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Submitted By: Aditi Nawani (10030241002), Div A Pallavi Mitra (10030241022), Div A Rajdeep Biswas (10030241027, Div A Varun Sreedharan (10030241042), Div A Varun Kumar Maurya (10030241044), Div A

1) Bionics: Human Chip implantation

Sophisticated microchip devices are available for identifying stray animals. Implants about the size of a grain of rice have been a great boon for owners with lost or stolen pets. A pet owner can be assured that the chances of recovering a lost animal are greatly increased. At the pound, a stray can quickly be scanned, and, if it has a microchip, the animal's owner can be identified. Is it not then conceivable that this technology might be applied to humans? Indeed, such predictions have already been made. For example, Alan Westin discussed the possibility of "permanent placements of `tagging' devices on or in the body" as early as 1967. If the technology were extended to humans, a myriad of identification-related applications could be envisaged such as the capability to find lost children or confused Alzheimer's patients, or to determine if job applicants are illegal immigrants or criminals. By encoding the microchip only with a single number, it might also carry, e.g., medical or criminal history. Also, devices can be used for tracking. Although each such application has utility, privacy implications are ominous. The level of intrusion necessitated by implantation may be objectionable, for there are many legal rights which would be impinged upon. It is plausible that, since the technology has not yet been perfected, there is no need to address the incipient legal problems until devices are used. However, because of the very drastic reductions in personal liberty and privacy that such implantation represents, the legal ramifications need to be explored now. Reference Links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb3cPjkjbi4 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/emergingtech/mit-creates-analogue-brain-chip/3009

2) Semantic Web Analysis

In the Semantic Web data itself becomes part of the Web and is able to be processed independently of application, platform, or domain. This is in contrast to the World Wide Web as we know it today, which contains virtually boundless information in the form of documents. We can use computers to search for these documents, but they still have to be read and interpreted by humans before any useful information can be extrapolated. Computers can present you with information but cant understand what the information is well enough to display the data that is most relevant in a given circumstance. The Semantic Web, on the other hand, is about having data as well as documents on the Web so that machines can process, transform, assemble, and even act on the data in useful ways. Semantic Web technologies provide a compelling vision of a world where instead of people laboriously trawling through information on the Web and negotiating with each other directly to carry out routine tasks such as scheduling appointments, finding documents and locating services, the Web itself can do the hard work for them. This can be done by providing sufficient context about resources on the Web and also providing the tools to use the context so that machines (or 'software agents' programs working on behalf of people) can find the right things and make decisions. In the words of the article: 'The Semantic Web will bring structure to the meaningful content of Web pages, creating an environment where software agents roaming from page to page can readily carry out sophisticated tasks for users.'

This is an ambitious long-term aim: nothing less than imbuing the Web itself with meaning. That is, providing meaningful ways to describe the resources available on the Web and, perhaps more importantly, why there are links connecting them together. Reference Links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGg8A2zfWKg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cj8shBSx_k&feature=related

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3) Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)

What is DLNA? DLNA is a specification created by Digital Living Network Alliance. Its goal is to allow all media devices to interoperate seamlessly. For example you can play music from you iPod on your TV. Although today there are few devices that support the protocol DLNA is poised to become a widely adopted standard. There are currently 245 companies promising DLNA compatible devices. How does DLNA work? DLNA is built on top of the UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) and allows devices to find each other using broadcast messages. The devices can then share information about what services they offer. Applications of DLNA y Find and play movies Your movie collection is stored on your network attached storage (NAS), a certified digital media server (DMS). Instead of watching the movie on the little PC monitor in your office, you want to enjoy it on the large flat-panel TV in your living room. Because your DLNA Certified TV is certified as a digital media player (DMP), you can use the DMP capabilities of your TV to find the movies on your NAS, and then play them on the TV. Send and display photos You have photos stored on your digital camera, a certified digital media controller (DMC). You want to look at them on your TV. With a DLNA Certified camera, you can send the photos to your DLNA Certified TV, which, if certified as a digital media renderer (DMR), can use those capabilities to display the photos. Find, send and play music Youve loaded all your favourite music onto your PC, a certified digital media server (DMS). Using your DLNA Certified personal digital assistant (PDA), which may be certified as a mobile digital media controller (M-DMC), you can find songs you want on your PC and send them to play on your DLNA Certified wireless speakers. In this case, the speakers deliver the capabilities of a certified Digital Media Renderer (DMR). Upload photos There are photos on your personal digital assistant (PDA), a certified mobile digital media uploader (M-DMU), you want to send and save to your network attached storage (NAS). Using a DLNA Certified PDA, you upload the photos to your DLNA Certified network attached storage (NAS), which operates as a certified Digital Media Server (DMS).

Download music You want to transfer music from your PC, a certified Digital Media Server (DMS) in this scenario, to your MP3 player, a certified mobile digital media downloader (M-DMD). With DLNA Certified devices, you download the music from your PC using the MP3 player. Send and print photos You have a photo on your WiFi enabled camera phone you want to print. Assuming the phone is a certified mobile digital media controller (M-DMC), you can send the photo to your DLNA Certified printer, a certified digital media printer (DMPr), to print. Reference Links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCehX072huc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSSTMj1b6Q

Work Breakdown Structure

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Date/Duration 1st Dec 201120th Dec 2011 20th Dec 201131st Dec 2011 1st Jan 201220th Jan 2012 21st jan 201231st Jan-2012

Work To be done Literature Review(White Papers, Case studies, Books)

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DLNA technology

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DLNA implementation and challenges

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DLNA application in IT sector

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1st feb 2012-10th Reporting findings and inferences. feb 2012