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5 Electric Cars that are the hottest rides on the Road

- Wednesday, 22 June 2016 4 Comments

There's a rapid growth in electric vehicle sales happening this year, with various reports claiming an increase of 65% in 2015 compared to 2014. Since the government is thinking of increasing taxes on emissions, vehicle manufacturers have started paying more attention to electric cars. The available technology is no longer high-priced, and the average consumer can now afford to go electric. The newest models charge at full capacity in 20 minutes, and latest advances such as the "electric highway" concept is shaping up pretty fast. All things considered, why shouldn’t you invest in a hybrid when the benefits are endless? Here are 5 of the hottest electric vehicles of the year. Make your pick and choose a package that best matches with your budget and personal preferences.

 Tesla Model S

Range anxiety is one of the main reasons buyers don’t want to purchase an electric vehicle. However, Model S is the exception, and that’s what makes it great. Featuring a driving range of 200 miles (as opposite to 80 miles on other electrics), Tesla’s latest variant is a beautiful sedan you’ll certainly love to drive. The Supercharger, luxurious & spacious interiors and in-car specs are excellent attributes. The only drawback can be the price tag. Not everyone will afford to spend $100,000 (on average) on a car. And yet, Model S is an incredibly attractive sedan. Featuring an unconventional power source, an additional sports variant that reaches 62 mph in 3.1 seconds and a giant touchscreen as a dashboard, the vehicle is a must-try for this 2016.

2     Chevrolet Spark EV

Chevrolet Spark EV is this year’s most affordable electric car. It is compact on the outside, but quit spacious on the inside; the model has recently joined the group of tiny all-electric vehicles such as Nissan Leaf and Fiat 500e. Spark EV stands out from the crowd this season thanks to its brand new DC fast charging capabilities. People started paying attention to Chevrolet’s newest model in 2015 when the manufacturer dropped the overall price by nearly $1,700. The average price right now is $26,000. In terms of specs, Spark EV prides with a pleasant handling and sharp steering. Break Assist ensures excellent stability control, and the Passenger Sensing System makes the model ideal for families with kids.

3     BMW i3

The all-electric BMW i3 is this year’s coolest vehicles. The purpose-built electric variant features the most unconventional design; it lacks a B-pillar which is exactly what makes the driving easy and smooth. The quality of the engineering is top-notch and BMW claims that the model can easily manage 125 miles on a sole charge. The overall performance of the i3 is outstanding; the model reaches 62 mph in roughly 7.2 seconds. As opposite to similar manufacturers such as Mitsubishi, the i3 has its technology exposed for the buyer under the most unconventional body. The space-aging style of the vehicle is made of carbon fiber, which is a strong but lightweight material.

         Nissan Leaf

Nissan’s Leaf model has been on the market for nearly 5 years now. The car has managed to score the title for the best selling electric vehicles several times, and in 2014 Nissan sold an outstanding 30,000 models. The release of the newest Leaf variant is expected to feature an extended driving range, which might overcome its main competitors.  Among some of main characteristics of this vehicle, we should mention a maximum range capacity of 124 miles, properly sized boot and lots of space inside the car.

        Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid

Porsche’s latest Panamera model features a dual engine, thus allowing driver to choose the electric feature when on the road. Featuring advanced plug-in technology, the range of the EV varies and it usually depends on driving conditions. The electric mode of the E-Hybrid can easily get to 31 mph in 6.1 seconds. The vehicle’s top speed is 84mph, which makes this car particularly flexible to drive in busy city centers.

The current vehicle marketplace is packed with an outstanding palette of electric cars. However, only some are worth investing in. Prior to making a choice, you might want to assess your budget. Make an informed decision, and decide on the model that best matches with your preferences.

By Edward Francis and Design911.co.uk!

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iPhone SE: The New Release from Apple

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The new addition in iPhone’s family is iPhone SE. Apple rolled this newest addition of iPhone on 30th of March, 2016.

One of the most crucial aspects of this edition of iPhone is the Apple’s strategy to target the first time iPhone users by availing them with the iPhone at a competitive rates.
The launch plan indirectly suggests that Apple is trying to capture the new market with iPhone SE. It inevitably will give way to plenty of first time iPhone users with SE series. Not to mention, this can also mark the return of previous iPhone users who had given up using the iPhone after iPhone 3.

This is perhaps one of the significant move by Apple to barge in to the new market by expanding the breadth of iPhone users. iPhone Se will open the floodgates for plenty of the first time iPhone users because it is the best blend of features and pricing. Indeed, it is an appealing move by apple to mark its dominance in this ever-competitive industry of mobile technology. Because of the success of Apple’s previously launched 5-Series models, the chances of SE’s success are very high.

Small Screen to Drive Design Innovation

iPhone SE has a relatively smaller screen of 4 inches, but that does not restrict its functionality. It has brought down the iPhone prices to an extent that this series of the phone is cheaper than many of the flagship phones in Britain that launched last year.  The chassis remains the same as iPhone 5 and 5S. The beauty of this phone is its size itself as the device can now easily sit at the edge of the thumb stretch.

Clicking pictures are much more fun now.

A 4-inch screen with 12MP camera. It assures what you shall on your device from what you capture will be of a crystal clear quality. The tricks and usability of a camera remain the same with this series of iPhone as it comes with integrated iSight Sensor for better quality images. This might move the 6S buyers to contemplate between SE and 6S as the camera quality remains the same for both the models.

Internally, iPhone SE is a gem

IPhone SE has more powerful than its predecessors iPhone 5 and 5S as this new addition boasts with the new A9 chip blending with the M9 c-processor, and supported by 2GB of internal RAM. It yields a bigger advantage for the SE users at it overpowers the old A7 processor with 1GB of RAM.

The end of ‘Where is the Charger’ story

iPhones are (de)famed for their battery life because if you look around, the iPhone users are constantly in search of their charging chords. But that is now the story of a past as iPhone SE comes with an impressive battery life with 1624mAh, and supporting the same is the screen size that aids in saving battery.

The Mobile app experience

Mobile app development has a significant role to play in giving the users the kind of experience they yearn for from their iPhones. It is in the hands of the mobile app development companies to deliver excellence to the iPhone users with the best iOS app development. 

But, when it comes to iPhone SE, there are a couple of restrictions due to the screen size and app developers must take into consideration the iPhonse SE’s screen specifications seriously to give the best UX. Clearly, you can't have fun viewing HD movies in this version of iPhone. For better results, iOS app developers are expected to custom make iOS applications for the iPhone SE.  It is very much evident in case you downsize the experience from 6S to SE; the app content looks a little cramped and fudgy on screen. 

One of the biggest drawbacks is the absence of 3D touch from iPhone SE as this is where the future lies. Over a period, one will quickly feel the lack of 3D touch on iPhone SE.
But, to sum up the overall iPhone SE story, it is a great fit for a $400 apple phone. Considering the dominance of smartphones in the emerging markets like India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, there is a lot of scope for iPhone to fit in the people’s pocket – in both the ways. 

Author Info:

Karan Dave is a magical word-weaver and a creative content expert with one of the top mobile app development companies, Peerbits. He likes to keep himself updated with the latest technology news and gadgets.

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How Luxury car makers are experimenting with driverless car technology

- Friday, 1 April 2016 No Comments

Driverless cars may still be quite far away from mass-production, but that doesn’t mean that car makers are not making the most of what’s already available in that field. Luxury car makers are experimenting with driverless car technologies to make their cars even more appealing, and the results are nothing short of impressive. Here’s how some of the most renowned car makers make use of futuristic driverless car technologies right now.


Mercedes

Mercedes is one of the most popular names in the industry of luxury cars, and it’s no stranger to the world of car-technology either, so it’s no wonder the company dipped its toes into driverless car tech. After demonstrating the Intelligent Drive concept all the way back in 2013 at the Frankfurt Motor Show, and showcasing its view of the future of driverless with the Mercedes F015 Luxury in Motion concept car at CES2015, Mercedes pushed beyond prototypes and started implementing driverless car tech in its production cars. As a result, 2017 Mercedes E-Class comes with the Drive Pilot System, which allows the car to follow the car in front of it, while on the highway, at speeds of up to 130 mph. Other technologies will allow the car to keep its lane, assist with switching lanes, help prevent accidents when performing evasive maneuvers and even communicate with other smart cars or infrastructure.

BMW

BMW is another prestigious car manufacturer that’s been playing with autonomous car tech, managing to make their cars do a whole lot more than just drive autonomously – they can drift autonomously. While this may sound like a feature only racing fans and maybe teenagers would enjoy, it does have some practical aspects in the real driving conditions as well – teaching a car how to drift autonomously basically means teaching it how to regain control when it swirls out of control due to a sudden maneuver. This is still a proof-of-concept technology, but there are plenty driverless car-specific technologies already present in BMW’s luxury line of vehicles, namely the 7 Series, such as autonomous remote parking and the Driving Assistant Plus suite of features. 

Porsche

Porsche is renowned for its iconic sports cars. It is also renowned for being against the whole driverless-cars trend. Be that as it may, it is still working on some interesting driverless tech and a fully-electric car, both facts indicating that the company can be full of surprises. The aforementioned self-driving tech aims to increase cornering speeds in order to preserve the car’s speed, and thus reduce fuel consumption by removing the need to decelerate and accelerate at every turn. With the system rumored to be able to handle cornering forces of up to 0.7G, it will be interesting to see whether the systems make it to Porsche’s luxury cars as well, or if it will be limited to its sport line for the extra thrill.

Volvo

Volvo is one of the key players in the driverless-car race, already testing self-driving cars in Sweden, with an ambitious project to put 100 self-driving cars on public roads in real traffic, across the world, in 2017. Before fully driverless Volvos are ready to take over, though, the company made the most out of some of the systems, so the 2017 Volvo S90 comes with a semi-autonomous driving system that allows it to keep its lane and speed, with its highlight feature being the fact that it does this by accurately monitoring the road and environment, and not by tagging after the vehicle in front of it, such as the case of most of the other cars that feature autonomous cruise control. This means that the S90 can also go autonomously when there is no other car around – a leap forward.

Genesis

Genesis is a brand under the control of Hyundai, which is set to house the company’s line of luxury cars. It is off to a great start, with its flagship model, the Genesis G90 targeting the Mercedes S550 as its direct competitor – a very daring move. The tech behind the Genesis G90 might allow it to have a fair chance, though, considering the fact that the car comes with a similar level of luxury as the S550, and it’s not bad on the tech side either, incorporating several autonomous-driving features such as active cruise control, pedestrian detection or emergency braking system.

By Edward Francis and Design911.co.uk!

Tags: future technology / Information Technology / innovation

Revolutionary technological lifestyle of the 21st Century

- Friday, 12 July 2013 No Comments

Technology is knowledge of tools and crafts used to facilitate people in different life aspects to generate efficiency and optimize time or money and all kinds of resources. Technology, in many societies, has helped develop advanced economies .Technology basically refers to tools or machines that may be utilized to solve real world issues or satisfy needs for the advantage of life. The rise of communication technology is a modern example, which has reduced barriers to human interaction and has helped produce new subcultures; the cyber culture that has been formed with computer and internet as its base. It is not a must that all technology boosts culture in a creative way. Many technological processes produce unwanted by products, such as pollution reduces natural resources, and also damage the Earth or its environment. A good example of this is the use of machines, cars, etc, in such a way that it increases the contamination in environment, by producing a huge amount of CO2 that enhances the consequences of global warming.

The term information technology has also ballooned these days to encompass many aspects of computers and technology and this term is more familiar than ever before. Information technology umbrella can be quite huge covering many areas and fields. It performs a number of duties that start from installing applications to making complex computer networks providing information databases. IT professionals perform duties like data management, engineering and networking.
                                                            

Having good careers in computer field and information technology continue to grow. Most of the college and university students as well as technical institute graduates seek careers in this industry. According to a U.S World Report, jobs in this field fall among the top 10 careers, with computer software engineers more in demand as the work of designing,  maintaining, building and integrating those highly complex systems is one the fastest-growing areas of the job market. Statisticians predict the technology field will expand tremendously with of the demand for state of the art technology items.

It is only through technology that we can telecommute and work from virtual offices to communicate with businesses and individuals across the world. Flexible work hours are available because so many responsibilities and duties are accomplished from an employee sitting at home.

                                

Living with computers and information technology has become an integral aspect of our lives, and it is highly doubtful that we would return to conventional methods of conducting business. Efficiency is the primary benefit of technology. From small businesses to large conglomerates, all are capable of making and providing products and services at a faster speed and a more efficient rate which is resulting in giving them higher profits thus enhancing the scope of businesses.

                                                 

To sum it up, technology is a great tool that helps the societies with the development of global economy, and bringing a lot of innovation as a result , providing medical support to cure diseases and making efficient and productive measures or human dealings. However, various implementations of technology pressurize the values of a society and new technology at times raises new moral questions. The problems of pollution and global warming have been taking a major conscience of people and persuading them to start having control in the use of technology and controlling its negative impact on our  environment.

If we conclude from the aspects stated above, what comes to mind is in one line of thought is that technology develops autonomously, or  in other words, it  seems to feed on itself and is  moving forward with a force appealing to mankind. Information gives knowledge and knowledge gives power. So knowledge with experience is wisdom, and it is the only the wise and appropriate use of information that can give advantage to those who have the information.

About Curtis Taylor
Curtis Taylor is aspiring to be the lead public technical advisor throughout the world for all things in personal electronics. He has a passion for gaming, his dog Ralph, and playing pranks on his co-workers. Curtis’s desire to uncover and understand the technical aspects of devices is shown through his projects. Curtis is head of research and development for RepairLabs. which is a device repair facility and an influential tech blog. RepairLabs is on a mission to change the world through its charitable program Operation Hero. Follow him @repair_Labs

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New Technologies Expected in Upcoming Cars

- Saturday, 18 May 2013 No Comments

Auto manufacturing business is flourishing and the cars are becoming more convenient and luxurious. The vehicles are improving in designs, quality, and safety with the help of new technologies. Some of the technologies are becoming common in the car while few technologies are only available in expensive cars (e.g., Audi, Ferrari etc). However, some technologies are in the pipeline and are not completed yet by many auto companies. They might be seen in the near future in new cars. Here is a glimpse of some of these technologies:

Touch Pad Steering

Touch pad steering technology helps to enhance the driver’s attention, while he is driving the car. It gives the detail about speed, fuel gauge etc on the windscreen. Therefore, when you are driving on the busy highway, you do not have to roll your eyes three or four times in order to check for speed, fuel etc. Everything will appear on the screen and it will decrease the overall distraction. The size of the screen can be adjusted with just one touch. The manufacturers have used 3D printers to create such display system. It is expected that with the use of such technologies, the accidents on highway can be minimized.

Internet Car

All of us are usually online on our iPhone or Blackberry when we are driving our cars. However, the new cars are becoming smart phones themselves and you might have to touch your Smartphone while using your car. The online system in the cars will be made functional by giving cars, their own operating systems. Hence, these cars will than have ability to synchronize online data and act completely like your Smartphone.

Pedestrian-Detection and Night Vision

Pedestrian hitting accidents are common on empty roads and during nighttime. These accidents mainly happen due to excessive drinking by the driver or excessive distractions present while driving. Pedestrian detection technology is expected to be common in the market soon. It will stop your car automatically if it identifies any pedestrian in a certain range.Night vision that is not very common in the vehicles (introduced last year by Mercedes) will help your car in identifying objects more clearly on a dark road.

Fuel saving technology

Due to higher concerns by many countries regarding increasing expenses of fuel, many companies are working on introducing cars that consume less fuel and have efficient fuel combustion engines. One such technology expected is the engine off technology. With this technology, your car engine will be switched off when it stopped for a long time (e.g. traffic signal).

Carbon Fiber Exterior Body

Many auto-making companies are working to reduce the total weight of the new cars. This will help in increasing the mileage of vehicle. Low weight will require less energy to run and hence high speeds can be achieved and more distance can be covered in one gallon of oil. The new exterior material that might be seen in the future cars will be carbon fiber. This material is presently used in sports equipments and bicycles. It is durable yet very light.

Guest post by : 

Sarah Cornell is a writing enthusiast who is working as a freelance writer from the past three years. Her writing interests include green technology, car designs, and auto-transportation. She also writes for Toyota Place, where you can find the latest models of Toyota cars.  

Tags: cyber security / future technology / innovation

Next step in security to be online biometrics

- Monday, 4 June 2012 No Comments

The main attraction to cloud based storage is the fact that users have the ability to access their information from wherever they maybe all over the globe. A consideration to this excellent service however is the degree to how safe using cloud computing actually is. The latest development in securing the cloud storage feature is the introduction of biometric recognition which is being implemented by BioID. This will be specific to Intel’s SSO and has been set out for users just earlier this month. Biometric scans will not require for you to always have access to a finger print reader or any other scanner for that matter in fact it will run of any camera which may be available to you such as a webcam or the webcams integrated in most laptops which are available to day.

A new visual

Recently the changes in SaaS applications have been giving several firms difficulties in regard to correctly taking care of a safe Cloud experience. The large numbers of identity stores, security approaches and access policies have made securing the situation that much more difficult. Intel has existed longer than anyone of the competition in this field and hence that is why BioID has taken Intel to be the first client it will be providing this solution to. This Biometric system will differ from others like it in the fact that it uses the live detection technology, this means that the system will be fool proof to photo’s or images being used as a scan to access data. The users will have to use a camera phone or any other source to get their faces detected in real time to gain access.

Sounds good in theory

On paper the entire approach appears to be a promising one as users now no longer have to be concerned about things such as keylogger being active an a foreign system which they may be using to access their data from the Cloud. Other harmful software such as spyware which takes note of keystrokes or take any other strategy to figure out the users Cloud credentials will all be of no use as cloud storage will no longer require users to access their data through such a channel. Intel SSO will be the new gateway through which users have to make their way to get their data stored on the cloud and it sounds to be a very secure, simple and easy to use approach.

Probable limitations

This is a great step forward when speaking of securing certain data, though another problem lies in the fact that the data itself is stored on a server somewhere else and has to be accessed online. It is understood that software such as brute force attacks or key loggers will be of no use since there is no key or code to uncover or decrypt however as one is inside their account on cloud and viewing their information which is remotely stored they are using an internet connection. This means that if someone was to attempt to use spyware which would allow the browsers history to be stored; they have in a way gained access. More so software such as Firesheep are designed to intercept data packets, once again doing the same job of providing someone with the valuable data with out having to break in themselves. It may not grant them access to all the data of the user on the cloud though the data which was visited during one spell will be able to be viewed as the pages themselves are what would have been stored or transmitted. In this respect hackers and others with the same mind set can gain access to information you may have stored and have accessed.

Guest post by : Natalia David


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Natalia David, a blogger by profession an author significantly contributes towards PC security, android spy software and iPhone spyware. If you want to know more about Natalia you can follow her on twitter @NataliaDavid4

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2020 Future Vision of Information Technology

- Thursday, 28 July 2011 No Comments

Information technology is a highly important aspect today. Having the ability to transfer data, store data and keep it safe is crucial in many ways. Without information technology many medical facilities and corporations would find it difficult to keep information stored securely.

Computers allow users to communicate with many people at once or in far away places. It stands to reason that will the development of better technology yearly, computers will play a vital role in the ongoing support of information technology in the future.

Computers allow users now to do many things such as writing much faster than a traditional typewriter or pen and paper would do. They also make it very possible to keep track of people, conduct business globally much easier than before and organize and store multiple files.

They also make education possible from remote locations and provide

communication that far outreaches what a traditional telephone could ever do. Of course the human brain is far more advanced than a typical home computer.

Our brains allow us to keep track of things as well and to remember faces and names, find entertainment, love others and enjoy the simpler things in life.

The future of information technology may very well involve using computers to enhance the human brain. Common computers are expected to possess the same or nearly the same capabilities as the human brain in the future.

In another twenty five years or so it may be very likely that you will be able to have a computer that will possess the ability to feel emotions and have spiritual experiences. Of course this prediction will be met with skepticism as all others have been in the past.

The first gasoline powered vehicle was met with much scrutiny as was the first airplane. Society as a whole does not generally accept things that it can not understand or control. Believing that scientific technology can produce a computer that is capable of human emotion is so far-fetched that many simply will have to see it to believe it.

It does stand to reason however, that if developments have come as far as they have today, then having a better and more efficient information technology in the future is virtually a given.

More advanced computers that can help those with memory loss problems or virtually run your entire brain may seem too far in sci-fi land to believe but stranger things have happened.

Medical science has come a long way since the turn of the twentieth century. Many things have come into play that were never believed to be possible. The world may not ever see a computer that will retain memory of an individual’s life, but then again it may.

The computers in question will have the ability to hold images, videos and anything else that the memory retains within the human brain. Information will be kept forever, which will make it much easier to conduct personal and professional business.

Those who acquire Alzheimer’s Disease will have the ability to retain their memories and their personal life information in spite of the disease that typically takes all that away.

Keeping your personal life information and history safely stored in a computer may seem like a reach beyond belief but it very well may happen in the foreseeable future.

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In the Future We Will Have Sixth Sense

- Monday, 11 July 2011 No Comments

In everyday life we use our five senses to get information about an object. By combining those information  we can take further actions or not (if we just wanted to familiarize ourselves with that object). But sometimes, we feel that something is missing, that there is something more. Now, we have a SixthSense that can help us and provide additional information. It can also help us in many other ways which we will see later.
SixthSense is developed at MIT by Pranav Mistry. The SixthSense prototype is comprised of a pocket projector, a mirror and a camera. Both the projector and the camera are connected to the mobile computing device in the user’s pocket. The projector projects visual information enabling surfaces, walls and physical objects around us to be used as interfaces; while the camera recognizes and tracks user’s hand gestures and physical objects using computer-vision based techniques. The software program processes the video stream data captured by the camera and tracks the locations of the colored markers (visual tracking fiducials) at the tip of the  fingers using simple computer-vision techniques. The current prototype system costs approximate $350 to build.

SixthSense can provide us additional information about an object but it can also help us to perform everyday actions in much more comfortable way. For example, you can dial a phone number on your palm.

We have seen a lot of futuristic movies where people read newspapers  that contain a video beside text. By using SixthSense that no longer is a fiction.

There are many other examples, and therefore it would be best to view the clip.