DJI Mavic Pro , Foldable Drone

The drone will cost $999 (approximately Rs. 66,400) and a will begin shipping on October 15 from DJI’s stores and Apple stores, although you can pre-order one starting Wednesday.
Just like GoPro’s Karma, the Mavic Pro can be folded down to the size of a ‘water bottle’ and when you compare the dimensions of the two drones (when folded); DJI has a much more compact solution. 

DJI Mavic Pro weighs 743 grams including the gimble cover and has a maximum speed of 40mph in sport mode. DJI Phantom 4 travels at a speed of 45mph in sport mode.

DJI Mavic Pro features the same 12MP image sensor found on Phantom 4 and is capable of recording 4K video at 30fps. The drone also shoots 1080p videos at 60fps and slow-motion HD videos at 120 frames per second. The camera has an ISO range of 100-3200 while shooting video and 100-1600 for still photography. The 12MP sensor shoots still photographs at maximum resolution of 4000 x 3000 pixels with a shutter speed of 8s to 1/8000 second.
 The remote control bundled with Mavic Pro has an operating frequency of 2.4GHz and has a smaller battery of 2,970mAh. The remote control has a smaller screen offering details like height, speed, distance and orientation. For live feed, users can clip their phone with DJI app and access advanced flight mode options.
DJI Mavic Pro starts at $749 without the camera, which is in fact cheaper than the $799 pricing of GoPro Karma. The Mavic Pro will retail for $999 with the camera component attached to it.

Bacteria-powered batteries coming soon to smartphones

A team of scientists from Oxford University showed how the natural movement of bacteria could be harnessed to assemble and power microscopic “wind farms” or other man-made micromachines such as smartphone components.

Researchers say these biologically driven power plants could someday be the microscopic engines for tiny, man-made devices that are self-assembled and self-powered – everything from optical switches to smartphone microphones.

Co-author Dr Tyler Shendruk said: “Many of society’s energy challenges are on the gigawatt scale, but some are downright microscopic. One potential way to generate tiny amounts of power for micromachines might be to harvest it directly from biological systems such as bacteria suspensions.”

Dense bacterial suspensions are the quintessential example of active fluids that flow spontaneously. While swimming bacteria are capable of swarming and driving dis-organised living flows, they are normally too disordered to extract any useful power from.

But when the team immersed a lattice of 64 symmetric micro-rotors into this active fluid, the scientists found that the bacteria spontaneously organised itself in such a way that neighbouring rotors began to spin in opposite directions – a simple structural organisation reminiscent of a wind farm.

Shendruk added, “The amazing thing is that we didn’t have to pre-design microscopic gear-shaped turbines. The rotors just self-assembled into a sort of bacterial wind farm.”

Prisma App Turns the Most Boring Photos Into Striking Paintings

Ever wanted to turn a photo into a painting? There are plenty of apps and Photoshop filters that can do the job for you, but with most, the effect is pretty limited and the result can look rather feeble. There's an iOS app called Prisma (an Android version is in the works) that steps things up to the next level, in a super-easy to use interface that you really have to try out.  

 With Prisma, you now have your own, personal Picasso in your pocket. Just pick a photo from your phone, and it starts painting

By using a combination of neural networks and artificial intelligence, the end results are a real sight to behold. It doesn’t just put a filter over your image.

The app itself is pretty straightforward, and reminded us a lot of Instagram, back when it first launched - it's very simple with a basic interface that puts the focus on taking pictures, applying the filters you want, and then sharing them to Twitter or Facebook, instead of cluttering things up with a dozen different options. 

When you start the Prisma app, it asks for access to your camera and your photos. You don't have to grant access to your camera, as you can edit saved pictures from your gallery, but it's obviously a lot quicker and easier to snap a picture and edit it directly.

That being said, the app is free, and incredibly easy to use, so you should at least give it a shot to see how well it works.

Twitter CEO’s account hacked !

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account was today briefly hacked, the latest cyber attack against the high—profile personalities by hacker group ’OurMine’

The group, which previously hijacked social media accounts of Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg, shared a few videos and then sent a tweet that read, “Hey, its OurMine, we are testing our security.”

The tweet also included a Vine which has since been deleted and a link to the OurMine website.

“After the hackers posted a few benign video clips, a tweet went up saying ‘Hey, its OurMine,we are testing your security’ and linking to their website.

That tweet was quickly deleted,” technology website engadget.com reported. “All of the OurMine messages posted to Dorsey’s account (which, as of 3:25 am or so appears to have been scrubbed of the hacker’s tweets), came through from Vine,” it said.

A warning pops up from Twitter if one tries to access the OurMine website, advising that it is probably not safe, according to the report.

Last month, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was hacked on Twitter and Pinterest. 

7-inch monster called the Galaxy J Max have just been announced at a Samsung event in Delhi

Now, onto the Galaxy J Max. The Galaxy J Max has an insanely-large-for-a-phone 7-inch WXGA display, a Spreadtrum SC8830 quad-core SoC clocked at 1.5 GHz, 1.5 GB of RAM, 16 GB storage with microSD, 8 MP/2 MP camera combo, LTE, 4,000 mAh battery and – oddly – runs Android 5.1 Lollipop. 

The J Max will set you back Rs. 13,400 from the end of July. The J Max comes with a Bluetooth headset included and a one-year premium subscription to the Viu streaming service.

It also offers support for 4G, VoLTE, and dual SIM. Features like Ultra Data Saving and
S  Bike  mode are supported. 


Available in black and gold color options 

Samsung Galaxy J Max specifications:-

• 7-inch (1280 × 800 pixels) WXGA TFT display
• 1.5 GHz quad-core processor
• 1.5GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable up to 200GB with microSD 
• Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS
• Dual (nano) SIM
• 8MP auto focus rear camera with LED Flash, f/1.9 aperture 2MP front-facing camera,  f/2.2 aperture
• 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
• 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS 
• Dimensions: 186.9×108.8×8.7mm 
• 4000mAh battery