CES 2010: Hands-On With Transparent Display of the Future – Video – Wired
Science fiction becomes reality with this transparent OLED display prototype from Samsung.
Dell Offers Smoking-Hot Alienware Notebook for Less Than $1,000
January 8, 2010
Dell Offers Smoking-Hot Alienware Notebook for Less Than $1,000 | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
LAS VEGAS — Dell has managed to pack an entire Alienware gaming rig into a tiny, 11-inch notebook body, and it kicks ass. It will also cost less than $1,000.
Nvidia launches tablet “revolution” with next-gen Tegra processor | TG Daily
Nvidia has introduced its long-awaited second-generation Tegra processor for mobile devices.Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang explained that the chip marked the “beginning” of a massive tablet revolution.
“2010 will be known as the year of the tablet revolution. Our new Tegra processor helps meet the performance requirements of a PC, but maintains the power sipping characteristics of a cell phone,” said Jen-Hsun.
“This chip – which has consumed 500 Nvidia engineers – is nothing short of a miracle to us. Tegra has 8 independent processors and is the world’s first dual-core Cortex A9 CPU. It offers 10x the performance of an average cell phone, but still sips power like a mobile chip by consuming 20x less power than a PC. You can play 140 hours of music or watch 16 hours of video on a single charge.”
TV Enters New Dimensions
January 7, 2010
Technology Review: Blogs: TR Editors’ blog: TV Enters New Dimensions
Toshiba thinks its has found that application, by creating a TV that can not only play movies made in 3-D, such as the James Cameron blockbuster Avatar, but can convert 2-D video to 3-D on the fly. The Cell processor will make guesses about what is foreground and what is background in a frame, and then create two stereoscopic images for 3-D viewing.The Cell TV also comes with a built-in one terabyte hard drive and WiFi capability, so content can be downloaded from the Internet, recorded from a Blu-Ray player (also built-in), transferred from a PC, and then retransmitted to other nearby TVs. And just for good measure, there’s a camera and microphone also built in so you can use the TV for video conferencing.
Sharp is taking a different tack to Toshiba’s approach of chewing through huge amounts of processing power. Color displays today use red, green, and blue subpixels to create different colors. Sharp has added a fourth, yellow subpixel alongside the others, in what it’s calling Quad Pixel technology. The extra pixel allows for a larger range of colors, and more colors within that range–while a RGB device can produce about a billion distinct colors, the addition of the extra pixel ups that to about a trillion colors. Sharp displayed a full line of production televisions, expected to start going on sale in the spring of this year, and at first glance at least, the result rivals OLED displays for quality.
Vintage Lady Gaga Live at NYU
January 7, 2010
Lenovo introduces hybrid notebook tablet
January 6, 2010
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troduces hybrid notebook tablet | TG Daily
Lenovo has introduced a $1,000 hybrid notebook tablet with a detachable screen.The IdeaPad U1 offers users two PCs in a single device – each with its own processor and operating system – that work together and independently as either a clamshell laptop or a multitouch slate tablet.
“The IdeaPad U1 hybrid notebook is a game-changing technology in the PC industry that lets user switch their PC experience within a single device to match their dynamic lifestyle,” explained Lenovo spokesperson Liu Jun.
Microvision showcases mini pico projector
January 6, 2010
Microvision showcases mini pico projector | TG Daily
Microvision is showcasing its ultra-mini Showwx pico projector at CES 2010.Although the Showwx is approximately the size of a mobile phone, it still manages to deliver an impressive, vivid “big screen” viewing experience.
Microvision spokesperson Ian Brown explained that the Showwx utilizes lasers and a proprietary microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) single scanning mirror to provide a “very different” viewing experience compared to traditional pico projectors.
“The capabilities of the [Showwx] laser-based PicoP display engine include infinite focus, wide field of view and bright, vivid colors,” said Brown.
WD My Book 3.0 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 External Hard Drives
January 6, 2010
WD My Book 3.0 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 External Hard Drives » My Digital Life
Main Features Of WD My Book 3.0:* SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface with transfer speeds up to 10 times faster than previous-generation USB 2.0 inferface
* Backward compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 without the need of additional hardware
* Sleek, streamlined design with a premium finish
* Ready to plug-and-play with Windows PCs“Consumers no longer have to wait for technology to keep up with their ideas,” said Dale Pistilli, vice president for marketing at WD’s branded products group. “With the new super speed My Book 3.0 drives, consumers have the speed they need for resource-intensive video editing, animation, and graphic design applications.”
The new high-performance 1TB WD My Book 3.0 desktop external hard drive is now available for an MSRP of $179.99 and $199.99 (kit that includes a USB 3.0 PCIe adapter card). And the 2TB WD My Book 3.0 is expected to be available later this week.
Light Touch Pico Projector Allows Multimedia Interaction Via Touch Gesture On Projected Screen
January 6, 2010
Light Blue Optics set a new milestone in the unveiling of its maiden product, Light Touch, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 10) in Las Vegas. Incorporating Light Blue Optics’s proprietary holographic laser projection technology, Light Touch, an interactive laser projector, can project a holographic laser image on any flat surface and allow users to interact with the projected contents using touch gestures. This mini pocket size projector will turn any flat surface into a 10-inch touchscreen with WVGA resolution. The touchscreen will auto focus and self-correct for distortion and optical aberrations. Users can interact with the touchscreen surface via its infra-red touch sensing system for various activities, e.g. type a virtual keyboard, interact with multimedia contents, browse a picture album, etc.
10 Sci-Fi Weapons That Actually Exist
January 6, 2010
10 Sci-Fi Weapons That Actually Exist | Danger Room | Wired.com
Sure, the gear may look like it came straight out of Avatar or Battlestar Galactica. But all of the laser weapons, robots, sonic blasters and puke rays pictured here are real. Some of these weapons have already found their way onto the battlefield. If the rest of this sci-fi arsenal follows, war may soon be unrecognizable.Read on for a look at some of these futuristic weapons being tested today.
