iPhone 6: Update(2)

iPhone 6 release date

Some pundits predict a summer release for the iPhone 6, while Money Morning reckons that the iPhone 5's lack of NFC and Jumbotron display is because Apple's got a proper iPhone ready for a springtime release.
It's quite likely that Apple is moving to a two-phones-per-year upgrade cycle, but we'd bet on a springtime 5S model and a bigger, iPhone 6, update in the Autumn, probably September.
Even Digitimes reckons a springtime iPhone 6 is unlikely: it's predicting a summertime reveal for Apple's next generation phones, which again fits with a WWDC unveiling.

Apple may have a new roadmap, with new phones every spring and autumn

iPhone 6 cases

Multiple rumours say Apple's working on plastic cases for its next iPhone, mixing plastic and metal in such a way that "the internal metal parts [are] able to be seen from outside through special design."
It's unclear whether such cases would be for the iPhone 5S or iPhone 6, or if Apple is simply considering making cheaper iPhone 4s to sell when the iPhone 3GS reaches the end of its life.
Speaking in March 2013, a KGI analyst said it believed Apple would turn to manufacturer Pegatron to make up to 75 per cent of low cost iPhone products.

Pretty, yes, but also horrifically scratch-prone. Will your next iPhone have a plastic back?

New charger design: Folding mode activated!

One scratch to a laptop is all it took for designer Min-Kyu Choi to redesign the power plug – with award-winning results. He and his business partner Matthew Judkins talk to BBC Future about a simple but ground-breaking rethink.

 

 

The UK power plug is a design which has remained almost unchanged since it started being plugged into electrical outlets in 1947. Back then, televisions were the size of a chest of drawers and music players could be the size of a child’s bed – hardly the kind of kit which required a travel-friendly plug.
Now, of course, our technological world is much more portable, and the plug’s prongs are capable of causing all manner of scratches and scuffs to laptops and the like when carried around.

BioShock Infinite: review

Formats PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC
Developer Irrational Games
Publisher 2K Games
Released 26 March 2013
PEGI 18 

There is a scene halfway through BioShock Infinite in which protagonist Booker DeWitt and his companion Elizabeth are searching the poor underbelly of the floating city Columbia. The shantytown is battered and filthy, kids singing dressed in rags, adults feverishly searching for food. In a basement, a child quivers beneath the rickety wooden stairs. Elizabeth spots a guitar propped up against a chair. She has been imprisoned and studied for her entire life, her experience of the world played out through books and phonogram recordings. “I wish I could play guitar,” she says softly. Without a word, you, as Booker, a man who has spent a great deal of his and Elizabeth’s time together killing to keep them safe, can walk over to the guitar, pick it up, and begin to play. As Booker strums softly on the instrument, Elizabeth sings along and unearths an orange before handing it to the boy under the stairs. Tentative at first, he hungrily grabs the fruit and begins to eat. Elizabeth stops singing, Booker stops playing and the pair make their way upstairs to find a way out of Columbia.

iPhone 6: Update(1)!

 
Apple’s iPhone 6 screen could be totally resistant to scratches, cracks and other terrible things
Apple’s iPhone 6 is rumored to sport a scratch-free, crack-resistant screen. A recent story from The News Tribe claims that this would likely happen if Apple makes the switch from Gorilla Glass to Sapphire Crystal glass.

Radical camera goes back in time

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Forgotten that old-school feeling of waiting for your photographs to be developed before seeing how they turned out? British design firm Conran may have the answer.
For BBC Future’s Imagineering project, in which designers are asked to reinterpret everyday objects, the designer chose to reimagine the digital camera with some of the joys of the analogue age.
Sitting in an apartment above the company’s London offices, senior designer Jared Mankelow unveiled the company’s vision. His bold design is a Post-it note-shaped square in bold blue, with two rings at the front for the imaging sensors (black) and a ringflash (white). A large hole bored straight through the camera serves as its lens and viewfinder.

Temple Grandin: Rethinking the way we think

Society must recognise that different people think in different ways.

Is JavaScript the Future of Programming?

JavaScript is the programming language that makes a website interactive. Slideshows, advertising pop-ups and Google's autocomplete feature are all examples of JavaScript at work. It was first created by Brendan Eich at Netscape in 1995 — nicknamed Mocha during development, released in beta as LiveScript and ultimately named JavaScript in order to piggyback on the popularity of Java (another programming language) for marketing reasons.

At first, developers didn't take JavaScript seriously, because it wasn't seen as a serious development language like Java, Ruby or Python, which are server-side languages. JavaScript was the frosting on the cake, only responsible for user experience. But the language continues to become more prolific, often recommended as a first language to learn for beginners. If you use JavaScript with a framework called Node.js, you can now actually use JavaScript as a server-side language.

The Future Needs Programmers

Bill Thompson at the BBC asks the question Who will write tomorrow's code?, and it's a similar question to the one I've asked before now. How do we get kids interested in programming computers, as opposed to just using them? Sadly we are creating a generation of computer-savvy kids. They know how to search the internet, write up reports and play their games. Many of them even know how to do things it took me years of playing to discover, but somehow we are not instilling the same level of joy or interest in actually creating the applications used to run the computers. Bill suggests, among other things, that's it's an education problem, and in some cases a simple access problem. The tools to develop software are not provided with many computers, without the tools, you are never going to encourage people to try it out. But I think it goes deeper than this - we just don't provide any encouragement or reason to learn programming. Let's face it, programmers are not exactly the trendiest part of the gene pool. I'm not saying we need role models, but perhaps we should be pointing out how much fun programming can be? Or how rewarding it can be? Perhaps, too, we should be more open about how programming works, and how easy it can be to produce fun stuff. Tools like Ruby on Rails, for example, make it very quick and easy to produce some fun and exciting stuff. Promoting tools like this for development would potentially start people people down the development slippery slope that leads to the bigger and more extensive projects.

Is there a place for humans in the future?

If any of our visions of technological revolution come true, then how will humans cope? Economist and futurist Robin Hanson presents his guide.

Hero Of The Week: Mark Zuckerberg!

Born	Mark Elliot Zuckerberg May 14, 1984 (age 28)[1] White Plains, New York, U.S.
Residence	Palo Alto, California, U.S.[2]
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard College (Dropped out)
Occupation	Chairman & CEO of Facebook, Inc.
Years active	2004–present
Known for	Co-founding Facebook in 2004; world's 2nd youngest self-made billionaire (2012)[3]
Net worth	US$ 13.3 billion (2013)[4]
Spouse(s)	Priscilla Chan (m. 2012)
Relatives	Randi, Donna and Arielle (sisters)
Awards	Time Person of the Year 2010
Website
Facebook.com/Zuck

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Building The Crash-Proof Car

Thousands of smart vehicles are already being tested on our roads as part of an ambitious – and little known - effort to eradicate car crashes.

eLimu: 'T' For Tablet

(Copyright: eLimu)

There has been a surge in technology initiatives aimed at delivering education in the developing world. But is there too much focus on flashy devices? 

IDEAPRENEURSHIP: The Fuel Of The Jet Age

 WHO IS AN IDEAPRENEUR

An ideapreneur is somebody who likes to generate new and innovative ideas - whether for business or other purposes - and to help realize them.  Ideapreneurs are radical inventors of change, instigating original ideas that add value which are sustainable commercially. The term is a neologism portmanteau derived from the words "idea" and "entrepreneur".  An ideapreneur is a person that is continuously initiating innovative ideas which are centered on the core goal of solving problems and acting upon them. (Source: Wikipedia)

The word was inspired by Peter F Drucker’s book Innovation and Entrepreneurship in which Drucker explains the relationship between innovation and entrepreneurship. ‘Innovation is a discipline, with its own, fairly simple rules. And so is entrepreneurship. Neither of them requires geniuses. Neither of them will be done if we wait for inspiration and the kiss of the muse. Both are work. And only those businesses, and those business executives, who accept this are likely to survive.’ Ideapreneurs are people who succeed in first identifying the opportunity for change in a field, and then execute a strategy that creates shareholder value by bringing innovation into the field.

Influences, personality traits, and characteristics

Sharing many of the traits of entrepreneurs and artists,  all possess focused and determined minds that generate ideas with the purpose of causing a reaction. Though like an entrepreneur they act upon their ideas to create a sustainable enterprise. Achieving results through a proactive attitude, leading others into the often unknown and therefore are considered risk takers and pioneers. Restlessness, unpredictable, extroverted and creative are often words used to describe them. Ideapreneurs share the same leadership qualities as an entrepreneur; they often collaborate with individuals who have financial or operation management backgrounds.

Unlike entrepreneurs, an ideapreneur only represents those with original ideas that also bring value.

AN IDEAPRENEUR SHOULD BE A CATALYST WITHIN THEIR INDUSTRY EVOKING CHANGE AND DISRUPTING THE STATUS QUO!

The Genius The Future Awaits!

Now here's the big QUESTION

WHO IS A GENIUS?

The answer to this question will set every human ablaze, keep them at their best capacity and produce a better technological future since humans are the gods of technology.
But here's the big PROBLEM too

NO HUMAN HAS GIVEN A COMPLETE DEFINITION OF "GENIUS"

 Of course I don't expect you to believe that! But you had better believed it. For most of its history, the debate over what leads to genius has been dominated by a bitter, binary argument: is it nature or is it nurture — is genius genetically inherited, or are geniuses the products of stimulating and supportive homes?

Too often, writers don't nail down exactly what they mean by genius. Simonton tries, with this thorough, slightly ponderous, definition: Geniuses are those who "have the intelligence, enthusiasm, and endurance to acquire the needed expertise in a broadly valued domain of achievement" and who then make contributions to that field that are considered by peers to be both "original and highly exemplary."

If you think Simonton got it right, what about accidental discoveries? consider the case of biologist Alexander Fleming, who, in 1928, "noticed quite by chance that a culture of Staphylococcus had been contaminated by a blue-green mold. Around the mold was a halo." Bingo: penicillin. But what if you had been in Fleming's lab that day and noticed the halo first? WOULD YOU BE THE GENIUS?

I believe in the words of famous Thomas Edison,

GENIUS IS ONE PERCENT INSPIRATION AND NINETY-NINE PERCENT PERSPIRATION

I've never seen a definition more precise and accurate as this! Now you'll say, "is Edison not a human?", of course he is but he missed the percentage, it should be 60% inspiration and 40% perspiration. This is the mystery - inspiration. Gotcha!

If we did all the things we are capable of doing we will literally astound ourselves and influence the world. In ancient Rome, the genius (plural in Latin genii) was the guiding spirit or tutelary deity of a person, family (gens), or place (genius loci). The noun is related to the Latin verb gigno, genui, genitus, "to bring into being, create, produce."

Therefore, a touch of genius is a touch of diety, of divinity, of GOD! If you don't get this straight now, you may never impart your world positively. God has the ability to bring into being, create, or produce, but guess what? the bible says "Ye are gods and all of you are children of the Most High (Psalm 82:6)". This is not just doctrine but present day reality. Are all children of God or are there specific persons? The bible is clear on this "but as many as receive him, to them gave he right to become the sons of God, even as many that believe on his name", it's simple - believe and become!

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son (Jesus Christ) that whosoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16)". Jesus is the answer! He is the way the truth and the life (John 14:6), believe in him and you'll receive eternal life which is the life of God and be awakened from spiritual death. This is what Isaiah said about Jesus "The Spirit of God will rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding" (Isaiah 11:2) not manly wisdom but divine wisdom. The bible says all things were made by Jesus (Colossians 1:16) who is the word of God made flesh (John 1:14), the moment you accept him into your life, you now possess the mind of Christ i.e. the wisdom of creation, of things seen and unseen, you will now have the God-mentality, you'll think like him because you'll have his mind. That's why he said "Come now, let us reason together"(Isaiah 1:18), you can't say that to your dog because it's got a lower power of reason but God invites a regenerated human to reason with Him. Halleluyah! Wotcha call that? One word! GENIUS!!

Say this prayer out loud and sincerely believe it in your heart "O God, I confess that I'm a sinner alienated from the divine order. I believe that your Son Jesus Christ died for me and that you raised him from the dead. I confess him this day as Lord and master of my life and pray for your grace to be on my life as I know more of him henceforth. In Jesus name I pray - Amen".

By reason of the prayer you are a new creature (1 Corinthians 5:17) and a saved person (Romans 10:9) and also a GENIUS!

Now this is the long awaited answer, GENIUS IS JESUS IN US! He is the Psych-In-Ya.
THE GENIUS THE FUTURE AWAITS IS YOU!