New Fitbit Sense Features Could Surprise You

There are three new sensors that have been added to enhance the technological versatility of the smartwatch from Fitbit. The sensors that have been added include temperature, ECG, and stress. The added sensors enable the smartwatch to perform various features that would actually blow your mind.

Stress

The stress sensor examines your skin and can tell you the level of stress you are facing. The stress sensor will work on the principle of Electrodermal activity, and the sensor is actually called a galvanic skin response sensor. ECG sensor is nothing new and has already appeared in smartwatches from Apple and Samsung (Samsung Galaxy Watch 3), and the temperature sensor is akin to the Oura ring.

Temperature

As the pandemic started besetting the world, people’s demand for a temperature-sensing device increased. As a result of this, paranoia about a possible fever caused thermometers to get a lot of attention.

But what about a temperature-sensing device that you can wear all the time? Yes, a temperature sensor embedded in a watch gives us a promise that technology is here to take care of us in the face of an unprecedented health crisis.

However, an employee of Fitbit has stated that the idea behind the temperature sensing technology embedded watch originated well before the pandemic.

This technology can not only tell you if you have a fever but can also predict if you are to catch one.

The Oura ring that is priced around $300 has become a popular wearable device associated with temperature sensing technology, but the Fitbit Sense smartwatch works identically. It measures the skin temperature when you are hibernating and then delivers the result when you are awake. The result also showcases the alterations in temperatures of the two states (awake and sleep) if they are any.

The technology works on the principle of electrodermal activity. The EDA sensor will measure a small microcurrent that will flow between the device and our hand when we press our palm against the outer rim, which in itself is used to conduct the electricity.

When we are stressed, our brain recognizes it and sends signals to our glands to produce sweat. The sweat also comes from our palms. Although the quantity is minimal when compared to physical exertion, there is a small amount of moisture that alters the conductivity of the skin.

The EDA app takes the reading, processes it, and shows us the result.

The Fitbit’s app is not similar to the relax app that is found in the other gadgets. The later mentioned app uses Heart Rate Variability (HRV) to determine your well-being. The Relax app also advocates mindfulness.

Fitbit, up until now, has not made any mindfulness and features app, but it is planning to do so.

The EDA app does require an uninterrupted duration of two minutes, during which you have to press your palm against the outer rim.

Electrocardiogram

The Fitbit smartwatch has an ECG sensor that is one lead and works when you pinch your finger against the edges of your watch. It completes a circuit, and a minuscule amount of electricity passes through your body.

However, the feature has not been termed reliable by the critics similar to the case of Samsung Galaxy Watch 3. It is also awaiting a pending FDA approval, which is expected to be approved this year. It is also a very primitive mimicking of ECG machines that health professionals use, and it does not predict heart attacks.

It works in a similar way as Apple, Samsung, and Withing watches do. It examines your heart and looks for any Atrial irregularities.

Fitbit has also announced large-scale atrial fibrillation research a few months back. The feature will also not be able to detect arrhythmia.

Other features have also been included such a Global Positioning System (GPS) tracker, SpO2 oximeter, optical heart rate sensor that promises precision at the time of exertion and hibernation.

Fitbit is also working on its premium health benefits plan, which will enable the company to make better use of the data they take from the customers. Fitbit is also working on a solution that will help them detect arrhythmia, a feature that their rival Apple watch already has.

Source:-  Fitbit Sense Features

 

The Best Android Budget Apps to Manage Your Money

A person must know how to budget his money so that he will not face financial issues. But it’s not easy for everyone to balance the expense and spend it in an appropriate manner. Fortunately, we have some budget apps for Android that can help you manage your money. So, let’s have a look at some of the best budget apps out there.

AndroMoney

AndroMoney is an excellent expense tracker that you can download from Google Play Store. It offers support for multiple currencies, budgeting tools, multiple accounts, support for account balances, and transfers. The interface of this application is quite user friendly, and you can understand the analytics easily. The app is quite decent and available for free to use with some ads.

Financial Calculators

Financial Calculator is a collection of calculators that can help you figure out the budget and a lot of other things for the future. This app does not help you manage your money, but it can help you make smart decisions while you are purchasing something. The app works well, and it is available for free, but it also offers you a premium version that you can purchase for $4.99.

Goodbudget

Goodbudget is one of the most popular budget apps; it provides you with plenty of features, including cross-platform support, expense and income tracking tools, and some other fantastic budgeting tools. The user interface of this app is straightforward, and it is available for free with some limitations. But if you want to access the entire app, then you will have to purchase its paid version that will cost you $6 for a month and $50 in case you want its services for the whole year.

Google Sheets

Google Sheets can be used as a budget app; you can use it and fill the details in the cells to track your income, expenses, and other data. It is a quite decent app that can help you see how much you earn and spend every month. The best thing about Google Sheets is that it is entirely available for free.

Mint

Mint allows you to manage and pay your bills. It also provides you with other features such as reminding you about your upcoming bill payments, credit score, multi-factor authentication, and a web app too.

Monefy

Monefy is a quite simple budget app that offers you a variety of features including multiple currency support, passcode protection, a built-in calculator, lots of widgets, Dropbox integration, quick tools that can help you add new data quickly, and many more things. The app is available for free, but if you want to use its pro version, then it will cost you $2.50.

Money Manager

Money Manager is an excellent budget app for managing your money because it does not only show you the details in numbers, but you also get visual experience. Money Manager provides you with a bunch of features including a passcode lock, instant stats, asset management, and bookkeeping tools too. It also allows you to backup and restore your data and get your information in an Excel spreadsheet format. It is a pretty cool budget app and available for free, in case you have the subscription of Google Play Pass. You can purchase the paid version of this app too that will cost you $3.99.

There are many other excellent budget apps out there, such as My Budget Book, My Finances, Wallet, Your Banking App, etc. You can try any of the above-mentioned applications and start tracking and managing your expenses and income. Thank you!

Source:-  Best Android Budget Apps

 

Rising Phoenix Might Cheer You Up If You are Missing the Cancelled Japan Olympics

Rising Phoenix is a profoundly engaging documentary about Paralympics games and tells a compelling story about achievers who fought their way through their disabilities and emerged as a deserving winner on the other side.

The documentary directed by Ian Bonhote and Peter Ettedgui is an awe-inspiring spectacle that celebrates the spirit of athleticism.

The ongoing pandemic made the world come to a standstill. Though some sporting events such as UCL, NBA, UFC did return, they are being played behind closed doors, and things are not exactly the same as they were before. The ongoing crisis eliminated a major player out of the equation; audience.

Games played in an empty stadium not only deposit a heavy blow to the economy of the game but also distorts the atmosphere of the game, which is an essential part of the persona of any athletic game.

However, the documentary “Rising Phoenix” will make your time worthwhile if you choose to watch it. The documentary created by Ian Bonhote and Peter Ettedgui is very delicately made. The documentary has made an impression of an accurate depiction of suffering and perseverance and that makes it a visceral experience despite the fact that no exaggeration has been made. The athletes have lived through their suffering, rebelled against it, and at the end have achieved something remarkable.

Although the documentary is not a live game demonstration, you would experience so many different emotions that you will be compelled to feel as if you are inside the game.

The documentary features Prince William, who provides narration to the story. William who has been an advocate of Paralympics for quite some time now introduces an account of the athletes who did not treat their disabilities as a curse but instead treated it as a blessing and turned it into an asset.

The documentary also features Tatyana McFadden who competed in T54. McFadden, who is a well-built strong-minded competitor, has a condition of spina bifida but that didn’t stop her from killing it at T54.

Jean-Baptiste Alaize is a French national having his roots in Burundi (an East African country). He has competed in a sprint and long jump. Directors should receive accolades on how sensitively they touched upon his tragic story when talking about his passion for the long jump.

Every athlete is the star of the show, but Bebe Vio’s part captured a considerable amount of attention when compared to others. She is a gold medal winner from 2016 Paralympics games held at Rio de Janeiro. She suffered from a severe case of meningitis since the age of 11, but the supreme confidence and talent of the woman can be seen in the documentary.

The filmmaker duo’s approach to this documentary is akin to their approach with “McQueen” a documentary on the life of Alexander McQueen; they have used interviews as well as the footage from previous Paralympics Games to add more depth and realness to their story.

Although the filmmakers haven’t exaggerated the story, they have added some CGI to give a cinematic feel to the real-life events.

The film will move you to think deeply, but it is not a tragic story. If you are an emotional person who believes in fairy tales, then you might feel that your eyes have welled up, but it will be due to scintillating joy, not grief. It also touches upon the social message of human rights, but in its very pure form, it is just a sterling piece of art that brings forward human endeavor in its apex form.

Source:-  Rising Phoenix 

 

Some Best Word Games for Android

Word games are pretty simple, and that is what makes them very interesting and enjoyable. There are various kinds of word games, but most of them are copies of each other. In this list, we have mentioned some of the best and unique word games that will not let you feel bored. So let’s have a look at them.

Bonza Word Puzzle

Bonza Word Puzzle is a fantastic word game. It is a hybrid between the puzzle and crossword genres. It gives you a bunch of jumbled words that you have to arrange by connecting the puzzle pieces; it also gives you a few clues to arrange the puzzle. It is a quite decent, simple, and fun game.

Crossword Puzzle Free

It is a crossword puzzle app with lots of free content. You have to solve the puzzle by using the clues provided in the game. It includes easy, medium, and hard difficulty levels, and you can even play it offline. It’s a quite lovely and straightforward crossword puzzle game. You can play it for free, but to get access to some advanced features, you will have to purchase a paid version of the game that will cost you $4.99.

Jumbline 2

Jumbline is an excellent word search game that provides you with a set of seven letters to mix them up and find different words. The game offers you a very user-friendly interface along with some different game modes. You can play this game entirely for free, but it contains ads.

Typeshift

Typeshift gives you the rows of letters that you have to move up and down until you form a word. It also gives you hints, but for them, you will have to watch the ads. The difficulty level increases along with the stages of the game. It is a quite decent game available for free, and the paid version of this game charges $5.99

Words

It is a classic word search game that provides you with a grid of letters from where you have to find the words. Every word that you form in the grid appears in a different color. You have to find all the hidden words to end the game. It also offers some additional features such as two game modes, support for multiple languages, various difficulty levels, and an online dictionary for your help. This is a fantastic game available for free to play with some ads.

Wordscapes

Wordscapes is another excellent word game that works like the mixture crossword puzzle and Boggle. You will get the mixed letters on the bottom of your phone’s screen and a layout at the top of the screen. You have to swipe the letters to form words that can be filled in the crossword section. The game offers you various game modes, simple mechanics, and multiple themes. It is available entirely for free to play with ads.

There are many other word games also out there, but these above-mentioned word games are awesome, and you can try a few of the games mentioned in this list to make yourself feel excited and happy. Thank you!

Source:-   Best Word Games for Android

 

Smash Bros. Ultimate to Include New Spirits in Crossover with Paper Mario: The Origami King

Super Smash Bros. is one of the most popular game series. Conceptualized and created in Japan, this series featured crossover fighting video games and characters from various Nintendo franchises. The game had very simple gameplay of players making their characters use numerous attacks to defeat their opponents and knock them out of the fighting arena. It is also famous for its variety of game modes and fighters.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to Include Spirits From Paper Mario: The Origami King

In what can be termed as a treat for Super Smash Bros., the 15th installment in the series Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will feature new spirits being included from Paper Mario: The Origami King. Although, the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate already has a lot of spirits and characters in its gameplay. With this news coming out, fans will hope for Mario’s paper character to be a part of the hit fighting game.

Even though the game franchise includes a wide range of playable fighting characters, DLC character packs kept on adding new fighting characters to the game even after the launch. With spirits coming in from Paper Mario: The Origami King, there is no comparison between them and the game fighters.

Announcement of the Development Made Via Official Tweet

The makers of the game announced the new spirits via an official tweet from Smash Bros Japan Twitter handle. The tweet mentioned that spirits such as Olly, Peach, and Olivia would be a part of Smash Bros. Ultimate in some time. Even though the tweet was published in Japanese, after the correct translation it stated that three new spirits of Paper Mario: The Origami King will be a part of the game. The tweet also mentioned that these new additions would be available for a period of 5 days from August 28 to September 1, 2020.

Fans will be excited about this upcoming crossover because Paper Mario: The Origami King was an instant hit after its release. It went on to become the best-selling game in the Paper Mario series.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a crossover fighting game released in 2018. Nintendo developed it for Nintendo Switch. The 15th installment features more than 80 characters, including every name from all the previous Super Smash Bros. games.

The 15th Instalment Includes Characters from Other Nintendo Games and Third-Party Franchises

The gameplay is quite simple. It can accommodate up to a total of eight players in a single fighting game. The fight will feature players controlling characters from Nintendo games and other third-party franchises, and the objective will be to try and knock out each other from the fighting arena. In standard battles, players can play timed, stock, or the stamina version. In the timed play, all a player needs to do is to earn a maximum number of points by defeating his/her opponent in a set time limit. While playing the Stock play, each player will have a certain number of lives, and to win, they need to be the last player standing. If you are a part of the Stamina play, all you have to do is bring down your opponent’s health to zero.

Paper Mario: The Origami King- A Journey to Save the Mushroom Kingdom

Paper Mario: The Origami King is the 6th game in the Paper Mario series and was released in 2020. Nintendo developed it for Nintendo Switch. This game’s storyline revolves around Mario and his friends going on an adventurous journey to stop the Mushroom Kingdom from being transformed into origami. The gameplay is a blend of role-playing, action/adventure, and puzzles. During the game, players solve puzzles based on the paper world concept.

Source:- Smash Bros  Paper Mario : The Origami King

 

Nolan’s “Guide” for Tenet

This article deals with the film “Once Upon a Time in the West” and how it inspired Tenet director Christopher Nolan to shape a highly complex story.

VFX supervisor Scott Fisher has teamed  up yet again with Nolan and watched a bunch of world war 2 films to form a benchmark that he had to use in the post-production. However, reportedly it was the 1968 epic film “One Upon a Time in the West” by Sergio Leone which was the pneuma behind Tenet.

Christopher Nolan went out of his own way for his upcoming film. He usually makes his entire cast watch the list of films that are an inspiration for the project that he wishes to create. However, with Tenet, he decided against it because he wanted to make an original spy film that has stemmed from his imagination and memories, not from someone else’s work. This allowed “Once Upon a Time in the West” to impose itself on the director’s mind and ultimately become an unexpected source of inspiration.

Nolan grew up watching Hollywood blockbusters. The spy genre is one of the genres apart from the suspense that he enjoys watching as well as creating.

“Spy Films is in my bones.” He had once said.

What he really wanted was not to rehash the genre but make something that pays tribute to the genre.

In the interview with the Total Time Magazine, Nolan admits that Leone’s work not only instilled energy inside him but that Leone himself proved to be a “mentor” for him.

“I am not sure he watched a lot of westerns while he was making it,” Nolan said. Nolan expounds his opinion about the best work from one of the most influential directors of all time by saying that Leone made it from his own love for films. He then goes on to say that the love for a genre grows stronger if you live with it for years and years. What impressed Nolan the most was his passion that shaped his impression for “Once Upon a Time in the West.”

He wanted to use a similar approach for Tenet. He told his crew to use the film as an inspiration but in “a unique way”. He wanted the film “Once Upon a Time in the West” to get hold of everyone’s imagination in the team not to dictate the scenes of “Tenet” but instead to ignite the spark of creativity that would help them create the film.

However, one guy from the VFX team, the supervisor himself, Scott Fisher had to through a list of movies that Nolan had recommended to him. Nearly all of the film were related to World War 2; it is imperative to note that the films did not dictate the structure of the narrative, but instead, they were used to instill a sense of reality in his mind.

It was essential to have that sense of reality because as you can see in the trailer and in the film that objects are moving backwards in time. What Nolan aspired to do with it was relatively straight-forward; the objects that would move backwards in time must look real.

Fisher illustrated a simple concept by giving a real-life example, we as people live in a 3-dimensional world. We see 3-dimensional objects so our eyes and brain get used to the notion of how a real object should look like. When we experience objects in a film, our mind can quickly register whether a certain object is real or fake. So, to enhance the effect of the story, it is essential to recreate real-life objects in a film.

The motion of objects in time inversion, however, needed a set of skills from Fisher rather than an inspiration. Fisher and the entire VFX team do deserve some accolades because, by the looks of it, they did a very fantastic job.

Tenet will be the 10th film by the modern filmmaker Christopher Nolan who also has been regarded as one of the most influential directors of all time. Nolan does have a knack of creating high concept worlds to get blockbuster output.

The film has a very talented ensemble cast of Robert Pattinson, John David Washington, Elizabeth Debicki and Kenneth Branagh.

Tenet has a nationwide (except for cities like New York and Los Angeles) release date set for September the 3rd ,2020.

Source:-    Nolan’s “Guide” for Tenet

 

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart to Have World Premiere PlayStation 5 Demo at Gamescom

Sony Interactive Entertainment is known as the creator of the PlayStation series. Along with a list of compatible games, the gaming console has been the dream of every gamer and child. Even though you will find a PlayStation in every household, only a few games make it to the gaming stations of people who love to play video games. A few examples are- FIFA, Far Cry, God of War. One more surprising addition to the list is Ratchet & Clank.

Makers of Ratchet & Clank Coming Up with a Sequel After Six Years

The first installment of Ratchet & Clank was released in the year 2016. After six years, the makers are coming back with a sequel titled Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. The second installment will release on PlayStation 5 and will get a world premiere demo on the gaming console at Gamescom. This event will have a Gamescom opening live broadcast, and the event will begin on August 27, 2020, and end on August 30, 2020. The digital event will take place in Cologne- Europe’s most prominent game trade fair. The opening night live will be hosted by Geoff Keighley.

The announcement of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart was shared by host Geoff Keighley on Twitter. The host has further added that the digital event will consist of trailers, gameplay, and demos of 38 different games. Everyone is well aware of the fact that Gamescom had to shift to a virtual/digital platform due to the coronavirus pandemic and ensure the safety of both crew and guests. According to reports, Gamescom will also feature the preview of the much-anticipated Star Wars: Squadrons gameplay. If popularity stats are to be believed, everyone will be waiting for the premiere of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands animated series.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart- A Third-Person Shooting Game

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is a third-person shooting platform game. It has been developed by Insomniac Games. Also, Sony Interactive Entertainment has published the game for PlayStation 5. The sequel of this game will showcase the characters of Ratchet & Clank traveling across old and new worlds across different dimensions to try and save the universe from Dr. Nefarious’ evil plan to damage the fabric of space and time.

An Exciting Gameplay With Enhanced Game Design

The upcoming game will have Ratchet as the main playable character. A playable character of a female Lombat will also be a part of the game. The players will control Ratchet’s character and progress through various environments, defeat enemies with a wide range of weapons and gadgets, and cross obstacles. This game will also feature a rift portal. It will allow you to transport to new locations or new worlds instantly. The considerable enhancement in the game design will ensure a hassle-free user experience for each gamer.

Source:-  Ratchet & Clank World Premiere PlayStation 5 Demo