Hasta La Gadget!

Nokia keeps slipping out clues as to what we might expect from its Zoom Reinvented event: following the RM-877’s appearance at the FCC, an RM-875 device has also popped up at the US agency. This new hardware looks like an international variant of the RM-877, and thus a second take on what we believe is the EOS. The RM-875 sheds what traces were left of its sibling’s 1,700MHz HSPA+ data and switches the LTE to more exotic 850MHz, 1,800MHz, 2,100MHz and 2,500MHz frequencies, but it’s otherwise a near perfect match in terms of dimensions and antenna layouts. The camera grip accessory and wireless charging cover persist, too. As such, it’s quite possible that whatever Nokia unveils on July 11th will ship worldwide — let’s just hope it ships quickly.

Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Nokia

Comments

Source: FCC

This is just one piece of a giant panorama.

(Credit: Screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET)

NASA is going big. Very big. The space agency used technology from panoramic equipment and software company GigaPan to help stitch together a massive image of the surface of Mars that hits 1.3 billion pixels. The interactive view of the Rocknest landscape is courtesy of the Curiosity rover.

It took the rover’s three cameras and image collection activities spread over several different days to gather all the visual data. This is the first NASA-produced image from the surface of Mars to top the 1-billion-pixel mark

Related stories

• Buzz Aldrin has a plan to get us to Mars by 2035
• Mars Curiosity Rover gets second life as Lego model

“It gives a sense of place and really shows off the cameras’ capabilities,” says Bob Deen of the Multi-Mission Image Processing Laboratory at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The image is composed of around 900 frames from Curiosity’s cameras.

The panorama is fun to ex… [Read more]

Related Links:
Mars Curiosity Rover gets second life as Lego model
Mars rover confirms dangers of space radiation
IE piggybacks on Everest celebration to showcase new browser tech
Episode 38: Google’s ChromeBook Pixel gets the ultimate road test
Experimenting with fireballs in space

This afternoon, 3D printing giant Stratasys announced the $403 million acquisition of MakerBot. And while it won’t change anything about MakerBot’s brand, Stratasys could supply the know-how to scale up business in a big way. That could mean more stores, more factories, and even more offices.

Read more…

Chocolate syrup glides off a shoe coated with NeverWet.

(Credit: Screenshot by Christopher MacManus/CNET)

Imagine spilling red wine or chocolate syrup on your shirt, only to watch it glide off as if nothing ever happened in the first place. Hogwash? No, it’s called NeverWet.

Awhile back, I wrote about NeverWet, a superhydrophobic coating that can be applied to nearly any surface and repels liquids startlingly well. To bring NeverWet to the masses, developer Ross Nanotechnology licensed the product to Rust-Oleum, which recently started selling the spray for $19.97 at Home Depot.

Related stories

• Shape-shifting hydrogel takes cue from plants, moves to light
• A high-tech way to walk through rain and not get wet
• … [Read more]

  Related Links:
  Crave giveaway: Rugged Incipio Atlas case for iPhone 5
  Watch water freeze instantly as it pours
  Crave giveaway: Boombotix Boombot Rex portable speaker
  Eight things the Moto X needs
  New smart fabric mimics the way skin perspires
  

  

  Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • More

  • Reddit
  • Pinterest
  • Pocket
  • Email

A few months ago we saw a couple of pillow cases that would be right at home in Aiur. This stuffed toy on the other hand is for those who are loyal to the Swarm. It’s a plush toy of the Zerg Overlord based on its apperance in StarCraft. You won’t be able to spawn more stuffted toys until you get one.

This huggable bundle of claws and neurons is from Etsy shop arixystix. Sadly, it’s going to take you a while to sew more Overlords. For one thing, the shop wasn’t selling the toy itself, just a sewing pattern for the toy. For another, the pattern is currently sold out. Or whatever the equivalent of that is in digital terms.

There, there. The Overlord knows exactly how you feel.

[via ThisIsWhyImBroke]