Top Phones Launched This Week : June 2014 last week

Karbonn Titanium S1 Plus

The budget segment phone, Karbonn Titanium S1 Plus was launched this week and comes for Rs 6490. The 4-inch phone boasts of ANdroid Jelly Bean, quad-core processor, 1GB RAM and a 5MP rear end camera.

Huawei Honor 3X

 

 Though the phone is yet to be officially announced by Huawei, Huawei Honor 3X is already up for grabs on e-commerce sites. The octa-core processor device comes with Android Jelly Bean, 13MP rear end camera, 5MP front camera, and 2GB RAM. The phone is priced at a little over the 20k mark in India.

Micromax Canvas Win Series

 

 Micromax launched the first desi Windows phones Win W092 and Win W121  in India and both phones are priced in the budget segment. While Win W092 is a basic device, Win W121 is more of a Windows flagship. Both phones run on Microsoft Windows platform though Windows W121 runs the latest Windows 8.1. While Win W092 is priced at Rs 6500, Win W121 comes for Rs 9500.

 

Micromax Canvas Gold

 

Micromax Canvas Gold has appeared on the Micromax site and is up for grabs on e-commerce sites for Rs 24,000. The phone is a complete metal device and comes with a gold finish. Micromax Canvas Gold comes with a 5.5-inch FHD display, octa-core processor, 16MP camera and a host of other features.

 

Amazon Fire Phone 

 

Amazon's Fire phone but phone is not available in India, hopes are high that it will soon be available in India too. 

What is 3D Printing

Three-dimensional printing is much more than a hobby industry today. Home users can download design files from websites and print a variety of products for their own use. Business users are creating functional products that let them jump-start their product lines with computer-assisted drafting software and desktop 3D printers.
High-priced proprietary 3D printing systems are rapidly giving way to more economical and innovative hardware and software developed by open source communities.
"Open source is really driving the 3D-printing technology. The desktop market has a price range of (US)$5,000 or less. Open source developers are very active in this industry and are responsible for a lot of innovations in hardware, extrusion methods and materials," Harris Kenny, communications manager at Aleph Objects, told LinuxInsider.
However, consumers beware: The courts have yet to decide whether you can keep it if you print it. Ownership rights ultimately might depend on the source of the printer file making the object.

RepRap is one of the first open source organizations to produce a low-cost 3D printer. Started by Adrian Bowyer, it is one of the projects that started the open source 3D printer revolution.
Another innovative open source influencer of 3D printing is the Fab@Home project founded by Evan Malone and Hod Lipson. The project was the first to make a multimaterial 3D printer available to the public.
The RepRap and Fab@Home projects became synonymous with the open source do-it-yourself 3D printer movement. Together they helped to generate the momentum needed to accelerate technology innovation and its migration into the consumer and maker space.
"Interest in business use of 3D desktop printing is rooted in the value of manufacturing your own designs conveniently and economically," said Aleph Objects' Kenny.