Madame Tussauds is making a Steve Jobs wax figure to mark the first anniversary of his death. It’s hauntingly realistic—just look at the pictures above—and will, of course, come complete with black cotton turtle neck, Levi’s 501 jeans and New Balance 991 sneakers. More »
Biostar has come out with a new micro-ATX motherboard, the TA75MH2. Based on AMD A75 chipset, the board supports for FM2 processors and features two DDR3 DIMM memory slots (up to 32GB RAM), one PCI-E x16 2.0 slot, two PCI-E x1 2.0 slots and one PCI slot. Connectivity-wise, it has six SATA 6.0 Gbps, three USB 3.0, four USB 2.0 and Gigabit Ethernet. Pricing and release date are still unknown at the moment. [Biostar]
Elecom has unveiled its new iPad dock namely the TB-A12DSV. What makes this iPad dock special is that it is equipped with an integrated audio horn. Available in black or white, the Elecom TB-A12DSV is compatible with Apple’s iPad 1, iPad 2 and the new iPad 3. No word on pricing at this time.
We’ve featured some mechanical versions of arcade games in the past, but I think this is my new favorite. That’s because this real-world version of Donkey Kong is actually controlled by an NES gamepad. That just makes it that much more awesome.
Builder Martin Raynsford built this Arduino-controlled analog version of the arcade classic using a bunch of laser-cut wood parts, and a mechanism that fires a barrage of ball bearings down the ramps in lieu of tiny flaming barrels. And since the balls are magnetic, they stop Jumpman in his tracks if he fails to jump over them.
As you can see in the video clip below, the game is still a work-in-progress, as Jumpman is just hanging out in the middle of the game field and can’t really move around yet. But Raynford’s goal is to make the game fully-functional with time, and I’m looking forward to seeing the finished product, which he plans on showing off at next year’s UK Maker Faire. I’m curious to know how he’ll pull off the barrel-smashing sledgehammer.
You can check out more details of the build and mechanism over on Martin’s blog.
What is Tesla Motors‘ Elon Musk hiding up his sleeve? “Alien spaceships landed at highway rest stops,” we’re told, but all will be unveiled tonight at Tesla’s Supercharger Network debut stream. All we know about Tesla’s Supercharger Network thus far is it’ll offer charging and battery swaps for the company’s electric cars — presumably “at highway rest stops” — but tonight promises far more information. Will the stations be solar-powered, as some speculate? Will they introduce us to actual aliens in actual spaceships? Tune in to the company’s stream to find out!
Update: It’s alive! We’ve embedded the video steam for your convenience. You’ll find all the action right after the break.
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Green House hits back with a new line of SSDs, the GH-SSD32A. Coming in 60GB, 120GB, 240GB and 480GB capacities, these 2.5-inch SSDs are equipped with MLC NAND Flash memory chips, a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface, a SandForce SF-2281 controller, TRIM support, a built-in ECC function and can deliver read and write speeds of up to 550MB/s and 500MB/s, respectively. The GH-SSD32A SSDs will start shipping from early October, prices unannounced yet. [Green House]
Here we have another newly launched desktop PC from PC Koubou, the Amphis BTO MN5200-Ci7-IX. Powered by a 3.50GHz Intel Core i7-3770K processor, the system is packed with an Intel B75 Express Chipset, a GeForce GTX 650 1GB graphics card, an 8GB DDR3 RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a DVD Super Multi Drive and runs on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (SP1) OS. The Amphis BTO MN5200-Ci7-IX is priced at 74,980 Yen (about $959). [Product Page]
Earlier this year, we found out that Apple had purchased AuthenTec, a company that provides fingerprint scanning technology to many other companies around the world. At the time, it wasn’t clear what Apple was planning to do with AuthenTec, and while its intentions are still unknown for the most part, it seems that Apple isn’t willing to let others in on AuthenTec’s products. A report from Korean site ETNews claims that AuthenTec will cut off all non-Apple customers sometime next year, which could spell trouble for some of AuthenTec’s biggest customers.
That group includes companies like Samsung, HP, Lenovo, and Dell. Apparently, these companies are in panic mode after finding out that AuthenTec will pull the plug on their service in 2013, and it’s easy to see why. After all, it’s not hard to imagine why Apple wanted AuthenTec – it’s one of the best when it comes to fingerprint scanning tech, so you can bet that the company’s services will be sorely missed when it begins making products exclusively for Apple next year.
Keep in mind that this is only a rumor at this point, but it wouldn’t surprise us in the least to hear that Apple wants AuthenTec all to itself. Using AuthenTec’s technology to make iDevices and Macs more secure seemed like a no-brainer from the moment the deal was announced, and having devices that are secured by a user’s fingerprint would do a lot to make Apple’s products stand out from the competition. Hearing that, there isn’t any question why Apple isn’t willing to let other companies take advantage of AuthenTec’s products and services.
There’s no specific cut off date for AuthenTec’s other customers mentioned, but with that vague 2013 date, it seems that Apple will want to cut out the competition ahead of the release of the next iPhone. Perhaps the iPhone 6 (or whatever it’s called) will be secured by fingerprints? Nothing is sure at the moment, but we’re expecting to find out more about Apple’s plans for AuthenTec soon. Stay tuned.
[via Electronista]
AuthenTec to reportedly give non-Apple customers the boot next year is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Hitachi announced the development of a prototype storage media that can store (Record and Read) CD level digital Media on Quartz Glass capable to endure extreme environmental conditions without degrading. This new technology stores data in binary like form (see picture above) by creating dots inside a thin layer of quartz which can be later read with an ordinary optical microscope and compatible software. The first prototype shown by Hitachi is 2cm2 and just 2mm thick and includes in its …
India’s Aakash 2 tablet will be launched very soon. Priced at just $35 each, the gadget is powered by an ARM Cortex-A8 processor, a 7-inch touchscreen display, a 512MB of RAM, a front-facing camera and a 4GB of storage space. The Aakash 2 runs on the Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. It has a SIM slot for phone capabilities, as well as a microSD card slot for storage expansion. [Android Community]
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