Run your Cell Phone using water

This is cool. Samsung is planning to introduce cell-phones that is powered by water. Yes, you got it right, it is water. Samsung always got something interesting research going on in their labs. But the best part is that you may be able to get your hands on one in 2010. So, instead of finding recharging socket, you can just use water.

It will  basically be a fuel-cell powered device. In the case of other fuel cells they required methanol, but the new Samsung technology will do it with water

When the handset is turned on, metal and water in the phone react to produce hydrogen gas. The gas is then supplied to the fuel cell where it reacts with oxygen in the air to generate power. Other fuel cells need methanol to produce hydrogen, while Samsung’s needs only water. [- sem.samsung -]

References and Links

1. Get Ready for Water powered Cell phones
2. Samsung: Water powered Cell Phones by 2010

Computer Speakers: Bose in the Market

Bose is making a high end offering for computer users: “FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) - Bose Corp. introduced new US$399 speakers on Tuesday designed to provide top-quality sound from a desktop and capitalize on the emergence of the computer as a home music centre.” link: Bose Corp. offers desktop speakers for computer users seeking high-end sound At that price point, the value of the speakers may far exceed the value of some of the aging computer systems. So this is another item to add to the list of the ideal system… Catherine

Nvidia to launch 6100 for cellphones

NVIDIA is making its foray into the mobile world and recently unveiled the NVIDIA GoForce 6100. The NVIDIA GoForce 6100 is the first application processor designed exclusively for mobile handsets and mobile device. According  to the folks at NVIDIA the GoForce 6100 is a “highly integrated and optimized multimedia solution” and consumes “less than half the power of any applications processor available on the market today.”

Cell processor price cut soon…

Sony’s PS3 is generally considered as an expensive console.Comparing it with it’s competition it is very true.Sony’s response to this was that the blu-ray and cell processor are costing very high amounts, but considering the power it is worth it.

All Sony fans enjoy because, the powerful Cell processor that is used in Sony’s PlayStation 3 console could experience a price cut in the future, as Sony aims to improve the chip’s profitability by moving on to the 45 nanometer process in favor of current 90- and 65-nanometer circuitry. Commercial production of this 45-nanometer Cell is slated for an early 2009 release, but will it be too late by that time for a price cut to boost Sony’s flagging console? After all, a smaller chip will result in the need for less cooling, which will ultimately slim down the console on the whole, very much like how the slim profile PS2 was released a couple of years ago.

At the same time betanews is reporting that :

One of Sony’s™ senior executives, Executive Deputy President Yutaka Nakagawa, is quoted by several US and Asian press sources as saying that, in the interest of finding cost savings, his company is considering exiting the production end of the Cell processor business. Cell processors are produced by an alliance between Sony, IBM, and Toshiba

Researchers working on Cell processor supercomputer

For years, Sony and IBM have talked up the power of the Cell processor that’s at the core of of every PS3. Now, some University of Illinois researchers are working on finally unlocking that power for the next generation of highly parallel supercomputers.

The Illinois News-Gazette has a report on the efforts of user interface experts Marc Snir, Laxmikant Kale and David Kunzman, who say that a computer with a cluster of Cell chips could offer 50 times the performance of a similar sized PC. Squeezing out that performance is no small task, though — Kale admits “it’s going to be a challenge to program it.”

How new research will increase the efficiency of fibre optic networks

We all know fiber optic networks power the communication needs of the 21^st century, they transmit enormous amounts of information rapidly, but the signals fade as the data-carrying light cover lengthy distances. Now, MIT researchers are claiming that they’ve found a way to overcome a major hurdle in utilizing the full power and velocity of the light waves.

What is the problem?

Light waves little by little decline over distances, as they become polarized or randomly oriented horizontally and vertically.

What is the current situation?

The current generation of tools available is very expensive to deploy on a large scale. The results of this research promises to solve this problem.Companies are looking for ways to enhance the performance of their optical devices while reducing costs, as the technology becomes more and more elegant to service providers who spend seriously to improve their networks.

What is the answer?

The solution is to utilize the mass-production capabilities of standard silicon chips. Scientist’s shaped a smart device that splits the beam of light as they pass through an electronic circuit. The tool then rotates one of the polarized beams, before both beams are rejoined on their way out of the circuit, thus, retaining the signals’ strength. The MIT research team demonstrated a working circuit on a chip that they said could be easily reproduced using silicon fabrication technology that is already highly developed.

What about the future?

This will result in the flourishing of more and more bandwidth hungry applications. Video, which consumes thousands of times the network space than that of e-mail messages, as Internet users require more bandwidth to download content from sites like YouTube, blip.tv etc and service providers get ready for the change to Internet Protocol Television, or IPTV TV delivered over a broadband connection this technology will help networks handle those changes with a little ease

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