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- Apple's iPod range
- Here's the complete Apple iPod range as it stands after the announcements made at the "Let's Rock" event, September 9. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Apple iPod, Millimeter, Apple Inc., Engineering, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- Toyota tinkers with baby Segways
- Toyota tinkers with baby SegwaysI'd add a fourth column to that.Model: "Me".Length mm: 265Width mm: 464Height mm: 1820Weight kg: 80Maximum cruising speed (km/h): 6 can go fasterTurning Radius: 0Cruising range km: 50Charge time: 10 mins partial, 8 hours full chargeTo be blunt, if you're too fat to walk 5km @...
- Tags: millimeter, Toyota Motor Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- Zoom liquid lenses for digital cameras
- Researchers at the University of Central Florida UCF have developed zoom lenses which closely replicate the working of the human eye. These adaptive lenses should be manufactured at a dramatically smaller size than conventional zoom lenses without compromising clarity. After being granted no less than 5 U.S. patents, the UCF...
- Tags: Leisure, Engineering &, Innovation
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
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- Magink aims to outshine LED technology, but not outpower
- A six-year-old developer of reflective display technologies has snagged an indoor albeit heavily sunlit installation with the New England Patriots. Take a look. What makes Magink's technology interesting is not just the brightness of the picture OR the...
- Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Magink, Engineering, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Rumor Mill: Some juice on the new MBP
- Rumor Mill: Some juice on the new MBPAs long as I can still choose a matte screen, I'll be happy. [nt][nt]"Thin" is Not the AnswerIt definitely is time to move forward with the MBP design, but the problem is that Apple has this obsession with "Thin" and it's really not...
- Tags: multi-touch
- Discussion threads 2008-09-26
- Conversion (bin)
- Conversion is a simple application to perform simple measurement conversion. Version 1 will convert the following measurement units Length: Millimeter, Centimeter, Meter, Kilometer, Inch, Foot, Yard, Mile, Thou, Furlong, League, Fathom, Astronomical UnitWeight: Gram, Kilogram, Metric Ton, Ounce, Pound, Stone, Short Ton, Long TonVolume: Milliliter, Liter, Cubic Inches, Fluid Ounces,...
- Tags: Conversion, Private Tier Software
- Software downloads 2008-08-28
- Beijing Olympic logos written by nano pens
- Northwestern University NU researchers have used a new printing technique, called Polymer Pen Lithography PPL, to print 15,000 Beijing Olympic logos on one square centimeter. Besides this 'marketing' approach, the PPL technique is very innovative. It can write on three different length scales -- nanometer, micrometer and millimeter -- using...
- Tags: Technique, Northwestern University, Polymer, Pen, Polymer Pen Lithography, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- Researcher claims thousands of identities stolen during Social Engineering pentests
- Kelly Jackson Higgins of Dark Reading, reported on research conducted by Joshua Perrymon, hacking director for PacketFocus Security Solutions and CEO of RedFlag Security, who has been performing social engineering exploits for numerous clients in the past year and has apparently stolen thousands of identities with a 100 percent success rate. ...
- Tags: Social Engineering, Identity, Dark Reading Article, Identity Theft, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Rumor: 3G iPhone to sell for US$199
- Rumor: 3G iPhone to sell for US$199But..But Wait...No_Ax Predicted This Wouldn't Happen!!Oh Lordy...THREE predictions to fall?VonageYahoo takeover...Now the IPhone selling 10 million???Man, this is gonna really hurt Don's reputation here.RE: Rumor: 3G iPhone to sell for US$199Will it still be available only on AT & T ???RE: Rumor: 3G iPhone...
- Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, US$199, 3G, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, ATT
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- Diamonds are jet engines' best friends
- You certainly know that birds are enemies of jet engine turbine blades. But these jet engines have another nasty foe: sand. Even if the turbine blades are protected with thin layers of thermal barrier coatings TBCs, they operate at very high temperatures. When a sand storm hits a blade, grains...
- Tags: Turbine, Glass, Ohio State University, Aluminum, Telecom & Utilities, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- Nokia E90 Communicator
- The Nokia E series has gained a reputation as a mean set of power smartphones for business users. Just take a look at the Nokia E61i and the Nokia E65 if you need proof. And now, you've got the granddaddy of them all--the mammoth Nokia E90 Communicator. A descendant of...
- Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Keyboards, Handhelds, handset, Nokia E90, Nokia Corp., Nokia E90 Communicator
- Product reviews 2008-02-26
- New+%22GiFi%22+wireless+chip+unveiled%3A+5+gigs+per+second+up+to+10+meters%21
- New+%22GiFi%22+wireless+chip+unveiled%3A+5+gigs+per+second+up+to+10+meters%21Practical?Not.Here's an idea. Let's use light. It has even shorter wavelengths and can transmit gobs of data. Oh, wait. It can't penetrate walls.That's a problem you being to run into with shorter and shorter wavelengths. millimeter wavelengths don't penetrate structures very well at all.That can be good thoughTake for instance...
- Tags: wavelength
- Discussion threads 2008-02-22
- New "GiFi" wireless chip unveiled: 5 gigs per second up to 10 meters!
- They are very excited at the University of Melbourne today. I mean, wouldn't you be if today was the day you were formally announcing and demonstrating a chip that could transmit five gigabits per second of data over a wireless connection, for a distance of up...
- Tags: Spectrum, Wireless Chip, Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Hardware, Networking, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-02-22
- Nextar Snap3
- Nextar is just the latest company to join the burgeoning category of portable navigation systems and, on paper, its Nextar Snap3 in-car GPS looks to be a steal. For about $200, you get a compact GPS device with text-to-speech functionality, integrated Bluetooth, and multimedia capabilities. We've seen comparable systems go...
- Tags: GPS, Nextar Snap3
- Product reviews 2008-02-05
- Nokia N810 Internet Tablet
- Nokia isn't foolish enough to think that its line of Internet Tablets is going to attract everyone. The company has readily admitted that it's for a certain audience--gadget lovers and early adopters--and we certainly agree with that statement. However, with every successive model, we also see more appeal in such...
- Tags: Tablets, Keyboards, Notebooks, user interface, Nokia N810, Nokia Corp., Nokia N810 Internet Tablet, tablet, touch screen
- Product reviews 2008-01-29
- MacBook Air: Observations on its technical note
- MacBook Air: Observations on its technical noteI don't see this as innovativeSure, it's thin. It's [i]very[/i] thin. It's [i]very[/i], [i][b]very[/b][/i] thin. But so what? How often do you really need to mail a laptop in a manila envelope, or slip one under a locked door? ...
- Tags: Notebooks, aluminum, MacBook Air, MBA, technical note, Apple MacBook, notebook, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-01-25
- Graphene-based transistors on the way?
- The idea of replacing silicon with carbon to make computer chips is not new. However, using graphene -- a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice -- wasn't feasible because it is not possible today to make wafers as big as ones made from silicon. But two...
- Tags: Technique, Researcher, Stamp, Transistor, Semiconductors, Productivity, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
- RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8130 - dark purple (Sprint)
- Editor's note: Portions of the Design and Features sections were taken from our review of the Verizon RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8130, as the two devices share many similarities in those categories. Exceptions are noted. A couple of weeks ago, we reviewed the Verizon Wireless RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8130 and found...
- Tags: Handhelds, RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8130, Sprint Communications, RIM BlackBerry, RIM BlackBerry Pearl, Pearl, Research In Motion Ltd.
- Product reviews 2007-12-17
- Building 3-D particles with light
- Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT have used ultraviolet light to create mass-producing 3-D microparticles that could be used for medical diagnostics and tissue engineering. 'For example, they could be designed to act as probes to detect certain molecules, such as DNA, or to release drugs or nutrients.'...
- Tags: 3D, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Particle, Biotechnology, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-12-04
- Mobius Amsterdam 2007: Windows Mobile present and future, welcome to the HTC MAGIC Labs
- Introductions: Today was the first full day of discussions and presentations at the Mobius 2007 event in Amsterdam following last night's evening reception. John Starkweather started off the day by laying out the ground rules for the event where most everything was completely open and we were invited to interact...
- Tags: Chipset, High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Mobius, Social Computing, Qualcomm Inc., Photograph, John, MAGIC Labs, Sony Reader, Chipsets, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
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