Closer to New type of Thermoelectric "Heat Engine"

Researchers who are studying a magnetic affect that converts heat into electricity have found a new way to increase this electricity thousand time over-a step that will make the technology more practical.

In the spin Seebeck effect the spin of electrons creates a magnetic field which is detected as voltage in the adjacent material. Ohio State university researchers have found a way to induce the same effect in non-magnetic semi-conductors and increasing it almost thousand times. The researchers have named the effect “giant Seebeck effect” and university will start providing patent of the technology.

The report was published in this week issue of the scientific journal Nature.

Reduce Over Heating of Laptop By Modifying Power Options

Heating can cause drastic decrease in efficiency of your laptop and even cause permanent damage to hardware. In the previous article I discussed simple ways that can reduce heating in your laptop but all of them were either related hardware or placing your laptop the right way. Buying cooling pad for your laptop may prove to be beneficent but this article suggests a fix that is easy for windows that can be done by just altering few battery settings. This tip is really useful for gamers and people who are unable to return their laptop due to warranty issues.

The maximum processor state is decreased a few notch which results in temperature drop of almost 15 degrees. There is negligible decrease in the performance of the processor. This fix also saves the battery.

Now how to do it.  Just follow these easy steps

How To Reduce Over Heating of Laptop

Rapid increase in hardware and computing capabilities of laptop have resulted in a lot of exhaust heat to be produced. If not dealt the right way, this over heating can cause a lot damage ranging from automatically shutting down of laptops to permanent damage to the hardware which sometimes may not be repairable. ...... 

Steps To Avoid Over Heating

Place Your Laptop on a Hard Flat surface

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Evidence of Higgs Boson ( CERN and Tevatron Update)

Two separate team of physicists at CERN have reported that they have found evidence of a new particle- a boson – as predicted by the standard model of physics...... 

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A New eBay Data Center Powered By Fuel Cells

Becoming serious about greener technologies eBay has announced that a new data center which will be made in Utah will be completely powered by fuel cells. This is a step that many companies feared to take because fuel cells are not a very proven technology yet. eBay  already has a data center in South Jordan .The old data center completely relies on electricity from the grid but the new data center will have a backup system that will take power from the grid in case something goes wrong with the fuel cells.

Over the past decade fuel cell technology has improved and so has the drive of moving towards greener technologies. Fuel cells are no more called hydrogen fuel cells because now they can use other fluids such as natural gas and alcohols like methanol but eBay will only be using hydrogen fuel cells. In fuel cell chemical energy from a fuel is converted into electricity through a chemical reaction with oxygen or another oxidizing agent. Every fuel cell has an anode and cathode.By products are released in very small amount which are carbon dioxide, water and depending on the fuel anything else. Hence making it a greener source of electricity with almost no carbon dioxide emission. Fuel cells are more efficient because electricity is produced on the site where is required no electricity is lost during transmission which is usually lost through the transmission lines.

Bloom Energy is the company that will make enough cells to provide estimated 6 million watt power that will be needed. The data center will hopefully be completed by the July next year.

Best Android And Samsung Apps

Juice Defender

With Smartphone getting faster, sleeker and having better computing capabilities; keeping the battery time high is becoming an important and difficult task. Even the best of smartphones fail to make it through a single day. For this purpose android offer a free app that can save your battery. What JuiceDefender essentially does is disable some of your device’s functions at times you’re not likely to notice, thus saving you some precious power. In case, if you’re not connected to a Wi-Fi network, JuiceDefender will simply disable your device’s Wi-Fi radio. After ten minutes, it will check for the WiFi connection and if a connection is available it will turn the radio on, otherwise keep it off. You can get this app here.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.latedroid.juicedefender

Tasker

Tasker is one of the best android automation apps around .Tasker can replace a lot of apps on your mobile. It can do your tasks for you for example turn off the WiFi at specific time and reboot the mobile when you wake up. Below is the link for the app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

Moon+Reader

For book readers the best experience may be e-book readers such as kindle and Amazon readers but a e-book reader is something you cannot carry everywhere but most of us have our smartphones with us most of the time. It is a one of the best reader app offered on android and has a lot of customization options such as controlling the brightness, different font sizes, different background colors and different font colors. Below is the link for the app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyersoft.moonreader

Camera 360

It was not long ago when cameras in mobile were offered as an extra feature but now it has become a standard for choosing phones and there is a considerable competition between different apps to become your permanent camera app. Camera 360 has a paid and free version . Free version has no time limitation; is highly customizable and a lot of features to offer such as filters and image effects.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vStudio.Android.Camera360 

Titanium Backup

 

A smartphone must have a backup applications and titanium backup app is one heck of a backup app. To use this app you first need to root your device. There are different backup options such as backup all user apps + system data, back up all system data and backup all user apps. You can schedule your device to backup your data at a specific time so it takes the thought out of your mind that you may lose your precious data. You can get the app for free on this link.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup 

TuneIn

 

TuneIn is a must have app for android users that are song lovers, you can listen to the world music through this app. It is in the Music and Audio category in the good company of Shazam, SoundHound, and many other wonderful music applications. You can get TuneIn for free on this link.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tunein.player

Temple Run

Temple run is a great run away game ….it is now one of the most played games on almost every smartphone platform. You are being chased by giant spiders and you need to keep your distance… avoid the obstacles by jumping and sliding…..collect as much coins as you can. You can upgrade your characters and special bonuses that will make your experience even better. It is really addictive. It is for $0.99 but you can also search for free versions.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.disney.brave_google&feature=top-paid

Angry Birds Space

“Intergalactic phenomenon worth every penny” – AppCraver

It is the number one app in 110 countries

Angry Birds Space Free features 10 interstellar levels on planets and in zero gravity, resulting in spectacular game play ranging from slow-motion puzzles to light speed destruction. 

Angry Birds Space Link 

Court Bans Sale Of Samsung Galaxy Tab10.1 In US

A US court has barred the sale of Samsung's new Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer, siding with Apple in a bitter clash between the tech giants over suspected patent breach.

The district court of California banned the sales because it said that there was evidence that Samsung had copied the design of apple product. Samsung officials were clearly disappointed at the ruling. Apple was asked to post security bond of 2.6million dollars in case Samsung was later found not guilty of infringement.

The patent war has now been going on for quite a while between apple and Samsung. Recently, a hearing in Netherlands cleared Samsung of infringement. While in 2011 the sale of galaxy tablet was banned in Germany due to apple winning a law suit against Samsung. Innovation seems to be the need of time rather than such tech giants accusing each other of copying their designs and stealing their patents. Other than apple other giants such as Microsoft and Google are also blaming each other of patent infringement.

Which is better Samsung Galaxys3 or iphone 4s?

With the extraordinary success of Samsung galaxy s2 , now there is another question for the smart  phone users whether s3 is another standout Smartphone or just an ordinary phone rolled to capitalize on the success of its predecessor . Below is the comparison between the major features of both phones which may help the user’s choice easier.

Processor

Iphone 4s

Iphone 4s has a dual core 800 MHz A5 processor which may seem a little outdated to some users but due to the excellent management of processing capabilities through their iOS platform. You can almost run any application, 3-d games and high definition videos without a stammer.

Galaxy S3

S3 known as “iphone killer” has a quad core 1.4GHZ Exynos processor which means it has high performance multi-tasking capability. This chip has a 50% better graphics and much less power consumption than its predecessor. And clearly leads the way in processing capability and speed.  

Memory

Iphone 4s

Iphone is offered with three different storage capacities 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. To people that are not regular iphone users it may seem a little odd because they will have to spend extra money for increasing memory capacity.

Galaxy S3

Galaxy S3 also has the same built in storage capacities. But the real standout point of S3 is the additional memory up to 64GB using microSD card. There is another 50GB cloud storage that comes with the purchase of S3.  

Display

Iphone

Iphone has a 4.51inch * 2.31 inch screen, it uses LED backlit IPS TFT LCD technology to deliver images at a staggering 326ppi.

Galaxy S3

Display is one of the main things talked about s3. The Samsung Galaxy S3 will sport a giant 4.6 inch screen, slightly bigger than its predecessor Galaxy S2, which has 4.3 inch screen. This would account to a 1280×720 screen resolution of the Galaxy S3. It is known that Samsung accidentally leaked that it would release the phone with the new flexible glass specifically – FOLED technology.

Camera

Iphone 4S

Even though the megapixel count of iphone is not above 8 but it has a staggering image and video quality compared to many other smartphones. It records video at 1080p . some features of the camera are given below.

• 8-megapixel  camera
• Autofocus
• Tap to focus
• Face detection in still images
• LED flash
• Video recording, HD (1080p) up to 30 frames per second with audio
• Video stabilization
• Front camera with VGA-quality photos and video at up to 30 frames per second
• Photo and video geo tagging

Galaxy S3

Camera of S3 is at par with iphone. It is also 8 mega pixel and records hd videos. Features of the camera are given below.

·         8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels

·         Autofocus, LED flash

·         1080p@30fps

·         Simultaneous HD video and image recording

·         Geo-tagging, touch focus,

·         Face and Smile detection, Image stabilization

Battery

Iphone 4S

• Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
• Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter
• Talk time: Up to 8 hours on 3G, up to 14 hours on 2G (GSM)
• Standby time: Up to 200 hours
• Internet use: Up to 6 hours on 3G, up to 9 hours on Wi-Fi
• Video playback: Up to 10 hours
• Audio playback: Up to 40 hours

Galaxy S3

·         Standard battery, Li-Ion 2100 mAh

 Stand-by

Up to 590 h (2G) / Up to 790 h (3G)

Talk time

Up to 21 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 11 h 40 min (3G)