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Sony Is Working on Sulphur Batteries

December 18, 2015 By Daniel Giordano Leave a Comment

Sony is on its way of making the first sulphur-based batteries.

As Sherlock would put it: “The game is afoot, Watson! Let’s now dwindle”. Only, this time, its not about Moriarity’s antics, it’s about who’s device delivers the best services. According to recent reports, Sony is working on Sulphur batteries, which are able to extend a phone’s power by 40 percent.

There is much to be said when it comes to electronic devices, more specifically in the area of mobile solutions. Nowadays, it’s all about taking your laptop for a spin or getting your iPhone or smartwatch to measure your athletic performances.

What can we say? The future sounds good, looks awesome, but when it comes to battery management, not one device out there can boast on that. In fact, there are a couple of devices on the market which are capable of achieving outstanding performances in some areas but lose much when it comes to battery life.

What to do? Well, many producers have come up with various solutions. Apparently, the most convenient solution found on the market is to carry around a portable battery recharger, basically your run-of-the-mill outlet charger, but smaller in size.

It seems like a great solution if you are capable of finding an outlet in time, maybe before your device runs out of juice. But Sony plans on tackling this subject with something entirely new.

According to various sources, it would seem that Sony is working on sulphur batteries, which, allegedly, are more versatile than lithium polymer batteries.

Moreover, it would seem that this isn’t the first time Sony tried to tackle with the sulphur technology, and, as a matter of fact, this concept is not entirely new. In the past, Sony was planning on making sulphur batteries, but something went terribly wrong and the project had to be abandoned.

According to some speculations, it would seem that during the first trials, the sulphur batteries’ electrolytes were capable of dissolving power at a much faster rate than batteries based on a lithium polymer compound.

But recently, Sony announced that they found a way around this obstacle and that they are on their ways of producing the first prototype of sulphur-based batteries.

When will the batteries be available for purchase, this we do not know? What we do know is that the new system needs a lot of testing before it can be put into practice. But, for the sake of academical debates, we can state that when the new batteries will arrive, all producers will begin making thinner and powerful devices.

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The New Peek – I Lens Lets You Spy on People Like a True James Bond

May 12, 2014 By Daniel Giordano Leave a Comment

Google can finally breathe with ease related to the widely spread hysteria and concern involving the spying capabilities of the Google Glass: the world is welcoming a small gadget that lets us discretely take pictures of people without them knowing for a second they were photographed. And, more to Google’s disdain, this new gadget is almost impossible to see, in comparison to the Glass which, more or less, adorns a person’s entire face.

But in a world obsessed with privacy and militating against technologies that allow intruders to scoop around our personal lives and catch us on camera in no matter what contexts, how successful can another spying device become? Enter the new Peek – I lens, a small lens that can be magnetically attached to a smartphone camera allowing the user to take pictures of a person without being noticed by the “victim”.

How can this happen? It is easy: the new Peek – I lens works like a periscope, being able to spin at 360 degrees to take pictures at any angle and to reflect the image at a 90 degree angle, eliminating the drill of reaching out your arm, focus the image and push the button to take the pic. With this small spying gadget you can pretend you picture something else in the surroundings while covertly capturing your sweet, spontaneous child’s play without spoiling your intentions.

If you think somebody will notice you have some gizmo attached to your phone’s camera, don’t worry: the lens is small enough to pass unnoticed: it measures only 0.79 x 0.6 x 0.2-inches and looks stylish enough to be mistaken for some extra smartphone decoration.

The new Peek – I lens comes from an Indiegogo crowd funded project that exceeded its initial funding threshold, thus answering to the question about its future success on the market. Those who wondered about the utility of the lens on plastic cases need not to worry, as the developers announced recently that the ones concerned with smartphones’ plastic bodies not being compatible with the new Peek – I lens will

receive a a magnetically charged metal ring that could be attached to your phone with a sticky side.

Turning your smartphone into a spying device is not a new idea, as there is at least another similar project out there which allows users to snap photos of unknowing victims without disclosing their intentions. The COVR Photo is an iPhone 5 (and 5S) case that also relies on periscope features and which allows you to keep your phone in a flat position in your hand (like you would read a text message or look for somebody in the contacts list) and still take photos of people or objects in front of you.

Having these new gizmos available sooner than expected (the new Peek – I lens is expected to be delivered this month), the world might split in two combating factions: the ones using the available devices to have fun and not hurt anybody and the ones fearing their own shadow as, at some point, we won’t be able to tell friend from foe and let’s be honest: everybody is holding a phone in their hands!

Neil Young’s PonoPlayer to Hit Markets this Month

March 10, 2014 By Daniel Giordano Leave a Comment

Canadian music legend will launch a new music player that is said to revolutionize the way people listen to music. Neil Young’s PonoPlayer is music player that focuses on the quality of the music. Everybody wants to make a name for themselves in the music playing industry, for example Samsung Milk music stream radio was revealed and it is pretty impressive, but the important and popular music playing devices, apps or music streaming software, such as iPods and Soundcloud or Spotify seem to be impossible to budge off their high chairs. Will Neil Young’s PonoPlayer make a wave or just a small ripple?

It was announced that the PonoPlayer will go on sale in March with the price of $399. It’s not a cheap device and it’s been quite a long wait for people who were looking forward to Neil Young’s PonoPlayer, as it was first announced in September of 2012!

What’s So Special about Neil Young’s PonoPlayer?

This question that seems to be on everybody’s lips. Well, apparently it plays music better than any other music player or phone around. It provides master-quality digital music at the studio’s standards and it has the highest audio fidelity possible and with 128GB of storage, it sounds like a dream come true for music lovers. Apparently the 128GB of storage will give you the ability to store 100 to 500 high resolution albums, which is much less than what we’re used to. It has a touchscreen LCD screen and buttons.

We doubt the PonoPlayer will be a smashing or lasting hit, as it doesn’t seem to be targeted towards the large public. While the average Joe wouldn’t mind his music sounding better, we doubt he’ll go out pay 400 bucks to make that happen, when he can listen to music on his phone.

Will the PonoPlayer steal the iPod’s thunder when even iPod’s thunder isn’t a big deal anymore because of the iPhone? Are you so passionate about music that you would buy Neil Young’s PonoPlayer? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below.

ZTE smartwatch coming in 2014, but will only work with ZTE phones

November 25, 2013 By David Leave a Comment

ZTE may still be a name with no device for many in the US and Europe, but they will be the third manufacturer to add a smartwatch to their line of devices, coming sometime next year alongside a slew of other smartphones and tablets.

The move to make a smartwatch is starting to heat up, both Samsung and Sony’s attempts have failed – but this has not stopped Google, Microsoft, Apple, LG, Nokia and now ZTE looking to make a stand in the market and reveal the next generation device.

ZTE will develop the smartwatch similar to the Galaxy Gear, a pretty sad announcement for anyone wanting something different. We believe ZTE will just use Android’s store and layer it with their own skin, as they do with most of their smartphones and tablets.

Another piece of sad news is the ZTE smartwatch will only work with ZTE smartphones, we are not sure if this is because the company cannot get the privilege from other device manufacturers or they simply do not want to incorporate them into their smartwatch project.

ZTE will not be bringing the smartwatch to the US or Europe and will actually keep the project inside of China, like most of their more exciting ideas stay. We cannot say we are saddened by this news, unless there are some significant features the company has not detailed, we expect a Galaxy Gear clone with no real vision.

In the smartwatch battle, we are really waiting for the change in functionality or design to make us want to try out the new device. Google or Apple may be able to change this idea and we hope we do not have to wait too long for the Nexus smartwatch or iWatch.

For now, we are bound to see a few tries from other companies following the Pebble or Galaxy Gear idea, with no real innovation on the design, functionality or software side to make the smartwatch a viable option against the smartphone.