Posted by Dylan Dun on January 25, 2012
When it comes to technological innovations heading into 2012, much focus is being put on mobile devices. Advancing the technology integrated into them as well as the various peripherals being added to them is highly lucrative and companies big and small are making pushes to be first to market.
Senseye is working on the cutting edge of such technologies. The four-man team of led by CEO Sune Alstrup Johansen is creating a way that mobile device users can interact with their handhelds by simply looking at the screen and various parts of it.
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Posted by Oliver Hoinville on January 24, 2012
Most of the major brands are expected to come out with new products at the Consumer Electronics Show 2012. And we know, they have been working to introduce newer sets of updates to their older products too.
The latest on that front is that Samsung is all set to introduce their Smart HDTV with amazing new features. The company is expected to bring out high definition TVs that are powered by Android at the CES 2012.
But, the Samsung’s line of approach is little difference. They are changing the devices starting from the roots. Samsung has a long history of success in the business of Smart HD TVs.
Just as a teaser video reveals, Samsung is to release a Smart TV that is devoid of a remote controller. T
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Posted by Oscar Hedley on January 23, 2012
This article was posted on 01/17/2012.
Permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM) are very popular in a wide range of applications, such as washing machines and high-end pumps. The PMSM does not have a commutator and generates magnetic flux with magnets on the rotor, which makes it both efficient and reliable. Sinusoidal PM synchronous motors are more and more popular for new drives, replacing brushed dc, universal, and other motors in a wide application area. But the PMSM application can be costly because of the need for a position sensor. This DRM109 reference design from Freescale Semiconductor uses a MCF51AC256 MCU and back EMF observation which makes it sensorless.
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Posted by Oscar Hedley on January 16, 2012
Software developed by computer scientists could help to quickly and accurately locate missing people, rapidly identify those suffering from malnutrition and effectively point people towards safe zones simply by checking their phones.
It is hoped the smartphone technology could potentially not only help save lives but could also ease the financial and emotional burden on aid organisations.
The largest system developed by Dr Gavin Brown and his team Peter Sutton and Lloyd Henning in the Machine Learning and Optimisation group at The University of Manchester is the REUNITE mobile and web platform.
In the aftermath of a major disaster, aid workers typically interview people who have become separated from their families.
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Posted by Oliver Hoinville on January 16, 2012
Symbian already has a wealth of options for accessing Twitter, but there’s no official application. This means the time you spent learning the layout of a Symbian-only application will be lost if you move to another platform. Fear no more because Tweeties is here in free and paid versions – it’s the latest Twitter client for Symbian and it follows Twitter’s design language to a T. Read on to find out how well the Twitter design language translates to Symbian.
Version Reviewed: 1.0
In the last AAS Insight podcast we discussed the availability of mainstream applications. While S
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