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Imagine the fun of mirroring your computer, smartphone or tablet screen to a large display without requiring any wires or messing with configurations, WiFi Direct (Intel’s WiDi) is one such technology amongst many like DLNA and AirPlay which are already available in many mainstream consumer products like Sony Bravia displays and Android, iOS devices. To make things standard the Wi-Fi Alliance has now introduced the Miracast wireless display standard, Miracast will be the standardized protocol for devices and displays to connect easily and start streaming in few seconds, ensuring full compatibility between various devices and vendors.

To get things started nVidia the manufacturer of leading mobile chip Tegra has announced that devices powered by their platform will get incorporated with Miracast enabling users to stream pictures, HD videos, and high-performance games effortlessly without lag. A video demonstration of this technology is posted below.

Everybody is eagerly waiting for a truly open-source Mobile operating system and this is where Mozilla's mobile-OS codenamed "Boot2Gecko" comes in, the fully open mobile ecosystem is based on HTML5 and will power the launch of smartphones built entirely on strict open Web standards. Apart from support of global network operators like Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat, Smart, Sprint, Telecom Italia, Telefónica and Telenor, OEM manufacturers ZTE and Alcatel have also announced to come up with Firefox OS powered Snapdragon processor based devices in early 2013.

Due to the optimization of the platform for entry-level smartphones and the removal of unnecessary middleware layers, mobile operators will have the ability to offer richer experiences at a range of price points including at the low end of the smartphone price range, helping to drive adoption across developing markets.

Mozilla and all other participants are committed to ensuring the project is fully open and the reference implementation of the required Web APIs is being submitted to W3C for standardization.

More and more gadgets are now focusing to provide natural movement interfaces, Microsoft Kinect is an brilliant example of this technology.

LEAP is another such device which makes use of some clever technology to offer excellent natural hand and finger based gesture control for computer users, the futuristic and geeky gadget is now available as pre-order for $70 and just require the user to plug it into a USB port, load Leap Motion software and perform a quick calibration to get started.

LEAP is advertised to be "more accurate than a mouse, as reliable as a keyboard and more sensitive than a touchscreen." Sizing equal to a flash drive, the device can distinguish individual fingers and track movements down to a 1/100th of a millimeter for perfect precession. A video with real world demonstration with office, creative and gaming usage is posted after the jump.

HiveDock is a new gadget which amplifies the sound and magnifies the screen of iPhone 4 without any additional power source, wire or button. You simply slide-in your phone and enjoy your phone with a bigger screen and louder sound. Do checkout the video demonstration with website links after the jump.