if you are looking for something a little different and a little more
natural than the standard metal and plastic keyboards on the market.
The Orée Wooden Keyboard might well be worth more investigation.
The Orée Wooden Keyboard is available in either maple or walnut and
has been finished to the high quality, allowing you to enjoy a more
natural feel under your finger tips as you type.
Each Board is made from a single piece of wood to preserve wood grain across shell and keys. The mod
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The Samsung Galaxy Note was first launched near the end of last year,
unfortunately we didn’t manage to review the device when it was
released, so I thought it was about time to try one out.
The first thing you notice about the Samsung Galaxy Note is the size
of the device compared to other handsets, the device is designed to be a
combination device between a smartphone and a tablet, and it features a
5.3inch Super AMOLED display.
The City of London has started rolling out and installing high tech
bins that are equipped with LCD screens to keep pedestrians up to date
on the news and travel services.
Called Renew Bins the project has been developed over the last couple
of years and is now looking to makes in mark in the 2012 Olympics which
will be hosted in London later this year. The Renew Bins are equipped
with two LCD screens and can be enabled to also act as mobile hotspots.
The company behind the project Renew is backed by priva
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By ‘Mars pics’ is meant the real deal–photos taken from the surface of
Mars. Based on what has popped up online, no evidence of long dead
civilizations were caught, but the scenic tranquility of the red planet
is still quite a feast for the eyes. There are lots of rocks too. As
for the principal photographer, it’s the Martian rover called
Opportunity. After almost eight years of being in-planet it has amassed
quite an incredible library of pics. No kidding. The really cool part is
a NASA developer has created an iPhone/Android app for viewing the
wealth of media.
Just
to clarify, seen above is a computerized rendition of Opportunity.
Don’t mistake it for the kind of pics that the rover is transmitting
from its Martian odyssey.
Mark Powell over at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory did the grunt work. Those interested can enjoy the app for ... Read more »
Before the doors open to the public at CES this week, 3M has been
demonstrating its new 46 inch Touch Systems Projected Capacitive
Display, which has been setup as a table top multimedia prototype.
The
new prototype which uses Projected Capacitive Technology can
theoretically allow up to 60 touch points enabling multiple users to
interact with the surface at the same time. Watch the video after the
jump to see the Touch Systems 46 inch Projected Capacitive Display
prototype in action.
Engadget were able to get their hands on the system and put it through its paces for a short time:
"3M
Touch Systems has a host of other, smaller-sized models in its touch
arsenal, but the 1080p resolution on its 46-inch prototype is indeed the
most impressive. Initially split up into four distinct screens, a
toggle allows users to swap between dual-screen mode for convenient
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After so many years, Ridley Scott finally returns to the genre that
established his name as a cutting edge director. ‘Prometheus’ follows a
team of scientists on a dangerous mission whose outcome they barely
survive. That has to suffice for now, but for a giant spoiler, just do
some smart googling. Word on the street is ‘Prometheus’ is an
un-credited prequel to the Alien saga, taking place long before the
events of the first Alien movie transpired. Anyway, for your viewing pleasure, here is the trailer whose score is oddly reminiscent of ‘Inception,’ full of booming noises and and shouting.
Here it is:
If all goes well in the box office and among the fandom ranks,
‘Prometheus’ should be another career peak for the indefa
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This week the development team behind the popular Linux Mint
operating system, have announced the arrival of their latest creation in
the form of Linux Mint 12. Linux Mint has been chasing the Ubuntu Linux
operating for sometime. But the development team behind Mint 12 have
included a number of new features as well as new artwork, which will pro
dive Ubuntu with a very worthy competitor.
The Linux Mint 12 operating system features the new Mint GNOME Shell
Extensions (MGSE), that allows you to benefit from the latest features
in the new version of GNOME. However Linux Mint 12 continues to use the application menu, bottom panel, and other features included in previous versions.
Linux Mint 12 is now available to download
for computers equipped with either 32-bit or 64-bit x86 processors.
Supported by 512MB or more of RAM, 5GB of disk space, an
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This week Intel have unveiled their new 1 Teraflop chip which is
equipped with 50-plus cores at the SC11 supercomputing conference in
Seattle. If you think your Quad-core chip is speed monster just imagine
playing the latest games with over 50 core chip in your rig.
The new chip dubbed "Knights Ferry,” based on its new "Many
Integrated Core” architecture, or MIC, is now able to squeeze
the performance of a 1 teraflop supercomputer developed in 1997 which
took up 72 cabinets into a single chip.
Rajeeb Hazra, general manager of Intel’s
technical computing group explained when he revealed the new chip at
the SC11 supercomputing conference. "In 15 years that’s what we’ve been able to do. That is stupendous. You’re witnessing the 1 teraflop barrier busting,”
Today Honda has unveiled their new ASIMO
robot building on the previous model that was launched 10 years ago.
New advancements in ASIMO design and technology now allow it to kick
balls, hop on a single leg and even now make it capable of predicting
the direction a person will walk allowing it to avoid collisions.
The new version of ASIMO has also been equipped with significantly
improved intelligence and the ability to adapt to situations. Watch a
few videos of ASIMO in action after the jump
Honda explains:
"ASIMO is now capable of predicting the direction a person will
walk within the next few seconds based on information from pre-set space
sensors and quickly determining to take an alternate path to avoid a
collision with the person if the estimated locations of the person and
the ASIMO intersect.”
