Aprilia Dorsoduro 900 RbW Tech Sports Bike Officially Available in Pakistan

Aprilia Dorsoduro 900 RbW Tech Sports Bike Update:

Aprilia is an Italy-based famous bike manufacturer. It is a subsidiary of Italy’s Piaggio & C. S.p.A. Its products are launched & distributed in Pakistan by Ravi Group. Aprilia Dorsoduro 900 RbW Tech Sports Bike.

Now Aprilia has launched in Pakistan and it distributes its sports bikes via authorized dealerships. Aprilia Dorsoduro 900 RbW Tech Sports Bike.

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One of Aprilia’s advanced sports-bike, Dorsoduro 900, is a naked supermotard that offers race bike features and advanced electronic ride assist technologies.

It is now officially available in Pakistan. Aprilia Dorsoduro 900 RbW Tech Sports Bike.

Let’s take a look at what it offers;

Exterior

Aprilia says that Dorsoduro has been carefully designed to find the right balance of sporty looks and optimized riding experience.

The company makes racing bikes, so it needs to ensure that its design not only offers top-notch performance but also a satisfactory “ride-feel” and adequate room for the rider to seamlessly transition between lean-positions for countering harsh turns and corners. Aprilia Dorsoduro 900 RbW Tech Sports Bike.

"The superstructures (of Dorsoduro) are reduced to the minimal indispensable, as anything that is not essential for performance and maximum riding pleasure has been foregone."

It uses a full Ride-by-Wire (RbW) electronic accelerator system which ensures efficient acceleration and changes engine response based on speed, gearbox position, throttle grip, temperature, and even air flow.

This system changes fuel/air mixture in real-time to remove jerks and improve fuel consumption. Depending on the terrain, Dorsoduro can be switched between Sport, Touring, and Rain modes to switch between aggression, comfort, and smoothness respectively.

Internal Specification

The engine is an 896cc Aprilia 90° V-Twin 4-stroke unit paired with Ride-by-Wire system with 3 engine maps. The four-vales per cylinder engine comes with liquid cooling and can deliver up to 90 Nm@6,500 RPM torque. Thanks to the electronic systems toxic emission control, Dorsoduro is EURO 4 compliant and can hold 12 liters of petrol in its tank. Transmission is 6-speed.

Front wheel has a floating double disc brake with aluminum flange, radial calipers with four pistons, and a metal braid brake pipe. The rear one is a wave stainless steel disc with single piston calipers. Both rear and front wheel brakes support ABS.

Suspension for the front wheel is a Kayaba upside-down fork and the rear one is an aluminum alloy swingarm. Both support preload adjustments and hydraulic rebound damping. It has traction control as well.

Price and Availability

The price of Aprilia Dorsoduro 900 is PKR 1,650,000. It is available for purchase from the authorized dealership of Aprilia in Mcleod Road in Lahore. The dealership is called Xtreme Motor Sports. Aprilia has an official Pakistani website, visit it here for more details on Aprilia motorbikes.

Source: Mehran Post

Pakistan Army Museum Beacon Technology Introduced in Lahore for 70th Independence Day

Pakistan Army Museum Beacon Technology Introduced Update: The Pakistan Army Museum, Lahore has opened its doors for general public on August 14, 2017 and with its own set of surprises. Instead of displaying the glorious tanks and serving as a stagnant exhibit of warfare, the museum has launched itself as the only one of its kind in Pakistan. The uniqueness lies in the use of Beacon technology adopted by the museum to increase interactivity.

The use of this Pakistan Army Museum Beacon Technology Introduced technology has equipped Pakistan Army Museum to trigger hyper-targeted contextual information for visitors through a mobile content delivery network. Consequently, the historical war events are now being brought back to life for over 200 visitors at a given time through a virtual experience immersing the audience in the evolution of Pakistan Army and its heroism. Instead of relying on a “human guide” people can now instantly watch what happened decades ago directly on cell phones or tablets.

About Beacons Technology for Museums

Beacons offer museums an opportunity to provide context to visitors like never before. With Pakistan Army Museum Beacon Technology Introduced, an app can sense exactly where in the museum a guest is and provide relevant information.

Instead of searching through an audio tour for the right section, the visitor can instantly watch a video highlighting the artist’s life on his/her mobile, and learning more about a particular object.

What are Beacons?

Beacons are small wireless sensors that communicate with Bluetooth-enabled smart devices such as iPhones or iPads by continuously advertising their location using a Bluetooth low energy radio transmitter. In turn, smart devices monitor the received signal strength indication (RSSI) and determine the device's proximity to the beacon. Apple's developer guidelines divide the proximity to the beacon into three states: immediate, near (between one and three meters), and far.

Once the user is in the desired proximity range, the corresponding app content is triggered as shown in below:

A typical beacon as shown below, is essentially a miniature computer that, together with BLE, may include an accelerometer and a temperature sensor.

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It’s interesting that the enhanced museum experience has been achieved in Pakistan for the first time and that too by a Pakistan-based software solutions company (Alchemative). This company had worked diligently since May 2016 to implement beacon technology in the museum.

The solution comprised of installing low-cost, low-power transmitters equipped with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) at strategic locations throughout the museum to create a seamless isolated network system. The familiarity of the Bluetooth technology also allows visitors to receive content on their personal mobile devices.

In-depth information about the museum can be displayed in various formats (text, video, audio). In addition to this, the highly controlled arrangement of this network retains sensitivity of the information by deleting it from the personal devices of the users as soon as they leave the museum.

The indoor tracking technology (which is a part of this solution) also identifies exact visitor location and informs him/her about nearby displays.

It is noteworthy that Pakistan Army Museum Beacon Technology Introduced relied on Pakistan’s information technology sector and software experts of the nation to come up with such an interactive solution that is in line with the digital age. According to a Business Insider report, the “beacon installed base” will see a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 287%. There will be 4.5 million active beacons overall by end of year 2018.

Experts in the beacon field are sure that museums will remain the most likely beneficiaries of beacon technology as it offers context to visitors like never before. Instead of struggling with their headset or swapping pages of a lengthy brochure they just need to tap on the screens of their mobile devices.

Moreover, guests will be entertained and educated in a more pleasant way, so they are likely to stay at the museum for longer time durations. Pakistan Army Museum Beacon Technology Introduced has proved that Pakistan is not far away when it comes to adopting latest technological trends and that museums are not just lifeless display keepsakes – they can be futuristic!

Source: Mehran Post

Intel Curie Technology BatSense Smart Bats Introduced in ICC Champions Trophy 2017

Intel Curie Technology BatSense Smart Bats Update: Cricket is all about technique and for viewers, it’s all about real-time information and statistics.

To add more excitement to the game of cricket, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has partnered with popular chip maker, Intel. Together, they had introduced smart bats during this ongoing ICC Cricket Champions Trophy 2017 in England.

These Intel Curie Technology BatSense Smart Bats will actually use chips, dubbed BatSense, that allow them to sense the bat swings.

Intel Sports Group Vice President Sandra Lopez highlighted the role of Intel Curie Technology BatSense Smart Bats in transforming the way we play and view sports. With higher levels of digitization, Intel is in a unique position to enable the sports industry to capture and analyze data to uncover and respond to new insights in real time.

Lopez said:

“Our goal is to lead the way forward into the digitization and personalization of sports, transforming the way fans and athletes experience sports.”

A new bat sensor powered by Intel Curie technology that can be mounted on any cricket bat to generate data for every stroke that the batsman plays. With this Intel Curie Technology BatSense Smart Bats, parameters like back-lift, bat speed and follow-through can be tracked for every cricket stroke. 

Several batsmen will use these bat sensors in the games at the 2017 Champions Trophy, enabling new insights on stroke play and rich story telling during broadcasts.

BatSense with Intel Inside has the potential to transform cricket across a varied audience from coaches to aspiring self-taught cricketers.

Coaches can use their insights and expertise along with the bat sensor data to make specific adjustments to a batsman’s technique ultimately helping him perform better.

Players Who Will Use Smart Bats

While it is almost confirmed that three players from each team will have BatSense-installed bats, the names of these players are yet to be announced. For now, we know of Indian and English players who will have the chips on their bats.

England: Ben Stokes, Alex Hales, Jason Roy

India: Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin

More Technology of Intel in ICC Champions Trophy 2017

ICC plans to modernize the game by bringing upcoming technologies to the cricketing field.

While similar bat-sensing tech has already been used in baseball bats, tennis racquets and golf clubs, it’s a first for cricket. Now, ICC is ready to incorporate VR and pitch reading drones.

Everything is explained in the video below:

A consumer version of BatSense will be released later this year. People will no longer need expensive trainers or months of trial and error to improve their skills. If anyone wants to bat like AB de Villiers or Chris Gayle, they will be able to use VR technology and the bat sensors along with a digital trainers.

Cricket fans, expect great times ahead with new ways of improving your game.

Via: Mehran Post