New Compact Selfie Camera

The Fujifilm X-T1 was one of our favorite cameras of 2014. Now it has a compact cousin with a timeless look.

The Fujifilm X-A2 is a new mirrorless model built around a 16-megapixel APS-C sensor—a different imager than the one in the X-T1, as it’s a Bayer-filter sensor rather than Fuji’s proprietary X-Trans array—and it uses Fujifilm’s X-mount lenses.

Despite its throwback aesthetic, the camera is made with a modern-day craze in mind: You can flip the 3-inch LCD on the back up so it faces forward, helping you frame selfies. We’ve seen a similar feature before on Olympus’s PEN E-PL7. Of course, you don’t have to use the camera for selfies. We’d prefer you didn’t, actually.

The X-A2 has a mode dial and a command dial up top for adjusting manual exposure controls and shooting modes. ISO extends up to 25600, the camera shoots RAW, and Fujifilm claims the autofocus speed is 0.3 seconds. That’s slower than the X-T1’s blazing 0.08-seconds, but it’s still fairly quick.

In movie mode, the X-A2 shoots 1080p video at 30fps, and the camera has built-in Wi-Fi for offloading images and controlling it via an app. It’s not available just yet, but it will cost $550 with a 16-50mm/F3.5-5.6 kit lens starting in February. Kit lenses are fine and all, but you’ll probably want to crank it up to one of Fuji’s 23mm f/1.4 lenses for all your selfies and non-selfies.

Beach bot, The sand beach picture maker

Beachbot

If you’re lucky enough to live in a warmer climate this winter and have the urge to go to the beach, keep an eye out for any autonomous drawing robots as you head toward the water. More specifically, robots that are turtle-shaped.

Meet the “Beachbot,” an adorable little bot designed by Disney Research andETH Zurich. Place Beachbot on the beach of your choice, and it moves around on his own, sketching designs or images into the sand. The various cartoons the robot creates are either pre-loaded or drawn by a programmer remotely, and in true Disney fashion, the robot can even draw characters, including Nemo from Finding Nemo. The 2-foot-long turtle-looking bot uses a rake attached to its tail to carve lines with various thicknesses into the sand.

Here’s a look at the Beachbot at work:

Programmers place white poles around a certain area in the sand, setting up the bot’s “canvas.” Then, the Beachbot uses a laser sensor to map out the area and scale the image correctly.

Turtle Design

Beachbot

One of the Beachbot’s final products, a turtle.

Disney Research teamed up with the Swiss engineering group to design a robot that would be interesting to watch — both while it was at work and after its creations were complete, according to ETH Zurich’s website. The Beachbot is intended for use on public beaches, so it probably won’t be available commercially. According to Beachbot’s Facebook page, the team showed off the robot’s talents at a Miami beach last December and again last week at Techfest in Mumbai, India. No word yet on where the bot will pop up in the future, but Disney beach resorts seem like safe bets.

Fancy smart Home Control

Fancy Remote + 2 Fancy Plug All in one!

Connect 2 devices/appliances to the board and connect the board to your router. You will access to your devices with your Mobile Device via internet (web environment). 

You can get it now! Look at the perks!

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Meet Fancy Remote.

Your mobile device connects to Fancy Remote via Internet. Fancy Remote connects with Fancy Plugs wireless.

Fancy Remote consists in 2 devices:

1. Fancy Remote: This is the Central Unit used as a bridge between mobile software and the plugs.

2. Fancy Plug: This is the device which allows you to control every device/appliance.

So, you always need Fancy Remote (Central Unit). You can get the Fancy Plugs you want. There is no limit.

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Control your home from your Mobile Device

Fancy Remote is connected hardware that allows you to automate, customize and remote control your devices/appliances at home. It comes with zero effort installation and context-aware automation. Connect your Fancy Remote to your router and start controlling every device at home. You can control the device at home and also around the world via internet.

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                                It fits everywhere 

We will send you the socket you need for your country. If you want a different socket from the country you order, please let us know.

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                                   Plug & Play 

It is plug & play:

1. Connect the Fancy Remote cable to your router.

2. Download the application from our Website, Android Play Store or Apple.

3. Plug the appliance/device to the Fancy Plug and manage your home/office with your mobile device.

That’s all! It is not necessary to configure anything else!

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Manage inside & outside your home

You can manage your Fancy Plugs inside & outside your home. If your Smart Phone is connected to your home wifi the software will use it to connect and if not your mobile device will connect through your operator.

Compatible with Android and iPhone.

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Super fast charger

We are people who can not live without the kind of gadgets we carry, from tablets to smartphones and gender. Therefore, I believe that people who are well traveled not mind carrying around an extra power supply or an extra battery for processing times of the electricity crisis. Well, has the extra power at hand is one thing – but to ensure that the battery is dead, you juiced up to a maximum level in the shortest time? It’s something else. Flux petalite, claims to be able to offer the full cost of the phone in a matter of just 15 minutes, now how about that?

Petalite Flux was inspired boost electric vehicle technology, in which the United Kingdom announced petalite petalite starting material flow, which happens to be an external battery for your mobile phone that can be charged up to 100 % (2,600mAh course, something more than it would take more time) in the space of 15 minutes; participate in the revolution they Dock power technology to let petalite flows normally recharge via USB or in just 15 minutes with 10 amps of power when using Power Dock.

RSS petalite developed to solve the obvious problem with the phone, and that’s a little math to help you arrive at a purchase decision. Smartphones tend to take an average of two hours a day to fill 100%, which would be more than 56 days which is connected to the wall for a typical phone 2-year contract, while having 15 minutes of time will allow you to record a 49 days attached huge wall unit load for the duration of your handset. Councils petalite Flux Balance at only 95 grams, and is in a cylindrical stylish design that uses quality automotive components, so it ends up in the context of a very reliable and durable technology.

New Camera Sensor Eliminates Need for Flash

No flash? No problem. A new imaging sensor could soon make it possible for photographers to take clear, sharp photos, even in dim lighting.

Created by a team of researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, the new sensor is highly sensitive to both visible and infrared light, which means it could be used in everything from the family Nikon to surveillance and satellite cameras.

The sensor, which is 1,000 times more sensitive to light than the imaging sensors of most of today’s cameras, gets this high photoresponse from its innovative structure.

It’s made of graphene, a super strong carbon compound with a honeycomb structure that is as flexible as rubber, more conductive than silicon and which resists heat better than a diamond.

Graphene, which is a one atom-thick layer of the mineral graphite, has already earned a reputation as the building material of the future. Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov took home the Nobel Prize in physics in 2010 for their work with the compound.

The inventor of the new sensor, Wang Qijie, an assistant professor at NTU’s School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, said this is the first time that a broad-spectrum, high photosensitive sensor has been made using pure graphene.

“We have shown that it is now possible to create cheap, sensitive and flexile sensors from graphene alone,” said Wang. “We expect our innovation will have great impact not only on the consumer imaging industry, but also in satellite imaging and communication industries, as well as the mid-infrared applications.”

Wang said the key to his new sensor is the use of “light-trapping” nanostructures that use graphene as a base. The nanostructures hold onto light-generated electron particles for much longer than conventional sensors.

This results in a stronger than usual electric signal, which can be processed into an image, like a photograph captured by a digital camera.

Most of today’s camera sensors use a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor as a base. But Wang said that his graphene base is far more effective, producing clearer, sharper photos.

And, according to Wang, he even took current manufacturing practices into account when designing this new sensor. In principle, the camera industry will be able to keep using the same process to make its sensors, but simply switch out the base materials for graphene.

If the industry chooses to adopt his design, Wang said it could lead to cheaper, lighter cameras with longer battery lives for all.

SMART SUITCASE

SMART SUITCASE

Let’s face it, air travel sucks. You are crammed in a small cylinder at 35,000 feet with a herd of other people like cattle, noshing on junk food a cranky flight attendant pitches at you while hurrying by. Worst of all, you forgot to charge your tablet and now can’t watch all those Marvel movies you wanted to catch up on. A solution could exist to at least this last problem though, courtesy of a new so-called “connected carry-on” called Bluesmart.
It has an integrated weight scale so you don’t over pack, a digital lock, location tracking, and best of all, a chargerthat will juice your phone up six times over. Not only that, but it can charge two devices at once. The app that works with it will also give you proximity alerts, let you lock and unlock the suitcase from your phone, and provide you with trip data tracking so you can see where all you’ve been going lately.

There’s a padded pocket in the front so you don’t have to worry about messing up everything in your bag just to get out your laptop. If you’ve ever used a regular sized carry-on, you know how big of a deal that is. The case is made from 3 layers of polycarbonate, anodized aluminum, and it has waterproof zippers so it can sit on a luggage cart near the plane while it’s raining and the interior won’t be affected. Dropping this much money on a carry-on seems like a lot and hopefully there will be a full-sized suitcase of this caliber in the future, but this is a good start.

BYOD: Bring your computer personal devices in the office

BYOD or abbreviation for “Bring your own device ‘is a concept that we see more and more in our Quebec companies.

We find in young employees, the desire to have a single device their personal and professional lives. Several products and solutions are available, including the operating system.

When hired, several young even require the use of their personal devices.

BYOD

Smart phone and tablet
With the advent of this technology, it is easy to understand that employees bring personal devices in the office. Increasingly, companies give employees the right to use these types of devices. What could be more convenient than using a tablet at a meeting or at a meeting outside the office.

The deployment of a fleet of tablets or smart phones is very expensive and difficult to maintain.

Computer and laptop
It must be understood that a computer and the majority of computer equipment have a life span of 4 to 5 years. Thereafter, you run the risk that this equipment will break, causing a loss of service or data. By understanding this phenomenon, it is easy to imagine that it is very expensive for companies to perform regular replacement.

The use of the concept of BYOD ensures that companies save a lot of money by letting employees use their devices.

security
The question to ask, is it safe? A contaminated unit with a virus could cause twist to the company’s IT environment?

The answer is yes and no security strategy, the concept is very problematic.

strategy
It is possible to have a strategy to minimize risk. Servlinks Communication offers solutions so that external devices can now connect to the network with restricted access. For example, with Internet use only.

It is also possible that these devices can not do anything on the IT infrastructure other than connecting to a solution such as:

VDI (Virtual Office)
terminal server
No correspondence will be other than the elements determined by the infrastructure administration. The unit is in other word a terminal to connect to enterprise solutions.

To do so, it is important to have the necessary equipment:

Switch
Wireless Access Point
Router and firewall
server
storage
software
These solutions are often multi-platform !!

The company has more than the cost of maintaining the IT infrastructure and users use the device of their choice.