WIRED IN: Flexible Screens, Display Credit Cards, Star Trek Speech Recognition & More

By Kareem El-Nagdy On Nov 15, 2012

Expectations are that Samsung, as part of the grand mix, is to start mass production of smartphone screens using bendable plastic rather than glass. According to the WSJ report (Watch below), Samsung’s flexible displays will incorporate OLEDs.

>> Microsoft’s New Speech Recognition: New Technology grounds

At a demonstration in China on Oct. 25, Microsoft’s chief research officer Rick Rashid revealed a new technology seemingly straight out of “Star Trek.” In the classic sci-fi television show, a gadget known as the “universal translator” was used to decipher languages in the 22nd century. And now, Microsoft has created a program that takes spoken English and translates it to spoken Chinese in real time.Check out the video here: –

>>Mashable Face Lift

Mashable is introducing a new layout for the site trying to go more fluidly visual, social and mobile, and they’re giving readers the chance to check out what they have going on in the labs. To Check out the Beta version of the new layout here : http://beta.mashable.com/

>> Office for iOS & Android Revealed

Microsoft’s Office for iPad, iPhone, and Android is a reality, reports tech website The Verge. Although Office Mobile has been rumoured and reportedly spotted in the wild, Microsoft has remained persistently quiet about its plans for the product. The Verge has learned through several sources close to Microsoft’s plans that the company will release Office versions for Android and iOS in early 2013.

>> MasterCard Credit Card with Display & Keypad

This coming January, MasterCard Worldwide will make its largest deployment of its Display Card, in Singapore. The card looks and acts like a conventional credit, debit or ATM card, but it also has an LCD display and keypad that allows users to access account information and make more secure financial transactions especially used for OTA (One Time Authentication).

>> Ormr Challenges Photoshop

If you’re a graphic designer and into Photoshop, you’ll like this. Ormr by Sad Cat Software are kickstarting a new software that does what Photoshop cant do! Watch the video below and if you like what they do, endorse them!