The GS7000-i7-XB is another newly released gaming PC from iiyama that sports a 3.40GHz Intel Core i7-4770 processor, an Intel Z87 Express Chipset, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1GB graphics card, an 8GB DDR3 RAM, a 1TB hard drive, a DVD Super Multi Drive, a 500W 80PLUS certified power supply and runs on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (SP1) OS. The GS7000-i7-XB is available now for 104,979 Yen (about $1,035). [Product Page]
Dospara is also bringing you their newest laser gaming mouse, the DN-10968. This ergonomically designed mouse comes with 8 programmable buttons, an accurate and reliable Avago A9800 laser sensor, 6 levels adjustable laser resolution DPI control (1000/1600/2400/3200/4000/8000) and a USB 2.0 connector (cable length: 1.6m). The DN-10968 is available now for 4,299 Yen (about $42). [Product Page]
ASUS has released their latest mobile LCD monitor for the Japanese market, the MB168B +. Adopting a TN panel, this new 15.6-inch LED-backlight monitor provides 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution, 600:1 contrast ratio, 250 cd/m2 brightness and 11ms (GTG) response time, and has a USB 3.0 connection interface for power input. The MB168B + is available now for 29,800 Yen (about $294). [ASUS]
Expert Oriented has just added a new graphics card ‘RD-R9-280-E3GB’ to its product page. Specs-wise, the card is packed with a 384-bit memory interface, a core clock of 855MHz (960MHz Boost Clock) and a 3GB of GDDR5 memory set @ 5000MHz, and has DVI-I, HDMI and 2x mini DisplayPort outputs. The RD-R9-280-E3GB will begin shipping from mid-March for 32,000 Yen (about $315). [Product Page]
Western Digital has recently announced a new line of USB 3.0 portable hard drives, the My Passport AV-TV. Coming in two different storage capacities: 500GB and 1TB, these sleek and ultra-compact hard drives feature a USB 3.0 connection interface and TV recording support, and can be easily mounted on the back of the TV using the included, standardized TV bracket. Unfortunately, there’s no word on pricing yet. [Western Digital]
A year before he died, Steve Jobs let it be known to Apple’s top 100 employees that the company should not release a TV as its next product. This revelation … Continue reading
What was it like working on the set of legendary film director Stanley Kubrick as he adapted The Shining, Stephen King’s bestselling horror story, to the silver screen? If these cast and crew interviews from the new documentary Staircases to Nowhere, are any indication, the answer is: pretty dang awesome.
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Here is the good news: you can make Jony Ive angry. All you have to do it copy his ideas.
How do I know? Because I’ve just read a long interview with him in the UK’s Sunday Times. (It’s behind a paywall, but I promise I didn’t steal it.)
This interview was part of the Sunday Times Magazine’s “Makers” series, and Ive warmed immediately to the concept. “Everyone I work with shares the same love of and respect for making,” he explained.
He added: “Objects and their manufacture are inseparable. You understand a product if you understand how it’s made.”
The problem is that the word “maker” has been co-opted, nay stolen, by the pimple-faced, soft-hearted techies of San Francisco, who are deeply hurt to be called “techies.“
Ive, though, believes craft is enjoying a resurgence. He said he once took his iPhone apart and put it back together again, just to prove he could.
Interestingly, the Sunday Times managed to dig up a photo to prove that he once had hair. And lots of it — spiky like a Bay City Roller. (Look it up.)
The interview takes great pains to describe the great pains Ive ta… [Read more]
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If you’ve got a child between the ages of 3 and 8, you’re in an interesting spot as a parent. The kid is old enough to be involved in activities such as school and play dates, which can keep them out from under your watchful eyes for hours at a time. But they’re not quite old enough to have a cell phone of their own for keeping in touch. A startup called HereO has made a gadget especially for… Read More
The US military is still inundated with obsolete and unusable ordnance from as far back as the beginning of the Cold War. But rather than simply dispose of these old bombs by, say, blowing them up, one enterprising design studio is transforming them into helpful house wares.
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