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A photo clicked on iPhone X by a London-based Indian origin photographer has won her the grand prize and photographer year of the award. The annual iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) were announced and street photographer Dimpy Bhalotia was the photographer of the year. Bhalotia, a native of Maharashtra, is based out of London and her winning photograph “Flying Boys” was shot on the iPhone X. The picture intends to capture the day-to-day activities of boys in Varanasi. Talking about her winning photograph, she says that she sees it as a “symbol of fearlessness and freedom”. The boys were jumping off from a man-made cliff into the Ganges river to beat the hot weather during the summer season. Bhalotia has been shooting on an iPhone over nine years now and says “it feels like I'm shooting with my palm”. The convenience of the iPhone helps her in “understanding the true semiotics of street photography with iPhone at my convenience is a … [Read more...] about This photo taken from 3-year-old iPhone is the ‘best iPhone’ photo of 2020

I don’t usually have to front my own money to try out gear at Ars—typically, if there’s something I want to review, a quick e-mail or phone call to a gadget manufacturer is enough to get a review sample headed my way. But when I decided I wanted to add rudder pedals to my gaming PC—the better to control my spaceships in Elite: Dangerous—the only way to do it was to make a sketchy international wire transfer to a Polish bank account. … [Read more...] about Keyboards, OSes, pedals, and the other gadgets we liked most in 2015

NEW DELHI: With digital payments constantly growing, financial service providers need to collaborate with fintech developers to build "resilient front-ends" to safeguard consumer interest in view of rising cyber frauds, a top finance ministry official said on Monday. Speaking at a FICCI event on FinTech, K Rajaraman, Additional Secretary in the Finance Ministry, said an area that "needs to be highlighted is cyber security and fraud prevention. Now that there is an explosion in the use of digital platforms. A lot of the activities of fintech have been focused on how to provide resilient front-ends for the financial services providers". Financial service providers must not hesitate to actually collaborate with fintech (financial technology) innovators for beefing up cyber security and fraud prevention, he said. Citing an example of recent cyber attack on New Zealand's stock market, he said, cyber security should get continuous attention from all stakeholders. Last month, New Zealand's … [Read more...] about Fintech companies need to focus on providing resilient front-ends for financial service providers: Government

Tracking results of open heart surgeries may soon become easier and cheaper,thanks to a simple, cost effective palm size blood flow meter developed by scientists of the prestigious Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) here. India is currently fully dependent on imported blood flow meters to precisely measure blood flow rates - a critical parameter to measure the outcome of open heart surgeries. However, this becomes expensive with each unit costing upto Rs 25 lakh to 30 lakh and can be afforded only by very few super speciality hospitals in India. The research team at the city based SCTIMST,an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology under the union government, has developed the palm size device that measures the flow rate of blood using a novel magnetic method and a signal conditioning technique,a press release from the institute said. "The device has a mechanism to produce a magnetic field, an electronic measurement … [Read more...] about New device developed to reduce cost of tracking open heart surgeries

Linc Pen and Plastics Limited has announced the launch of Pentonic Covid-19 Killer, a finger-free touch device that aims to keep users safe in cases of unavoidable physical contact. Priced at Rs 150, Pentonic Covid-19 Killer is a pocket-sized, retractable, sterilising marker that can be used on surfaces while one is on the move, like elevator buttons, doorbells, card swipe machines, ATM buttons, vending machines, switches and innumerable other areas where physical contact might have otherwise been inevitable. Measuring 122mm in height and 20mm in width, it functions as an extension of one’s index finger, as per Linc. According to the company, the 70% ethanol-based ink of the Pentonic Covid-19 Killer also sterilises the surface it touches. The marker-like design is meant to enable one-handed use. The tool is operated with a push button and comes with a replaceable ethanol-based ink refill. Pentonic Covid-19 Killer will be available at retail stores, stationery shops and … [Read more...] about Linc Pens announces pocket-sized finger-free sterilising device