The Bio Robot fridge cools biopolymer gel through luminescence. It might look stinky and sticky but it’s actually an odorless gel that envelopes the food.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
WINDOWS PHONE CONCEPT
Is it a window, is it a phone? No. Actually, it is a window phone and this is the part where you are saying "Whaaat? What are you talking about?”. The phone is actually a concept with extraordinary features. Surely if this could be actually put into production, it would set a new standard for the term “cool”
Thursday, July 21, 2011
20th Century Fox is Coming to Android Phones
Things are looking good, though. Twentieth Century Fox will bring its movies to Android phones and tablets, the Financial Times is reporting.
The service will begin with upcoming Blu-ray discs from Fox. Blu-ray copies of X-Men: First Class will have the option of downloading an Android-compatible version of the film. This service will first become available in Germany, the U.K., and the U.S.
Fox's offering comes after Netflix and Google added their movie services to Android. Netflix came to Android in May to some, not all, handsets. Google announced earlier this month that a revamped Android Market with movie rentals is on the way.
Twentieth Century Fox is the first film studio to offer content on the Android platform. With these services steadily becoming available on Android, it is becoming a stronger opponent for Apple and its media library. Apple customers have access to a huge library of both music and movies through iTunes, and they've had Netflix for quite some time now.
The move to Android also came after Google's OS edged out Nokia's Symbian platform. The IDC predicted that Android will have 40 percent of the smartphone market by the second half of 2011.The IDC also predicted that due to its partnership with Nokia, Windows Phone7 will come in second place behind Android.
Which device do you watch movies on?
CyberPower Xplorer X6-9600 15.6 Inch Custom Gaming Laptop
Jul 16 2011 - The CyberPower Xplorer X6-9600 is a fully customizable laptop PC using the Compal PBL21 whitebook chassis. The Xplorer X6-9600 sports a full HD display which is suitable for 1080p gaming. Unfortunately, the NVIDIA GT 540M graphics card is better suited for gaming at medium settings rather than maxed out settings at a high resolution. There are a few recommended upgrades, such as more memory and a faster hard drive, but the CyberPower Xplorer X6-9600's starting price of $949 makes it easier on the wallet.
Pros
•Quad Core Processor
•Full HD Display
Cons
•Battery Life
•Design
Description
•Intel Core i7-2630QM Quad Core Processor
•4GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory
•Compal PBL21 15.6 Inch Full HD 1920x1080 LED Display
•NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M 2GB Graphics Card
•500GB 5400RPM SATA 300 Hard Driver
•8x DVD Burner
•MSI Wireless 802.11 b/g/n Network Card
•6 Cell Battery Pack
•HDMI, 2 USB 2.0, 1 USB 3.0 Port
•Built-in Media Card Reader
•14.82" x 9.8" x 1.37" @ 5.51 Pounds
Review - CyberPower Xplorer X6-9600 15.6 Inch Gaming Laptop
The CyberPower Xplorer X6-9600 is a 15.6 inch laptop PC that utilizes the Compal PBL21 whitebook chassis. Equipped with an Intel Core i7-2630QM quad-core mobile processor, this system offers decent performance for a relatively low price tag. Starting at $949, the system is fully customizable, and CyberPower has good prices on upgrades.
Starting with the display, the full HD 15.6 inch screen offers good color gamut, and the high resolution works well while playing games. Opting for a 1080p screen nowadays is a definite asset as the price point has come down substantially making it a great value. However, the design is still a bit underwhelming with a glossy bezel and loud keyboard.
As noted above, the sub-$1,000 CyberPower Xplorer X6-9600 has a quad-core Sandy Bride processor, which is quite fast with a 2.0GHz base clock speed and TurboBoost functionality up to 2.9GHz (or 2.6Hz for all four cores). For a laptop under a grand, you can't beat the Core i7-2630QM chip.
Gaming on the CyberPower Xplorer X6-9600 is smooth, but the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M is a bottleneck when trying to play games in 1080p. The card simply cannot compete with the GTX 460M, but you can play with medium settings using the GT 540M. It all depends on what your primary oal is. If you want to game casually and maxed out settings aren't necessary, then the CyberPower Xplorer X6-9600 is a good value. However, if you plan on spending a significant time gaming on the laptop and yearn for extreme frame rates at higher settings, you are better off buying a machine with a more powerful GPU.
One upgrade worth considering is adding another 4GB of memory to the base configuration. The standard Xplorer X6-9600 comes with 4GB DDR3 1333MHz memory, but upgrading to 8GB is an additional $69 and is worth it for smoother performance while multitasking.
The same holds true for hard drive space. The standard configuration sports a 500GB 5400RPM hard drive. To improve performance, I recommend upgrading to a 7200RPM drive for $34 more. If you wish to veer away from mechanical drives entirely, CyberPower has a variety of SSD options available.
Battery life was also disappointing, and competing notebooks, such as the Dell XPS 15, have a clear advantage in this regard. However, the CyberPower Xplorer X6-9600 did run cool and quite which is a must in a portable notebook.
Overall, the CyberPower Xplorer X6-9600 is a nice midsized laptop for the price. At under $1,000, it's nice to find a quad-core processor and full HD display. Gaming performance is somewhat sacrificed by the NVIDIA GT 540M graphics card, and many games run best at medium settings. In conclusion, the Xplorer X6-9600 is great for budget-conscious individuals who are looking to game casually.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 initial impressions
There are many devices that paved the way for the ultra-slick devices that tablets are nowaday. They all contributed ideas like using a mobile OS (The N770 ran Maemo), going with a bigger screen (CrunchPad, MS TabletPC) and using touch input (iPod Touch?). The result is that tablets are starting to become more uniform products. Pretty much all the devices released in the last year have screens ranging from 7″ to 10″, are light and thin, run a “phone OS” and have a camera on both their front and back.
The first device to really tie all of these “optimum specs” together was Apple’s iPad. They’ve pretty much created and subsequently dominated the tablet market, but viable alternatives are starting to emerge. Like the Asus Transformer and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. I’ve been using the latter for little over a week now, and I love it.
Hardware
There are two versions of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. There’s an older, thicker model that you can with a Vodafone plan (10.1v), and there’s the newer, thinner 10.1. Mine is the 8.6mm “non-v”, and in terms of hardware, it’s excellent. It has the same Tegra2 CPU that all the other Android tablets have, and its screen is wonderful. Excellent image quality and snappy touch response.
The Tab doesn’t have a USB port or and SD card slot. There’s an Apple-style all-in-one connector on the bottom. You can get an adapter from Samsung that plugs in there if you really need to plug in your USB stick. Instead, I use an app called “AndSMB” to simply copy files onto the tablet from Samba shares. Besides, “uPnPlay” lets me watch movies without copying them at all. Right from my server.
Weight is an important factor in how you use your tablet. You can hold the Samsung with one hand. You wouldn’t want to watch an entire movie like that, but it works for things like text input. The back is glossy plastic, and it does get a little slippery sometimes. The plastic back allows the Galaxy Tab 10.1 to be one of the lightest tablets out there, notably lighter and thinner than the Acer Iconia for instance.
Honeycomb
But no matter how small, light and sexy a device is, it’s useless without good software. And after playing with my Tab for a week it’s very clear that Honeycomb (Android 3.x) is still in its infancy. It works, but it doesn’t always make good use of the large screen. The browser crashed on me a couple of times, but admittedly with very complex websites.
The real downside to getting an Android tablet right now is that there aren’t many true “tablet apps”. Besides the excellent Gmail app that comes with Android, I found a good Twitter client (TweetComb), a nifty Facebook app (Friend Me), a remarkable feed reader (Feedly) and a couple of games. Most other apps run fine, but they simply stretch to fit the screen, resulting in unnaturally long lines of text and other awkward usability issues.
This situation is almost certain to resolve itself over the coming months. Given Android’s quick rise to dominance in the mobile OS market, developers are very likely to get on board. Existing apps will be updated, or get special “HD” versions, and new developers will try to get part of the Honeycomb app market. And meanwhile, I’m pretty sure Google’s hard at work on the next version of Android too.
Conclusion
The Galaxy Tab 10.1 (non-v) is the current champion of Android tablets. It’s thinner and lighter than the iPad 2 and its screen is excellent. For the moment, it’s held back by its software platform. But that doesn’t mean that it’s a bad device. If you’re into Android, I’d recommend the Samsung over the iPad. If you’re not, I’d encourage you to tryi both before making up your mind.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Asus G74SX gaming notebook launched
Not only that, the G74SX will work in tandem with NVIDIA 3D Vision and 3DTV Play technology, making sure the 3D revolution can be carried with you wherever you go – either that, or you can always hook it up to a 3D-capable HDTV just in case you need a larger viewing real estate.
To pair up such performance with looks has been a mission statement of the Asus G74SX right from the beginning as it boasts a sleek updated stealth design coupled with a matte black exterior, ergonomic keyboard, soft touch palm rest and new dual intelligent fan technology to send all heat to the back of the notebook, letting you have a quieter and cooler gaming experience even late into the night.
With the ability to install up to 16GB RAM, you shouldn’t run into memory issues with this puppy anytime soon. Not only your eyes will enjoy the G74SX’s graphical details, this notebook will also keep your ears happy with 8-channel HD audio with THX TruStudio and Creative EAX Advanced HD 5.0 compatibility. Think that you need more processing firepower? No problem, as there is on-the-fly overclocking.
Know anyone who is going to upgrade their gaming notebook anytime soon? You might want to put in a good word for the Asus G74SX.
Cadence 4-Bit Steel Watch
Well, how about a substitute that shows the world you are sophisticated and yet simple enough to not base your self-worth on a timepiece? This is where the Cadence 4-Bit Steel Watch comes in, as a new addition to their line of 4-Bit Watches, otherwise known as the 4-Bit Steel. Similar to the rest of its predecessors, this new model will rely on 4-bit binary code when its comes to telling the time.
Geeks will definitely love the secretive way in which the time is displayed, and the rest of the world will have to do their part to figure it out. To know how to tell the current time, look carefully at the watch. There will be a quartet of boxes that represent the numbers 8, 4, 2, and 1. The key lies in these figures, where the least significant bit will always be on the outside of the dial. For example, 8 will always be the box closest to the hands with 4 being second, 2 third and 1 closest to the outside. Hopefully that ought to be sufficient enough an explanation to get you started, no?
Nice to know this Cadence 4-Bit Steel Watch is water resistant up to 5ATM, making it ideal for everyday use without worrying about it rusting many years from now, or stopping completely. With a sapphire coated quartz glass, the face of the watch will have a hard time getting scratched. How much for this fashionable timepiece? We are looking at $115 a pop when it arrives later this August.
