5 Sci-fi Spaceships You Will Never Forget

Sci-Fi movies and TV series have been the most favorite among the viewers. The presentation of hi-tech next-gen gadgets, vehicles, robots, and other technology make these science fictions more appealing. Any Sci-Fi movie is almost incomplete without a spaceship. Taking the cue, just for the reader’s entertainment, this blog has listed below five Sci-Fi Spaceships that appeared in a 70s-80s-or 90s movie but still we can’t forget them as even new 21^st century released movies are re-producing those spaceships. 

1. Valley Forge

 Seen in the a 1972 released American science fiction film “Silent Running,” Valley Forge is one of the unforgettable Sci-Fi spaceship. The Valley Forge was a fleet of ships that was located near Saturn. This spaceship was shown containing the last of Earth’s forests. Valley Forge was the last surviving ship with forest because all other forests on earth were destroyed after orders from the Earth. But one botanist on-board at Forge refused to destroy the last surviving earth forest. The design of this spaceship can be compared with the real life barges that are seen on canals covered with pot plants.

The following picture gives a comparison of Valley Forge’s design with real life substance:

2. Engineers’ Ship

 

Engineers’ Ship is alien-looking Sci-Fi ship that appeared in the 1979 movie titled Aliens and again in the 2012 movie “Prometheus” Engineers’ ship again got featured on the silver screen. The ship looks very weird and iconic. Although, at the first look, the design appears to be a random one but actually the design is meant to provide a not-so-subtle look to the ship. Concept artist HR Giger designed this ship. In real life, this ship can be compared with a catamaran.

The following picture gives a comparison of Engineers’ Ship design with real life substance:

3. Asgard Ships

Asgard Ships were shown in the Canadian-American science fiction television series named Stargate SG-1. It was an adventure and military science fiction production. These ships were shown as one of the most powerful races that the SGC encountered. Asgard Ships had vessels that would use a force through which these can be reckoned. These ships looked very aesthetic and its design was a combination of Viking iconography and classic space ship lines. This makes the Asgard ships look like reminiscent of floating long ships in space or like a very big bottle opener or the back side of a sword.

4. Mothership

Shown in the Steven Spielberg’s 1977 released American science fiction film “Close Encounters of The Third Kind,” Mothership is indeed one of the most unforgettable Sci-Fi Spaceship that can mesmerize the viewers even after more than 30 years of its release on silver screen. Built by Greg Jein and designed by Ralph McQuarrie, Mothership was inspired from the nocturnal view of an oil refinery that Spielberg came across in India. The design of the ship can also be compared with a Cathedral at Christmas.

The following picture gives a comparison of Mothership’s design with real life substance:

5. Prometheus

The list will be incomplete without discussing about the Prometheus spaceship that appeared in the 2012 released movie titled Prometheus. In the movie, this ship was at certain point shown as a great thing while at some point it was showcased as an awful creation. But whatever, Prometheus felt like a functional and real spaceship, especially during the shot when the protagonist Janek was shown standing on the cockpit’s window. In real life Prometheus looks like a big giant growling dinosaur.

The following picture gives a comparison of Prometheus’s design with real life substance:

 

The history of Hollywood movies has so many sci-fi movies and spaceships that it is really difficult to list them all, but the aforementioned five are a few of the unforgettable Sci-Fi spaceships. 

Awesome Wearable Technology

There has been hell lot of changes in technology these days. There are many variations to wearable technology for instance smartwatches, bands, rings and other things that will be incorporated in everyday lifestyle of a user. 

Let us find out more about it and the upcoming projects that might just happen.

Given here are some of the interesting crowdfunded technologies that are most probably on their way.

Smart Watches

 

 When it comes to smartwatch one might wonder about the kind of functionality it offers, will it offer or give you the kind of services that you are actually looking forward to. Agent is the name of the smartwatch that might just make it to the technology market. You will be able to charge it wirelessly and even download apps. Another interesting thing about it is the battery life that is promised to be long lasting.

This project began in June 2013 that was slated to be launched way back in December 2013. This watch is to appear on Kichstarter for $1,012,742.

If you thought that gesture commands are meant only for your Smartphone then you are wrong. With HOT watch you will be able to use gestures for private calling that comes with earpiece. You will be able to fetch notifications and even apps. This product is still in production but it is not definite when you will be able to get it. The price on Kickstarter for this product is $616,231. 

Smart Bracelets

 Bracelets for fitness

For all those who are kind of fitness freaks they will enjoy Amiigo. This is a fitness bracelet that helps monitor your physiology. You will be able to keep a tab on sets, reps, exercises, calories burned and your heart rate. The best part is that you can easily sync it to your Android device or your iPhone.

This bracelet is as for now delayed that was supposed to be delivered by July 2013 on Indiegogo priced at $580,710. 

Bracelets for women

If you are wondering that technology is only for men then you need to check out about MEMI. This is a bracelet that is made for women by women. This bracelet will fetch you notifications for texts, calls, calendar alerts and messages. This means that you need no longer look at your Smartphone for updates you can easily get it all on your bracelet even when you do not have much time to check it all. It is a quick sleek and stylish way to receive your updates. However, the only thing that might irk you is that this product is currently on hold and there is no definite time when this will be available. It will cost you $101,144 on Kickstarter. 

Smart ring

 If you think that gadgets could not be shrunk beyond smart watches and smart bracelets then think again. A Smarty Ring is next in line to wearable gadgets you will be fascinated with the amount of technology it holds even after being miniature in size. You will be able to fetch notifications with LED display that even shows time. This gadget is in sync with your Android devices and your iOS devices. There is still no news on when this gadget will be ready for consumers. It is priced at $297,699 on IndeGogo. 

Even though, these smart gadgets are yet not available are under production but they do make hell lot of difference in wearable technology.

An Instruction Guide to Recover Lost Data from External Hard Drive

External hard drives are important and very useful tools for data transfer. Although, many new methods of data transfer have evolved out but external hard drives are the universally favorite for all types of offline data transferring.  

Data Loss Issues with External Hard Drives 

However, data loss from external hard drives is a very common thing to happen. There can be various reasons that might propagate data loss in an external hard drive. Virus attack, accidental file deletion, critical file corruption, application failure, damage due to power failure are some of the few common reasons of data loss from drives.

Hence, it is very important that one should always maintain external hard drives backups, because if some important data (without backup) get lost, then the recovery will become an expensive affair. Data recovery services are extremely expensive as it charges anywhere from $500 to $2,500. 

Self tying the data restoration from external hard drive by opening and checking is a completely useless effort as such data recovery require special dust-free and static-free environment. 

The alternative and effective way of external hard drive lost-data restoration is to use external hard drive data recovery software. These are in fact the easiest and the best solution to try out. Whether, you have got your external hard drive accidently formatted or have become a victim of virus attack, external hard drive data recovery software is the first solution you must take up. There are many such software applications available. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard is highly recommended software. 

Read below to learn how data lost from external hard drives can be recovered using EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard.

Steps to Restore Data from External Hard Drive

•          Launch EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard
•          Then select the file types (graphics, documents, audio, video, etc ) you want to recover
•          Click "Next" button to move to the next step
•          Next, select the drive where you lost your data was stored (here the external hard drive)

 

•         Note: EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard can be used to recover lost data from external hard drive, internal hard drive, USB drive, hardware RAID , SD card, memory stick, etc 

•          Click "Scan" button 
•          The software will scan the selected drive to find your target files
•          In case you have lost your partition, then select "Lost Disk Drives." Then click "Scan" to continue the recovery process

•          After a quick scan, the software will list out the files it has recovered
•        You can preview all the listed recoverable files one by one
•          Select the ones you need to restore

•         Then, click "Recover" button to get those back
•       To avoid data overwriting, save all the recovered files on another disk

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard is a professional external hard drive data recovery software. Even professionals use this software to offer recovery services to their clients. The software is effective and capable of restoring data such as files, emails, photos, audio, video, document, etc from external hard drive, internal hard drive, USB drive, hardware RAID, SD card, memory stick, etc. It’s compatible with Windows 2003, XP, Vista, 2008, Windows 7 and Windows 8.

A Tutorial to Setup BitLocker Encryption on Windows

BitLocker Drive Encryption is an important security utility tool that provides protection to the computer’s operating system (OS) and data stored on its drives. BitLocker Drive Encryption protects the files stored on the entire drive. It even blocks the hackers from accessing those system files that might leak the password for the encryption. In fact, even if someone tries to access the encrypted data by physically removing the drive from your computer and installing it some other PC, then also BitLocker can protect the data from getting decrypted.

Hence, BitLocker is a Windows data security tool. Currently, it is available only for Windows 8.1 Pro and Windows 8.1 Enterprise editions. If you are using either of these two editions, then you can take the advantages of BitLocker and keep your data encrypted and protected from dubious elements.

To set up and use BitLocker Drive Encryption, perform the following steps:

1. Open the ‘Control Panel’
2. In the Search box of ‘Control Panel’ type ‘BitLocker’ and press ‘Enter’
3. When it opens, click on ‘Manage BitLocker’
4. On the next screen click ‘Turn on BitLocker’
5. After this, BitLocker will start checking your PC's configuration to find out whether or not your PC supports Microsoft's encryption method
6. If your device is eligible for encryption, then a message as shown below will appear
   
   
   
   
   
7. Now, shut down your PC completely and restart it
8. You will see a warning message that your PC’s security settings have changed
9. You can either press ‘F10’ to confirm the change or press ‘Esc’ to cancel
10. Now, your Windows will boot back, you can log in
11. You will see the BitLocker window
12. After a few minutes, a window as shown below will appear with a green check mark next to "Turn on the TPM security hardware" Button.

Now, you are ready to encrypt your drive. But before that you need to save a recovery key to be on safer side. This recovery key will let you access the data of the drive (you are thinking of encrypting) in case something goes wrong.

1. In Windows 8.1, you can save the recovery key in three ways: Save it in your Microsoft account, save it as a file in a USB, or can print the recovery key on paper. You should choose at least two ways for the recovery key.
2. Once you have created two different instances of the recovery key, remove any linked USB drives
3. Click ‘Next’
4. Now, the following window will open and you need to choose a option that best describes your PC.

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1.  The two options are self-explanatory and you can choose either of one as per your requirement
2. Once you've chosen your encryption scheme click ‘Next’
3. Make sure the box next to "Run BitLocker system check” is checked, this ensures that the Windows have run a system check before encrypting your drive.
4. Click ‘Continue’
5. As shown in the following picture, you will see an alert balloon in the system tray informing you that the encryption will begin after the PC restarts

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1.  Manually restart your PC to start BitLocker's disk encryption
2. Once, your PC boots up, log into it
3. You will see another system tray alert informing you that the encryption is in progress

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1.  The process will continue, in the mean time you can work on your PC. However, you might find the PC a bit slow as the encryption process is going on.

The whole process might take a few hours depending on the size of your drive and data stored in it (provided it is a drive already in use). After those few hours, you'll have a BitLocker-encrypted drive. The data you keep on adding to these encrypted drive will continue getting encrypted of its own. Once, your drive is encrypted you can rest assured about the security of your Windows drive data.

Apple Replaces iPhone 5 Battery for Free

There are times even when the most top-notch product like iPhone too comes out with defects. This time it happened with Apple between September 2012- January 2013 when some of the iPhone 5 handsets reported to have defective batteries.. This left many iPhone users in a state of shock to discover that there has been defect in their handset. The telltale sign was faster battery drain than usual. However, Apple took the matter seriously and decided that this needs to be fixed. 

 

Issues with iPhone 5

You might be thinking about the process that follows battery replacement. This process is similar to any other program offered by Apple for Apple devices. This is a greater issue as compared to previous iPhone 5 issues. Earlier, there has been issue with the “sleep/wake” button that happened in May. Apple again started replacement program for  that button. Users back then faced trouble with the button that would stop working or was irregular in its performance. This issue was the fault of the manufacturing unit. Apple decided to replace it free for customers who were eligible for replacement. 

Battery Replacement

There has been a defect with the battery of iPhone 5 that would lead the device to drain battery juice faster. Any user owning a faulty handset would experience these phenomena and would then need to frequently charge their device. For this Apple decided to replace the battery free of cost. If you too are suffering from this kind of trouble then log on to Apple Site using your serial number and find out if your handset is eligible for a battery replacement.  

You can get the battery replaced at Apple store or its authorized service provider. You can go to any Apple retail store or seek help from Apple technical support. 

What you need to remember?

If you are thinking that you can get an easy replacement then there is one thing that you need to remember. Your iPhone 5 should not have suffered external of physical damage. This would mean that there should not be any issue with the device like a cracked screen, visible scratches or other such damage. This would then need to be addressed first prior to battery replacement as it would impair replacement. 

There is one more thing to remember, before you go for battery replacement ensure that all your data is backed up. For this you can utilize iCloud or iTunes. Remember to turn off Find my iPhone feature. Erase all the settings and data before you hand over your phone for battery replacement. However, this program will not extend warranty coverage for your iPhone. 

If you own an iPhone 5 with defective battery since two years then you are liable for replacement. Another thing to notice is that if you have purchased it until March 1 this year then you are eligible for this program. If you have paid for battery replacement then contact Apple for a refund.