Aug 29
Infiniti released a single photo of a new concept car to be shown off at the 2011 Frankfurt auto show.
Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
Aug 29
Madden 12: A season unchanged
Posted in: Today's ChiliMadden 12 marks the beginning of the football season in America, but are there enough improvements in the game to warrant a purchase?
Aug 29
This impossibly slim belt has an expandable pouch that can carry your phone, keys, gels, and other essentials–all without bouncing.
Originally posted at iPhone Atlas
Aug 29
GScreen’s Spacebook begins shipping this November, doubles your laptop editing fun
Posted in: laptop, notebook, Today's Chili
Twins, like cupcakes, are universally regarded as a good thing. So, it stands to reason that GScreen’s attempt to double your laptop’s screen size would be an equally appealing idea. Turns out, duping a display took the Alaska-based company a wee bit longer to fully flesh out, but the time has finally arrived for its debut. Shipping this November, the aptly-named Spacebook will bring a capacious, portable desktop solution to on-the-go creative professionals. The girthy, 10-pound rig won’t be winning any style points from the svelte is better crowd, but that’s easy to overlook given its dual 17-inch 1920 x 1080 screens, choice of a Core i5 or i7 processor, up to 8GB DDR3 RAM, 500GB of storage, NVIDIA’s GeForce GTS 250 (1GB) and DVD burner — all encased in a magnesium alloy frame. You can grab the entry level model for $1899, but the higher-end, two-headed beast will cost you $2099. If you’re in the market for the king of all laptop displays, then head to the source to get your order on.
GScreen’s Spacebook begins shipping this November, doubles your laptop editing fun originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Aug 29
TomTom launches the new Go Live 1535M connected GPS with a quartet of apps from Yelp, TripAdvisor, Expedia, and Twitter.
Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
Aug 29
The Republican Party Hates Science
Posted in: politics, science, Today's Chili, top
Michele Bachmann’s easily one of the GOP’s most prominent candidates. She also has scientific views from the 15th century, claiming both earthquake ’11 and Irene were divine warnings. That’s insane. She’s not alone. And that’s absolutely terrifying. More »
Aug 29
Netgear announces the availability of the Netgear N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800 router.
Aug 29
When two chatbots have a conversation, everyone wins (video)
Posted in: research, robot, Software, Today's Chili, video
What did one chatbot say to the other chatbot? Quite a lot, actually — but good luck making any sense out of it. That’s what researchers from Cornell’s Creative Machines Lab recently discovered, after pitting two bots against one another for a good ol’ fashioned talk-off. It’s all part of the lab’s submission to this year’s Loebner Prize Competition in Artificial Intelligence — an event that awards $100,000 to the team whose computer programs can conduct the most human-like conversations. Unfortunately for Cornell’s squad, their chatbots still have a long way to go before achieving conversational coherence, though they could easily get hired as anchors on most cable news networks. Throughout the course of their frenetic (and often snippy) discussion, one bot raised heady questions about God and existence, while the other boldly claimed to be a unicorn. Basically, they had the exact same conversation we used to have in our dorm rooms every night, at around 4 am. Watch it for yourself after the break. It’s nothing short of sublime.
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When two chatbots have a conversation, everyone wins (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Aug 29
Parrot Asteroid to drive music, Android from your dash this October (video)
Posted in: Android, maps, nav, navigation, Today's Chili, video
We’ve seen flavors of Android on our tablets, smartphones — even a microwave oven — but Parrot’s Asteroid receiver is finally ready to park in your car’s dash, bringing a tricked out version of Google’s mobile OS to yet another innovative platform. In addition to an FM radio and a line-in connection (duh), the Asteroid also includes USB connectivity, an SD card slot, music on demand, and voice activated music search. There’s also hands-free calling over Bluetooth, contact voice recognition, and automatic phonebook sync — all controlled using a built-in jog wheel or your voice, and displayed on a 3.2-inch LCD. The device connects to the web using your smartphone’s WiFi hotspot feature, or by attaching a USB 3G dongle. Asteroid’s built-in Maps app and external GPS antenna will be ready to help you navigate the highway for $349 beginning in October, but jump past the break for a peek at the receiver’s red-light-cam-spotting iCoyote app in the meantime.
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Parrot Asteroid to drive music, Android from your dash this October (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Aug 29
New Samsung Android phone could be the first to run “Ice Cream Sandwich” and go up against a new iPhone.
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