Applications – New Smartphones Club

Graphene could revolutionize smartphones

09 Oct 2012 Tue by Dr. Anil Singhal MD

Smart phones almost as thin and flexible as paper and virtually unbreakable. Solar panels molded to cover the surface of an electric or hybrid car. Possible treatments for damaged spinal cords. It’s not science fiction. Those all are possible applications of a material known as graphene. This so-called “wonder material,” the world’s strongest (100 times

Smartphone technology for telemedicine

19 Mar 2014 Wed05 Oct 2012 Fri by Dr. Anil Singhal MD

Use of smartphones medical images to evaluate stroke patients in remote locations through telemedicine has been reported in USA. The study, the first to test the effectiveness of smartphone teleradiology applications in a real-world telestroke network, was recently published in Stroke, a journal of the American Heart Association. The study conducted by Mayo Clinic researchers.

What is NFC or Near field communication in smartphones?

13 Apr 2012 Fri by Smartphones Expert

Near field communication (NFC) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish radio communication with each other by touching them together or bringing them into close proximity, usually no more than a few centimetres. Present and anticipated applications include contactless transactions, data exchange, and simplified setup of more complex communications such as Wi-Fi.

Ads in mobile apps poses privacy and security risks

19 Mar 2014 Wed02 Apr 2012 Mon by Dr. Anil Singhal MD

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that including ads in mobile applications (apps) poses privacy and security risks. In a recent study of 100,000 apps in the official Google Play market, researchers noticed that more than half contained so-called ad libraries. And 297 of the apps included aggressive ad libraries that were enabled to download and run code from remote servers – which raises significant privacy and security concerns.

Health monitoring with your smartphone

01 Apr 2012 Sun by Dr. Anil Singhal MD

Researchers in New Zealand have developed a prototype Bluetooth-enabled medical monitoring device that can be connected wirelessly to your smart phone and keep track of various physiological parameters, such as body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure and movements.