Philips’ 4K TVs last year were on the large side, but it’s following up in 2014 with smaller models — including one with a few tricks up its sleeve. The company’s new 55-inch 8809 series set mates the extra-high resolution with Android, giving you…
This tiny piece of glass may not look like much, but in fact its surface is cleverly etched to capture light, and it contains a small chip to process the incident light. Yep, it’s a tiny camera that could provide any object—however small—with the means of capturing images.
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High above a scorched Earth, in a sleek yacht tethered to the tip of the Terra Two spindle, Chancellor Herman Worthy was doing paperwork. His cleaner bots were all asleep and his assistant, a lithe android build to look like a long-dead 2000s era actress, was in her charging case. It was good to be alone. Read More
There are rumors that Christian Bale would play Steve Jobs in the good Jobs movie—written by Aaron Sorkin. But who can play the awesome Steve Wozniak? He’s one of my personal heroes and I’m having a hard time imagining it. So I asked him about his opinion. Here’s his reply:
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Earlier this week, Facebook announced that it had acquired Oculus VR for $2 billion, and it turns out that this isn’t the only recent piece of M&A in the category of head-mounted wearable computing. Microsoft, we have discovered, has paid up to $150 million to buy IP assets related to augmented reality, head-borne computers, and related items from the Osterhout Design Group, a low-profile… Read More
Next week, the struggling New York Times will launch a new app with content tailored for a "mobile audience." Called NYT Now, it’ll cost $8 per month for non-subscribers. Additionally, a new Times Premiere plan with more content will cost (!) $45 per month—without print. Both seem a little pricey for what they are, right?
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If you have a ton of old VHS tapes laying around, why not make some furniture out of them. Specifically, something like this Pac-Man coffee table. Those tape spools on the back of the tapes make perfect dots for the maze.
This table is the work of Etsy seller MRQ19. It’s a clever way to put all of those old VHS tapes to good use.
It has a sheet of wood underneath to reinforce it, though I’m not sure how sturdy it would be. It looks like it is not very thick.The important thing is that it looks awesome and will be great in your retro game room.
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Connected Data are the ones behind the award-winning Drobo range of smart storage solutions, and in their latest product announcement, they have turned our attention to the the newest 4-bay Drobo. This third generation Drobo will be easy on your finances, and not only that, it is also three times faster compared to its predecessor, and you will be able to enjoy updated features including the likes of USB 3.0 connectivity, significantly faster rebuild times and enhanced support for Apple’s Time Machine. Not only that, in order to entice existing customers to perform an upgrade, the company has rolled out a customer loyalty discount program of $50 off for all first and second-generation Drobo customers.
Touted to be the “Most Advanced 4-Bay Drobo” ever, this third generation Drobo will cost a relatively affordable $349 each, packing in a totally new architecture that makes it three times faster compared to the previous generation. Not only that, we did mention that it will have faster rebuild times, but just how much faster would that be? We are looking at four times the speed in order to maximize data availability just in case there is a disk drive failure, and there is also the option of throwing in a battery back up that delivers additional protection in the event of a power outage.
Data protection becomes a no-brainer with Drobo, as whenever a drive fails, Drobo will automatically protect your precious data without requiring any form of user intervention. Apart from that, you will be able to purchase the capacity that you need at the moment, with the flexibility to increase space by throwing in extra disk drives, or through the swapping of smaller disks with larger ones some time down the road. Not only that, Drobo even offers protection against one or two simultaneous drive failures with but a single click.
Pre-orders for the third generation Drobo are already being accepted as you read this, and shipments are set to commence later this April.
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Churches tend to ebb and flow with generations: Chapels close after neighborhoods are redeveloped, cathedrals are abandoned after religious upheaval. So, what then? In more than a few cases, they’ve been turned into bookstores and libraries.
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