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Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Turn Used Coffee Grounds into Coffee Granitas

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5973965/turn-used-coffee-grounds-into-coffee-granitas

Turn Used Coffee Grounds into Coffee Granitas You've brewed your coffee and enjoyed it, but that doesn't mean your java experience ends there and you have to toss the spent grounds in the trash. The Food Network suggests creating another drink from them: cool coffee granitas.

Steep the grounds again and add some sugar and salt, then freeze to make a frozen coffee drink. The extra steeping, freezing, and added condiments make the granitas taste as good as if you used fresh-brewed coffee for this process—plus you get more mileage for those expensive coffee beans.

Jonathan Kallini, patry chef at Atlanta's Floataway Cafe, offers this clever coffee reuse on the Food Network, which showcases a few more ways to use up kitchen waste (apple cores and corn silk, for example) in the link below.

(And if you don't want to re-steep your coffee for drinking, you can always use those old coffee grounds for cleaning up a fireplace, cleaning dishes and killing fleas, touching up wood furniture dings, and more.)

At Your Disposal: How to Use Up Kitchen Waste | Food Network

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Panasonic 4k Tablet Hands-On: Unbelievable Tiny Details Make Windows 8 Lag Like Hell

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5974219/panasonic-4k-tablet-hands+on-unbelievable-tiny-details-make-windows-8-lag-like-hell

The pixels on Panasonic's new 20-inch 4K tablet so itty bitty that I couldn't even see them when I pressed my eye almost to the tablet's touch screen. The viewing angles for the tablet were excellent. But they're going to have to up the power of this baby's guts if you really want to take advantage of its potential.

The 15:10 tablet in Panny's booth at CES is relatively stacked: Windows 8 Pro on an 1.8GHz Intel Core i5 processor with NVIDIA GeForce Graphics, 4GB of memory and an 128GB SSD. Even with those powerful specs, the high-detail applications Panasonic envisions for these tablets don't move as fast as you'd expect.

Swiping and dragging can be very slow on large documents, but the insane detail of the screen and the precision of the touch-sensitivity are impressive. Using a Panasonic stylus, you can draw very finely and make very precise edits in Photoshop.

But as those applications indicate, this tablet is really intended for business and professional use if (when?) it ever sees a commercial release. Most people probably don't need resolution that high on such a small screen. Still, with some beefed up speed, this thing would be a beast. And as a proof of concept, it's pretty amazing how many pixels we can pack into such a small space.

Samsung announces 'world's first' curved OLED, we go eyes-on

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/08/samsung-announces-worlds-first-curved-oled-we-go-eyes-on/

Samsung's massive booth here on the CES 2013 show floor has barely opened and already we're getting a look at one of its latest TV innovations. Sitting pretty in a far roped-off corner and hailed as a "world's first," is the company's Curved OLED TV. Not much has been divulged about the uniquely shaped set at this time, but official details should be forthcoming quite soon. In the meanwhile, check out our gallery below.

Gallery: Samsung 'world's first' curved OLED

Brad Molen contributed to this post.

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Panasonic 4K tablet prototype hands on (update: video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/08/panasonics-4k-tablet-hands-on/

Panasonic 4K tablet prototype hands on

The Panasonic liveblog was barely finished when we saw this beauty calling out to us from the show floor. This is Panasonic's 20" 4K tablet, running Windows 8. It's a prototype design right now, but seemed to be pretty well put together, and not something quickly knocked up for the show. Given that it's not a full release model, details on specifications are sparse, but we can tell you that as well as that truly jaw dropping display, there is a front facing camera (no details on resolution, but possibly 2-megapixel), and an Intel Core i5 running the show. Input / output wise there wasn't a lot going on, but there was micro-USB, microSD and at least WiFi. If you're thinking that that display is going to pretty much keep you tethered to a wall to keep it powered, then we were told that it will at least give you two hours of use on the go.

Panasonic also told us that Anoto digital writing technology features in the tablet, which makes sense given that -- judging by the display section for this device -- that the tablet is aimed at marketing professionals, architects, photographers and other such business users. Given the tablet's size, it's not the sort of thing you are likely to be slinging in a rucksack and taking out on the road. That said, in our time with it, picking it up and moving it about wasn't terrible, and you can imagine swanky design houses and media companies lining the walls of their offices with these things. No word on price or availability, but Panasonic were confident that this would make it to production.

Gallery: Panasonic's 4K tablet prototype hands-on

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LG's 55-inch 3D Google TV eyes-on

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/08/lgs-55-inch-3d-google-tv-eyes-on/

LG made tentative inroads into the Google TV space last year with only two available sets, but here at CES 2013, the company's announced plans to expand the line to seven additional models. The sets, which range in size from 42 to 60 inches, feature LG's Cinema Screen display at full 1080p resolution with 240Hz refresh rate and are also 3D capable. For input options, consumers will have ports for HDMI (4x) and USB 2.0 (2x) along with wired ethernet (WiFi is also supported). The company's custom Magic Remote has also seen some improvements as the buttons for navigation have all been moved further up, allowing users a more comfortable one-thumb experience. And from the time we spent holding it, it seems that slight change does help enhance overall in-hand comfort. As for new additions to the remote's layout, LG's added in dedicated buttons for voice control and its Prime Time Quick Smart Guide which brings up an overlay of currently airing programs and remaining air time. There's no pricing available at this time, but we do know these sets will hit the market in Q1 of this year.

Gallery: LG 55-inch Google TV (2013)