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The research division of Samsung Electronics has developed a “graphene ball” which it claims will enable lithium-ion batteries to charge faster and also last longer. Simply put, the technology will enable batteries to charge faster than they do right now. However, the technology is yet to trickle down into consumer electronics. Samsung has only patented its graphene ball technology at this point in time.

The graphene ball has been developed by the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology. The division said that using this material to develop batteries will not only increase their capacity by 45 percent but also improve their charging speed by five times.

Lithium-ion batteries currently take at least an hour to charge fully, if not more. Samsung says that this new technology is going to reduce the charging time of lithium-ion batteries to just 12 minutes.

Batteries that are made with the graphene ball technology will also be able to maintain a temperature of 60 degrees Celsius, that’s what’s required for batteries in electric cars. This means that this technology can prove to be useful in areas beyond consumer electronics.

Samsung has patented this technology in the United States and South Korea. It’s unclear at this point in time when the company is going to introduce it in its products so that its customers can reap the benefits of this technological advancement.

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Amazon is doing its bit for the advancement of augmented and virtual reality technology with the launch of Sumerian. It’s a browser-based tool for developing augmented reality and virtual reality experiences. The web app should make it easier for developers to build 3D experiences for multiple platforms. Amazon’s Sumerian tool is available in limited preview started today. The wider rollout will take place in the coming months.

Amazon has built this tool to be simple enough that developers who are new to this can create experiences while ensuring that the tool is powerful enough that it can easily create engaging content.

Sumerian enables developers to combine 3D models together in scenes that will be used in virtual reality and augmented reality applications at launch. It comes with its own object library that’s full of models that developers can use. They have also been given the ability to import assets from FBX and OBJ files.

Developers will also be given access to a set of “hosts,” these are 3D characters that can customer to interact with a user. The hosts will be integrated with Amazon Polly and Lex to deliver natural language abilities, not unlike those present on the Alexa personal assistant.

Developers can build experiences for platforms like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Amazon will eventually add the ability to import data from unity projects as well. It’s also going to support the development of AR scenes for Android devices that are compatible with the ARCore platform.

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OnePlus had promised to release Android 8.0 Oreo for the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T a couple of months back. The company followed through on its promise recently and released the Oreo update for the aforementioned devices. The OnePlus 5 is next. While the device might be discontinued soon, the company will continue to provide software support. The OnePlus 5 Oreo beta program has now been launched by OnePlus.

The OxygenOS Open Beta program has been launched for the OnePlus 5 to give users a taste of the upcoming major Android platform update. The firmware Oreo-based beta firmware is now rolling out for OnePlus 5 owners.

OnePlus 5 owners can now join the Open Beta program and sideload the Oreo ROM on their handsets manually. The firmware brings several new features such as the picture-in-picture mode, a new quick settings design, parallel apps, and more. It even updates the security patch level to October.

The launcher has new notification dots, a new app folder design, and it’s now capable of uploading photos directly to Shot on OnePlus.

Those who are interested in trying out the beta firmware on their handsets can head over to the OnePlus website right now to get the firmware file. That’s also where they will find instructions on how to manually sideload the Oreo ROM.

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