Techie Talk By Kanaka And Bhanu Aired on 2013 January 3rd

Leap Motion

Leap Motion’s not the household name Kinect is, but it should be — the company’smotion-tracking system is more powerful, more accurate, smaller, cheaper, and just more impressive. Leap CTO David Holz came by the Verge’s New York offices to give us a demo of the company’s upcoming product (called The Leap), and suffice to say we’re only begrudgingly returning to our mice and keyboards. [More from The Verge]

CES Update

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• Show will start next week
  
• Samsung, LG are the big wigs
  
• Apple does not participate
  

Ubuntu Mobile OS

http://www.youtube.com/embed/cpwhjdlsqtu

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Hand on Video

Microsoft and Google fight over Gmail sysnc and Youtube.

Google stopped using Activesync which is microsoft solution. Google will save money on licensing and is going the open standard calDAV for calendar sync and IMAP for mail and CardDav for contacts.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/2/3829690/microsoft-google-exchange-activesync-debacle

Microsoft VP complained to EU that Google is not giving them the premium Youtube App

Liquipel Super Technology

Moisture destroys 82 million phones annually, yet manufacturers do little to safeguard against it. In January, California-based Liquipel launched the first aftermarket service that waterproofs phones and media players. Engineers place the phone in a vacuum-sealed chamber and inject a carbon-based hydrophobic gas. The gas particles bond to the phone in a layer one thousandth the thickness of human hair.Because the particles are so small, they also slip through seams to coat internal components, such as the processor and battery. The waterproofing takes less than 30 minutes, and has no noticeable effect on the phone’s look or feel. Liquipel then mails the device back to the customer, better than new.

Transistor Story

Transistor

Metals pass the electricity while resistors block it. A semi conductor blocks and transmits electricity depending on the input factors.

Semiconductor is used for amplifying signal or as a switching circuit

Replaced the Vacuum Tubes

History

Created by William Shockley (1910-1989), John Bardeen (1908-1991) and Walter Brattain (1902-1987), and it was Bardeen and Brattain who operated the first working point-contact transistor during an experiment conducted on 16 December 1947

In 1958 design was modified to create the bipolar junction. First one was called Point contact

Usage

Multiple Transistors operating as a switches can be combined to form a Gate.

Multiple gates are the foundation of a Digital Circuit and Integrated Chip aka THE CHIP

Anything from Smartphones to Computers, Practically every electronic device uses the chip.

Sony Licensed the transistor from Bell Labs in 1952

Gaming Section

Journey Game for PS3

No Guns,No missiles

Lost in a desert trying to reach destination

Need help from fellow players for clues

Automobile Section

A four cylinder BMW 328 i Turbo Diesel

Four Cylinder Diesel 240 HP , 255 Pound- Feet Torque

0-60 miles 5.7 Sec

MPG ratings for highway are in the 34 range.

2013 Porsche Cayenne Diesel

Four Cylinder Diesel 240 HP, 406 Pound- Feet Torque

0-60 miles 7.2 Sec

MPG ratings for highway are in the 33 range.

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