering the centre of gravity, which are important elements for driving dynamics.
This was made possible by close collaboration with Nuvera, which developed the Quadrivium Fuel Cells system, the various components of which were distributed around the car, with four fuel cells positioned near to the wheels. The result is that the space for passengers is much more generous - in proportion to the total volume of the car - without detracting from the sporty line with its relaxed, elegant profile which is sleek, tapered and aerodynamic (Cd = 0.27). The modular nature of the fuel cells, combined with the batteries and a sophisticated overall electronic architecture (developed with PI Shurlok), allows for modular use of the available power depending on driving conditions.
"Our source of inspiration," said Lowie Vermeersch, Pininfarina Design Director, "was man's freedom over technology, a car in which technology gives creative freedom back to the designer and allows us to explore new forms and future scenarios. But at the same time, we did not want everything to be limited to a flight of fancy, we wanted our approach to be very concrete. Which is why we combined and tested our ideas with the innovative technologies provided by our partners in this project."
The Pininfarina Sintesi was imagined in a setting of Transparent Mobility which, thanks to Clancast®, the radio technology developed by Reicom after years of research, envisages that all cars act as nerve cells, creating a dynamic communications network managed by a disseminated intelligence. A real "living connective tissue" on which data and information about traffic and security, audio and video, Internet and cross-media content can travel. A concept of wireless connectivity that establishes a continuous, transparent dialogue between the town, the road and the vehicles that we will drive in the future, without limiting the motorist's autonomy, but increasing his sense of freedom.
This futuristic scenario, based on concrete, existing technology, opens the door to advanced active safety solutions which in turn have made it possible to design the car with volumes that are not conditioned by today's bulky passive safety systems.
The important role played by electronics in the Pininfarina Sintesi project is also evident in the design of the interior and the lights. Inside, the facia symbolises the flow of information in which the car moves. Created as a single semi-transparent piece by Materialise, using the additive technology of personalised manufacturing, its shape disseminates the information around the passenger compartment thanks to the intuitive use of colour and light.
The lights become focal points through which the car dialogues with its environment. In addition to the innovative LED system supplied by Osram, which made it possible to create a simple, strong shape that underlines the car's central axis, the 'headlights' also incorporate the telecameras and the proximity radar system.
Nokia has developed more than one new mobile device and is due to announce them at an event in New York in late September, said the sources familiar with the plan.
The sources would not elaborate on details such as specifications and price but said the new models will include a phablet, a common name for smartphones with screens over 5 inches. Technology blogs have also said that Nokia plans to launch a tablet device.
Nokia officials were not immediately available for comment.
The move comes as the Finnish mobile phone company, which has fa
llen behind Samsung and Apple in smartphones, has stepped up its pace of product launches in the past year in a bid to stem a decline in sales.
Market leader Samsung has led the way in phablets, proving wrong early critics who said they were too clunky. Apple is the top seller of tablet devices.
Analysts expect demand for large screens to grow further as more consumers watch videos and look at photographs on their smartphones. A phablet would be the latest addition to Nokia's range of Lumia smartphones which use Microsoft's Windows Phone software.
In July, it announced the Lumia 1020, which comes with a 41-megapixel camera. Gaining share in smartphones is considered particularly crucial in the long run as more consumers want to use social media and video services from their phones.
Some analysts, however, have raised doubts over whether Nokia's recent efforts will help turn its business around.
The company has bet its future in smartphones on Windows Phone software, but Windows' share in the market is still at 3 percent, while Google's Android operating system and Apple's iOS together control over 90 percent.
While Nokia shipped 7.4 million Lumia smartphones in the second quarter, up 32 percent from the first quarter, Bernstein Research analyst Pierre Ferragu said it appeared much of the growth came from cheaper models.
Ferragu questioned whether Nokia's focus on high-end models, such as the Lumia 925, 928 and 1020, will pay off, forecasting a weak third quarter.
"This is a risky bet, as high-end smartphones are slowing overall, competition is intense, and ... Windows has had limited traction in the high end," he said in a research note on Tuesday. "Nokia appears to be heading for a disastrous September quarter."
Food technology is a branch of food science which deals with the actual production processes to make foods.
Early history of food technology
Research in the field now known as food technology has been conducted for decades. Nicolas Appert’s development in 1810 of the canning process was a decisive event. The process wasn’t called canning then and Appert did not really know the principle on which his process worked, but canning has had a major impact on food preservation techniques.
Louis Pasteur's research on the spoilage of wine and his description of how to avoid spoilage in 1864 was an early attempt to put food technology on a scientific basis. Besides research into wine spoilage, Pasteur did research on the production of alcohol, vinegar, wines and beer, and the souring of milk. He developed pasteurization—the process of heating milk and milk products to destroy food spoilage and disease-producing organisms. In his research into food technology, Pasteur became the pioneer into bacteriology and of modern preventive medicine.
Developments in food technology
Several companies in the food industry have played a role in the development of food technology. These developments have contributed greatly to the food supply and have changed our world. Some of these developments are:
Instantized Milk Powder - D.D. Peebles (U.S. patent 2,835,586) developed the first instant milk powder, which has become the basis for a variety of new products that are rehydratable in cold water or milk. This process increases the surface area of the powdered product by partially rehydrating spray-dried milk powder.
Freeze-drying - The first application of freeze drying was most likely in the pharmaceutical industry; however, a successful large-scale industrial application of the process was the development of continuous freeze drying of coffee.
High-Temperature Short Time Processing - These processes for the most part are characterized by rapid heating and cooling, holding for a short time at a relatively high temperature and filling aseptically into sterile containers.
Decaffeination of Coffee and Tea -
Decaffeinated coffee and tea was first developed on a commercial basis in Europe around 1900. The process is described in U.S. patent 897,763. Green coffee beans are treated with steam or water to around 20% moisture. The added water and heat separate the caffeine from the bean to its surface. Solvents are then used to remove the caffeine from the beans. New non-organic solvent techniques have been developed for the decaffeination of coffee and tea. [(Carbon dioxide)] under supercritical conditions is one of these new techniques. U.S. patent 4,820,537 was issued to General Foods Corp. for a decaffeination process.
Process optimization - Food Technology now allows production of foods to be more efficient, Oil saving technologies are now available on different forms. Production methods and methodology have also become increasingly sophisticated.
Introducing the precision engineered full HD smartphone
The world's sharpest 5" smartphone display
Expertise from our BRAVIA® TV engineers goes into our mobile screens.
World’s first image sensor with HDR video for smartphones
No matter the light condition, the Xperia Z smartphone from Sony takes stunning photos and videos.
Our smartphone cameras are built with the same expertise and components as leading Sony cameras, to bring you ultra-sharp photos and videos, wherever and whenever.
HDR video camera
Xperia Z features Exmor RS™ for mobile, the world’s first image sensor with HDR video for smartphones, so you can take beautiful stills and movies even against strong light.
13-megapixel camera
The 13 megapixel fast-capture camera and the next-generation Sony Exmor RS™ for mobile sensor makes Xperia Z the Android mobile that delivers crystal clear photos wherever, whenever.
Great in all light conditions
With Exmor RS™ for mobile and HDR, Xperia Z takes sharp photos and videos both in lowlight and strongly backlit conditions. The lowlight sensors on front and back make it the first dual Exmor R™ for mobile camera.
Superior Auto
Not a pro with settings? Superior Auto mode automatically activates HDR and noise reduction when they’re needed.
The Highest level of water resistance in a smartphone
True Screen intelligence – Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2
The second generation of our acclaimed Mobile BRAVIA® Engine, Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2 delivers an even better viewing experience by adding new real-time contrast optimisation to the sharpness enhancement, high-quality colour management and noise reduction. Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2 is also able to analyse content type and adjust the image accordingly. Adding Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2 to the Reality Display makes for the most intelligent HD mobile phone screen – one that adapts automatically to display your content in the best way.
(1) Contrast enhancement
Contrast in images and video is enhanced by making the darkest parts slightly darker, which brings out details in the picture.
(2) Colour Management
Colour saturation is increased for specified colour ranges, which makes the colours deeper and more vivid. And the intelligent Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2 software reproduces skin colour exactly as it appears to the naked eye.
(3) Noise reduction
Distortion and noise is reduced when streaming low-quality video from online sources, such as YouTube. Noise is reduced both to individual frames and between frames, for clearer viewing.
(4) Sharpness filter
Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2 applies a sharpness filter to increase the overall detail level in the image. This is done by enhancing the edges and contrast without increasing noise.
Camera
Exmor RS™ for mobile – the world’s first image sensor with HDR video for smartphones
HDR for photos and videos captures natural colours in any light. HDR (High Dynamic Range) is an imaging technology used to capture clear photos against strong backlight. With HDR, the camera captures the same image at different exposure levels and layers them to create one optimised photo.
Xperia Z introduces HDR to video, so that you can film even in high contrast situations, like in front of a window or with the sun behind your subject.
The superior auto setting makes taking stunning photos easy.
Always the right setting – Superior Auto
Now it’s always easy to get a great shot. With Superior Auto, you don’t have to know the ins and outs of camera settings to make use of them. In Superior Auto mode, the camera combines Scene Recognition with high quality and high performance image processing technology (HDR and noise reduction) to automatically shoot with the optimal settings. And your Android smartphone device is automatically optimised for 36 different scenes, so you always get the best shot.
Weight
146 grams
5.15 oz
Dimensions
139 x 71 x 7.9 mm
5.47 x 2.79 x 0.31 inches
Battery
Talk time (up to): Up to 11 hours [1]
Standby time (up to): Up to 550 hours [1]
Display
5.0 inches TFT
16 million colours, 1920 x 1080 pixels
On the inside
Google Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
1.5 GHz Qualcomm APQ8064+MDM9215M Quad Core
Camera
13 megapixel Exmor RS camera with Auto focus and flash
NOT ALL THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IS UNDER THE BONNET.
The Continental GTC’s infotainment system is every bit as compact, powerful and technologically advanced as the cars that houses it. As standard the Continental GTC V8 comes with an eight channel, eight speaker system, with 15GB of storage for music. Music can be played via an iPod, MP3 player, the car’s own six-disc CD changer or even an SD card.
As for the ‘info’ in ‘infotainment’, the effortless touch-screen navigation system includes live traffic data*, online access for point of interest searches*, a 30GB hard disc drive offering rapid access to a continent-full of mapping and even the option of satellite landscape imagery*. As you drive, it provides real time monitoring of your tyre pressures, access to your phone contacts (either via Bluetooth or by inserting your SIM card) and the opportunity to zoom in or out of mapping at the slightest touch of a finger.
* Not available in all markets
HIGH PERFORMANCE AND HIGH FUNCTION ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
The impeccably framed door and rear quarter trims offer excellent stowage, a result of many hours spent on the road by the design team to develop a living space worthy of a grand tourer. Elegant cobra-head seats with their integrated headrests are not simply outstandingly comfortable but also create more legroom for rear passengers.
In all the cabin is an inspiring place to spend some quality time; and with a potential range of 510 miles between fill-ups thanks to that ultra-efficient V8 engine, you’ll be able to do exactly that.
The Continental GTC V8 also has a neck warmer as an optional feature. With three fan speeds, you can travel hood-down in cooler weather, enjoying the fresh air without being chilled by it.
The Continental GTC V8 features permanent all-wheel drive. Its reassuring grip and traction an essential ingredient for your everyday enjoyment of its high performance capabilities.
Built in Germany in 1941 by the company Friedrich Krupp A.G. this gigantic gun was created in order to destroy troops along the Maginot Line along the French border. Both a 10 thousand pound shell and a 16 thousand pound concrete-piercing projectile were shot as far as 29 miles.
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