Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/nvidia-outs-300m-mobile-graphics-series-causes-little-excitemen/
NVIDIA outs 300M mobile graphics series, causes little excitement originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/asus-ion-powered-eeebox-eb1012-resurfaces-on-amazon-in-sub-400/
ASUS' Ion-powered EeeBox EB1012 resurfaces on Amazon in sub-$400 range originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/nanobrick-miyoul-oled-media-frames-are-for-your-luxurious-inner/
Nanobrick Miyoul OLED media frames are for your luxurious inner-s! elf originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It may not play Daft Punk like the MakerBot—and it costs a whoooole lot more— but Dimension's uPrint Plus is professional grade, small enough for desktop use and gives users resolution settings of either .010 inches or .013 inches and prints materials in nine colors. It'll ship in March, hopefully by which time they'll have figured out how to get me that 4D support I've been holding out for.
World's Best-Selling 3D Printer Line Expands
Dimension uPrint Plus offers material colors, larger build volume, resolution options, and more
MINNEAPOLIS—(BUSINESS WIRE)—One year after introducing what has become the world's best-selling 3D printer - the Dimension uPrint - Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) says it has expanded the product line with the uPrint Plus – an enhanced version with lots of new features – while still keeping the price under $20,000 (USD).
Like the Dimension uPrint personal 3D printer, the uPrint Plus has a small footprint for true desktop use [25 x 26 in (635 x 660 mm)]. uPrint Plus can print in eight colors of Stratasys ABSplus material, making it easier for designers to differentiate individual assembly components and better depict their product. The printer has a build envelope of 8 x 8 x 6 in (203 x 203 x 152 mm) – 33 percent mo! re volum e than the uPrint, enabling larger models. uPrint Plus offers two resolution settings – 0.010 in (0.254 mm) and 0.013 in (0.330 mm) – to give users additional print options.
uPrint Plus also features two support-material enhancements that reduce material consumption and modeling time. The first, Smart Supports, is a software enhancement that reduces material usage by 40 percent, cutting costs. The second, SR-30, is an improved soluble support material that dissolves 69 percent faster, to speed the modeling process. Smart Supports and SR-30 enhancements are available for both uPrint and uPrint Plus.
"When the uPrint was introduced one year ago, it quickly became the best-selling 3D printer worldwide, with 1,000 units sold in the first 9 months," says Dimension Product Manager Mary Stanley. "Based on its success and customer requests for expanded features, the uPrint Plus was created. Now designers, engineers and architects have expanded options for building models based on proven FDM technology."
uPrint Plus material colors include red, blue, olive, black, dark gray, nectarine, fluorescent yellow, and ivory. The new 3D printer will be available for shipment in March through authorized Stratasys resellers.
MediaHub HD Features
• All-in-one audio/video connectivity panel for enjoying content from any portable
electronics device through the in-room TV
• Guest-facing A/V sockets include Composite Audio/Video, S-Video, VGA with
paired audio (for laptops), HDMI, Stereo Bluetooth, USB (5v) for device charging
• Stereo Bluetooth wireless technology allows guests to pair their portable media
devices to the entertainment panel and play music or other audio through the in-room
TV speakers without having to physically connect the device with a cable
• Single-HDMI back-end connection to the TV for simplified installation
• Only requirement: TV with an available HDMI port and a power source (wall outlet)
• Prevents guests tampering with existing TV connections
• Auto-sensing of devices upon plug-in means intuitive controls for any hotel guest
• Wide range of available trims and bezels, designs that fit any room decor
• CE, CSA, FCC certified (MediaHub plus PowerHub extension is also UL certified)
• Can be deployed worldwide
So if you have your iPod, laptop or other portable device with you on the trip, you can play your own media content through the TV without a hassle. If I'm on a trip, spending time in the hotel room is probably not going to be my first choice for entertainment—but it would be nice to have this option. [Teleadapt]
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In today's remainders, the big and the little. A big quantum computer simulates a little molecule. A big series of tubes make a big difference at Stanford hospital. And a Big Brother ad makes me a little worried.
Quantum computing, like Pilates, is one of those things that sometimes seems to offer more in theory than in meaningful results. In the case of the former, the tide may be turning. Chemists at Harvard University have used a quantum computer to calculate the exact energy of a hydrogen molecule, a finding that could only be approximated by conventional supercomputers. These traditional computers, working in binary bits of zeroes and ones, falter as molecular simulations become increasingly complex. Instead, the quantum computer works in qubits which can test configurations with both ones and zeroes, allowing for more precise models. Still, some might say that "meaningful results" have yet to be achieved. [Eureka Alert]
One of the makers over at Make has made this handsome clock which instead of telling time tells the weather. The weatherpiece checks for updates on the Environment Canada website every quarter of the hour via an Arduino micro-controller, its lower hand adjusting to the correct temperature and its upper hand swinging to show the day's forecast. Though the clock's case gives it a decidedly old-school feel, it hosts a web server so it can be tweaked from any browser. It may not dispense the most robust meteorological data but what it does display it does with style. [Make]
Your local bank isn't the only place that's zipping your information around using pneumatic tubes. This report on the Stanford Hospital's pneumatic tube system reminds us that the very old technology is still very much alive today. Stanford's system, which includes over four miles of pipes, is one of the largest in the nation. The containers navigate the complex system with computer guidance and reach speeds of up to 18 miles per hour as they send important patient data to and fro distant areas of the hospital. Dating back to the 19th century, pneumatic tubes are not a new technology, to be sure, but they are an important one. As Leander Robinson, chief engineer of Stanford's system, puts it: "The tube is everywhere." [Stanford School of Medicine]
At seven and a half feet tall and packed with super-smart tech, not only do you read Intel's Intelligent Digital Signage Concept, it reads you, too. Conceived by Frog Design, the multi touch-enabled, data-collecting, life-size advertisement (which we mentioned and showed briefly when covering Intel CEO Paul Otellini's keynote at CES 2010) looks to make signage an interactive affair.
Intel's concept engages shoppers with captivating graphics and a touchable screen and then uses a built-in camera to register their demographic data. Fast Company has a video of the gigantic advertisement, but thankfully it's just a prototype and there are currently no plans for it to invade malls or your privacy anytime soon. [Fast Company]
The big change here is a real-time management system that re-clocks the processor on a moment-to-moment basis depending on what you're doing, which means light work should result in light power usage. That's how it can hit 12 hours of battery life despite the Core i7 and its Nvidia GeForce 310 GPU. We haven't been able to test it yet, since it was just announced at CES, but here's hoping the claims are anywhere near true. [Ars Technica]
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Apple's not always the quickest on adopting new standards (or even old standards). Luckily, their OS X 10.6.3 beta has revealed at least partial support for OpenGL 3.0. [Hardmac via AppleInsider]
The type of wet information technology we are working towards will not find its near-term application in running business software, but it will open up application domains where current IT does not offer any solutions - controlling molecular robots, fine-grained control of chemical assembly, and intelligent drugs that process the chemical signals of the human body and act according to the local biochemical state of the cell.
That's what University of Southampton's Klaus-Peter Zauner says, pointing out that the molecular computer they are working on is a "a very crude abstraction of what neurons do." When the lipid-covered cells contact each other, a passage opens between them so chemical reactions can pass from one to the next. Inside the cells, a reaction—called the Belousov-Zhabotinsky or B-Z—happens, triggered by other cells. This reaction can pass from one cell to the next, or can be contained within the cell, allowing for cell networking, which is key to form these wet processors.
Did you get any of that? Good. I just like the idea of my processors getting wet. [BBC]
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/11/droid-security-flaw-makes-lock-screen-a-mere-inconvenience-for/
You might recall Apple having a hard time keeping its lock screen locked at one point, and it looks like we've got a common theme brewing here now that Android's suffering from the same drama. Turns out that Android 2.0.1 -- the build currently deployed on the Droid -- suffers from a flaw whereby you can back out to a locked phone's home screen simply by pressing the Back button after accepting an incoming call. Of course, you'd either have to know a phone's number or wait for a call to actually take advantage of this, but we'd argue that it's a pretty low barrier of entry. The bright side of the story, we suppose, is that the phone goes back to being locked as soon as the call ends, but then again it doesn't take much time to peep your juicy emails. Google's aware of the issue, so we're thinking this'll make it into the Droid's next software update; we don't have a launch window for that just yet, so in the meantime... you know, just make sure no one ever calls you and you should be good to go.Droid security flaw makes lock screen a mere inconvenience for evil-doers originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/11/intels-atom-powered-home-energy-dashboard-concept-gets-itself-a/
Intel's Atom-powered home energy dashboard concept gets itself a website, no closer to retail reality originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/11/asus-ul80jt-spotted-with-automatic-switchable-graphics-brags-12/
ASUS UL80JT spotted with automatic switchable graphics, brags 12 hour battery life originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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