Atomic Floyd has recently launched its new in-ear headphones known as Titanium2. Designed by Stefan Andrén, these headphones features an innovative features including AcousticSteel and SoundProof. The Titanium2 is perfect for use with the most popular portable media players in the market today. Atomic Flyod will launch the Titanium2 this Xmas in the UK. [Product Page]
After released the Asus 15.6 inch Eee Top all-in-one desktop computer, the company has planned to release the larger 20 inch and 22 inch version. How much is the price? Stay tuned for more updates. [Digitimes]
After released the Asus 15.6 inch Eee Top all-in-one desktop computer, the company has planned to release the larger 20 inch and 22 inch version. How much is the price? Stay tuned for more updates. [Digitimes]
Eric J. Wilhelm, of Instructables, will be on NPR's "Weekend Edition Saturday" and WCBS-AM 880 this coming Monday to talk about The Best of Instructables for a holiday gift-themed program.
The airtime for "Weekend Edition Saturday" will vary by market. The WCBS-AM program will air on 11/24 at 10:20 am, 11:40 am, 12:20pm, 1:40 pm, and 2:20 pm (all times ET). You can listen to it live at http://www.wcbs880.com/
Also, you can log onto NPR.org/gifts at 1:30pm ET tomorrow for a live chat featuring Eric talking about ECO-nomical holiday gifts!
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Now this is just plain strange. Apparently the latest Apple MacBook line is showing off some seriously unusual behavior. In fact, the entire system gets bogged down when the battery is removed. How’s that for strange?
It seems these new unibody systems cut back on the processor performance whenever relying on AC power alone. The idea behind this is doing so will protect the system in case a shutdown occurs when the user does not want it to when, let’s say, the notebook is trying to pull too much power from an outlet.
And if this were just a small performance dip, it would be no big deal. However, it drops the system down to 63% of its supposed performance. This is definitely not good. If the battery dies, then what? Your computer will always run at 40% the capacity it’s supposed to? Correct me if I’m wrong, but this is big, right?
If you don’t mind your Star Wars memorabilia with a healthy dose of cutesy, kitschy appeal, then you’ll most likely appreciate the Han Solo Carbonite USB Drive. I mean, you can store your data, and remember how Han Solo was frozen in agony in carbonite in The Empire Strikes Back.
So while Han Solo was supposed to be frozen forever in carbonite, he eventually escaped. Hopefully, your data won’t escape in a similar manner. Assuming all is fine in the data storage department, let’s give this thing a good look over.
Han Solo looks kind of like he’s dancing, or squatting, or maybe sneaking up on someone. Plus, Princess Leia there looks decidedly unLeia-ish. Oh well, what can you do? It’s a novelty product, after all. And for $25, you can get 1GB of storage and yet another way to display your Star Wars geekyness.
Here is the latest LCD monitor from Samsung. Dubbed as the Samsung 2494HS, the LCD screen features 23.6 inch of viewing space and offers native resolution of 1,920 x 1,080, 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, stereo speakers, HDMI input, DVI and VGA connectivity, 5ms pixel response time and 300cd/m2 brightness level. The Samsung 2494HS LCD monitor will be released in Japan next month onwards for $420 each. This eco-friendly LCD screen only needs 48W of power when in use. [Electronista]
I tried it out and it was very impressed by the speed and accuracy of the motion tracking (he did flicker a bit and have problems when my lights were too bright, so be prepared to work a bit to make him happy). This is a Flash implementation of augmented reality created by Digital Pictures Interactive; all it takes is your web browser, a webcam, and a printed marker symbol. Now, would it kill the little guy to smile every once in a while?!
It seems to be based on the ARToolKit developed by Dr. Hirokazu Kato of the University of Washington.
I enjoy Augmented Reality much more than Virtual Reality because 99% of the AR environment is the real world in all of its infinitely detailed glory and I can accept a few lower fidelity objects overlaid here and there. Even the highest quality VR worlds still feel much less than real in a way that usually pulls me out of the experience.
