Massive Crowd

Ever wondered how the movie ‘Lord of the Rings’ showed huge crowds charging at each other? This was done by special effects generated by a software called MASSIVE (Multiple Agent Simulation System in Virtual Environment) originally developed in New Zealand. These crowd-related visual effects are actually computer animations and the result of the problem-solving [...]

Dual layer Blu-ray discs coming soon

Dual layer DVDs which store 50 GB or 9 hours of high-definition video would soon be available. Blu-ray is the name for the standard which makes this possible by lasers that produce light in the blue-violet part of the spectrum. Presently, the regular household appliances like CDs and DVDs commonly make use of red lasers. [...]

Google v/s Microsoft

When I heard Microsoft has put forth an offer to buy Yahoo at US$ 44 billion, I knew there was something up the sleeve for Google to offer. Google Apps is an online version of the Office products, compete with the Office Suite of Microsoft. So, the logic is very simple - you step on [...]

USB 3.0 will be 10 times faster!

Imagine connecting your 10-megapixel camera to your PC using the USB cable and downloading your high resolution pictures in a minute! Intel and other companies are working on the USB 3.0 standard which makes this a reality. The current USB 2.0 which we all use limits the data transfer speed to 480 Mbps. [...]

Intel Chip packs 2 billion transistors

Silicon giant Intel has launched a chip that is packed with 2 billion transistors. That’s amazing! It was only in 2006 when they packed 1 billion transistors on their chip. The new one with double the number has been launched in less than 2 years. The quad-core chip, known as Tukwila, is designed for high-end [...]

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