Toilets & Apps are an easy sources of humor, but in Japan, they take their toilets seriously. In most Japanese households you will find either a Toto or INAX commode that will heat the seat, spray warm water to rinse, and blow warm air to help dry things off... cool huh?
Knowing how technologically affluent Japan is, it was only a matter of time before we would witness the onset of a smartphone app and a compatible toilet to do our bidding via that App. The app does everything from raising the lid, to controlling the bidet or monitoring energy and water consumption.
The INAX "Satis" is a fully featured toilet that also has built in speakers so you can play music to foster your imagination while sitting on the "throne of thought." The Android app, "My Satis" connects via Bluetooth and in addition to controlling all the toilet functions it will also establish a diary of activity which may actually be handy in monitoring one's health.
This INAX toilet cost around $4,500 and the App is available only in japanese, sadly.
You may know that Mozilla is working on its own Mobile Operating System based fully on HTML5. Today, Mozilla release a Simulator for its Firefox OS to allow developers to run & test their HTML5 Apps on it. The developers have also updated the browser's Nightly channel with a release needed to allow individual private browsing tabs.
The Firefox OS Simulator extension is rather hefty in size at nearly 70MB and aims to allow developers to test their HTML5 apps before the OS makes its debut next year. You can check the simulator Demo video below.
Ghent University's centre of microsystems technology has developed a spherical curved LCD display which can be embedded in contact lenses and handle projected images and text messages using wireless technology.
The fundamental technology behind this concept already existed to a certain extent, but the researchers at the university's Center of Microsystems Technology have been able to take it a step further and allow use of the whole surface of the curved lens. "Now that we have established the basic technology, we can start working towards real applications, possibly available in only a few years," according to Professor Herbert De Smet. That is an impressive, if ambitious, prediction.
However, at the rate that technology has been advancing, we are not going to contest that objective at all. Video below
Oppo's ultra slim smartphone "Oppo Find 5"which is considered to be the world's thinnest Smartphone with just 6.65mm is coming very soon, the Chinese manufacturer has launched a dedicated English language website. This occurrence should hardly catch anyone by surprise given Oppo's already confirmed ambitions for international success.
The website offers an email sign-up sheet for an Oppo newsletter, as well as dedicated products, press, and forums links.
As you might have heard already, the upcoming Oppo Find 5 will pack killer specs, which will include 5-inch 1080p display, Quad-core Snapdragon S4 chipset, 2GB RAM and Android 4.1.2 Jelly bean. Packed with a slim body and an attractive contract-free price tag, the Finder 5 feature set should make it an attractive alternative to the current top shelf Android establishment.
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The long-waited Star Trek: Into Darkness Teaser is finally available, The video below shows some scenes of this upcoming epic sequel. The world's premiere of the movie will be on 17,May 2013.
J.J. Abrams is taking the director's chair once again, while the screenplay is done by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof. Yeah, the whole Fringe and Lost gang is here.
Too funny to be true! but it is, A teenager in Norway downloaded an app for hunters with dying-rabbit sounds, the 16-year-old Lars Andreas Bjercke experimented by placing it on the road.
Not long after the fun part began. A fox heard the sounds from the app and saw the phone laying on the ground. After circling it a few times it quickly snatched it with its jaw and ran away to the surprised eyes of the teenager.
Bjercke could not chase it and then tried to call the device to locate it. Funnily enough, the fox obviously somehow pressed the button to answer the call, and all the teenager could hear was crackling sounds.
It does not end there. One of Bjercke's friends received a text message after that with the following text: "Jlv In ø \ a0ab 34348tu åaugjoizølbmosdji jsøg ijio sjiw." Next thing we know, the fox would be calling people on Skype, don't you think? It's all on Video, so check it out right below.
Today, December 4th, The Dark Knight Rises trilogy Compo Pack has been released in Blue-ray, DVD and UltraViolet. It includes the 3 Legendary Batman Movies in HD and some extra stuff too. The Blu-Ray Dark Knight Trilogy also features a stunning book and a Selection Of Imagery From The Art & Making Of The Dark Knight Trilogy.
BATMAN BEGINS
Batman Begins explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. In the wake of his parents' murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect and an array of high tech deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city.
THE DARK KNIGHT
The follow-up to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight reunites director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, who reprises the role of Batman in his continuing war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman set out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves effective, but soon find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as The Joker, who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces Batman closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante. Health Ledger stars as arch villain The Joker and Aaron Eckhart plays Dent with Maggie Gyllenhaal joining the cast as Rachel Dawes.
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act. But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the emergence of Bane, a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for Gotham drive Bruce out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane.
Lookout, Security firm, has just released the results of a study that shows that 62% of American families have at least one old smartphone lying around. 11% of American families have four or more old handsets doing nothing but collecting dust.
So, What Americans do with their old handsets ? Find out on the Infographic below.
Today, Toshiba announced the latest CMOS camera sensor that it has developed, and on paper, it seems like a promising piece of silicon.
Toshiba's new camera sensor offers 13 megapixels of resolution, but that's not what makes it special. It stands out with being made using 1.12 micron pixels, which results in a footprint of only 8.5 square millimeters. Now, when pixel size goes down, image quality deteriorates, but Toshiba says it has addressed the issue with integrated color noise reduction technology. Furthermore, the sensor is of the backside-illuminated kind, so in theory, it should perform well even in low-light conditions.
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