Emerging Technology News

It is estimated that soon everybody will have a smartphone. If you think about it, just a few years ago having a smartphone was a luxury and rare. Now having the top smartphone is the biggest competition because every tom dick and harry has the multitasking device. Smartphone suppliers are in constant competition to develop the latest and grandest smartphone technology.  The forerunners constantly come up with trendy new gadgets and uses for the smartphone. Besides phoning the smartphone is also the new camera, video camera, mp3 player, storage device, credit card, internet, networking device and now, the newest addition to the spectrum of possibilities – 3D device.

Enough is enough; translation software is just not living up to its full potential. Let’s look at the Android for instance; this customizable mobile operating system has an interesting text-to-speech application which only works some of the time and by some of the time, we mean none of the time! When you step away from the office setting where the noise levels are kept to the bare minimum, translation software has a hard time keeping up with the demands of the auxiliary noise sources. As an example, we tested by speaking into the GPS system for ‘Asian Noodles’ and it delivered the text ‘Ashun Nad’ and ‘Again Nodules’. None of these were even close to what we were going for.

After a long day spent sailing you are likely to be covered in sweat and salty water. There is nothing better than a hot shower to refresh and revitalise you. A number of on board hot water systems use solar power to heat the water which can then be used for washing dishes, clothes and of course ourselves. However, there are a number of potential difficulties when it comes to obtaining hot water on a yacht. We investigate the use of solar power heating and fresh water supply on yachts.

Let’s get this out of the way – paying for your goodies online is the safest and cheapest way to pickup any item. So pairing your Visa or MasterCard online with your Smartphone sounds like the ideal marriage made in heaven; lo and behold it is! Soon your iPhone, HTC or Blackberry will become a credit card itself and you will be able to leave your plastic at home. This will then become the ultimate safety payment device! Other companies have attempted clumsier attempts of leveraging the power of mobile payments; most noticeably with Square, an add-on which plugged into the top of your iPhone and become a way to use your card and phone together as a mobile payment system.

Soon sustainable energy will take form in every aspect of our lives. No longer will solar power be reserved for the environmental enthusiasts or corporate offices with a social responsibility quota to fill. Let’s face it, solar power is a win win situation; the user gets free electricity after the initial investment and the environment gets to save on scarce resources.  At the moment solar power solutions aren’t an everyday thing to come by but soon it will be a tedious task trying to find products and services which aren’t eco friendly, or let’s hope so at least. Samsung is the newest innovator who has provided another great product. The Samsung solar power laptop is set to soon be released.

It took a while did it not? Apple has missed the boat on thousands of applications and software tweaks which other mobile phone manufacturers were quick to add into their products. The iPhone lock screen is one of the worst of all of Apple’s missed opportunities and it remains as a useless screen which cannot partake much information without the user having to resort to more than a quick glance to determine if their iPhone has any useful information for them. Well! Wait no longer as the iPhone is now blessed with iOS 5 and the lock screen will finally become a useful commodity in a tide of useless features.

“Shoot now and focus later” – No, that’s not a bad pistol advert but rather the slogan for the newest technology in photography. Those who dabble in photography and even the pros are calling it revolutionary because you can take a picture without doing anything and decide later on where you want the focus to be. Lytro which is a small start up company with about 45 employees have developed this newest fascination in photography and hopes to release it sometime in 2011. The company is appropriately based in Silicon Valley, technology’s favourite birth place of technology.

It’s not an easy task keeping abreast with the latest and greatest technology. Those savvy developers seem to be insomniacs with battery powered brains and zero social life. How else could they keep bringing out the next greatest software one after the other? Windows 8 is already set to release and I haven’t even uploaded Windows 7 yet. Windows 8 is no longer a rumour and official statements have been released about what new and awesome developments this Microsoft wonder product has in store for us non Apple users next.

When it comes to the complex world of online trading the old adage of “time is money” has never rung more true. When it comes to making difficult trading decisions you need to be able to make them quickly is incredibly important. Using the latest trading platforms can help you to get your bids in faster, thereby saving time and ensuring you get your profit.

Entertainment technology is advancing a high speeds and so are the cars in Pixar’s highly anticipated up and coming film. Cars 2 is soon to be released and with some amazing new technology certain to blow the audience’s socks off. Pixar is known to be a hit making studio which excels on new technology and doesn’t hold back when providing top class entertainment. Pixar technicians applied real physics to the escape of thousands of balloons in “Up,” and true lighting effects to the rolling and pitching of plastic garbage bags in “Toy Story 3,” and now they have once again hit the nail on the head on the soon to be released epic and fun animation Cars 2.