‘Bourne Identity’ director to create a VR action miniseries

Bourne Identity director Doug Liman is working on an ambitious new project—a six-part virtual reality miniseries called Invisible. It’s described as an action-adventure series revolving around a Manhattan family named the Ashlands. According to its description, “As capacity of their extraordinary ability continues to grow in power, the birth of an exceptional new child draws public interest and their family secret teeters on the brink of becoming exposed.” It’ll be presented in five- to ten-minute segments. It’s going to be written by Dallas Buyers Club screenwriter Melisa Wallack and will be directed by Liman and Michael Witlak and Jerome Sable. They’re partnering with virtual reality cinema company Jaunt on the project.

Source: The Verge

Facebook now lets iOS users send birthday wishes via video

Want to stand out from all the generic “Happy Birthday” greetings? Well, now you can send a unique 15-second clip to celebrate your loved one’s special day. Facebook is rolling out a new birthday video cam feature for iOS users. A banner will show up on the birthday boy or girl’s profile prompting you to record a video message. You can even add birthday-themed frames to it.

Source: TechCrunch | Via: Engadget

Acer’s Liquid Jade 2 introduces 1TB hybrid cloud storage

Acer’s taking some cues from the Nextbit Robin with one of its new smartphones launched at Mobile World Congress 2016. The new Liquid Jade 2 will be offering a hybrid cloud storage that is ten times more than what the Nextbit Robin is offering. So, yes instead of 100GB storage, you get 1TB of it. According to Acer, it “seamlessly integrates local storage with cloud storage.” But we have to test it out first to see how “seamless” it actually is.

In terms of hardware specs, the Liquid Jade successor carries a 5.5-inch Full HD AMOLED display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB internal storage (on top of the 1TB cloud storage), a 21MP rear camera with dual LED flash and 4K video recording, and an 8MP front camera. It’s an LTE Cat 6 device that runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. No details yet on the battery and pricing and availability of the Jade 2. For multimedia junkies though, that hybrid storage could be a very attractive feature.

Source: Android Central

Asthma inhaler prototype can easily slip into your wallet

If the Bloom Inhaler gets approval, this new inhaler design will make it easy for you to slip it into your wallet or back pocket. At just 54mm across, 85mm long, and 4.3mm thick, it’s roughly the thickness of five ordinary credit cards. It can hold six puffs of aerosol asthma medication. You can insert the canister of a regular inhaler into the Bloom’s matching port. You depress it six times to load the six doses into the slim inhaler. A hermetic seal stops the medication from leaking out. It works HFA inhalers and has been tested extensively.

To use the Bloom, you make use of the “Open Mouth Technique,” which is rather similar to breath spray. You press and then inhale through the opening like you would your current inhaler. They’re currently waiting for FDA approval, which is expected to come in November. The price for the Bloom Inhaler is US$40 or about $54.

Source: SlashGear