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  • How to Use Your Android Phone as a Gamepad

    How to Use Your Android Phone as a Gamepad

    Ever wanted to buy a gamepad for a pc? Well,now a new android application called Mobile Gamepad lets you convert your android device to a gamepad,which allows to play most of the major games,each with it’s own custom control.

    This app currently requires a server application to be installed in the pc,and works through Network or  USB Tethering,although a future support through bluetooth is planned. Motion controlling support for racing and flight simulation games and ability to control the volume of the game though the volume rocker of the device are the unique features of this app.

    The app,developed by blueqnx of xda,is in it’s beta phase now. But it doesn’t compromise on it’s stability and functionality.

    You can download the app from google play here or from xda here.

  • 10 Best iPhone Applications

    10 Best iPhone Applications

    It can be difficult to navigate the App country, and even harder to know what applications you need, especially before you are missing them!
    Our expert team have tried some of the best application , so you can get ideas on which applications can make your  life easier or just a bit more fun.

    1.  Monument Valley 

    Monument Valley  is a beautiful game, and just the thing for those who love good graphics or wild architecture. The game is in its simplicity that lead a princess through some beautifully designed tracks. This is a wonderful pastime, and clearly worth every penny.

    2. Moves  

    Moves is the perfect application to have in your back pocket if you would like to have measured all your activities during the day. Everything counts calories when incinerated, Moves helps you track! The application measures for all activities, and make it easier for you to get an overview of how much, or how little, you move in within a day.

    3.   7 min workout

    Is perfect for those who do not have a lot of time or money to go to the gym, but still like to keep fit and stay in shape. The application will provide a 7:07 minute long workout that can be done anytime and anywhere. This application has both explanatory audio, images and video – so there are no excuses for not getting started, everyone can join .

    4. Water Mind 

    Water Mind helps you with some of the most important in the world, which is to consume enough water! It’s super hard, and often we get too little water daily. According to all the Health and experts, it can have serious consequences for the body and health if the body is not getting enough fluid. With Water Mind you can easily keep track of how much fluid you consume, set goals for yourself as you remember and learn more tips and reasons to drink more water. 

    5. Sleep cycle alarm clock 

    Sleep Cycle alarm clock is an application that measures the sleep cycle. It can sense when you are in deep sleep and when you sleep easy. In this way, the application can choose the best time to wake you up, so you get the nicest start to the day

    6. Design your lock screen 

    We use our mobile to everything we have always with us and our most personal memories and information on it, so why not make the look a little more personal? With the “Design Your laseskærm” you can change the design and make your mobile different and personal.   

    7. Afterlight 

    Afterlight  is a super fine and easy image editing program if you want to give your photos that extra wow-effect which makes all stops and looks a second time .

    8. A beautiful mess 

    A beautiful mess is another image editing application, but super nice and fun because you can add speech bubbles, patterns, text, shapes and figures in his paintings. Everything will be posted on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, so why not make it a little prettier to look at?

    9. Big day event count down 

    A  fun little application that has no other function than that you can look forward to something else. It is always the waiting which is the worst, but with this application, you can easily see the time fly by and before you know it, it’s time for what you’ve been looking forward to for months.

    10. Travel list easy packing and planning 

    Smart of functional app for you to be out and travel. This application helps you packing list, keep an overview of plans and excursions on holidays, and at little things like remembering batteries or charging your camera so you do not miss the great moments.

     

  • One Plus One : Nexus Killer launched under 300 $

    One Plus One : Nexus Killer launched under 300 $

    OnePlus One (1 +) is a smartphone from the Chinese mobile phone manufacturer OnePlus and will try to compete with the other top models on the Android platform. OnePlus One does come with an alternative Android version – namely the version CyanogenMod 11S. The phone is till recently announced during an event in Beijing.

    The phone was developed with a chassis design in both stainless steel and aluminum, but  the developer chose  magnesium, as it could reduce the weight further. The back can be changed , so you can choose from different back covers.  The different back covers will made up of  materials like wood, denim, Kevlar, etconepluysneresmi_1_erdiozuag

    FEATURES :

    •  Snapdragon 801 processor   2.5 Ghz
    • OnePlus One has a TOL screen : Touch on Lens . There will be no air gap b/w the  display and front screen
    • Memory : No expandable memory space
    • 16 GB / 64 GB Version
    • 3,100 mAh Battery
    • OnePlus uses CyanogenMod
    • Price : 16GB version will cost you £229 and  64GB = £269
                   In USD    16GB =  299 $   ,   64 GB =349 $
  • “Play to Cure: Genes in Space” – A mobile game which helps cure cancer!

    “Play to Cure: Genes in Space” – A mobile game which helps cure cancer!

    Have you ever thought that a mobile phone game can help cure a deadly disease like cancer? “Play to Cure: Genes in Space” is a cool game in which you take the handles of a spaceship and drive around asteroids and space rocks to get valuable and powerful elements called Alphas. The revolutionary part is that you are actually trying to help the scientists to analyze a lot of real data. This game is jointly developed by Cancer Research UK, Amazon, Google, Facebook and Omnisoft. The game allows public to help the scientists identify patterns of genetic information of thousands of tumors through an enjoyable experience.

    ASTEROID FIELDS AS A GENETIC DATA

    This mobile game resembles a classic flight simulator: the user controls a spaceship that must cross asteroid fields and get bonus called “Alpha Elements”. The innovation lies in the development of the asteroid fields- these fields are developed based on genetic data from analyzes of more than 2000 patients with cancer.

    A DIGITAL SIMULATION FOR HUMAN ANALYSIS

    The collected data includes a cluster of information that could help to heal specific diseases. The difficulty lies in the fact that many (nearly two million data points for each patient) would take considerable time to be analyzed by professionals, while a computer analysis would not be as effective as a human eye.
    This is where this mobile game strikes: when a player makes a good run between asteroids and by harvesting a large number of the so called “Alpha” elements, it actually draws a coherent route from the chips to the genes. So each user provides a human analysis of individual patient data, as well as track treatment.

    A REVOLUTIONARY IDEA

    Available on iOS and Android, “Play to Cure: Genes in Space” is already a revolution in the sense that it uses the direct inputs from the users for fighting against cancer. If the actual results are not yet measurable, this playful approach to the analysis of the data opens up new perspectives in the relationship between medicine and new technologies.We can hope that similar kind of innovative apps will continue to be developed, which will make it possible to make faster advancements in science. “Play to Cure: Genes in Space” is truly an enjoyable way to support research against cancer.

    You can download Android app from here and

    You can download IOS app from here

  • Pocket Printer – Now you can print on the go!

    Pocket Printer – Now you can print on the go!

    The Pocket Printer of Zuta Labs Ltd. is a small device that works like a little robot printer. It moves along sheets of paper printing the information you send it.

    The current fashion is 3D printers , but that does not mean that traditional printers will become obsolete. The Pocket Printer of Zuta Labs Ltd. is a machine that has the shape of a guitar pick, but ten inches high, which functions as a portable printer. The Pocket Printer have four omni-directional wheels similar to those of an old mouse and crawls along sheets of paper and print whatever you send from a PC,Android app or iPhone app.


    For now it is a prototype , but the videos showing it in action is astounding. While it takes about a minute to print a full A4 size page, the good thing is that you do not have size restrictions and you can take it anywhere. It uses HP cartridges and it claims that one cartridge can print thousand pages. The only problem is perhaps the battery which takes three hours to charge but it only works for only an hour and can not permanently plug and use. But, printing 60 pages on the go is more than enough I suppose.

    This Pocket Printer  is easy to use for the users, plus it can be used anywhere and from any device (tablets, smartphones, etc..). The current version of the pocket printer can print black and white text only.The future version may be able to print in colour. It is almost miraculous to see this little machine roll over a page and print everything in detail, but perhaps the current price of one hundred and eighty U.S. dollars is too high for a device that is just a nice curiosity.

    You can fund it here in their kickstarter campaign if you intend to buy it. The mentioned delivery date is “January 2015”.