Future in you hand (Source: B.B.C. News Feb. 2002)
Google aims search devices at companies (Source:The Economic TimesFeb. 2002) SMS in Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati (Source: The Economic Times - Feb 2002)
Anti-theft chip to stop mobile thieves (Source: B.B.C. News Feb.2002)
Walking down the street with a small computer attached to your head may sound like something of Star Trek. The Xybernaut company has developed a wearable computer called Poma, which lets you check your e-mail, listen to music or play games while on the move. What you have here is a head-mounted display that has the same resolution and imagery that you would see if you were looking at a desktop monitor. The only difference is that the headset weighs three ounces (85 grams), you dont need a separate cell phone, you dont need a separate pager, you dont need a MP3 player, you dont need all those devices anymore. (Source: B.B.C. News Feb 2002) Lie Detection from written/printed document (Source: B.B.C. News - Feb 2002) | ||||||
A hi-tech glove that tracks hand movements could change the way we use computers. The P5 glove, developed by Essential Reality, can replace the keyboard and mouse, letting you control your computer by just moving your hand and fingers in space. The P5 glove is light and is easy to use. The strips contain bend sensor technology that sends impulses back to the computer, reading the finger movements. The glove is kept on the hand by a simple black elastic strap, which means it will fit any size of hand. The product is aimed at boys and young men who play video games.
Google, the popular internet search engine would unveil a new corporate search product to help companies locate documents within their own databases. Contained in a slim device the google search appliance; a hardware and software combination, which business can install behind their own corporate firewalls and program to scan whichever documents they wish. This intel based hardware running linux is capable of scanning a host of documents from personnel records to corporate literature, engineers. computer code and even employee emails. Googles core consumer search business is free and is funded largely by advertising. The product comes in two versions; the GB 1001, one that scales to search upto 150,000 documents and is priced at $20,000 and a more powerful version, the GB-8008, a free standing device that holds 8 GB 1001s and can handle millions and millions of documents is priced at $250,000. 
Cellular service provider Orange has introduced short messaging service in Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati languages. The service would be available to subscribers at no extra cost and will also be operational in Delhi and Gujarat through Hutchison Essar and Celforce, it affiliates in the two circles, the company said. The feature would initially be available on selected Nokia handsets.
An electronic chip could play a part in reducing mobile phone theft by rendering the handsets useless to thieves. Designed by US chipmaker Xilinx, the programmable chip allows mobile phone operators to remotely disable handsets with a password given to them by the owner of the stolen phone. If a phone is stolen the person can phone up their operator, give a code and make sure the handset is useless to the thief. If the phone is recovered the action can be reversed so it can be used again by the owner.