Nokia and University of Cambridge launch the Morph – a nanotechnology concept device

The Morph

The Morph

Very Intresting concept of a device using nanotechnology called “The Morph” developed by Nokia Research Center (NRC) and the University of Cambridge (U.K.) – was launched on Monday alongside the “Design and the Elastic Mind” exhibition.

Morph is a concept that demonstrates how future mobile devices might be stretchable and flexible, allowing the user to transform their mobile device into radically different shapes. It demonstrates the ultimate functionality that nanotechnology might be capable of delivering: flexible materials, transparent electronics and self-cleaning surfaces. Dr. Bob Iannucci, Chief Technology Officer, Nokia, commented: “Nokia Research Center is looking at ways to reinvent the form and function of mobile devices; the Morph concept shows what might be possible”.

Morph concept technologies might create fantastic opportunities for mobile devices:

  • Newly-enabled flexible and transparent materials blend more seamlessly with the way we live.
  • Devices become self-cleaning and self-preserving.
  • Transparent electronics offering an entirely new aesthetic dimension.
  • Built-in solar absorption might charge a device, whilst batteries become smaller, longer lasting and faster to charge.
  • Integrated sensors might allow us to learn more about the environment around us, empowering us to make better choices.

    • Exhibitions open: “Design and the Elastic Mind”, on view from February 24 to May 12, 2008, at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.

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    vivek

    How to answer your mobile through a tattoo :)

    Digital Tattoo Interface

    Very intresting concept, imagine answering your mobile phone by pressing an area of your skin, its not a sci-fi movie scene but one of the entries in the Greener Gadgets Design Competition.

    The Digital Tattoo Interface works via a Bluetooth device implanted underneath your skin. Don’t worry, you won’t have anything bulging out like a weird growth – the chip is flat, flexible and made of silicone. It lies between your skin and muscle tissue.
    Intrestingly this device electricity powers up by bilogical components of the body “convert’s the blood’s glucose and oxygen from the artery as electricity required”.

    This device communicates wirelessly with the world as well as with other devices implanted in the same body. It is always present, always on, but out of sight and non-obtrusive. It also continually monitors for many blood disorders, alerting the person of a health problem: A human version of the check engine light. Product styling is the latest and coolest downloaded display interface showing on any tattoo on the block. This product is waterproof too!!.

    Great ideas 🙂

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    vivek

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    Adobe Pushes DRM for Flash

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    I found an intresting post via Electronic Frontier Foundation that “Now Adobe, which controls Flash and Flash Video, is trying to change that with the introduction of DRM restrictions in version 9 of its Flash Player and version 3 of its Flash Media Server software. Instead of an ordinary web download, these programs can use a proprietary, secret Adobe protocol to talk to each other, encrypting the communication and locking out non-Adobe software players and video tools. We imagine that Adobe has no illusions that this will stop copyright infringement — any more than dozens of other DRM systems have done so — but the introduction of encryption does give Adobe and its customers a powerful new legal weapon against competitors and ordinary users through the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).”
    Intresting !!

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    vivek

    Flash Lite: Effectively using gotoAndPlay & gotoAndStop

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    Faisal posted his first Flash Lite tips’n tricks in Nokia forum about how effectively one can use using gotoAndPlay & gotoAndStop as Flash Lite 1.1 supports pre-AS1 Flash 4 scripting syntax, the developer have to use tellTarget statement to access objects from deferent object.

    This trick is quite useful when you have to do a quick goto action, but if you need to perform multiple actions, then you’re good to go with tellTarget.

    Love to see more tips and tricks from Faisal 🙂

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    vivek

    On2 Technology Included in Adobe Flash Lite 3 Application

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    On2 Technologies announced that it has licensed its optimized TrueMotion(R) VP6(TM) video decoder software to Sony for use in its mylo communicator “COM-2” device.

    The COM-2 uses On2’s TrueMotion VP6 decoder with Adobe(R) Flash(R) Lite 3 software, and provides access to videos posted on Flash-based web sites. When connected to a wi-fi hotspot, the mylo communicator can also upload and download content to and from the Web using the touch screen interface on its 3.5-inch high-resolution display. By integrating an optimized version of On2’s VP6 decoder, the mylo communicator users have the ability to enjoy web based video content, while on-the-go.

    “We continue to improve the quality of our video solutions for leading handheld device manufacturers, and the mylo communicator is one of the best examples of mobile video products on the market today,” said Bill Joll, president and CEO of On2 Technologies. “Most of the leading user-generated content web sites today use our Flix Engine product and VP6 compression scheme to create and publish video, and we see the market trends moving toward mobile video sharing and consumption.”

    I think trend to see video on mobile is going to be a big hit in current year. 🙂

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    Adobe Idea Share: an upcoming event in Bangalore, India

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    I just got this email about Adobe Idea Share event which is going to happen in Bangalore, India
    Honestly as from email its not clear what this event is all about. But it has 2 different sessions as below.

    Abobe Creative Suite 3 – Design Premium Session (9:30 AM onwards)
    Abobe Creative Suite 3 – Web Premium Session (3:00 PM onwards)
    Date: 26th Feb, 2008
    Place: Chancery Pavilion, No. 135, Residency Road, Bangalore, India

    Registeration :Send your Name, Mobile Number, Company, Designation, Official E-mail Id clearly mentioning the session you want to attend (Design Premium or Web Premium) to adobe@endtoend.in or fax your details to 080-25213656

    You can also call at 080-25219656

    I will be there, buzz me lets have a meet and to know what this event is all about?

    vivek

    Adobe Device Central – Profile Update 5 features the first Flash Lite 3.0 devices available in the market.

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    Via Mark Doherty, Adobe Device Central – Profile Update 5 is available for download and This update features the first Flash Lite 3.0 devices available in the market.
    It’s very Important! Before downloading Update #4, you must FIRST download and install the Flash® Liteâ„¢ 3 Update for Device Central CS3 and for Flash CS3 Professional (2 separate updates).

    vivek

    Mobile World Congress: Global Mobile World Awards 2008 announced

    Global Mobile World Awards 2008

    Mobile World Congress 2008 is over and the winners of the Global Mobile World Awards 2008 have been announced.

    The winners for 2008 in different categories are:
    Best Mobile Game
    – Cellufun: Call of the Pharaoh, Glu Mobile: My Hangman
    Best Mobile Music Service
    – Omnifone: MusicStation
    Best Mobile Video Service
    – mywaves: mywaves
    Best Mobile Social Networking Service
    – BuzzCity: myGamma.com
    Best Mobile Infotainment Portal for News/entertainment
    – Yahoo! Connected Life: Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0
    Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service
    – Microsoft: Windows Mobile 6
    Best Mobile Messaging Service
    – Seven: System Seven 7.0
    The GSMA Chairman’s Award
    – Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder, Chairman & Group CEO Bharti Enterprise
    Best Mobile Handset or Device
    – SonyEricsson: W910 Walkman Phone, 3UK: 3 Skypephone – Highly Commended
    Best Broadcast Commercial
    – Safaricom: M-PESA ‘Send Money Home’ campaign
    Best Mobile Advertising
    – Crossmedia Avenue: AMF Pension – the MMS campaign
    Best Use of Mobile for Social & Economic Development
    – Grameenphone: CellBazaar
    Best Network Quality Initiative
    – RAD Data Communications: LA-130 Cell Gateway – Cost-Effective HSPA Backhaul
    Best Service Delivery Platform
    – Aepona: Aepona Telecom Web Services Platform
    Best Billing and Customer Solution
    – Bharti Airtel: mChek on Airtel – Mobile Payments Service
    Best Roaming Product or Service
    – Syniverse Technologies: Syniverse Datanet

    Congratulations to all the winners!

    vivek

    Get inspired: Adobe Magazine winter issue released

    Adobe Magazine winter issue

    Adobe Magazine winter issue

    Get inspired Adobe released Winter Edition of proxy magazine.
    “Design is a vision, a person’s interpretation of the world, their everyday life, and how they absorb. It is a unique art form that journeys from vastness to fruition and at times, back to vastness. In this issue, Gerwin Schmidt, our guest designer, challenges us to remember this and keep our eyes, minds, and hearts open. And challenge design ideas in order to inspire others to reexamine their own perspectives on art and life.”

    Cool stuff as usual 🙂

    Download pdf here

    vivek

    Winners of International Mobile Gaming Awards Announced

    International Mobile Gaming Awards

    IMGA announced winners of 2007 International gaming awards, this year the IMGAs bring in over 400 developers from 42 countries to compete for $40, 000 worth of prizes in five categories. And event took place in the crowded GSMA’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and featured judges from Japan, Europe and the US — including Modojo’s own Justin Bailey; their job, to scrutinize 25 nominated games from the US China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Thailand, India, UK, Netherlands, France, Denmark, Spain, Poland, Sweden and Australia.

    Here are the Winners for the 2007 edition of the awards:
    Best Casual Game – Treasure Arm by Tequila Mobile
    Best IP-based licensed – Furby Island by LemonQuest
    Best 3D – One by Digital Legends
    Best Gameplay – Dirk Dagger and the Fallen Idol by Jadestone
    Operators Choice – Metal Gear Solid Mobile by Ideaworks3D
    Public Choice Award – WRC 3D by Firemint

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    vivek

    Adobe Pitches New Flash Streaming Platform as iPhone Killer for Mobile Operators

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    Adobe unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, a new client/server streaming media delivery platform with a new mobile profile built to Adobe’s server backend is designed to enable personalize-able user interfaces (UIs) that can be branded by operators and delivered over the air to subscriber phones.

    The new mobile profile client software empowers mobile operators to monetize the UI “in the way that ringtones and wall papers are monetized,” says Anup Murarka, director of technical marketing for Adobe’s mobile and devices unit. “You can make the entire UI brandable and we think there is a revenue opportunity there. For operators, we also can elevate key data services to the top of the UI, so you don’t force users to drill down to discover hot new services.”

    It’s intresting that people are talking more about mobile experiences and “The evolution of mobile has changed with the iPhone” how it can be improve more or give a another great user experiences to mobile users. Intresting! 🙂

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    vivek

    Netbiscuits Embraces Adobe Flash and AJAX to Enable Rich Content for the Mobile Web

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    Just Found this another news from PRNewswire that Netbiscuits is the first mobile software development platform to support Adobe Flash and AJAX technologies for developers to create the next-generation Mobile Internet experience. Now, media, content and advertising professionals have a full solution to deliver high-quality, tailored Web experiences that incorporate mobile advertising and shopping on virtually any mobile device.

    The integration of Adobe Flash and AJAX expands the unique Biscuits concept inherent to the Netbiscuits platform, giving developers the toolkit needed to create a wide range of Mobile Internet applications including mobile advertising landing pages, content shops, audio and video downloads and more. The resulting high-end user interfaces, convenient rich media integration and visual effects virtually guarantee a more satisfying and productive consumer experience on the mobile Web.
    “Netbiscuits is committed to improving the development of high quality mobile Web sites that achieve a faster path to profit from mobile Internet programs,” said Michael Neidhoefer, CEO of Dynetic Solutions, the company behind Netbiscuits. “By delivering Flash embedded in browser-based mobile applications, Netbiscuits has taken another critical step in building a mobile Web that is as rich and accessible as the PC-based Internet experience.”

    The other intresting things which i found about this company is the platform integrates Bango’s mobile payment system for worldwide mobile billing and combines it with a new “Content-Shop-Biscuit.” so sailing of ringtones, wallpapers, videos can be done easily.

    You can see live flash demo: hall 7, booth 7B70 in Mobile World Congress.

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    vivek

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    Adobe Launches Flash Home and Flash Cast 2 at Mobile World Congress

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    Adobe today announced that major content providers, including MTV Networks, the Nasdaq Stock Market, eBay, Reuters, Dolce & Gabbana and others are using the company’s Flash Player compatible mobile products and solutions to extend their brands to the handheld market. Leading companies are adopting Adobe® Flash® Home, a new mobile application for rich, dynamic home screens, and Adobe Flash® Cast™ 2 technology, the next generation offline portal solution, to deliver high-impact user experiences and provide instant access to data services.

    The new Adobe Flash Home application combines customizable data-enabled wallpapers and home screens with live data services to provide users with more personalized mobile experiences.
    Flash Cast 2 delivers rich, easy-to-use data services through mobile applications such as news, sports or entertainment channels.Licensed by operators like NTT DoCoMo, Verizon Wireless and Chunghwa Telecom, Flash Cast offers operators the ability to tailor mobile experiences based on subscriber’s profiles and device capabilities while reaching high volume, mass-market handsets.

    I must say this is what i was waiting for to design more engaging experiences for Mobile and devices. Great news!! 🙂

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    vivek

    Nokia Maps 2.0 hits beta release

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    Nokia Maps 2.0 hits beta release

    Nokia Maps is approaching the release of its second major version (2.0). a semi-public beta.The new version brings a number of improvements which includes a new pedestrian mode, enhanced driving navigation mode, satellite maps, much improved search and new real time traffic information.
    Some details on features are:

    • The driving navigation interface has been much enhanced, with proper turn indicators and transparent panels.
    • There’s a new pedstrian mode (Walk), with no voice instructions but with “breadcrumbs” that are shown where you have been walking so you can easily see what direction to take. (Walk is included in the driving navigation license for car navigation but can also be purchased separately at a lower cost).
    • Satellite maps are now included (Google Maps) for 200 cities worldwide. The satellite maps are downloaded over the air and are saved automatically. Next time you start Maps, the satellite maps will be there, no need to download them again. There’s a hybrid view that combines satellite view with the regular maps.
    • Improved search function with results listed by categories (i.e. streets, restaurants, towns).
    • Improved places (landmarks) functionality. Places can be saved as favourites and collections (folders) created.
    • Upgrade facilities are provided to convert old navigation licenses and maps to the newer formats. There’s also a companion (new version of the) MapLoader utility.
    • There’s real time traffic information handling that allows dynamic rerouting of navigation. This is available for 18 European countries and is a premium addon.

    See how it works & download

    vivek