Designer Claudio Sibille’s Sensei chairs are perfect for people living in small apartments—providing them with a couple of places to sit and a table for dining. But it’s one of those ‘you can’t have your cake and eat it too’ situations since you have to choose one or the other. More »
Now, the real question is this: can you run Crysis 3?
Crysis 3 trailer shows off Crytek’s CryENGINE 3, blows your mind in the process (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
The Curiosity rover was sent to Mars to document a lot of different things, but one of the things it will be examining on are the weather patterns on the surface of Mars. Today NASA tells USA Today that it’s expecting mostly clear – if not a bit chilly – conditions on the red planet, with NASA scientist Manuel de la Torre saying that Curiosity can expect “balmy, minus-20-degree temperatures” during the day. At night, that already low temperature will plummet, eventually ending up around “minus-200 degrees Fahrenheit.”
If Curiosity only had the cold to deal with, it would be something of a pleasant getaway. These calm conditions aren’t expected to last much longer, however, as dust devils will begin to wreak havoc on the planet’s surface as the seasons change from winter to spring and then eventually summer. The dust devils aren’t even the worst of it either, as they can grow into massive dust storms that swallow the entire planet.
It’s those dust storm that de la Torre is interested in, and the Curiosity is well-equipped to study them. It comes loaded with tools that can measure wind speed and direction, air temperature, humidity, ground temperature, and air pressure. This weather data that’s collected on the surface will help NASA scientists determine if Mars is suitable for life, or if it ever was at some point in the past.
Ever since the Curiosity rover landed on the surface of Mars at the beginning of the week, we’ve been treated to one exciting news piece after another. True, talking about the weather on Mars may not be as exciting as seeing images of the surface, but this research is going to do a lot in helping us understand the red planet, and that is definitely something to look forward to. Be sure to check out our story timeline below for more posts on the Curiosity rover!
NASA’s Curiosity expecting dust storms on surface of Mars soon is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Standard iPhone charging cables are pretty boring, and they’re practically begging to get covered in a layer of gray grime. These snazzy cables are much more fun, it’s just too bad they’re going to be outdated so soon. More »
Adidas is known for making connected shoes — but never quite as linked-up as a Nash Money concept making its appearance late into the London Olympics. The Social Media Barricade weaves the guts of a phone and a basic two-line LCD into a running shoe, letting the footwear take Twitter updates very literally on the run through a public account. Even the signature Adidas stripes change their hue through remote control. Before anyone gets visions of athletes checking congratulatory tweets after the 100-meter sprint, just remember that it’s an idea rather than a production blueprint: although Adidas is quick to call the Social Media Barricade the “future of athlete connectivity,” the only athletes putting eyes on a pair right now are those swinging by the Olympics’ media lounge for interviews. Knowing this, we can still imagine some future shoes padding runners’ egos at the finish line during the 2016 Rio games.
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Apart from the buttery smooth features that come with Android 4.1 a.k.a. Jelly Bean, Android users running ICS or lower are also eager to try out one nifty feature – Google Now. We were able to test Google Now on the Nexus 7 tablet and we think that it’s awesome. Today’s update, however, on Google search seems heading into that same direction. Google has just announced that it has made some improvements on Google Search, allowing it to be “richer, more beautiful, and more interactive.”
Basically when users will search for the current weather of the day via their smartphone or tablet, they will be able to see a new 10-day and hourly weather forecast. Also, the calculator feature has been improved now allowing users to search for any calculation on google.com and they will also get a fully functional scientific calculator. Google said that the updates will be rolling out first to English users on mobile devices. (more…)
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Google now searches Your World, Google Search for tablet now shows images in carousel view,
It’s time for Google to stand up to illegitimate sources of content, or so they say, with a new rankings system based on the number of valid copyright removable notices they receive. It’s not long now that pirates of all types will be having a much harder time finding that torrent of the newest blockbuster film they’ve been wanting to see since it came out a day ago. Today’s announcement from Google is just one more update to their copyright removal initiative re-booted just over two years ago.
This new system will take into account every one of the Copyright Removal Requests they receive that turn out to be valid. You can see the TOTAL number of requests at Google’s Transparency Report website in the Copyright Removal Requests Overview. At the moment they’re at 4,308,618 over the past month alone. Sites with a higher number of removal requests levied against them will be appearing lower in search results via Google.
Google is currently receiving and processing more copyright removal notices each and every day than they did through the entirety of the year 2009. Google had the following to say on their process in today’s announcement:
“Only copyright holders know if something is authorized, and only courts can decide if a copyright has been infringed; Google cannot determine whether a particular webpage does or does not violate copyright law. So while this new signal will influence the ranking of some search results, we won’t be removing any pages from search results unless we receive a valid copyright removal notice from the rights owner. And we’ll continue to provide “counter-notice” tools so that those who believe their content has been wrongly removed can get it reinstated. We’ll also continue to be transparent about copyright removals.” – Amit Singhal, SVP, Engineering, Google
Stay tuned as Google continues to make their search results more perfectly tuned according to the whims of the society we all live in. Sound alright to you?
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Google proclaims war on piracy is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Meshworm is the latest robotic creation from researchers at MIT, Harvard University and Seoul National University. You can try beating this earthworm-like robot with a mallet, but the thing just won’t die.
This robot is made from “artificial muscle” made from a flexible mesh tube segmented by loops of nickel/titanium wire. The wire is there to contract and squeeze the tube when it is heated by a flowing current. When you cut the power, it returns to its original shape, creating propulsion just like a worm.
Not using traditional moving parts makes it pretty tough. Big surprise, DARPA has their hands in this project too, not that this worm would be good for gathering intel or helping soldiers.
It does however have potential medical applications, like making them into next-gen endoscopes or something.
While hitting it with a mallet or stepping on it didn’t kill the thing, blowing it up, setting it on fire or drowning it just might do the trick.
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Syma seems to be the name in Gyro Helicopters these days. At least, as far as my very limited knowledge of gyro helicopters go, they seem to be the brand that crops up a lot. They have a pretty good collection of military and civilian-styled gyros. What’s weird is I never really thought of toys like these needing a theme. I mean, isn’t getting to fly a helicopter enough? Do you really need to roleplay the experience? Pretend you’re a famous weather person in a civilian news helicopter? Or a bad actor in a bad movie about the Coast Guard? Maybe you do. Maybe you don’t. Either way, this Syma helicopter is decked out in Coast Guard rescue helicopter colors and has been hugely discounted to 64% off. More »
DirecTV has quietly updated both its iPad app and HR34 DVR with a variety of new features for Satellite-loving customers. The application will now resume from where you left off, comes with a much improved search function and best of all, a direct line into the company’s support forums. Meanwhile, the HR34 swallowed a software package that included Pandora, a YouTube landing page and more readable closed captions amongst a raft of other nips and tucks. The former will be available through the app store, while the latter should have arrived on your box overnight, well before you start on that CSI marathon.
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