Google Inc. recently unveiled several features that could influence people the way they search the web. The long list of incredible technologies on offer from the Google Labs is sure to amaze you. The me=0&cs=a212360f04fae574fa37784446f0b258″ title=”Internet”>Internet has undergone a drastic change with the advent of newer technologies in the last few years, Google can surely vouch for its lion share of success. The range of features on offer from the Google storehouse includes the following-
Search by Voice:
Google search is moving beyond the era of punched keywords to make users comb the Internet more efficiently using their cell phone cameras or vocal words in several languages. Google introduced quite a few fresh ways to search on mobile phones utilizing voice-based multiple formats. The company by now allows users to search with the help of their cell phones where users can place their queries in English as well as Chinese.
With this new launch, Google also added Japanese to its long list of multiple language-based interface to uplift their framework and will eventually add all other major languages. According to an industry insider, Google’s speech recognition applications are undergoing drastic improvements. Shortly, someone could speak a request in English, and Google will translate it instantly and interpret it back to the phone owner in Spanish or any other preferred language choice. The company expects to introduce this advanced technology by 2010.
Search by Sight:
An experimental new tool called Google “Goggles” is all set to turn you into a shutterbug. With this amazing new device compatible to Windows7 OS, users can click a photo and make an image submission immediately to Google as ‘query’. For example, we can capture a photograph of a famous landmark in any foreign country, then submit it to Google via the Internet, and get information about the site standing at the very spot.
The tool is now available on Google’s Internet portal. The technology incorporated, works in just about the following way- At first, the images are forwarded to the parent server. Google in turn utilizes its own technology to identify those images from the server and returns the information within a few moments. This advanced tool is apt to analyze any facial image. It could even possibly spell out the names of the person. This special feature already incorporated with Windows 7 and is expected to create a buzz around the cyber circuit.
Search by Location:
The launch of advanced Google features allows Internet as well as Smart phone users to keep updated with more geographically relevant issues. Users can get hold of instant information relating to places and things in their near vicinity like- a nearby restaurant or a coffee shop. Another highlight among the recently announced Internet application features from Google is termed “near me now”. It utilizes global positioning system (GPS) to modify map results highlighting show shops, restaurants, and other places of attraction. According to reports, this new feature will soon be a part of Google Mobile Maps. “Search by location” is also available on the Windows7 framework.
Real Time Search:
This new incredible feature out of the Google pipeline is sure to rock you this season. With its advanced voice activation and identification software available on their Internet site, this new range of services from Google labs is all set to make the dice rolling. With the mounting pressure from the tech hungry clients, Goggle is fine-tuning their search options by optimizing their search preferences for the users.
According to a spokesperson from the industry, there is a need to index the Web every single second.Google is therefore adding up real-time information into their database and customizing its search results. There are few add-ons compatible to Windows7 OS, which surely holds promise of further popularity for the tech giant.
With a plethora of advanced features and applications lining the Google production line,
information gateways are sure to experience a technical upsurge in the coming days.
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Smart kids won’t be the only ones heading back to school with the newest gadgets this fall. Some of the country’s biggest school bus companies are also loading their fleets with the latest high-tech safety tools. Nearly 22000 school buses will be equipped with an array of sophisticated security technology — including Global Positioning Systems (GPS) enabling dispatchers to track the speed and exact location of any bus at anytime. The buses will also be equipped with sensitive alarms that can detect if any children have been left onboard, or if an intruder enters, after a bus is parked. An electronic hand-held device will make daily pre-trip inspections easier, allowing bus drivers to be more thorough when checking and recording tire pressure, brake lights, and emergency exits before they leave the bus yard each morning to pick up students. Produced for First Student, Inc.
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Are all the state-of-the-art, high-tech gadgets and databases featured in shows like CSI Miami, for real?Do facilities for forensic investigation like the ones in the show, really exist, or is it just show business? Some Mexican friends would really like to know, and I don´t wish to hurt their feelings, especially when compared to the very limited resources and investigation methods available in their country.
It's too bad most high school kids have never played a real video game, and don't have any high-tech stuff.
I love kseigal's idea about the bed! I want to make love in a bed like that! 8^)
We are seeing a lot of integration now–cellphones with cameras and GPS, GPSs with MP3 players, etc. I think we'll see a lot more of that. TVs, computers, media players, GPSs, cellphones, internet terminals, etc. etc. will all come together into general 'electronic devices'. They'll probably come up with some good name for them, like iGizmo.
Notice how small cellphones and MP3s have gotten in just the last few years. It's just a matter of time before we're wearing them on the ear like a bluetooth earpiece, and then -inside- the ear like a hearing aid. These could also have GPS and guide you to your destination with voice commands. ("Now turn left up there by the gas station. It's the fourth house on the left, with the birch tree. Watch out for that kid on the bike!")
I have seen 'glasses' that have little TV screens on them. They could be made into real glasses that you wear all the time. You could watch TV on them, or other kinds of media, or use them as computer monitors. They are always with you, always connected to the Internet, integrated with your phone and your GPS and your MP3 player and video camera and. . . well, you get the idea.
We are now only starting to realize remote-control devices. I mean calling your phone and entering codes on the keypad to turn on your heat, record stuff on your TV, thaw something for dinner, warm up your bed, etc. We'll see a lot more of this integrated into the Internet and your personal in-ear phone/media device/Internet terminal.
WiFi will die, and good riddance! It will be replaced by something more universal. Wireless Internet that you can carry with you anywhere. Maybe a satellite-based system that you can use anywhere in the world, like GPS is today.
Processing power is out, massive storage is in. Having an in-dorm room media server configured with a terabyte of storage space, 8GB of RAM on a wired gigabit ethernet router is as cool as it gets. Composite video out from your server to your plasma HDTV will rock completely.
thanks i am 10
do you get to keep the products that the company gave you??
I agree, however the actual number may even be lower.
I think there are multiple reasons for failure:
- product does not address a "need" that anyone can identify with
- product is too expensive
- product is too complex
- too much competition; profit margin too slim
- developer can't find a mass producer for product, even it's a good one
- developer(s) didn't have enough business savvy
- poor marketing
There's likely other reasons too.
@mattdotts
i actually AGREE!! so annoying
While many people do by the new (and expensive) tech items to make themselves 'feel richer', I believe that most people are more like my husband and I … while we can certainly 'afford' the best and newest, we choose to wait, to see what happens next, and when we do buy, we buy what we NEED for our uses. We have 'top of the line' computers that are 'home built' (my husband is a web developer with the proper skills), and are now looking into getting an HDTV … but we want one about 32" and we want to get the least expensive way to get the shows we usually watch … and we'll also have great DVD play, too, of course, even though we have only a 'normal' DVD player … we have many (over 100) DVDs and we won't get any 'HD' (probably Blu-Ray at this point, but it's still early) player until that has 'settled down' and we can see which will be the one that 'survives' longer than a year or two. We do NOT have the fanciest cell phones (we do carry 'pay as you go' phones for emergencies and to tell time), and we don't own a car and won't own a car because we live in the city, and we don't want to 'pollute' the world any more than is absolutely necessary. As long as we're HAPPY then we'll continue to make our purchases according to our own schedule, and not to the 'schedules' many companies use to keep people BUYING when what they've got is 'good enough' for at least 2-5 years more.
Hi…those men can be difficult to buy for, huh? My husband is one of them too. I would recommend buying him a gift card for one of his favorite stores. You could then buy him a nice Christmas card and right a sweet message to let him know how much you love him and put the gift card in the card. Merry Christmas…early:)
22" Widescreen flat panel display (1680×1050 res)
You can give anything you want but the deduction for business gifts is limited to $25.00 per person.
Hi jon, I dream about working full-time doing techreviews like you. Unfortunately i have 15 years old and i’m argentinian. but I practice doing reviews and unboxings for when be able to contact to with companies like you. You are the best jon. Thanks for your videos.
kids that are like 12 yrs old making tech videos, dumbest thing ive ever seen
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There’s nothing wrong with that if they know what they are talking about, if they don’t then, yes thats dumb, but I am 14 and make videos like Jon.
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what can i say…you rock…
You’re Great! I’m 14 by the way.