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Now use eye movement to play computer games London: In an invention that could go a long way in helping the disabled, students have developed a computer game that can be operated by eye movement. The students, from Imperial College London (ICL), have developed an open source game called 'Pong', where a player uses his eye to move a bat to hit a ball as it bounces around the screen. To play the game, the user wears special glasses containing an infrared light and a webcam that records the movement of one eye. The webcam is linked to a laptop where a computer programme syncs the player's eye movements to the game. The prototype game is very simple but students believe that the technology behind it could be adapted to create more sophisticated games and applications such as wheelchairs and computer cursors controlled by eye movements.

Asus launches 3D gaming notebook in India Bangalore: After almost four months of its release, Asus G51J 3D has arrived in India, bundled with specially designed 3D glasses and equipped with NVIDIA 3D Vision. ASUS G51J 3D has NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M with 1GB DDR3 video memory. EAX and CMSS audio technology further enhances in-game immersion, delivering crystal clear sound and compelling environment audio effects through bespoke Altec Lansing speakers. ASUS G51J 3D is powered by an Intel Core i7 processor and 64-bit Windows 7 operating system. A pair of 3D Vision active-shutter glasses coupled with a wide-range infra-red emitter delivers stereoscopic images with clarity, brightness and depth-of-field (DOP) at full resolution without any viewing angle restrictions. The GPU driver and a 120Hz 3D panel render each scene twice, delivering up to 60 images evenly to each eye, amounting to a total of up to 120 images at any given time. Gamers can experience total immersion into their games from what were previously flat 2D worlds, to true-to-life 3D.

Scientists develop laser security for Internet Bangalore: Scientists at Tel Aviv University have developed a new security system for Internet using a special laser that will help in keeping hackers' prying eyes off for good. It is developed using fiber optic and computer technology that transmits binary lock-and-key information in the form of light pulses. Dr. Jacob Scheue, who came up with this device, said that a shared key code can be unlocked by the sender and receiver, and absolutely nobody else. "Rather than developing the lock or the key, we've developed a system which acts as a type of key bearer. The trick is for those at either end of the fibre optic link to send different laser signals they can distinguish between, but which look identical to an eavesdropper."

Amkette launches Micro SD card with USB card reader :New Delhi: Amkette has launched a Micro SD card with a USB card reader. The reader is designed with a USB connector and a memory expansion slot that accepts a micro SD card. This mobile-ready reader eliminates the need to carry additional USB transfer cables and the typical wait for Bluetooth technology slow file transfers between phones and PCs. It also replaces your SD card adapter, since the micro SD card fits directly into the reader. When in use the data transfer is as simple as drag and drop. User can store photos, songs, text messages, video clips, personal information on a micro SD card, then work with it across device platforms seamlessly with the micro SD Card Reader. It is compatible with USB 2.0, SD Specification Version 2.00.It is shock resistant, dust poof, ESD proof and can take extreme temperature (-25 degree Celsius to 85 degree Celsius). It also offers Data Transfer rate up to 12 Mbps

Apple's new iPad already sold out Washington: The first run of Apple's latest product, the iPad, has already sold out this weekend and customers who pre-order now will have to wait an extra nine days after the official U.S. launch to get their hands on it. U.S. customers have been able to order the iPad for two weeks now, and either collect it from the store April 3, or have it delivered. On Saturday, Apple set April 12 as the next date for people to get the iPad. Hundreds of Apple fans are expected to camp outside the company's shops waiting to get their own copy of the touch screen tablet computer. Industry observers believe the iPad could well outsell the Apple's iPhone, launched in 2007, of which 1 million had been sold after 74 days on shop shelves.