Archive for March, 2009
Honda’s ASIMO could be thought controlled in Spaceballs 2
Sorry, that’s not actually Dark Helmet, it’s a researcher demonstrating the latest Brain Machine Interface (BMI) cooked up for robotics. While it’s not looking too portable, it’s a far nimbler setup than the original MRI Scanner first concocted by Honda to control robots in near real-time back in 2006. This time,
2011 Ford Explorer reportedly to be built in Chicago on Taurus X platform
Ford Explorer America Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
At the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, Ford unveiled the Explorer America concept. It was a car-based crossover concept that, in theory, would improve efficiency versus the once popular body-on-frame Explorer SUV. According to union officials at Ford’s Chicago plant, the next Explorer will be produced […]
Shuttle’s Mini H7 4500H media PC joins Blu-ray, DVB-S tuner in matrimony
Shuttle’s back with another mini HTPC, the H7 4500H, only this time you can swap out that DVB-T tuner with a DVB-S for satellite TV. The cost of going for the latter means you have to settle onboard graphics only,
Olympus E-450 four thirds shooter is a tweaked E-420, still small
Olympus just announced it’s “new” E-450 four thirds shooter. Really though, it could have just as easily been announced as the E-420 plus, a tweak to the “world’s smallest DSLR” announced last year. Both cams share the same 5.1 x 3.6 x 2.1-inch and 13.4 ounce dimensions, 10 megapixel Live MOS sensor with live view,
WorldTracker Enduro offers GPS tracking in even the harshest conditions
The folks at TrackingTheWorld have already proven themselves to be pretty capable at tracking letters using GPS, but they’ve now moved up to some considerably more demanding tasks with their new WorldTracker Enduro device, which promises to track anything it’s paired with through frigid temperatures,
AMD has no plans for new HD 4890 based X2
Weve learned that despite the fact that Radeon HD 4890 will be more power efficient, at the end with 850MHz clock it will have max power consumption that will come close to 190W. This is of course, the worst-case scenario and if you would put two RV790 chips together, you would be talking about 380W.
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AMD promises GPU physics on OpenCL
AMD is working on its versions of physics acceleration based on the Havok engine, and as it was promised some time ago, this physics engine should be accelerated on both GPU and CPU.
It is quite interesting that Havok is owned by Intel, AMD’s biggest competitor but yet, when it comes to graphics card based physics, […]
Gigabyte launches non-reference GTS 250
Gigabyte launched its GV-N250OC-1GI, which weve seen displayed at this years CeBIT, and although this card is the 9800 GTX+ with a glorified name suggesting more muscle, Gigabyte still has a couple of aces up its sleeve - namely the Ultra Durable VGA technology, Zalman VF1050 4 heatpipe cooling and native HDMI.
Theres not much to […]
The first press image of the Sprint Instinct S30 aka Instinct Mini is here!
Enough with those leaked “in the wild” images - we want the real deal!
As part of its CTIA Wireless 2009 release, Samsung is showing the upcoming Sprint (NYSE: S) Instinct S30 aka Instinct Mini. As a result,
Thanko’s USB-powered Health E-Cigarettes sound healthy
It was only a matter of time, and it took Thanko to make it happen. The purveyors of all things able to be tethered to that most special port now offer the affordable, USB-powered Health E-Cigarette; a name that cunningly stops short of raising the ire of the WHO while still giving you the hope […]
