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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Samsung announces 64GB moviNAND flash, 32GB microSD card

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/samsung-announces-64gb-movinand-flash-32gb-microsd-card/

It's been quite a while since Samsung announced the first actual memory device to result from its 30nm manufacturing process, but it's now back with an announcement for another pair of memory products that should both be hitting the market relatively soon. The larger of those is a new 64GB moviNAND embedded memory device, which joins the company's existing 32GB, 16GB, 8GB and 4GB options, and measures just 1.4mm thick while still packing 16 30nm-class 32Gb MLC NAND chips and a controller. That's joined by a new 32GB microSD card, which fully doubles the capacity of the highest capacity microSD cards currently on the market, and is apparently now being sampled by OEMs with mass production slated to begin sometime next month.

Samsung announces 64GB moviNAND flash, 32GB microSD card originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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570-Megapixel Digital Camera Is the Mother and the Father of All Cameras [Digital Cameras]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/8j50t3hClX4/570+megapixel-digital-camera-is-the-mother-and-the-father-of-all-cameras

Dark energy Peeping Toms rejoice, because Fermilab has created the gadget to catch it: A $35 million, car-sized digital camera, with 74 CCD sensors in it. It will take 570-megapixel photos of the Universe.

The resulting sensor is one meter in diameter, covering a 2.2-degree field of view. The images are so big that, even with an ultra-fast data recording system, each photo will take 17 seconds to acquire.

The camera won't photograph the dark energy itself, however. It will just provide with ultra-detailed shots of the cosmos—tracking 300 million galaxies over the course of five years—which may bring evidence about the existence of this veiled intergalactic power. Which is too bad, because I bet she looks sexy in her undies. [Dark Energy Survey via Wired]

Turn Your MacBook's Trackpad Into a Tablet With Inklet [Apple]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/tuQO_jjvKz8/turn-your-macbooks-trackpad-into-a-tablet-with-inklet

Apple tablet, schablet. Who needs a stand-alone tablet when you can turn your existing MacBook into one? Inklet is a cool program which lets you draw on your trackpad, turning your scribbles into Photoshop masterpieces.

To download, you'll need to give up $24.95 (though there's also a free demo that's worth checking out), and will obviously need a MacBook with multitouch, along with Snow Leopard. Inklet works best with a stylus, so better scratch around for your old DS one if you can. The familiar multitouch gestures work well with Inklet, so if you're at all art-inclined, the video below is worth checking out for a demo. [Inklet]

A Wooden Humidifier That Requires No Electricity [Humidifier]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/uf9cBy_9XG4/a-wooden-humidifier-that-requires-no-electricity

If you live in a place that is cold and dry right now, do yourself a favor and pick up a humidifier. This particular model from Japan definitely has an elegant "ancient tech" kind of charm.

Carved out of Japanese Cypress, the Mast Humidifier absorbs water from the hull and diffuses it through the air—along with the natural lemony-scent of the wood itself. Its rot resistant and, naturally, electricity free. Plus it's really nice looking. [Masuza via Spoon and Tamago via Mocoloco]