Slow Motion Turns Subway Stop Into a Magic Place [Video]

Hungarian artist Adam Magyar had a great idea: capture normal life in the subway with a “high-speed quality control camera used in mass production for capturing fast-moving objects.” The results are extraordinarily beautiful, turning the purely mundane into a magical moment. More »

Motion F5t Ivy Bridge Tablet PC

Motion F5t Ivy Bridge Tablet PC

The Motion F5t is designed to run Windows operating system. The tablet features the 3rd generation Intel Core i7 vPro processor, an integrated digital camera, a barcode scanner, an RFID reader, Bluetooth, WiFi and Gobi connectivity. Its rechargeable battery is rated for up to 6-hour of operating time. The Motion F5t adopts the Gorilla Glass, offering up to four times the strength in breakage resistance. The Motion F5t Ivy Bridge tablet PC retails for $2,236 upwards. [Motion]

Motion outs F5t, C5t rugged tablet PCs with Ivy Bridge and optional SSD, pricing starts at $2,240

Motion outs F5t, C5t rugged tablet PCs with Ivy Bridge and optional SSD, pricing starts at $2,236

Okay, these might not be quite as elegant as, say, that 10-inch, high-res slate coming out of the famed Cupertino labs, but hey, folks working on construction sites (or doing other types of handy work) need to get some actual work done. Here’s where Motion Computing comes in. The outfit’s just taken the wraps off of its newest rugged tablet PCs, the F5t and C5t — both of which can be loaded with a choice of an i3, i5 or i7 third-gen Intel CPU, also known as Ivy Bridge. What’s more, the company’s also letting users pick between a 64 or 128GB solid-state drive, which can then be paired alongside 2 or 4GB of RAM. As you can imagine, this ruggedized duo isn’t exactly aimed at something like the Nexus 7 crowd, since the starting price point for the Windows 7 Pro couple starts off at around $2,240 ($2,236, to be exact) depending on configuration. Either way, you can give ’em both a better look after the break, thanks to a press shot gallery courtesy of their creator.

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RIM patent uses motion, CAPTCHAs to stop texting while driving, shows a fine appreciation of irony

RIM patent uses motion, CAPTCHAs to stop texting and driving, shows a fine appreciation of irony

More and more people understand that texting while driving is a bad idea, but RIM has just been granted a patent that would have smartphones step in before things get out of hand. Going beyond just filtering inbound messages like some motion-based lockdown apps, the BlackBerry maker’s invention also turns off the creation of any outbound messages as long as the phone is moving within a given speed range. The override for the lock is the dictionary definition of ironic, however: the technique makes owners type out the answer to a CAPTCHA challenge onscreen, encouraging the very problem it’s meant to stop. As much as we could still see the hassle being enough to deter some messaging-addicted drivers, we have a hunch that the miniscule hurdle is a primary reason why the 2009-era patent hasn’t found its way into a shipping BlackBerry. Maybe RIM should have chronic texters solve a Rubik’s Cube instead.

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