May 02
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May 02
A Japanese company creates a device that you put in your mouth and it transmits the feeling of you kissing someone else to them over the Web.
Originally posted at Technically Incorrect
May 02
Six days of standby time? Most Android devices I’ve tried are lucky to last one. Here’s your chance to weigh in on this (sorry) powerful issue.
Originally posted at Android Atlas
May 02
RIM starts off the week with a bang with two new BlackBerry handsets and a slew of new applications and enterprise solutions.
Originally posted at Dialed In
May 02
White iPhone 4 Not Really Thicker Than Black Model … Or Is It?
Posted in: Apple, iPhone, Phones, Today's Chili
Consumer Reports used digital calipers to measure the thickness of black and white iPhones, and found them identical. Photo courtesy Consumer Reports.
Contrary to last week’s reports, the white iPhone is not actually thicker than the black iPhone.
So said Apple VP Phil Schiller in a private Twitter message sent to a reader of 9to5 Mac.
“It is not thicker, don’t believe all the junk that you read,” said the purported Schiller tweet.
Consumer Reports backs up Schiller’s assertion, having placed both models in a set of accurate digital calipers. Both models are 0.37 inches thick, according to CR’s lab tests. In addition, CR tried both phones’ fit with a variety of different cases, and found no problems fitting the white iPhone into any of the coverings.
Schiller’s statement and CR’s measurements seem to fly in the face of photographic evidence showing a thicker white iPhone, but photographs can be misleading. In any event, the purported thickness difference is only 0.2mm, or about one-fifth the thickness of a dime. And if both phones fit into the same cases, there’s not much cause for worry in any event.
We’ll update you with any further developments in Thicknessgate as soon as we wake up from this nap we suddenly feel the urge to take.
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May 02
EnOcean’s home automation sensors communicate over TCP/IP, play nice with smartphone apps
Posted in: Today's Chili
EnOcean has long been on our radar thanks to its inexpensive light switches and thermostats, which harvest energy from solar cells and thermal differentials and boast peel-and-stick backs for easy installation. Now, they’re getting hooked up for TCP/IP communication, which means in addition to talking to each other, homeowners will be able to control them using any garden-variety web-connected device. The setup will require a small gateway, at which point you can monitor rooms using desktop widgets and mobile apps such as Can2Go that are compatible with EnOcean’s radio protocol (ERP). So far, the company’s mostly made headway in retail stores and office buildings, but if it has its way, it could be coming to hospitals, college dorms, and (duh) your home.
EnOcean’s home automation sensors communicate over TCP/IP, play nice with smartphone apps originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 May 2011 14:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 02
MSI sure is keeping itself busy with all-in-ones these days. The inexpensive Wind Top AE2050 arrived stateside a month ago, and now the company is back with the Wind Top AE2070, a more tricked-out 20-incher. This iteration also has a 1600 x 900 display, but steps up to USB 3.0 and can be upgraded to a 3.1GHz Core i3 processor and NVIDIA GeForce GT540M graphics. Other specs include a 500GB 7,200RPM hard drive, two three-watt speakers, a DVD burner, and a 6-in-1 memory card reader. Software-wise, it runs Windows 7 along with the latest version of MSI’s Wind Touch UI, which includes Facebook and Twitter buttons in the browser, a dedicated window for viewing photos and video, sticky notes, and weather and time widgets for the desktop. No word yet on pricing or availability, though we assume it’ll be more wallet-friendly than this.
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MSI trots out 20-inch Wind Top AE2070 with USB 3.0, Wind Touch 4 UI originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 May 2011 14:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
May 02
Apache’s new infrared targeting system spots foes when they fire, doesn’t wait for the smoke
Posted in: military, Today's Chili, wargadget
It just keeps getting harder for America’s enemies to hide from the technological marvel that is the modern US military. A new ground fire acquisition system (GFAS), coming to Apache Attack helicopters next spring, uses infrared sensors to detect muzzle flashes from small arms fire and pinpoint enemy positions to within five meters. Before the sound would have a chance to reach current acoustics-based sensors the source of the shot pops up on the targeting computer, is sent back to commanders in the Operations Center, relayed to ground troops, and fed to other aircraft — by the time they’re able to pull the trigger again combatants may already be on the wrong side of a Hellfire missile. The new system will make spotting opposing forces easier and keep pilots as safe as they can be — at least until missions can be flown from the comfort of their couch.
Apache’s new infrared targeting system spots foes when they fire, doesn’t wait for the smoke originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 May 2011 13:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 02
Trendnet announces that it’s now shipping the TEW-684UB, the first USB 450Mbps dual-band Wireless-N adapter on the market.
May 02
Trendnet announces that it’s now shipping the TEW-684UB, the first USB 450Mbps dual-band wireless N adapter on the market.
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