Wednesday, 2 November 2016

Milagrow’s New Autonomous Robotic Lawn Mower Range Starts at Rs 69,990

Moving lawn has been pretty much the same the last decade or so and Milagrow, India’s robotic company has decided to change this. Tired of coaxing your family member to mow the loan? Well, the Milagrow’s autonomous lawn mower might be a help. The autonomous lawn mover comes equipped with a total of 13 sensors which aims at providing a higher degree of freedom and the ability to operate without any human intervention. The array of sensors also includes a sensor that detects when the robot is lifted from the ground. The roll over sensor stops the blades and cuts off the power if the device is tilted at an angle greater than 30-degree. Torque sensors are designed to supply equal torque to all the wheels thus ensuring that the wheels wont destroy your lawn.

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But what if it rains, fret not Milagrow has also included a rain sensor that will direct the robot to go back to its base point in case of rains. Milagrow claims that the lawn movers can mow a maximum of 0.64 acres in a single day and unlike the usual lawn movers these are not noisy and fuel guzzling. Furthermore, the lawn mower has also been specially designed so that it is manoeuvrable even at the most difficult of places. The most important aspect remains the eco friendliness of this product unlike the usual lawn mower the Milagrow doesn’t consume fossil fuel. Milagrow’s robotic lawn mower is made up of the following variants- Robo Nicklaus 2.0, RoboTiger 2.0, and RoboTiger 1.0.

As with most of the other smart robots the lawn mower also comes with its own companion app that lets you schedule the chore at a specific time of day and select the sub areas to be cleaned. The lawn mowers work autonomously and they also take care not to damage any plotted plants or even trees on its way. The robot smartly pushes the mowed lawn back into the soil so that it becomes a natural fertilizer.

 

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The most relevant use case that I could come up is for medium tracts of lands and lawn that has been landscaped. Restaurant and Hotel owners will find it to be helpful since they can eliminate the manual labor required to do the mowing. Milagrow lawn mowers are available on the official website and the range starts from Rs 69,990 and goes all the way up to Rs 1,29,900. Additionally, the company is offering Cash on Delivery, EMI options, 1-Year warranty and 30-days replacement policy. Milagrow has on offer the most exhastive range of domestic robots in India starting from a Swimming Pool cleaner to the Aguabot floor cleaner.


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Xiaomi Mi PM 2.5 Detector Helps Track Real Time Air Quality on Mi Air Purifier 2

After announcing the Mi Air Purifier Pro yesterday, Xiaomi has launched yet another new smart home product in China. It’s a portable cuboidal shaped air quality monitor that Lei Jun led firm is referring to as the Xiaomi Mi PM 2.5 detector.

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Xiaomi has apparently been teasing this product on Weibo for quite some time and hence it’s overwhelming to see it finally being unveiled. Essentially this may be termed as the best companion gadget for the Mi Air Purifier 2. Unlike, the Mi Air Purifier Pro, the last gen Air Purifier 2 from Xiaomi doesn’t come with an integrated display. Thus you would need to check the real-time air quality via the Mi Smart Home app on your smartphone. This Xiaomi Mi PM 2.5 detector, however, saves you from that hassle.

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The Xiaomi Mi PM 2.5 detector is a fairly compact device measuring at 62 x 62 x 37mm and weighs just about 100g. Upfront it features a small OLED panel which displays real-time metrics including quality of air, battery life and network strength. The display also comes with the ability to dim the brightness during the night so that it doesn’t hinder your sleep. There’s also a small horizontal line on the upper part of the OLED display that shows three different colors – green, orange and red depending on the condition of the surrounding air. To make this happen, the Xiaomi Mi PM 2.5 detector makes use of a high precision laser sensor to accurately detect the presence of particles with 0.3μm diameter.

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The smart air quality indicator comes with a feature wherein you can make it function in tandem with either the Mi Air Purifier or Air Purifier 2. Here, the air purifiers from Xiaomi will automatically turn on when the Mi PM 2.5 detector shows a value that’s above the permissible limit. Powering the Xiaomi Mi PM 2.5 detector is a 750mAH battery which boasts of up to 2-3 hours of battery life.

Just like all other Mi smart home products, this too can be controlled via Xiaomi’s proprietary app. This will allow you to remotely monitor the air quality of your home and track historical data. As mentioned before, there’s also an intelligent night mode feature that automatically reduces screen brightness during sleep hours.

Xiaomi Mi PM Detector 2.5

The Mi PM 2.5 detector is now listed on the official Xiaomi website in China for 399 Yuan. It will go on sale starting November 11.


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There’s a New High-End Windows 10 Mobile in Town, But Do You Care?

Alcatel Idol 4s is the latest Windows phone in the town and it does come with slight variations in features as opposed to the one showcased at the MWC this year. The Windows variant looks similar to the Android sibling and also comes with a box that will transform into a VR headset. The Continuum will allow users to connect the smartphone to an external display and other peripherals including mouse and keyboard.

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The Idol 4S comes equipped with a 5.5-inch FHD AMOLED display with 2.5D curved glass and a Dragontrail glass protection. Powering the device is a Quad Core Snapdragon 820 paired with a 4GB RAM and an Adreno 530 GPU. On the storage front, the device offers 64GB of Internal memory along with a microSD card slot that can further accommodate up to 128GB. The phone also comes with a fingerprint sensor at the back.

Camera setup on the Idol 4s includes a 21-Megapixel primary Sony IMX320 sensor with dual-tone LED flash. The secondary camera shapes up in the form of an 8-Megapixel sensor and also comes bundled with a LED flash. Things also seem to be well taken care of on the connectivity front as the Idol 4s features 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11, Bluetooth 4.1, USB Type-C and GPS. Furthermore, the device is backed by a 3000mAh battery and comes with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0.

Now coming to the Billion Dollar question, Do you Care? Well, we do understand that it is a high-end Windows 10 Mobile device that comes with equally good hardware but the software has recently been its Achilles heels. With several developers opting out of Windows Mobile ecosystem citing the low population of Windows users and the lesser revenue things just don’t get better. Last time we checked Windows commanded a market share of just 1-percent and this just reduces the incentives for the manufacturing partners to opt for Windows 10 Mobile. Also, I have been seeing Windows loyalists ditch the Windows 10 Mobile due to the various constraints including the jinxed app ecosystem.

That said those interested in Alcatel Idol 4s can choose between Gold and Black colors. The device will be available in U.S starting from 10th of  November and is priced at $469.99.


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Facebook Takes on PC Steam with the Gameroom Platform

Facebook’s next big bet seems to be on the gaming front, today the social media major launched it’s Gameroom Windows desktop gaming platform. The gaming platform is akin to the Steam except for the fact that Facebook will help the gaming platform flourish with its organic reach. The platform has been subjected to months of beta testing and all the while the name changed too. As of now, the app is available for download to users running Windows 7 and up.

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Unlike Valve’s Steam, Gameroom seems to be focussing on less graphic intensive games that have a social angle as well. Thankfully the app is dedicated and not bundled with Facebook and this means that one can play the game without the distractions from the Facebook News feed. However, Facebook is expected to battle out the mighty Stream platform that has more than 125 million active users who are playing games at any given time. Facebook needs to leverage its social reach and convince the developers to hop on to their new platforms.

Facebook has a lot of perks if it indeed becomes the preferred gaming destination, first, it can blend in its social network and also promote the games directly on users feed. Yet another revenue stream is the possibility of generating content from the players live feed. Needless to say, Facebook will also make use of the use of its well-targeted user to promote the Gameroom. Most of the users have given up on casual desktop gaming and instead switched to mobile gaming, with the Gameroom, Facebook wants to bring back the users on board their platform which will also cater for the mobile community.

Furthermore, gaming platforms like the Unity 5.6 will allow the devs to directly port the games to Gameroom. Well, the Facebook-powered Gameroom is already up and running, maybe you can drop by and check out the games spread across various genres including shooters, strategy titles, and puzzles.


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Tuesday, 1 November 2016

Google Home is Tied to a Single Google Account and That’s Not a Good Thing

Google Home, Google’s take on artificially intelligent household devices is hitting the shelves this week. But unlike Amazon, Google’s ecosystem also consists of a massive collection of services that know a lot about you and what you do on the Internet such as the search, Gmail and a whole lot more.

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So when there’s a gadget in your home to which anyone including kids and guests can shout and ask questions, it does raise some concerns about its sources and integrations. Well, until today there wasn’t any information about how Google Home will handle multiple users but a new finding by the good folks at ComputerWorld has discovered that might alter your buying decisions.

Also Read: Five Exciting Features of the New Google Home

According to Google’s official FAQ page, Google Home will be closely tied to a single person’s account who initially went through the setup process. Hence, anyone capable of talking can indirectly access that user’s personal details. Situations such as asking it to read emails, reviewing calendar events, accessing other content connected to a Google account can create a havoc unless you live alone. Additionally, the questions asked and YouTube videos played, will influence his or her recommendations, Google Now cards, and history. So, as of now, Google Home is inconveniently limited to just one account except music services. Unfortunately, there’s no guest or incognito mode which you can enable when you’re expecting company.

There are currently, though, two ways out of this – You can either go into your account settings, remove the queries others asked one-by-one or disable connection with your private matters such as emails altogether. While the former sounds a bit doable, the latter will also cut the cord for you too and reduces the value of Google Home’s capabilities by a substantial percentage. Google Home definitely needs a multi-person interface as it is meant to be used by everyone in the home. One of the most promising solutions for this is to enable voice-based account switching. However, as of now, we can only wait for Google to address this issue.

Google Home will be available to purchase in the US starting November 4th at a price of $129.


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Microsoft announces Windows version of Alcatel Idol 4S Android phone

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Microsoft isn't completely done with mobile, but this recycled Android phone isn't going to save Windows on phones.

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‘Nanobionic’ spinach plants from MIT can detect explosives

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It takes more to make kids want to eat spinach than telling them Popeye uses it to get super strong. Now you can tell them spinach can... detect bombs?

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