Will Intel Conquer The Mobility Space?

 Intel, the world’s largest chip manufacturing company, is all set to take the mobility space by storm this year by partnering with Indian original equipment manufacturers such as Micromax, Lava and Karbonn, and release a series of tablets and two-in-ones.

Anand Ramamoorthy, Director of South Asia consumption sales at Intel said, “We want to be a relevant player in 2014 and the leader in 2015. We have the building blocks, we understand the channel much better, and we have learnt how things are sold in India. What has not worked too well has been our inability to have a sustained product beat rate in the mobility space. Smartphones and tablets are an area where "you have to innovate much faster" and introduce new platforms every six to nine months”.

Intel is betting on Bay Trail, a family of processors and systems-on-chip it released last year, to lead the mobility space.

Photo-Snapping Drone That Fits In Your Pocket

A flying multicopter that is powerful enough to carry a high quality action camera and folds easily in your pocket has been designed in the US.The Pocket Drone is equipped with an action camera for capturing aerial photos and video and a rechargeable battery allowing for flights of up to 20 minutes.

The device, which only weighs around 450 grams, folds up to the size of a small tablet for portability.

The creators claim that the drone is designed for easy use. It can be unpacked and launched within 20 seconds, and is controlled by an included remote or from any Android phone or tablet with a USB port, 'Mashable' reported.

"Until now, most people could not participate in this awesome new technology revolution -- the cost was too great, the drones too bulky, and the software too difficult to operate," creators Timothy Reuter, TJ Johnson and Chance Roth wrote on Kickstarter website.

The Pocket Drone can be purchased for $445 without a controller or $495 for the full package.

New Smartphone App Can Track Your Lost Wallet!

 Imagine, what if you lose your pocket in the middle of the crowded road…many of us would get goosebumps out of fear! But now no worry as the newly developed smartphone app in US is there that tracks the location of your lost wallet using a chip.

The SmartWallit chip is a revolutionary device that prevents people from leaving their wallet behind or losing it, its makers claim.The device connects with your smartphone through bluetooth and works with an app which records the time and place the wallet was lost.


In case the wallet goes out of range of the app, a warning message will flash on your smartphone screen, displaying the last location where the wallet was used. “When you use your wallet, SmartWallit Pro App will record this action using its proximity and light sensor to push a signal to your phone,” its makers said on kickstarter.

The app, developed by New York based SmartWallit Inc, can also help you build an accurate and complete record of the frequency and amount you spend.


When reviewing your monthly spendings, the app will then be able to show you what you have bought over the last week/month/year.The automatic loss detecting functions can be disabled in case an owner is in a quiet location or simply travelling without their wallet altogether

'Greenest' Supercomputer Built at Cambridge University

  An energy-efficient supercomputer which is the "greenest of its kind" has been built at Cambridge University.Named 'Wilkes' after computing pioneer Maurice Wilkes, the machine's performance is equivalent to 4,000 desktop machines running at once.

The computer will be used for development of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) - the biggest radio telescope ever made.The new system has been rated second in the "Green 500" - a ranking of the most efficient supercomputers worldwide. While the first-placed machine, built by a team in Tokyo, used an oil-cooled system, Wilkes is cooled using air, making it the greenest machine of its kind.


Designed and built by the in-house engineering team within the Cambridge High Performance Computing Service, Wilkes' energy efficiency is 3,361 Mega-flops per watt. Flops (floating point operations per second) are a standard measure of computing performance.