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  Short Bytes : As data transfer or communication in electronic devices and its various systems involves dependence on bandwidth and power density, researchers at MIT have come up with the unique idea of electro-photonic system. This 3 mm by 6 mm system has a bandwidth density of 300 gigabits/sec/sq mm and is about 10-50 times greater than current packaged electrical-only microprocessors. M icroprocessors which can be simply defined as “CPU on a single chip “, finds large and diverse application in the market varying from digital watches, mobile phones, washing machines, computers, traffic control systems and so on. However, these circuits mostly make use of electrical circuits for the purpose of communication and transfer of information. We already know that! Shannon’s Theorem gives an upper bound to the capacity of a link, in bits per second (bps), as a function of the available bandwidth and the signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) of the link. The Theorem c...

  Short Bytes: What does Wi-Fi mean in real life? Some say it’s ‘wireless fidelity’? But is that true? Know about the story behind Wi-Fi and what does ‘Wi’ and ‘Fi’ stand for in the whole story? W i-Fi doesn’t stand for anything. It is not even an acronym. There is no meaning behind it. Wi-Fi logo was invented by Interbrand. Well, the invention of Wi-Fi logo has its own interesting story. Story behind Wi-Fi logo: The sole purpose of the invention of the Wi-Fi logo was to create a sense of interoperability and which could help further marketing efforts. On the official basis, the Wi-Fi was actually called “IEEE 802.11b” and later its subsequence like IEEE 802.11 a/b/c/g were about to come. So there had to be a brand logo name which was catchy and very easy to remember and use otherwise. What is Wireless fidelity? The term wireless fidelity came into existence because of the apprehension of some of the colleagues that Wi-Fi should actually make sense...

    Short Bytes: Vertigo , a Disney made robot, can climb a wall on wheels with agility and again return to the ground to show its capability of running through urban as well as natural environment. Know more about the robot and watch the video above For robots, multi modal is the way to go, when going involves getting to as many places as you possibly can. Designing a robot with the ability to deal with a variety of terrains or conditions usually requires some creativity, and in the past, some of the most creative designs have come from ETH Zurich and Disney Research, like this wall-climbing base-jumping tornado-powered robot called Paraswift . As cool as Paraswift was, since it depended on suction to climb walls, it couldn’t deal with rough surfaces that prevented a solid vacuum seal. This led the Disney Research/ETH team to try something else, and that something else is a new robot called VertiGo, which is a sort of hybrid helicopter-car-thing that ...

Short Bytes :  The developer team behind Linux-based Solus distro has achieved a remarkable feat as they brought down the boot time of the Solus operating system to 1.2 seconds. Solus is approaching its stable release and the team has now started showing off its OS’s new features. A fter months of aggressive marketing and promotions,   Microsoft has finally launched Windows 10 today . Amidst the barrage of Windows 10 upgrade news, Linux gave its loyal users some news. Linux based Solus OS has improved its boot time significantly. The Solus developers were working to reduce the boot time of the distro since few weeks, trying to bring it down to 3 seconds, but they have achieved a remarkable 1.2-second feat. Solus OS is a Linux distro that was built from scratch and uses a new desktop environment called Budgie. You can consider it as the next version of the Solus OS as it was built by the same developer team, so they didn’t bother changing the name for a new operating...

Short Bytes:  A security researcher has uncovered a serious flaw in Facebook-owned WhatsApp messaging app. This loophole exists in both the desktop and mobile apps. He found that by sending about 4,000 smileys to a target, the WhatsApp app starts to slow down and ultimately crashes. A ccording to a security researcher  Indrajeet Bhuyan , there is a simple way to crash the popular instant messaging app WhatsApp by just sending an insane amount of smileys. This serious WhatsApp flaw can crash the mobile app as well as the WhatsApp Web. In his discovery, Bhuyan found that by sending about 4,000 smileys to a target, the WhatApp app starts to slow down and crashes due to “buffer overflow”. This flaw targets both the desktop and mobile apps. How Whats App smiley bug works? In the Whats App Web app, you are allowed to send a message with about 6,500-6,600 characters. But, after typing about 4,000-4,200 smileys, the browser/app starts to slow down. As you type more and ...

Short Bytes: Google has just released its year-end list of the most searched “what is” questions of the year 2015. The list is topped by an age-old math question “What is 0 divided by 0?” The list also reveals people’s curiosity in ISIS, Ebola, Ashley Madison hacks etc.  G oogle has been our savior at multiple occasions and 2015 was no exception in this regard. We used the search engine to look up song lyrics, book movie tickets and get answers to many intricate problems.Just like its list of top searched movies, books, and albums, Google has also released the top 10 list of “what is” questions. Surprisingly, a time-worn maths problem has topped the list. Well, as I’ll tell you the problem, you’ll be a little bit disappointed: What is 0 divided by 0 While we expect the most people to answer this question instantly, it looks like this isn’t the truth. As a result, this math problem topped the Google’s charts of “what is” questions of 2015 . The...

The stakes in AR and VR are growing for many companies. Take our survey and share your input on whether it's hype or reality for business. Image: iStock/eternalcreative In November 2014, Google announced that it would stop selling its current version of Google Glass, an augmented reality technology centered around smart eyewear that could superimpose internet information against the plain view reality that wearers were seeing, with the goal of making hands-free information available anywhere at any time. Although there were isolated cases of surgeons using Google Glass to access patient information while away from the office, or manufacturers using the product so their employees could operate hands-free, the technology was struggling with finding business use cases where enterprises could see immediate value and invest. Not long after the Google announcement, the MIT Technology Revi...

Image | Flickr Short Bytes: Google once again is trying to capture its lost territory by launching a new Messaging app which will be powered by Artificial intelligence. Google’s new messaging app will also facilitate search engine amenities and will use chatbots to answer the users. G oogle came out with a blast when it launched Google plus with hangouts features. Initial spikes in the liking because of generated interests by the people slacked down and Google hangouts was labeled as a failure. To keep the hangouts and Google Plus alive, Google integrated Google Plus with SEO. Well, that was very strategic but still, Google chat option saw a doomed future. One of the basic problems of hangouts was its association with Google plus. Google eventually separated Hangouts and made it a standalone app. The company even went an extra mile by allowing users to send Hangout invites to those without Google account. But these scenes came much later in the picture when...

Image | Oculus Short Bytes: In his recent tweet, Luckey, CEO of Oculus, has mentioned about the launching of pre-orders of Oculus rift soon in the upcoming year of 2016 after the holidays. However, due to VR’s only compatibility with upcoming Samsung devices, a restriction will be put on the purchasing power of the consumers. T he Long wait is over and a little wait is left for the virtual reality fans. Oculus Rift is soon going to launch the pre-orders for its virtual reality camera in the new year 2016 in its first quarter. Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus, made this announcement over twitter very recently. @PalmerLuckey Preorders are coming soon after new year. Enjoy a stress-free holiday, we won’t launch preorders without warning! Further in his another tweet, Luckey shared, “Thrilled to share some news: manufacturing continues to go well, and we are still on target for an awesome Rift launch in Q1.” However, fingers are still crossed over th...

Images | Project Solus Short Bytes: Solus OS, pegged as the fastest booting Linux OS, is finally released. Shipping with Linux Kernel 4.3.3, Solus 1.0 is now available for download along with its own desktop environment called Budgie. Read more to know all the features and find the download links below From past few months, we have closely observed the developments made by the Solus OS team. Now, the Solus Project has finally released the first version of its operating system after the hard work spread over a period of eight months and more than 2000 package builds. Solus 1.0 is codenamed Shannon after Ireland’s longest river. For those who don’t know, Solus 1.0 is a Linux distro built from scratch that brings along its own desktop environment named Budgie. In the past, Solus OS managed to clock some impressive boot numbers at about 1 second. Started by Ikey Doherty, Solus promises full control to the devs as both the operating system and the desktop e...

Short Bytes:   LEAP Motion Inc., a San Francisco-based company founded by David Holz and Michael Buckwald, has been working on a motion controller since 2008. The Plug-and-Play device allows you to control any PC or Mac with your bare hands if you’re within 2 feet range of the device. W ith the contrivance of all kinds of “hi-tech” stuff, it is hard to figure out which one is the best. Just name it   WiTricity ,   WiGig ,   Li-Fi  and many more. But there is one which I can bet, will blow your mind if you ever get a hands-on experience. Titled as LEAP Motion, is a gesture recognition system enabled by a tiny controller having the ability to transform any computer into a completely hands-free device I can’t stop fascinating about Jarvis and the fact that we’re slowly moving towards the world, where we might actually  create a Jarvis of our own . But as of now, we should satisfy ourselves with LEAP Motion. Where it all Started? We can disce...

Short Bytes:  Nokia has launched world’s first Professional VR (Virtual Reality) camera called ‘ Ozo ‘ which is capable of taking 360-degree video with full surround sound. Shipment of this camera starts in the first quarter of next year with pre-bookings. This VR camera is priced at $60,000. L aunched initially in July, Ozo, the world’s first commercial VR camera, is designed for 3D movies & games, 360-degree videos and even surround sound synced with the video. A virtual reality headset comes with this camera for watching and playing 3D movies and games respectively. Nokia will begin shipping this product from the first quarter of 2016. This product is priced at $60,000. 360-degree view: Virtual reality cameras are known for 360-degree views. That’s why, they are called as virtual reality camera or VR camera. The possibility of 360-view is made possible by combining a total of 8 cameras together. These cameras are mounted all around to capture the full view...

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