Along with becoming larger, smartphone displays are showing off great pixel density these days. The iPhone 4S touts 326 pixel per inch; while the most recent Samsung Galaxy S III comes with a 4.8-inch display with a competitive 306 ppi. To break all the records, LG Display has come up with a 5-inch panel that features a 440 ppi for greater image clarity. Of course, the LG Display falls short to Toshiba’s recent 6-inch display with 498 ppi. But it becomes exceptional thanks to its 5-inch size, which is more suitable for consumer gadgets than a 6-inch screen.

LG 5-inch Full HD panel with 440ppi

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An application or software that can read facial expressions of people will be highly helpful in market and political surveys. Pollsters can identify the attitudes of people, who watch TVs, surf web, listen to a public meeting or just walk on street overhearing to a public speech. A team of researchers at MIT’s Media Lab is currently working to develop technologies that can interpret human expressions from their faces. Various advanced technologies are used by the researchers for realizing the system, which can unearth real human response to a variety of propaganda campaigns.

Facial expression tracking

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For soccer referees, it has long been an intricate job to officiate a goal if the ball has just kissed the goal-line. We found many contentions in playground between players and referees in deciding goals. Most often, inappropriate decisions even changed the fate of many decisive games. Recently, we witnessed to a goal wrongly allotted to Chelsea’s Juan Mata as his team beat Tottenham in the 5-1 FA Cup semi final. To end this dilemma, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) has tied up with a pair of firms for advanced goal-line technology testing.

Goal-line technologies under tests

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Won’t you love the idea of getting a mug of coffee on an SMS? Seattle based cloud message service provider Zipwhip has cunningly produced a coffee maker called the Textspresso that will hand out your coffee on your request via a text message from your handset. The machine also prints personalized messages on the froth of your coffee with an edible ink. Well, Zipwhip touts the Textspresso as the world’s first text-enabled robotic Barista coffee maker.

Textspresso robotic barista coffee maker

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