G GAZETTE Sep. 2016 | Page 11

SENSORWAKE ALARM CLOCK: Waking up to the smell of coffee or chocolate tantalisingly close is a way to wake up. What is better than to setting this as your alarm? The new Sensorwake Alarm does precisely that. Instead of emitting a shrill sound, it gently wakes you from slumber by diffusing scents. It comes with 15 scents, including money and mint. A catridge, of your desired scent, similar to air freshners is placed in the slot available at the top of the clock and diffuses the scent for 3 whole minutes when your alarm goes off. The catridges are fit for 30 uses before they run out. The good news is, they are 100% recyclable. Although, if after 3 minutes, you still haven’t turned it off, it starts emitting the irritating, hair-pulling noise you wished you didn’t hear. SMART RING : Not everyone is thrilled about the idea of wearing a smart watch. If you're still enamored with the idea of notifications, maybe a smart ring would be more your style. The Mota smart ring shrinks phone notifications down to fit on your finger. The ring is currently geared for phone, text, and email notifications, though Mota expects it will eventually accommodate notices from social networks as well. The battery standby time is expected to be between 24 and 72 hours, depending on usage.Unlike smart watches, which typically run in the $200 to $300 range, the Mota is going for a $75 to $100 price range. LG ROLLABLE OLED DISPLAY: A display we can roll up like a newspaper? Yes please! LG has recently come into the light at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show(CES) with its 18-inch OLED display that feels like plastic and rolls as easily as a poster. Although still a prototype, the company has high hopes to make it beyond the 18 inches and into the consumer world as TVs we could roll up, stuff in our backpacks and carry anywhere! It surely is wonderful times we’re living in. VIRTUAL REALITY AND 360 DEGREE CAMERA: Virtual reality is finally here.. That means 360-degree videos are also on the rise. With a wide variety of headsets entering the space, everyone's going to want a wide variety of content. That's where 360-degree cameras come in. 360-degree cameras capture completely panoramic images and videos.The cameras may consist of multiple lenses or a single lens. Multi-lens cameras capture footage that has to later be stitched together and that may produce stitching artifacts. Singlelens cameras don't, but are limited in how much footage they can capture vertically. Multi-lens don't have this limitation and can go as far as capturing completely spherical footage. - RICHA A. ( ECE A 2/4) , SAMHITHA REDDY ( CSE A 2/4)