5 most innovative gadgets

With technology moving at ever faster speed, the world is witnessing introduction of the most innovative of gadgets. It is interesting to see the evolution of this ever changing technological world. Here we present the 5 most innovative gadgets to hit the world.

Solid state drives

A solid-state drive is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data with the intention of providing access in the same manner of a traditional block i/o hard disk drive.

SSDs are distinguished from traditional magnetic disks such as hard disk drives or floppy disk, which are electromechanical devices containing spinning disks and movable read/write heads.

In contrast, SSDs use microchips which retain data in non-volatile memory chips and contain no moving parts.

Compared to electromechanical HDDs, SSDs are typically less susceptible to physical shock, are silent, have lower access time and latency, but are more expensive per gigabyte.

SSDs use the same interface as hard disk drives, thus easily replacing them in most applications.

Glasses-free 3D

Autostereoscopy is any method of displaying stereoscopic images (adding binocular perception of 3D depth) without the use of special headgear or glasses on the part of the viewer. Because headgear is not required, it is also called 'glasses-free 3D' or 'glasses-less 3D'.

The technology also includes two broad approaches used in some of them to accommodate motion parallax and wider viewing angles: those that use eye-tracking, and those that display multiple views so that the display does not need to sense where the viewers' eyes are located.

Smart TV

Smart TV, which is also sometimes referred to as 'Connected TV' or 'Hybrid TV', (not to be confused with Internet TV or Web TV), is the phrase used to describe the current trend of integration of the Internet and Web 2.0 features into modern television sets and set-top boxes, as well as the technological convergence between computers and these television sets/set-top boxes.

These new devices most often also have a much higher focus on online interactive media, Internet TV, over-the-top content, as well as on-demand streaming media, and less focus on traditional broadcast media like previous generations of television sets and set-top boxes always have had.

Kogeto Dot

The Kogeto Dot is a neat clip-on lens for your iPhone 4 or 4S that turns your device into a panoramic video recorder.

After filming, you upload the clip to the company's Flash-based player that lets you pull and drag the video so you can view it from all angles. You get a new experience every time you watch the video.

Long Term Evolution

Long Term Evolution, usually referred to as LTE, is a 4G standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals.

It is based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA network technologies, increasing the capacity and speed using new modulation techniques. The standard is developed by the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project).

The world's first publicly available LTE service was launched by TeliaSonera in the Scandinavian capitals Stockholm and Oslo on December 14, 2009. LTE is the natural upgrade path for carriers with GSM/UMTS networks, but even CDMA holdouts such as Verizon in North America and au by KDDI in Japan have announced that they will migrate to LTE in the future.

LTE is therefore anticipated to become the first truly global mobile phone standard.

These new age technologies are a boon to the techie fans though some of them might not be useful on daily basis but are certainly going to catch the eye of the innovators and early adopters.

Source: www.rediff.com

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