Vuzix announce Wrap 230, Wrap 280 Widescreen and Wrap 920

Vuzix Wrap UK – Vuzix announce Wrap 230, Wrap 280 Widescreen and Wrap 920

Vuzix will be bringing in a trio of interactive glasses to the UK, where they are the Wrap 230, Wrap 280 Widescreen and Wrap 920. Depending on the model selected, you will be able to enjoy virtual screen sizes of 46″ to 67″, while being 3D-capable as standard to be future-proof. You can hook up any one of the three pairs to camcorders, portable DVD players, mobile phones, PCs, game consoles and iPods, depending on what device you want to function as your primary form of entertainment. Prices range from £130 to £250 when it is unveiled later this October.

Caustic Graphics ray traced global illumination demonstration

PC Perspective – Caustic Graphics ray traced global illumination demonstration

Earlier today Caustic Graphics passed us this new video that demonstrates its hardware and software combination running a real-time global illumination demo inside of 3dsMax.

Physicists Explain How Human Eyes Can Detect Quantum Effects

Physicists Explain How Human Eyes Can Detect Quantum Effects

(PhysOrg.com) — By greatly amplifying one photon from an entangled photon pair, physicists have theoretically shown that human eyes can be used as detectors to observe quantum effects. Usually, detecting quantum phenomena requires sensitive photon detectors or similar technology, keeping the quantum world far removed from our everyday experience. By showing that it’s possible to perform quantum optics experiments with human eyes as detectors, the physicists can bring quantum phenomena closer to the macroscopic level and to everyday life.

New Perspectives on Cancer Surgery

New Perspectives on Cancer Surgery

(PhysOrg.com) — Instead of the classic scalpel, surgeons can also operate with an electroscalpel. A significant advantage to this technique is that while a cut is being made, blood vessels are closed off and hemorrhaging eliminated. Now another advantage may be added as well: a German-Hungarian research team has developed a mass-spectrometry-based technique by which tissues can be analyzed during a surgical procedure.

Color E-Readers Ready To Do Battle

Technology Review: Blogs: TR Editors’ blog: Color E-Readers Ready To Do Battle

Last week, a panel of experts at EmTech@MIT discussed technologies that could hasten the arrival of color e-readers.

YouTube – Artists using I Am T-Pain – Auto-Tune iPhone App

YouTube – Artists using I Am T-Pain – Auto-Tune iPhone App

Artists using I Am T-Pain – Auto-Tune iPhone App

Video of The Aer-O-Scope™ – a new colonoscopy system

Video of The Aer-O-Scope™

Cu banii pe saltea

Cu banii pe saltea | Gunoaiele din mintea mea

V-ati intrebat vreodata cat de importanta poate fi o saltea? Nu?! Nu ati avut inca probleme majore de la saltea?! Interesant…Pentru ca eu ma confrunt cu situatii deosebite.

La ora actuala detinem o saltea achizitionata in urma cu ceva ani. Tineri saraci, fara un pat sub noi, ne-am zis sa luam o saltea. Am mers intr-un hipermarket, am cautat ceva convenabil in primul rand ca pret. Nu aveam bani de relaxa si am luat ce am putut si noi. Pecizez dimensiunea: 190 cm pe 160. A fost o intamplare.

Anii au trecut, peste noi si peste saltea. Am reusit sa ne luam apartament. Salteaua a fost prima piese de “mobilier” din el. Eram fericiti ca aveam pe ce pune si noi capul. Dar au inceput sa apara complicatiile. Nu vroiam sa pierdem investitia, adica pe ea salteaua, si sa luam un dormitor cu tot cu saltea. Asa ca am facut dormitorul la comanda, dupa dimensiunile saltelei. Mare fericire, mare multumire, acum aveam si pat sub saltea. Iata insa ca au mai trecut aproape doi ani de atunci. Batrana saltea a inceput sa dea semne de batranete. Arcurile care ne-au suportat oasele atata amar de vreme, au inceput sa o ia razna. Si sa-si caute libertatea. Noaptea, in timp ce noi dormim. In somn, simti cum in buric ai ceva. Te trezesti cu greu si iti dai seama ca-i un arc. Sau te pipaie ceva in zona fundului. Nu, nu e un vis erotic, e un alt arc. Trebuia facut ceva. Salteaua trebuia pensionata…

UPC aduce cinci canale TV in format HD in Romania in abonamente incapand de la 65 lei pe luna

UPC aduce cinci canale TV in format HD in Romania in abonamente incapand de la 65 lei pe luna – Telecom – HotNews.ro

UPC Romania introduce de la 1 octombrie un pachet de cinci canale TV in format High Definition, respectiv TVR HD, Pro TV HD, Eurosport HD, History HD si Fasion TV HD, in abonamentele de televiziune digitala cu DVR la preturi incepand de la 65 de lei pe luna. UPC introduce servicii HD mizand pe studii interne care arata ca romanii sunt pregatiti din punct de vedere tehnic, in conditiile in care rata de penetrare a televizoarelor de tip HD Ready si Full HD este de 10%.

Cleaning Up on Dirty Coal

Technology Review: Cleaning Up on Dirty Coal

The industrial boomtown of Dongguan in southeast China’s Pearl River Delta could soon host one of the country’s most sophisticated power plants, one that uses an unconventional coal-gasification technology to make the dirtiest coal behave like clean-burning natural gas. Its developers, Atlanta-based utility Southern Company and Houston-based engineering firm KBR, announced the licensing deal with Dongguan Power and Chemical Company this month.

Fresh Pics: Water Bottle Boy

Fresh Pics: Water Bottle Boy

We ran across Winston, an amazing talent in a Liberian village we recently visited. Unbelievable.

Hmm, why he puts his hand behind his back every time?

Dell Latitude Z Hands On: Kills Cords Completely With Wireless Charging – video

Dell Latitude Z Hands On: Kills Cords Completely With Wireless Charging – Dell Latitude Z – Gizmodo

Similar to the Palm Pre but on a much bigger scale, the Z has power coils built in to the base of the notebook and so it charges wirelessly, through a magnetic inductive stand that’s an extra $200. Supposedly, it takes the same amount of time to recharge as a normal notebook power cord.

The love for no cords doesn’t stop there. You can also buy the $200 wireless dock and hook up all your peripherals (printer, monitor, mouse, etc.) to it rather than to the computer. It then communicates with the notebook itself which has Ultra Wide Band technology built-in so there is no need to add an extra dongle.

SensorPlug Detects Human Presense and Controls Home Appliances in Digital Home

SensorPlug Detects Human Presense and Controls Home Appliances in Digital Home » My Digital Life

Wanted to give your ideal home a new gadget that can sense human existence and eventually turn on/off the electrical appliances automatically? It sounds like you will need a sophisticated and expensive digital home control system to perform the task but it is indeed not really necessary. Now with the SensorPlug device, it allows a simple control of lighting, home appliances switching with wide angle infra sensor placed for greater convenience in digital home as well as part of initiative towards greener environment.

CoolerMaster Storm Sentinel Advance Gaming Mouse Review

CoolerMaster Storm Sentinel Advance Gaming Mouse Review » Page 6 – Conclusion – Overclockers Club

I didn’t really have any major expectations going intp this review. Upon first reading the specifications on the box I knew there and then that this mouse was truly superior to the Logitech G5. One of the really great features of this mouse had to be the on-board memory which allows you to store settings and eliminates the need to install the software on the computer to use it. I was very much surprised and impressed by the LED features of the mouse. I like the ability to change between 7 different colors on the LEDs. On that note, this mouse had to be the most customizable I’ve ever had. I really came to appreciate the bleeding edge 5600DPI and the precision of the dual tracking lasers is quite astounding. The comfort of this mouse was quite awesome, as it was easy to grip and it did fit my hand well. I would have to give props for the OLED screen which not only displays your current DPI settings, but also features a changeable logo so you could easily make this mouse your own. Last but not least, the price is only $69 and for only $69, this mouse packs a load of features that you might not find in competing brands.

Pros:

* Very comfortable
* Many customizable features
* LEDs
* OLED screen
* Dual tracking lasers for precise movement
* DPI adjusts up to 5600DPI.
* Great price

Cons:

* None

Batman: Arkham Asylum PC Review

Batman: Arkham Asylum PC Review

During a reckless assault on the Mayor’s office, Batman has again captured the Joker and hand-delivered him to Arkham Asylum, Gotham City’s premiere facility for incarceration of the criminally insane.

Knowing all too well what the clown is capable of, Batman insists on providing an escort deep into the facility, keeping the Joker at arm’s length the whole time. As expected, he escapes custody with the aid of Harley Quinn and assumes control of the building. Everything quickly goes to hell in a hand basket as inmates run wild, while the task of pursuing Joker and restoring order is left to the Dark Knight. It soon becomes apparent that the Joker intended to be caught all along, but what exactly is he planning?

ASUS Unveils First “The Ultimate Force” (TUF) Series Motherboard – Sabertooth 55i

ASUS Unveils First “The Ultimate Force” (TUF) Series Motherboard – Sabertooth 55i | VR-Zone | Gadgets | PC Enthusiasts

ASUS, the leader in innovative motherboard solutions, today unveiled the first motherboard in its newly-developed “TUF” (The Ultimate Force) Series, the SABERTOOTH 55i. The TUF Series is specially developed to meet the heavy computing demands of power users and perform well even under extreme conditions. Such computer enthusiasts often demand high-quality motherboard components and the most stable computing platforms. To achieve uncompromising stability, TUF Series motherboards have undergone a more stringent testing program than what most motherboard producers currently undertake. Solidly constructed and equipped with resilient components that have passed demanding military-style testing, the TUF Series triumphs over the harshest operating conditions to deliver robust performance. The debut SABERTOOTH 55i model, designed around a “Marine Cool” concept, incorporates the Intel® P55 chipset and “tough” features to give users a supremely solid and stable computing platform.

Screen Space Ambient Occlusion – Wikipedia

Screen Space Ambient Occlusion – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO) is a rendering technique for efficiently approximating the well-known computer graphics ambient occlusion effect in real time. It was used for the first time in a video game in the 2007 PC game Crysis made by Crytek.[citation needed]

The algorithm is executed purely on the computer’s GPU and implemented as a pixel shader, analyzing the scene depth buffer which is stored in a texture. For every pixel on the screen, the pixel shader samples the depth values around the current pixel and tries to compute the amount of occlusion from each of the sampled points. In its simplest implementation, the occlusion factor depends only on the depth difference between sampled point and current point.

Will Intel and USB make fiber optics mainstream?

Will Intel and USB make fiber optics mainstream? | Deep Tech – CNET News

Intel’s hope for Light Peak is to create a single connection for video, storage devices, the network, printers, Webcams, and anything else that plugs into a PC. Light Peak uses circuitry that can juggle multiple communication protocols at the same time, and the Light Peak promise is for a universal connector to replace today’s incompatible sockets for USB, FireWire, DVI, DisplayPort, and HDMI. It’s a hot-plug technology, meaning that devices can be linked when they’re up and running.

Intel has pre-production chips and said the technology will be ready to ship in 2010. In its current form, Light Peak can transfer data at 10Gbps each direction along the fiber optic line, but Intel said Light Peak will reach much higher speeds–100Gbps in the next decade, according to Jason Ziller, director of Intel’s optical input-output program office.

What’s the best 120mm case fan?

bit-tech.net | Review – What’s the best 120mm case fan?

Which Fan to Buy
From our extensive testing of these 22 fans, we can narrow your choice of fan to just two for air-cooled cases:

The Best 120mm Fan For Air-Cooled Cases
Sharkoon Silent Eagle 1000 120mm
UK price (at time of review): £13.21 (inc VAT)
US price (at time of review): NA
If you want a 120mm fan that moves enough air to keep your PC cool without having to worry about excessive noise or vibrations, the Sharkoon Silent Eagle 1000 120mm is near perfect, as it’s capable of moving 36cfm while emitting a near inaudible 20.7dBA.

Scythe Gentle Typhoon D1225 C12B4AP-14
UK price (at time of review): £13.00 (inc VAT)
US price (at time of review): $17.99 (ex tax)
The Scythe Gentle Typhoon is noisier than the Sharkoon Silent Eagle 1000 120mm, but moves a lot more air. What’s more, when slowed down with a rheostat (not supplied) to a similar noise level to the Sharkoon, it still moves a lot more air.

Better world: Global green heroes – environment

Better world: Global green heroes – environment – 28 September 2009 – New Scientist

It is no secret that the environment is facing some major challenges. Yet despite all the gloom there are some corners of the world where things are changing for the better. Here are a few examples to prove that when communities, city officials and governments put their minds to it they can move environmental mountains. Now all we need is more of the same, and fast…