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- Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB and SSDNow V+200 240GB
Review - At $275, the HyperX 3K 240GB is $25
spendier than Crucial's m4 256GB and priced identically to Samsung's
830 Series 256GB. Additionally, OCZ's Vertex 3 240GB makes a compelling
argument at $240 (13% cheaper than the 3K). The business-minded SSDNow
V+200 240GB is a little puzzling as it's no more reliable than the
HyperX 3K, yet it's much slower and pricier. In fact, it costs the same
amount as the standard HyperX.
- ECS Announces Nonstop Technology - ECS has announced
its latest innovation, Nonstop Technology, designed to "deliver a
hassle free computing experience by solving common PC hardware problems
before they can even occur." Nonstop certified motherboards will go
through testing that exceeds industry standards, and will contain the
"highest quality components and shielding." All current and future ECS
Black Series motherboards will be Nonstop certified, having passed four
interlocking tests and enhancements
- Official Info Clip of Samsung Series 9 SB970 LED
Monitor - This is the official info clip of Samsung
Series 9 SB970 LED Monitor with beautiful design and amazing
performance
- Google 7-Inch Tablet PC Appearing In June? - It
seems that Google's 7-inch tablet PC is schedule for a full release in
July,
with an initial batch of 600,000 units shipping as early as June.
According to the information cited, supposedly from sources within the
supply chain, Asus is co-developing the device and the entry-level
tablet will be around $200 or less.
- HP Laying off 27,000 Workers in Restructuring - HP announced it is laying
off 27,000 workers to cut cost. Wow.
- Mobile printer for smartphones - check
it out!
- iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak tool released,
supports 4S, iPad 3 - Firstly,
it almost works for all iOS devices -- almost. Over the past
few days, support for newer devices has been continually added and
tested. Although the list of supported devices is indeed extensive,
Greenpois0n's website explicitly warns users that Absinthe 2.0 will not
work for AppleTV 3. Other sources are also reporting that Absinthe has
one more problem area: the newly updated iPad 2. Also known as "iPad
2,4", the tablet is a rehashed version of the iPad 2 with a lower price
and a new 32nm processor.
Secondly, the target device must be running 5.1.1. Absinthe 2.0 works
on this version exclusively so if you're running an older version of
iOS, you'll need to update first.
- First Sample Video Shot with Google's Camera
Glasses - The video above is the first sample video
captured using the glasses, and is a short 15-second clip showing a
first person view of someone doing flips on a trampoline. With current
cameras, the only way to achieve this kind of hands-free footage would
be to use some kind of (relatively) unwieldy camera strapped to the
head or body (e.g. a GoPro mounted on a helmet), but Google Glass would
allow people to record this kind of thing by simply wearing a pair of
glasses.
- MIT Students Create Minority Report-Style System
Uses iPad - The project website for T(ether)
says that the new technology is a spatially aware display that allows
people to interact with volumetric data, from the looks of it, the iPad
camera is also involved in tracking the data and the user's head
position in 3D space.
- Researchers create first of its kind invisibility
cloak array - Scientists from the University of Maryland and
nearby Towson University, however, today announced their development of
something a little different - little being the key word. They
have crammed 25,000 tiny 'invisibility cloaks' onto a gold sheet,
which itself only measures 25 millimeters per side. While the resulting
biochip array may not allow any young wizards to vanish from sight, it
could allow them to identify biological materials.
- The Minority Report Input Device Is Here! - Although
the video demonstration below is on a Mac, fear not, this
device works equally well on a PC.
- 19-year-old Egyptian Invents Propulsion Device - A
19-year-old Egyptian university student called Aisha Mustafa
has invented a propulsion device intended to offer spacecrafts a new
method and cheaper means of energy consumption. The propulsion device
promises chances of using quantum physics and chemical reactions in
artificial satellites, instead of the current radioactive-based jets
and ordinary rocket engines. Mustafa's device is based on a scientific
mix between quantum physics, space technology, chemical reactions and
electrical sciences. Mustafa said the inventions generates energy for
space vehicles from electric energy formed by Casimir-polder force,
which occurs between separate surfaces and objects in a vacuum and by
the zero-point energy considered as the lowest state of energy. The
device uses reflective panels for additional force which resembles
photovoltaic solar cells.
- Arkiv Field Modular Backpack Ready for Any Mission
- Instead of having multiple bags for multiple purposes, you
might want to look into Mission Workshop's Arkiv Field modular
backpack.
You can add and remove components as needed. The core bag starts at
over $200 and then the extra pouches and such average about $60 each.
Get this sleeve and that add-on and you're easily into quite the
expensive backpack. It does help that it's made in the USA though.
- Smart Washstand with Android in the Mirror - Seraku
plans to integrate these magic mirrors
with digital signage. Also, the mirror connects to the internet using a
LAN connection and could very well be priced at around 4-5 million yen,
a price even Snow White's evil stepmother wouldn't mind paying for a
smarter mirror!
- Nokia Lumia Screen 900 Hammer Test - A
Nokia Lumia 900 is put to the test of being hammered on with
nails and more.
- Mad Scientist Creates Real Life Tesla Gun (video)
- Inspired by the Tesla Gun in The Five Fists
of Science graphic novel,
this real life Tesla gun is a handheld spark gap Tesla coil powered by
a drill battery. It's about the size of a small rifle and it is able to
send out those crazy Tesla sparks at anything within about two feet of
its business end. Naturally, it gets pretty hot and heavy pretty
quickly, so all the components had to be up for the job. There is
definitely some MacGyver-ing going on with the 18V drill battery, plus
the ferrite core of a flyback transformer that came by way of an old
television set. The primary coil is made fom high voltage wire and
high-density polyethylene insulation, while the secondary coil is made
from 2.5-inch ABS pipe wrapped in 20-gauge enameled wire. You get the
aluminum toroid out the business end.
- Neat High-Tech LEGO Window Display - The
set up is fairly simple but still pretty damn neat, even if
you aren't a fan of Star Wars or LEGOs.
- Video Game High School (VGHS) - Ep. 1 - Team
RocketJump has just uploaded to YouTube the
first episode of their online webseries, Video Game High
School:
- Study: Violent Video Games Prep Gamers for
Real-Life "Headshots" - Study shows conclusively that gun
controllers train shooters; was Jack Thompson right?
- Annular Solar Eclipse Time-Lapse Video - For
those of you that missed the eclipse last weekend, some
guy made a pretty neat time-lapse video just for you:
- SKYFALL - Official Teaser Trailer - Here's
the official video trailer for Skyfall, the new James Bond
007 movie starring Daniel Craig. The movie opens in November 2012.
- Jim Parsons Confirms He Is Gay - Bad
mouths are going to say it
wasn't such unexpected news. Jim Parsons' character in The Big Bang
Theory, Sheldon Cooper, was quite revealing from this point of view.
Anyway, Jim Parsons confirms quietly in an
interview for New York Times he is gay.
- Laura Vandervoort Gets Sexy In My Place - Over
the last little while Esquire magazine has been doing this thing where
they take pictures of hot women lounging around their homes in their
underwear, it's called Me In My Place and It's pretty awesome. This
time it's Laura Vandervoort's turn to get all sexy and lazy
in her panties.
- Kate Upton for Beach Bunny BRIDAL 2012 Collection
- Fall in Love with Kate
Upton & Beach Bunny BRIDE 2012 Collection. Kate shows
off the GORGEOUS Bride Collection in delicate laces &
diamond-like rhinestone detail.
- Denise Milani Picture Moment - Check
out Denise here!
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