Pomegranate may help improve cell phones, tablets and electric cars battery life

Incredible but true, a pomegranate-inspired nanoscale design for large-volume-change lithium battery anodes. Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are developing new lithium-ion battery technology that could potentially have a vast impact on consumer devices, including smartphones and tablets, by equipping them with power cells that store more energy and do not degrade as fast. Yi Cui -Associate professor, Stanford and SLAC led the research. Report published in Nature Nanotechnology

For Details

FingerReader is a wearable device that assists in reading printed text

Digest: Ring-like wearable device that can read aloud text as you guide it with your finger

 
FingerReader - Wearable Text-Reading Device from Fluid Interfaces on Vimeo.
.

FingerReader is a wearable interface for reading on- the go. Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT developed it that assists in reading printing text. It is a tool both for visually impaired people that require help with accessing printed text, as well as an aid for language translation. Wearers scan a text line with their finger and receive an audio feedback of the words and a haptic feedback of the layout: start and end of line, new line, and other cues. The FingerReader algorithm knows to detect and give feedback when the user veers away from the baseline of the text, and helps them maintain a straight scanning motion within the line.

My Cloud: Personal Cloud Storage without paying monthly fees

Digest: Dropbox, Google Drive and other cloud storage services are all the rage, but they'll price you after reaching free limits of less than 30 GB and these are pretty costly. My Cloud allows you to keep all contents in one safe place at home. No monthly fees. No limits. An accompanying application that installs on Mac and Windows computers, tablets and smartphones can tunnel into home network to access files on the go.

What is My Cloud Personal Storage?

My Cloud is storage device, allow user store contents in own cloud from anywhere on Windows and Mac platform. It’s the product of Western Digital. My Cloud device gives immense space to store family's photos, videos, music and important documents in one secure place on home network without monthly fees.

What can you do by My Cloud?

1.       Store and organize all your family's photos, videos, music and important documents in one secure place on your home network.

2.       Access from anywhere on your PC, Mac, Tablet or Smartphone. With Western Digital free apps, your personal cloud is always with you.

3.       Easily transfer files between your personal cloud, Dropbox and other public cloud accounts using WD's free My Cloud mobile app.

4.       Simply attach a compatible USB 3.0 hard drive directly to the USB expansion port on the My Cloud drive and instantly expand your storage capacity.

5.       Direct photo uploads from your camera with USB 3.0

6.       Other benefit you can get: Password protection for privacy, Transfer and access faster, Flexible backup options, Automatic file backup for all your computers and so on.

 My Cloud Product Specifications:

1.       Model: Available model are WDBCTL0040HWT (4TB), WDBCTL0030HWT (3TB) and WDBCTL0020HWT (2TB)

2.       Interface: Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0

3.       Operating System: Windows/Mac

4.       Compatibility

·         Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP (SP 3) operating systems

·         Mac OS X Mountain Lion, Lion, or Snow Leopard operating systems

·         DLNA/UPnP devices for streaming

·         Internet connection

5.       Package Includes

·         Personal cloud storage

·         Ethernet cable

·         AC adapter

·         Quick Install Guide

Watch YouTube Video:

Source: Personal Cloud Storage “MYCloud”