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Nanotechnology-based flexible actuators

In 'Nanotube paper flexes on demand,' nanotechweb.org reports that French researchers are using multiwalled carbon nanotubes MWCNTs reinforced with polyvinyl alcohol PVA to develop ultra-lightweight actuators for aerospace applications. The scientists have developed a paper-like sheet which bends when the material is electrically stimulated. As said one of the lead...

Tags: Nanotube, Researcher, Carbon Nanotube, Polymer, Aerospace, PVA, Membrane Filtration, Nanotechnology, Aerospace & Defense, Emerging Technologies, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-09-12

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NEC MultiSync P221W

The $490 22-inch NEC MultiSync P221W is a great performing alternative to the super high-end and superexpensive professional monitors such as the $1,450 Eizo ColorEdge CG222W. The NEC has wide viewing angles, a robust and easy-to-use onscreen display, accurate colors, and several useful ergonomic options. However, it only includes DVI,...

Tags: Monitors & displays, display, NEC Corp., monitor, Eizo ColorEdge CG222W, screen-height, bezel

Product reviews 2009-10-19

iVideo Converter 2.0.1 (Mac)

User friendly GUI for FFMPEG. Uses very low system resources. Video: mp1, mpeg2, mpeg4, H.264, XviD, avi, wmv, mov, flv, dv, 3gp, svq, mvk, ffv1 and more. Audio: mp2, mp3, m4a, aac, flac, alac, wav, wma, ac3 and more. Other Formats: .avs, .dxa, .flic, .fli, .mlp, .mvi, .nsv, .pva, .nuv,...

Tags: Audio, Apple Macintosh, Video, iTweax, Corporate Communications, Digital Video, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-08-21

Eizo ColorEdge CG222W-BK (LCD display)

At $1,500, the Eizo ColorEdge CG222W should be considered by graphics professionals only. While the display has color accuracy that's second to none and a plethora of color customization options, its 1,680x1,050 resolution isn't fit for high-def movies or high-performance games. If professional graphics work isn't on your agenda--but you're...

Tags: Monitors & displays, LCD, footstand, Eizo ColorEdge CG222W, monitor, display, DVI, bezel

Product reviews 2009-07-23

Acer G24

The 24-inch Acer G24 is an LCD computer monitor that costs about $399, with an expected street price of $359. If you're looking for a gaming-friendly monitor, you've come to the right place. Thanks to its high-gloss, TN+Film panel, the colors on the G24 look vibrant and smooth and high-speed...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Games, footstand, Different Categories, Acer G24, Dell Computer Corp., brightness, monitor, Acer Inc., display, game

Product reviews 2009-06-16

What to expect from Windows 7

What to expect from Windows 7MS didn't dial-back UAC prompts, they crippled themIf you're in the mode where you get fewer UAC prompts -- i.e. the default mode -- then you might as well turn UAC off. Anything that wants to can bypass UAC in that mode via the backdoor...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-05-05

HP LP2275w

Thanks in part to its accurate color reproduction, the 22-inch HP LP2275w achieved the highest marks in our performance tests we've seen yet, beating out the $799 Dell Crystal and trouncing the $239 Gateway HD2201. The monitor includes a full host of ergonomic features, including screen rotation, pivoting, and...

Tags: Monitors & displays, display, HP LP2275w, DisplayPort, Hewlett-Packard Co., monitor, DVI

Product reviews 2008-12-18

Build a Mac Pro equivalent workstation for 1/3 the cost

Conventional wisdom tells us that a digital content creation and CAD professional had to fork out $6000 to $10,000 dollars for a high-end 8-core dual-processor workstation, but this is Real World IT where I say screw conventional wisdom.  I've put on my mad scientist hat again and brewed something up...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Apple Macintosh, Memory, Wisdom, Dual Processor, Intel Corp., Mac Pro, FBDIMM, Series Motherboard, Chipsets, Serial ATA, Workstations, Mice, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Components, Storage, Peripherals, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-01-03

How LCD makers inflate their contrast ratio scores

How LCD makers inflate their contrast ratio scoresFrank SSony provides both static (which they call on-screen) and dynamic contrast ratios in their specs. But I notice retailers aren't as forthcoming when they advertise them--you're less likely to see the static contrast ration in a newspaper ad.Kind of, sort of, like...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Digital rights management (DRM), Sony Corp., OK Here, LCD, contrast ratio, Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services

Discussion threads 2007-12-23

How LCD makers lie to you about viewing angles

I was in a large computer store looking at computer LCD monitors and a lady was asking about which one was the better one to buy.  A man presumably her family told her that the ones which indicated TFT Thin Film Transistor were the ones to buy.  I then interjected that...

Tags: Monitor, LCD Monitor, TFT, Photograph, Image, LCD, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-12-17

A plastic as solid as steel

A new composite plastic built layer by layer has been created by engineers at the University of Michigan. This plastic is as strong as steel. It has been built the same way as mother-of-pearl, and shows similar strength. Interestingly, this 300-layer plastic has been built with 'strong' nanosheets of clay...

Tags: Atom, Polymer, Material, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-10-05

Matte or glossy LCD screens - Which do you prefer?

Matte or glossy LCD screens - Which do you prefer?Headache inducing glare...... is the reason I prefer Matt screens. I find that no matter how I position the gloss screen I get reflections, glare or me looking at the screen They make great mirrors (may be popular with ladies? ;-)...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Matte, LCD, glossy LCD screen, glare, LCD screen

Discussion threads 2007-08-21

IPOD Video Converter 1 (Windows)

Ipod video Converter is a powerful easy to use Video Converter tool for Ipod devices. With Ipod Video Converter you can convert from one of the supported video types to mp4 format or H264 format. You can convert from AVI,MPEG,MPG,ASF,WMV,MPE,3GP, FLV,MKV,MOV QuickTime,MP4,NUT,Ogg, OGM, Wav,MPEG-2 (ES,PS,TS,PVA,MP3), AIFF, Raw audio, Raw DV,...

Tags: Apple iPod, Microsoft Windows, Video, CyberIPOD, Ipod Video Converter, Digital Media, Corporate Communications, Digital Music, Digital Video, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2007-03-23

YouTube to advertisers: $25,000 please, at least

I heard Suzie Reider, YouTube CMO, declare at Ad-Tech NYC last month that marketers won’t be “messing up” YouTube (see “YouTube on marketers: Won’t be ‘messing it up’”). Reider also put forth “acceptable” ways to be part of the YouTube “community”: sponsor the YouTube “front door,” or buy a PVA,...

Tags: Metrics, Social Media, Social Networking, Self-Promotion, Marketing, Amateur Content, YouTube, Video, Social Web, User-Generated Content, Advertising, Google, Suzie Reider, YouTube Inc.

Blog posts 2006-12-21

Not on YouTube: Video sales

Suzie Reider, CMO of YouTube, was but one of four panelists at Ad:Tech’s “Online Video Revolution: A Marketer’s Dream or a Consumer-Generated Mess?" Tuesday. Not surprisingly, however, her “broadcast yourself” musings stole the thunder from Akami, CNN and Isobar co-panelists.Reider put forth an unflappable confidence in the YouTube formula, as...

Tags: YouTube Inc., Business Models, Advertising, Google, User-Generated Content, Video, YouTube, Amateur Content, Self-Promotion

Blog posts 2006-11-10

YouTube on marketers: Won't be 'messing it up'

If Suzie Reider, CMO, YouTube, has her way, marketers won’t be “messing up” YouTube anytime soon. Reider reasserted YouTube’s clip culture philosophy at an AdTech panel in NYC this morning: “The Online Video Revolution: A Marketer’s Dream or a Consumer-Generated Mess?" Reider began her remarks by stating Google-YouTube’s straightforward...

Tags: YouTube Inc., Web 2.0, Media, Advertising, Culture, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Video, YouTube, Amateur Content, Marketing, Self-Promotion, Social Networking, Social Media, Suzie Reider

Blog posts 2006-11-07