Tech Update #2 - LumiWatch, Google changes gun emoji and Redmi S2

Welcome to second article on this series. If you don't know, this series is all about technology updates so you can be up to date as world is evolving really fast and being up to date is becoming harder and harder. Let's start the article

LumiWatch

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have unveiled a new “first-of-its-kind” smartwatch that can turn your arm into a touchscreen. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have unveiled a new “first-of-its-kind” smartwatch that can turn your arm into a touchscreen. The LumiWatch is self-contained and made up of a logic board, projector, depth sensor, metal enclosure, and battery. The projector uses three lasers of red, blue, and green, and the projection is bright enough to be seen outdoors. The watch features a 15 lumen scanned-laser projector, continuous 2D finger tracking, a Qualcomm 1.2 Ghz quad-core CPU, 768MB of RAM, 4GB flash memory and a 740 mAh lithium ion battery with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capability. It runs on Android 5.1. The researchers found the watch lasts over one hour of continuous projection, and with intermittent use they anticipate the battery would last for around a whole day. Read more

BMW Self Driving Cars

There is a deal going on between BMW and Inoviz. Inoviz is a Israel based company and BMW will take their help to make self driving cars. BMW has also confirmed that in upcoming self driving cars, BMW will be using high tech radar by Inoviz. We'll see when they are gonna come to the market and how safe will they be but at the time of launch. It is expected to be launched in 2021.

Snapchat Spectacles 2.0

No yellow ring alerting people to the camera. Underwater-capable. Classier colors with lighter lenses. Prescription options. Faster syncing. And a much slimmer frame and charging case. Snapchat fixed the biggest pain points of its Spectacles camera sunglasses with V2, which launch for $150. The company only sold 220,000 pairs of V1, with their limited functionality, tricky exports and goofy hues. But V2 is stylish, convenient and useful enough to keep handy. They’re not revolutionary. They’re a wearable camera for everybody.

Moto Z3 Play Leaks

Motorolla's Moto Z3 is leaked and in that leak it shows that it has glass back, design of mod is bit different. It also will have dual rear cameras and 16' inch screen. It is not yet confirmed but rumors are flying that it will have Snapdragon 660 because without it phone can likely fail because there won't be anything "special" about it.

OnePlus 6 Super Slo Mode

OnePlus 6 is all set to hit markets in India and China post its official debut in London next month. But just weeks ahead of its formal announcement, the next OnePlus flagship has now been leaked in a render that shows us its front and back. The render, once again, reveals the notch design as well as confirms a dual rear camera setup. In a separate revelation, the OnePlus 6 is found to sport a Super Slo Mo feature that is likely to enable slow-motion video recording at a mind-boggling frame rate of 960fps. Separately, OnePlus 6 x Marvel Avengers Limited Edition was teased for a May 17 launch as well.

Xiaomi Redmi S2 Leaks

It looks like China’s TENAA has listed a Xiaomi phone with some similar specs to the Redmi S2. There’s a 2GHz octacore chipset, rear fingerprint scanner, a tall 1440×720 display (measuring 6 inches), 16GB/32GB/64GB of storage, a 3000mAh battery and 2GB/3GB/4GB of RAM. The images also show a phone with a dual-camera setup, although megapixel details weren’t immediately clear. But we do get a listing of color variants, namely black, rose gold, gold, white, blue, red, pink, gray, and silver.

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