Monthly Archives: April 2016
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NEWS 
April 5, 2016 Patient Wears VR Headset During Brain Surgery
In a world first, a patient in France undergoing brain surgery while conscious wore virtual reality glasses as doctors removed a cancerous tumour, the chief surgeon told AFP Tuesday. “In creating a completely artificial world for the patient, we could map certain zones and connections of his brain related to functions that we could not, […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 5, 2016 Leap Motion Opens Door to Reach Into Virtual Worlds With ‘Orion’
California virtual reality startup Leap Motion on Wednesday opened a door for makers of games or other applications to literally touch virtual worlds. The San Francisco firm is using its expertise in computer tracking of hands and fingers to let people manipulate things in virtual reality with the kind of dexterity that they do in […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 5, 2016 LG Innotek Unveils Slim Optical Bio Sensor Module for Mobiles, Wearables
LG Innotek, the materials manufacturing subsidiary of the LG group, on Thursday announced the development of a new slim optical bio sensor module which is mainly targeted for wearable devices and smartphones to measure heart rate, stress indices, and oxygen saturation levels. With the new sensor module, the South Korean company is looking to expand […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 5, 2016 Microsoft Begins First Shipments of HoloLens
Microsoft began its first shipments of its HoloLens augmented reality headgear Wednesday, staking its place in what is expected to be an emerging computing platform. HoloLens is being delivered to application developers, with Microsoft opting for augmented realityrather than virtual reality in devices such as the Oculus Rift from Facebook. While virtual reality is fully […]
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NEWS 
April 5, 2016 Microsoft, Nasa Partner to Bring You Closer to Mars With HoloLens
The US space agency and tech giant Microsoft have teamed up to create “Destination: Mars”, a guided tour of Mars using the same HoloLens headset technology that helps scientists plan the Curiosity rover’s activities on Red Planet. It will offer people a guided tour of an area of Mars with astronaut Buzz Aldrin this summer […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 5, 2016 Google Launches VR View Tool For Easy VR Content Embedding
Google on Wednesday introduced VR View, a tool to let developers easily embed 360-degree virtual reality photos and videos on Android, iOS, and the Web. The content can be viewed using the Google Cardboard or a single lens “Magic Window” viewer. The Mountain View-based tech giant also expanded its accessibility by adding iOS support to […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 5, 2016 Oculus Rift VR Headset Shipments Delayed Due to Component Shortage
Facebook-owned Oculus VR last month started shipping its Rift virtual reality headset to those who pre-ordered it earlier this year. Company Founder Palmer Luckey himself delivered the first order of the headset. However, the company is now facing an unexpected component shortage because of which the shipping dates of the wearable device for some buyers […]
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ELECTRONICS 
April 5, 2016 Samsung Gear VR Update Brings WebVR Support to the Headset
Samsung, after having a dedicated Web browser for its Gear VR headset, is now expanding the wearable device’s coverage by adding experimental support for WebVR, a work-in-progress standard for virtual reality devices to access VR content in browsers. This comes as a part of Samsung Internet for Gear VR 1.0 update, which until now was […]
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NEWS 
April 4, 2016 Huawei Expected to Enter PC Market With Matebook Laptop at MWC 2016
Chinese technology conglomerate Huawei could enter the PC business as soon as next week. The company has posted a media invite, in which it seems to be teasing the arrival of a “new” product category for launch on February 21. The product in question is widely believed to be the long-rumoured Matebook 2-in-1 notebook which […]
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COMPUTERS 
April 4, 2016 New 5-Dimensional Storage Pushes Bounds of Digital Data Archiving
Opening a new era of eternal data archiving, scientists at University of Southampton have developed the recording and retrieval processes of five dimensional (5D) digital data using ultrafast laser writing in nanostructured glass. The storage allows unprecedented properties including 360 TB (terabyte)/disc data capacity, thermal stability up to 1,000 degree Celsius and virtually unlimited lifetime […]
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NEWS 
April 4, 2016 New 3D Printing Technique Can Produce Human Tissue, Organs
A group of US scientists have successfully transplanted living tissue constructed by a sophisticated and improved 3D printer, according to a study released on Monday by British scientific journal Nature. This research, developed by the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre in North Carolina, represents a breakthrough for regenerative medicine, as it suggests that these tissues […]
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COMPUTERS 
April 4, 2016 Mattel Unveils a 3D Printer You Can Actually Afford
We are sure you’ve heard about 3D printing and the opportunities for advancements it has brought to engineering and health, among other industries. But an issue with this nascent technology space is that despite being around for a couple of years now, 3D printers are still very expensive to purchase and use, making them inaccessible […]
