By
Krithik Kumar Chandrashekar
Most of you must have seen the trailer for the upcoming Avatar movie directed by James Cameron. And for those who did happened to catch the trailer, you most certainly would have been awed by the CGI. Avatar is one film which seems likely to explore new and possibly never before seen areas in CGI. Looking back at all those ‘Making of the Film’ DVDs I started to see the giant leaps CGI has taken since its inception. From Light-Cyles to Bullet Time, Dinosaurs to Mumakil and so on.
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By
Rashmi Narkhede
Quantum dots, also known as nanocrystals, are a special class of materials known as semiconductors, which are crystals composed of periodic groups of II-VI, III-V, or IV-VI materials. Various mass production systems like colloidal synthesis, electrochemical techniques, pyrolytic synthesis, and sonochemical synthesis are used for the synthesis of quantum dots. Quantum dots are useful because of their ability to absorb the entire visible spectrum, as well as their easy tunability by changing the crystal size. Quantum dots made from the same material but of different sizes can emit light of different colors. They have a wide range of applications in various fields, including electronics, computers, biology (bio markers, detection of tumors), quantum computations, fluoroscence spectroscopy, lasers, electronic displays and most importantly in solar cells.
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By
Kamakshi Palakodety
Windows has become such a common household name for me that I can’t imagine myself using anything but Windows as my OS. However, they say change is the only constant. And in the world of technology, nothing holds more fast and true than this saying. Similarly, when it comes to search engines, we all have grown so adept at saying “Google it!” Well, it seems the people at Google want to expand beyond search engines and browsers. They want to take over the computer completely and are coming up with an operating system, also called Google Chrome. This is still in the works though, and would be a while before it hits your desktops, as Chrome is mostly intended for netbooks at present.
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By
Abhishek Gundugurti
When General Motors (GM) Corp unveiled a prototype hybrid vehicle that they said was going to revolutionize the automotive world, many people were skeptical. Some were in plain disbelief and some refused to acknowledge that it would ever be a reality and that it was just a gimmick by GM because gas prices were very high at that particular time. But GM and its Chevrolet division managed to come out with the car – The Chevy Volt.
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By
Kamakshi Palakodety
Aah. It’s that time of the year again when we review all that’s latest in the tech market and comment on our best picks of the year and pick on the not-so-good ones. The product I chose to review for this issue is none other than Samsung’s Comeback SGH-t559 handset. If you haven’t guessed by the title of this article already, this handset is not really a rage to rave about. In an attempt to combine the benefits of a compact phone with the benefits of a spacious big-screen phone, the design of the handset might have been compromised.
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