Chaotic Moon’s Board of Awesomeness gains mind controls, becomes Board of Imagination

February 23rd, 2012 · · Uncategorized No comments

Remember the Board of Awesomeness we took for a spin back at CES? Well, the folks from Chaotic Moon went back to the lab to make it even better with a new control system, swapping out the Kinect sensor bar for an Emotiv EPOC headset and re-christened it the Board of Imagination. So, instead of using your hand to control the throttle, you simply visualize and focus on where you want to go, and the headset tells the board how fast to go to get there. The brains of the thing are still housed in a Samsung slate running Windows 8, and it can still shred asphalt at speeds up to 32mph, but now it’s a truly mind-blowing experience. Don’t believe us? Check out the Board of Imagination in action after the break.

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SanDisk makes 128-gigabit flash chip, crams three bits per cell, takes afternoon off

February 23rd, 2012 · · Uncategorized No comments

SanDisk has developed a chip that earns it membership in the exclusive 128-gigabit club. Not content with simply matching the Micron / Intel effort, SanDisk and its partner Toshiba claim their new memory uses 19- rather than 20-nanometer cells in the production process. Shrinking the size is one thing, but SanDisk’s new chips also use its X3 / three-bit technology. Most memory stores just two bits per cell; cramming in another means fewer cells, less silicon, more savings, cheaper memory, happier geeks. Analyst Jim Handy estimates that the price per gigabyte for the tri-bit breed of flash could be as low as 28 cents, compared to 35 for the Micron / Intel equivalent. Full details in the not-so-compact press release after the break.

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BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Review: A Beautiful Desert [Video]

February 22nd, 2012 · · Uncategorized No comments
You might not recall, but when the BlackBerry PlayBook came out last year it was close—oh, so close—to being a respectable iPad competitor. But the omission of native email, calendars and contacts was a fatal flaw, both for reviewers and the buying public. More »

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AMD Piledriver cores will clock over 4GHz, employ ‘resonant clock mesh’

February 22nd, 2012 · · Uncategorized No comments

AMD’s Trinity APU can do some remarkable things, but we still don’t know exactly what magic ingredients make its Piledriver cores superior to the tepidly received Bulldozer. Now though, a firm called Cyclos claims it’s supplying ‘resonant clock mesh’ power-saving technology for use in the new module. In speaking to the media, it’s revealed that this will help to enable a “4+ GHz” factory clock speed, which sounds high if it definitely refers to an integrated chip with low-power credentials. As for the resonant clock mesh itself, it’s a bit like KERS for processors: it recycles clock power instead of letting it dissipate and thereby enables higher clock speeds in “next generation SoCs that also require ultra-low power consumption.” We also know that the technology is financially backed by ARM and Siemens and has seen precious little implementation prior to AMD — which is fine, so long as all that resonance doesn’t make our rig hum even louder.

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Ten One Design Magnus Magnetic Stand for iPad 2 Review

February 22nd, 2012 · · Uncategorized No comments

One word came to my mind the first time I saw the Magnus Magnetic iPad 2 Stand from Ten One Design. That word was sexy. It’s the most minimalistic iPad stand I’ve reviewed to date. Is this stand just a pretty face with nothing to back it up though? Let’s find out. Note: Click the [...]

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Cows Can Now Booty Call Their Farmers [Science]

February 22nd, 2012 · · Uncategorized No comments

Samsung / Blockbuster reportedly sign streaming deal in Oz, US and Europe next?

February 22nd, 2012 · · Uncategorized No comments
We know Samsung’s been ramping up its home entertainment arsenal. Now, recent intel acquired by the folks at SmartHouse suggests that the Korean outfit’s about to dive into deeper waters, after reportedly striking a deal in Australia. The pact, that’s yet to become official, would give the manufacturer access to the plethora of films available from your favorite blue-and-yellow video store, which could then be streamed to your beloved Galaxy handset or Tab, as well as Sammy-branded Smart TVs, Blu-ray players and laptops. Furthermore, the report claims Samsung’s got a friendly billing system in the works that’d allow easy access to the content on your devices. It’s expected to hit US and Euro shores “as early as September.” Until then you’ll have to stick with the good ol’ Redbox kiosks.

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The Scale of the Universe 2 Will Blow Your Mind Once Again [Video]

February 22nd, 2012 · · Uncategorized Comments Off
Like the Godfather, the second part of the interactive Scale of the Universe by Cary Huang is even better than the first one. Prettier, with more information, and smoother. You can click here to enjoy being reminded of your mortality and insignificance. More »

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Streampix: Comcast’s Answer to Its Netflix Problem? [Streaming Video]

February 22nd, 2012 · · Uncategorized Comments Off

Will People Ever Evolve Out of Craving Unhealthy Food? [Science]

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Protect Your Pet with CritterCords

February 21st, 2012 · · Uncategorized Comments Off

I used to have a cat some years ago.  Rio lived more than 18 years, but I worried she wouldn’t make it to 5 years because of her habit of chewing on electrical cords.  I wish CritterCord cord protectors had been around back then.  The clear tubing slips over the electrical cord to provide a [...]

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Ten One Design Magnus Magnetic Stand for iPad 2 Review

February 21st, 2012 · · Uncategorized Comments Off

One word came to my mind the first time I saw the Magnus Magnetic iPad 2 Stand from Ten One Design. That word was sexy. It’s the most minimalistic iPad stand I’ve reviewed to date. Is this stand just a pretty face with nothing to back it up though? Let’s find out. Note: Click the [...]

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Tom Bihn Travel Tray Review

February 21st, 2012 · · Uncategorized Comments Off

We’ve all done this… We get to our travel destination and take all the stuff out of our pockets and dump it on the nearest table. At some point or another, we have problems finding object x because we set it down somewhere in our room and can’t remember where. The Travel Tray from Tom [...]

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Splitflix: Share the Cost of Your Hulu and Netflix Subscriptions [Streaming Video]

February 21st, 2012 · · Uncategorized Comments Off

Digital Journaling Methods

February 21st, 2012 · · Uncategorized Comments Off

I have been on a quest to find the best tool to chronicle the events of my life. This quest has led me to look for the answer to the question of which is the better journal keeping method, pen and paper or an electronic gadget? Analog or digital? Or maybe a combination of both? [...]

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Housebites Cooks Up A Storm As The New Airbnb-For-Takeout [TCTV]

February 20th, 2012 · · Uncategorized Comments Off

housebitesI must admit I was skeptical when Housebites first launched last year. It seemed a quaint little business attacking a hugely established market but in a way which looked, as least from the outside, to be unscalable. The premise of Housebites is this: the average person likes the convenience of take-out food (in the UK it’s called takeaway) but the food itself is usually unhealthy and processed. So why not capture all those wanna-be chefs, connect them with customers via location and, voila, you capture a potentially big business? It seemed all very well, but I figured they’d find a handful of chefs, but vetting them would be too slow. After all, Airbnb had scaled because anyone could register their apartment and start trading. How do you do that with your kitchen when you might actually poison someone? I’m happy to say I was wrong – Housebites is now growing at a fair clip, now with 10,000 registered users. As CEO and founder Simon Prockter told me in the interview below, Housebites has tapped into a very disruptive model which could well change the whole restaurant industry. But more of that in a moment.

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Ageism: Why Does This Vette Bed Only Come In Kid Sizes? [Cars]

February 20th, 2012 · · Uncategorized Comments Off

Report: Fujitsu To Launch Handsets In Europe. U.S. Next?

February 20th, 2012 · · Uncategorized Comments Off

infobar01Fujitsu once said that it didn’t have any plans to launch mobile handsets outside of Asia, but that strategy appears to be changing rapidly. Today comes a report that the Japanese handset maker — which makes both Android and Windows Phone-based devices — is planning to start selling its devices in Europe, with a debut to take place next week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The news comes after Fujitsu said that it also planned to sell devices in the U.S. market either this year or 2013.

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Wi-Fi Controller Lets You Operate Any RC Toy From Your iPhone [Toys]

February 20th, 2012 · · Uncategorized Comments Off

Three-Wheeled Contraption Somehow Makes Unicycles Even Less Cool [Bikes]

February 20th, 2012 · · Uncategorized Comments Off