Microsoft is taking gaming into another level, and i guess you will not want to be left out, and maybe this will feature in the upcoming xBox 720.

Room scan prior to start of game

IllumiRoom is a proof-of-concept Microsoft Research project designed to push the boundary of living room immersive entertainment by blending our virtual and physical worlds with projected visualizations. The effects in the video are rendered in real time and are captured live -- not special effects added in post processing.

Game's reaction to your room envi

IllumiRoom makes use of the Kinect for Windows camera and a projector to blur the lines between on-screen content and the environment(like; Living room, or even kitchen) we live in and thus allowing a combination of our virtual and physical worlds. e.g, the gaming system can change the appearance of the room, induce apparent motion, extend the field of view, and enable entirely new game experiences.
This illumiroom feature is the next big thing in the gaming world and will pose a big threat to Sony's PS4 knowing too well that sony have already given the world an hint on their console but still microsoft instead hesitates and {to my mind} make preparation to include the illumiroom feature on all xbox 720.
 
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In most science fiction movies you'll hear the term 'Alternate reality' but is there actually an alternate reality? highly unlikely however, i don't think i have a definite answer to that yet but what i can surely confirm is that their is a reality were each minute is been expanded and explored until each second of that minute is apprehended and also explored to get each millisecond of that second and so on and so forth until you get to much of the nanoseconds, that is the world of the internet yes!, the internet lives no in minutes, not even in seconds.

With you normal human apprehension  of time a minute is not so much and so but its one of the smallest time for us to get a job done but in terms of the computer or internet nah! nah!! no!!!, A minute is one of the biggest time for a job to get done, some people cannot even wait up to a minute while waiting for a youtube video to load they might just close it. Speed is vital thereby cancelling out an effective minute when it comes to internet.


Do you know what happens in one minute on the Internet? In just one minute, more than 204 million emails are sent. Amazon rings up about $83,000 in sales. Around 20 million photos are viewed and 3,000 uploaded on Flickr. At least 6 million Facebook pages are viewed around the world. And more than 61,000 hours of music are played on Pandora while more than 1.3 million video clips are watched on YouTube. 


Computing and internet is like a plague and virus to us, most things or activities could be paralysed in its absence, huge amount of money lost for just a second of downtime for a company, everyday mega companies announce more faster computer processors in RPMs or GHz,  we are also on the verge of the quantum computing for everyday user. As many new devices get added up, more transfer of data becomes inevitable and thus it's weighted on the internet; downloads, listening to music, online streaming (especially watching football online! so cool) uploads and downloads of photos, docs, web page synch, backups, Data centre activities, twitter feeds, online gaming, stock exchanges and what have we?
all of the above mentioned activities and even much more others generate network traffic. Following is an infographic illustrates just how much data passes through the network in 60 seconds. Nearly 640K Gb of global IP data is transferred in just one Internet minute!

Today, the number of networked devices equals the world’s population. By 2015, the number of networked devices is expected to be double the world’s population. And by the time we reach 2015, it would take five years to view all the video content crossing IP networks each second.
So can our existing networks handle this explosion in network traffic and maintain consumer expectations for immediate access from multiple devices? And if the networks can expand to accommodate this growth, can they do it while maintaining security? Telco equipment manufacturers and service providers will be on the hook to ensure that we continue to enjoy access to information and entertainment on our mobile without any interruption to service.
 
The Brains behind the Computer processors; Intel has began working with equipment managers and service providers to help them do just that. lately, Intel announced its next-generation communications platform, codenamed “Crystal Forest,” aimed at bolstering performance and tightening up the network security to handle the increasing network traffic.


By enabling equipment manufacturers and services providers to deliver platforms that grow along with the network, Intel is also enabling consumers to stay connected on intelligent devices every Internet minute of the day.

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Most of you should be familiar with BIOMETRICS, currently undergoing a module on this course, though i must say its very challenging,as you have to force computer systems to understand certain characters or traits to enable the absolute of conditional differentiation of individuals whether 1. biologically in the respect to [anatomical and physiological] or, 2. Behavioural characteristics These features could be turned into processes to enable automation of various sort and thus the birth of the finger print scanners, your Android face detection fun, or the newly facetracking all related to Biometrics as a son of Computer vision. The Demand for Security is at it's rare peak and its only going to climb up meaning that their are challenges and new technologies will break foot, if you are a sci-fi movie fan then you surely would have seen most of these like Iris scan, Voice recognition, Sound pattern.

Examining the Tongue for Biometrics

 Well today i do not intend talking about Biometrics tech in details but to show you something fun. Another Issue that affect us when it comes to biometrics and scurity is when we want to take some certification exams especially those in a well controlled settings e.g. PearsonVUE, the require biometrics not to talk about one of the exams people take lots more,

one of the many variations of the Vein Scanner

thats the GMat Exam what makes this one even interesting is its use of Vein scan  Presently one of my research topic in Biometrics indulges us to learn about Ear recognition however most countries are already into or are going into rigorous Identity management systems that will require certain combinations of Biometrics like [Finger print, face recog, iris] to be taking, now who is to say that in a few years from now you will be even asked to take a biometrics of the skin, biometrics of the eye, of the head (how big it is, or the total circumference, the thickness of the teeth, the Tongue's texture and pattern, or even the buttocks. Some people in the industry will be happy but the privacy intrusion and convinience will certainly be an issue
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Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop throws iPhone on the ground to emphasize how embarrassing, After he was asked by a TV presenter in Finland during a TV show Hjalliksen Kanssa of the Announcement of Nokia's premier Lumia 928, he hesitated to give Normal response as all CEO's will but instead teased the audience before the TV presenter Specifically requested a Date for the release cause he wanted to change his iPhone to a Lumia.

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A nice cosy area for relaxation provided by hotel W at Maldives

Hotel network W has many hotels all over the world, all of them are designed in a different ways, with different stylistic tastes, but, in spite of their variety, it stands to reason, that it is the style of W. Of course, there are no Persian carpets and gold mouldings there. W is associated with something progressive, something new, but expensive. In fact, it is the concept of Hotel Network. It is a well-known fact that it is the only hotel network in the world which develops modern industry by patronizing young designers in the project FASHION NEXT. Of course, there are hotels which are more luxurious, more enormous, but the concept W impresses in general: 5 *(star) doesn`t mean mouldings, velvety furniture, luxurious beds with frills, statues and fountains. W represents it clearly.

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Its high time i show Nokia the love she deserves, as my first love i remember the old good days of 5510, 3310, and the rise of 6600series with symbian smart phone, but the Finnish firm has surely past that dispensation and even arrived at a time they hard to lay off thousands of words killed the old grand lady Operating system named Symbian, though the SYMBian phones sure did enjoy their time and ruled the smart phone industry before a dip, Nokia plunged into depts together with Symbian nevertheless, symbian is now a just a licensing body.

Now the good news is that Nokia is rising back up so quick, their devices is now coming with the swaggs it once boasted of and this was made possible after testing the Nokia N9 which ran on the Operating system Meego, also now laid to rest.

Off-course you will enjoy Microsoft Office in this

The SUccess of the N9 Phone came just at the right time to encourage and push the Microsoft-Nokia deal, right now all Nokia highend smart phones runs on Microsoft's Mobile phone Operating system named Windows Phone. It wasn't all rosy for the Nokia guys as many lost their jobs, as the wind of change blew through Nokia world wide, many factories were closed thousands lost their Job but the few who got lucky can have a little giggle owing to the emergence of the Lumia phones, their features are interesting

Wireless Charging and Soundsystem

Lumia 920 Handson 3D Printing with Nokia & MakerBot partnered to release the CAD files for anyone to customise their Lumia 520 and 820 case, and created the world's first live social 3D printing experience at MWC 2013 in Barcelona Nokia 920 official which have the Pureview tech, in-case you dont know Nokia 808 Pureview is currently the king of camera phones. PureView technology with Carl Zeiss lens captures blur-free videos even if the camera's shaking or in low light. Thanks to its Optical Image Stabilisation. Nokia city lens feature

   Charge your iPhone everywhere any time, while running, 24/7 everyday, anywhere, anyhow,  yes, it is possible, a green energy prospect. Just go through it

  Joao Paulo Lammoglia designed this awesome concept which utilizes the power of your breath to convert into electricity via very small tiny minute wind turbines. The user simply wears the AIRE mask hooked up to an iOS device, and by breathing into the mask, the gadget is able to recharge the phone.
There are certain places this will be of a great help,

considering Nigeria where which currently, there is a lack of constant electricity, you would not have to worry as when ever you need to charge your phone it means that's when you need to either sleep or go for juggling, and thats another great concept for killing one stone with 2 birds. It is also another way of saving energy nevertheless since it was announce we are still waiting for sales to commence.

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 President Obama's limousine, often called "The Beast," has broken down. You might be wondering how the most protected vehicle in the world could break down on an overseas visit, and the answer would surprise you. There's a bit of discrepancy over what exactly happened (and the Secret Service is living up to its name with the details, but apparently somebody filled The Beast with diesel fuel instead of gasoline gasoline instead of diesel, according to The Times of Israel. While we don't know exactly what type of engine powers the presidential limo, because the vehicle's based on a heavy-duty truck chassis, the fact that it's powered by a diesel motor doesn't surprise us. As the report goes What does the Secret Service do when the President's ride has been compromised this way? Since calling a cab is out of the question, they reportedly have a replacement limousine being flown in from in Jordan. "Son of Beast," we'll call it.

The Red jeep was hijacked and used for joke with the Garde (Police in Ireland), the joke is became even more serious, many people were injured including Garda officers (Police).
I can't say for sure if he is a lunatic or joker but the guy surely did have something up his head to put a large number of lives at risk.
 though it happened long time ago, but the scene sparks laughter and thats why i'm sharing it with you News report on the incident very funny

Great wall of Lagos to protect the 9 Million Square Meters land to be reclaimed from the sea.

This is not 3D rendition, its the real thing after 4 years

At present {20:March 2013}, over 5Million Square Meters have been reclaimed in simple English: A land mass as big as a small village is been formed, created, made, installed or reclaimed back from the Sea that have stolen it over years of serious waves, flooding that attacked lagos years back, Lagos is a Densely populated State in Nigeria, when i say densely populated i mean [i mean that is has been practically impossible to properly say how many people live in Lagos, census has been incorrect nevertheless i think it is well over 17million people].

Lagos State shaded with Red, so tiny in the map of Nigeria yet contains most of her population

So you can imagine how possible, yes it has been like that, and right now there is little or no more space even in Victoria ireland, not to talk about the danger posed by Lagos' close proximity to the Ocean.

Piling for first Building (Tower) Commences by China Construction company CCCC

World's best dredger: Congo River Dredger dredging and reclaiming even more land after the 5Million Square meters Land Milestone achieved a month ago

Dredging with the Congo River is the Highest of technology in dredging machines, as Live view or coverage are sent to Dredge International (DEME) 's head office in Belgium via Live satelite feed, this will enable optimization and more efficient dredging

A view of how the current Lagos synchronizes with the new Eko Atlantic

The Great Wall of Lagos is Eko Atlantic, it is the bed rock, the genius, the technological expertise used on it in addition to the cost rivals most technological innovation.

5 ton Stone nick-named Accropode

A field of Accropodes that will be used to strengthen the wall

A Man's height to one 5 Ton Accropode

100 accropodes will be used for the wall, and one of those accropodes weighs a ton
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Copa Lagos 2012 - Cheerleaders at the Worldwide Beach Soccer tournament Held on the Land reclaimed from the See: Eko Atantic, Lagos.

Beach Soccer match going on at Eko

Videos igihioh For most of the Nigerians familiar with the term "NEPA" there will be no issue with NEPA as power will be served {NEPA no go take light}, no need to buy "Pure Water" water will be purified and centrally distributed, what more to say, is it the Fibre optics cable that will run through the city to provide

highspeed internet that will be made available for use and that exactly has been one of the major factors that has enabled funding of the project from banks Locally, nationally and internationally. Brand-new Congo river, the world's toughest sand dredger launched and sent to Lagos to start and complete phase 2 of sand dredging  for a year. The most amazing thing is that few years ago i covered the progress about Eko Atlantic but it feels more accomplishing to see that they have already began Piling of foundation pillars for the first Building after the Milestone celebration of the 5MillionSquareMeters of land form the see. What more can i say, the Lagos state government has been able to remove the tag "Dream" to "Reality" while using 3 birds to kill one stone (lol) by

1. Prevent the Atlantic ocean from hitting the lagos shoreline, preventing flood
2. A new city, (Houses, Work, Road, Tourism, Beach) {this bird has many children}
3. Self powering city (Power, Internet, Water, Sewage, all centrally managed)

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The Ghanaian Government will in 3 years build Africa's tallest building that is will be modeled like the traditional Ghanaian round thatched houses used long long time ago.

System of bridges linking all 6 Towers and protecting basic amenities

Hope city will be modeled like the Old houses

 The 75-story, 270 meter-high building that is expected to be the highest in Africa. A system of bridges at different heights will link the towers together, creating a circular connection between the buildings' functions and public amenities. OBR co-founder Paolo Brescia says the project's goal is to create a living place of discovery and exploration that reflects the trad

It will cost the Ghanaian Government US$10Billion to set up the tech Hub in Western Africa come June 2013. The newly warmly acceptably elected President John Dramani Mahama has re-emphasized the importance of growth to the country's economic sector via private sector RLG Global has partnered with the Ghanaian Government for the mind blowing innovation. The $10 billion high-tech hub is aimed towards the attraction of major players in the Global ICT industry to the and enhance technological growth. One thing that gives me joy in this project is the short time frame i.e {June 2013 to 2015} if the project can actually speedup to completion then for sure, Ghana has done more than enough in sending a loud message and also that will consolidate Mahama's position as the president.

Well it is obvious Ghana wants to move away from dependence on Gold and Timber into Technological advancement 'to my mind' it is a giant stride i like, i want to see more of this

From the acronym of Home Office People Environment the city will be named Hope city and it will have the capacity to house 25000 people also ensuring job availability for 50,000 people. This is a nice way of using many birds to kill one stone i just can't wait till 2013 when the project will be complete

2.8 Million Square meters of land reclaimed by sand dredging to signal completion of first phase Eko atlantic

Numerous African countries have embarked on such expansive projects, with the Tinapa resort Center in calabar Nigeria already a reality, the Eko Atlantic city in Lagos in which i have gone through some of these projects and it is interesting how difficult claiming of land is, i must congratulate the lagos state Government for the feet achieved and i hope that all these projects listed will be completed in due time for the enhancement of the African community at large.

Also in recent times at Kenya was a ground breaking ceremony for Konza City also an ICT Hub that will cost the Kenyans  over $14 billion

There are many more large scale projects like this and i will be updating weekly about others i've not written about or you can simply comment below to inform me so i add it up in summary.

I hope during one of my trips to the Model and Statutory improving country: Ghana, i will have to lodge in Hope city come 2015.


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In time past people have voyaged the earth, or embarked on specific mission fueled by passion, either to travel round Europe, Visit all Asian countries, Visit all Art galleries, Visit all Museums, Visit the coldest places on earth, visit the world's best resort locations but these realistic fascinations will be shredded as someone is about to indulge in digital fascination.

For over 3 years i have been struggling to stop my friends list from reaching 1000, so periodically i do friend's list maintenance, i kinda know a good number of them after been in separately different places for a lengthy period and after those period i have increased friend's request.  So i devised a method which is sacrificial in nature: in-order for me to add someone new someone else has to leave, its really difficult to do so i avoid doing it most times by delaying the ineveitable.

Now there is someone who has no problem with adding friends has he has found a solution to it {better one if you might say}You can say what you like but i think this Man has got some kudos, i guess one very good morning he logged into facebook and someone gave him an add on facebook making his friends list 788 from 787, he had a thought that 'why would i add up this someone with whom i might not exceed the status of acquaintance or i can force a real live meeting myself'.

I would suppose that gave birth to his thought about visiting all 788 facebook friends of his over a 3 year time frame. You can only guess the resources and cost such a mission will eat up but well, that is his own way to justify having over 500 facebook friends, what about you?
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The War between Apple and Samsung has been waged on various fronts even in the market of gadgets which saw a true competitor in Galaxy S3, this war will not end soon

After Samsung Announced their flagship smart phone in the personality of Galaxy S4 of SGS4 Apple felt so uncomfortable, you can ask me how i knew, won't you? i really don't know however, there are many factors that will guide my assertion.

They opened a website for named 'Why iPhone' they are currently trying to keep their fans/customers at bay until they release the new iPhone 6, they are even planning to begin production of a cheaper version of the iPhones; it is so unlike the big apple company to go down to satisfy the market base from grassroot, that's because for the first time for over some years now, they feel threatened.

As at now Apple is planning to change their new device production to a 6 months circle against the earlier 1 year, which means every 6 months we can be expecting a new device or upgrade of an old one from the Fruit company

I for one feel that the SGS4 is a real game changer, it will solidify Samsung's grip on the market, despite the fact that Galaxy S4 has almost completely similar look with its predecessor (Galaxy S3) the gadget still mans lots of user interesting features that Apple has no reply for, and if at all they will have a reply for it, they will surely have  to work even harder than before,
This is What Apple had to say on the wake of the Announcement of SGS4 

 

And this is what they have for you Fans of Apple, a completely awesome sample design of iPhone 6 to rival the SGS4, with a projecting screen and keyboard.

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