Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premiere nuclear weapons research facility, and for more than 60 years, its researchers have poked and prodded the interiors of atoms to suss out their secrets—a task that has produced mountains of data that the facility’s copper network struggles to contain. But now, even the most remote building’s on Sandia’s campuses have access to the biggest bandwidth modern technology can muster. More »
Remember the first generation Urbee, which was a 3D printed car that was specially developed in order to usher in a new age of cheaper and more economical travel, and to test it, it was sent on an expedition to Canada? Well, Jim Kor’s company, Kor Ecologic, that printed out the Urbee, is now back with a sequel to the Urbee, where it will be (unfortunately uninspiring) known as the Urbee 2. The Urbee 2 will be printed by a 3D printer as usual, and it is slowly but surely making its way to the production line.
The Urbee 2 will measure 10 feet in length, where it takes approximately 2,500 hours to print out. With a 1,200 pound chassis, the relative lightness of it compared to steel chassis in normal cars will help it achieve far better mileage. Being extremely aerodynamic, the Urbee 2 will be powered by a hybrid engine that maxes out at just 10 horsepower, and can hit a top speed of 40 miles per hour with a 36-volt electric motor. There are plans penciled in for the Urbee 2 to travel from San Francisco to New York on just 10 gallons of pure ethanol gas – good luck!
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The One Laptop Per Child team hasn’t always been punctual — see the XO 3.0, née XO-3 — but it should be right on time with the XO-4. In step with March production plans, the ARM-based portable has passed through the FCC’s approval in both conventional and touchscreen flavors. All models share 5GHz-capable 802.11n WiFi as well as Bluetooth; there’s no cellular surprise lurking underneath, if you’re curious. More than anything, the filing is good news for students in the developing world, who are that much closer to touchscreen laptops at a time when the technology is still fresh for just about everyone.
Filed under: Laptops
Source: FCC
On January 26, it was deemed illegal for those in the U.S. to unlock their cellphones to be used on any wireless carrier they choose, which resulted in a White House petition to be created, receiving over 100,000 signatures, meaning we should be hearing an official response from them in the near future.
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski caught wind of consumers’ outrage, and has voiced his concerns on the topic saying the “ban raises competition concerns” and “innovation concerns.” Genachowski assured the public his organization will look into whether it “can and should enable customers to use unlocked phones,” although he also says he doesn’t know exactly what kind of authority the FCC has on this topic.
We’re not entirely sure what the FCC could do to help the U.S. government retract its outlawing of unlocking cellphones, but we guess any bit could help at this point as they have yet to acknowledge how outraged the great majority of U.S. citizens have become over this ban.
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Sorry, Sushi/Massage Guru at Google: you no longer have the coolest tech job in America. That honor will belong to the future staff at the planned Point Mugu UAV installation in paradisiacal California. Surfing, sunrays, and constant sensor surveillance. And it’s only the beginning. More »
The Raspberry Pi chipset has certainly seen a successful launch ever since it rolled out some time ago, so what better way to celebrate its “birthday” than with a gigantic cake? Yes sir, as you can see above, the cake (image courtesy of Element 14) itself comes in the form of, you’ve guessed it, the Raspberry Pi itself. Thing is, we would have liked it to come with a dash of raspberry flavor which it unfortunately does not, but you can consider this to be a marvelous piece of modern confectionery.
The Raspberry Pi cake was specially baked and presented to Pete Lomas of the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Andrew Robinson (the creator of PiFace) at the Embedded World conference in Nuremberg, Germany. I would definitely love to sink my teeth into this. You know, someone should celebrate each new version of the Android operating system by coming up with a cake that resembles the dessert name, or at least the dessert itself in the form of an Android mascot. How about opening up a geek-themed bakery?
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Google Glass is just a couple months away from being shipped to developers, and Google is hoping to have them available to the public sometime before the year’s end. In the meantime, people are pondering the implications of the new technology and are coming up with all the ways that Google Glass could be used, including JetBlue, which has come with their own concept for how the glasses could be used for air traveling.
On its Google+ page, JetBlue posted up a few concept images of what traveling could look like through Google Glass, with the caption, “we would continue to help the world view air travel through a whole new lens.” With Google Glass, you could check the status of your flight, get directions to baggage claim, look up taxi fare estimates, and even see where a good place to park would be.
Of course, $1,500 is quite a bit of money, and while a wearable computer like Google Glass could be worth every penny, most consumers won’t want to pay that kind of cash, especially when their handy-dandy smartphone can do the same kinds of functions. Then again, it seems Google Glass is all about the convenience factor and not having to carry around a smartphone at all.
Either way, JetBlue’s concept is actually really stellar, and it makes us want to get a pair for ourselves to make traveling easier. The airline’s Google Glass concept is a part of Google’s own marketing campaign that asks users to tweet or post the hashtag #ifihadglass and explain what they would use Google Glass for.
[via Business Insider]
JetBlue shows off Google Glass concept in airports is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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You can create all sorts of awesome stuff with Photoshop, provided you know how to use the filters and practice moderation when it comes to applying certain effects. You can come up with works of art, tweak photographs and turn them into timeless prints, or you can use it to create posters to drive a point across (and sell your product.)
The last one is what online service provider Universo Online did for their campaign to promote their parental control service.
Wondering whether she’s still a child or already an adult? Well, she’s actually a bit of both. The ad people behind the campaign Photoshopped various kids’ portraits like crazy to make them look like adults. They did that, to a certain extent. While I admit it’s bound to be a successful campaign, I can’t help but be creeped out by the end results all the same.
Pure win or epic fail? What do you think?
[via BuzzFeed]
Huawei picks up the pace with their growing collection of Android powered smartphones, and it seems that another handset has leaked from their data pipes. The good people over at @evleaks who seem to be pretty efficient at sniffing down such leads with a pretty high degree of truth and accuracy in the past have done it again, this time around focusing on what is supposed to be the Huawei Ascend G710. Sure, the Ascend G710 will not be a high end device that deserves flagship status, but it ain’t no pushover, either.
Take a look at the hardware specifications and tell us whether it deserves to sit under the Ascend D2 in terms of Huawei’s smartphone hierarchy – the Ascend G710 allegedly comes with a 5-inch display alongside a quad-core 1.5GHz core processor. The display itself will not be Full HD capable, but rather, stops at 720p resolution which should be enough for a mid-range device. On the outside, however, things do look up, as the Ascend G710 does seem to feature a metal back that adds a dash of class, in addition to capacitive navigation buttons as well as CDMA and GSM network compatibility. Now, if only there was an official statement for the Ascend G710 available…
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Researchers from the MIT have come up with a great way to use tiny changes in video recordings to reveal things that would otherwise be invisible to the naked eye and would require on-body sensors to show. For example, by looking at minute variations in the skin tone (due to the blood circulation) which are normally invisible to the naked eye, they can produce a new video feed that shows how fast someone’s heart is beating. Interestingly, there is no need to have a special environment to do it, and their technique also work on existing footage: they demonstrated it on a clip of Batman in which we can see Christian Bayle’s heart beat. (more…)
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