Monthly Archives: June 2012

Sports Gadgets

Shows a concept to Time Out that displays the time on your arm


You may have seen the film Time Out, with the handsome Justin Timberlake, in which the expression “time is money” makes sense, since humans get life time with the money. In this film, the remaining time to live is displayed on the forearm of a person, an idea that inspired a designer, Nurdinov, to realize a concept shows like that. In his idea, it is not displaying your life time remaining on your arms, but rather the time it is.
This concept is quite nice, especially adapted for film. This bracelet watch will project the time on your arm with a small built-in laser. Unfortunately, this is only a draft and it is not yet for sale, you will perhaps allow the designer to develop and market.

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Gadgets

USM to Slim slots for Serial ATA finest


The Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) has announced the availability of a new specification called “Universal Storage Module slim” (Slim USM), with which the standard connector for storage media starts and the time of Ultrabooks shelves.

USM’s first name defined standard dimensions, paving the way for the emergence of receptacles for storage into all sorts of consumer products such as televisions, media players or computers. This specification has unfortunately not had the expected enthusiasm, since it is so far exploited only by a few manufacturers Seagate and computer cases, but the intention was laudable. The new specification “USM Slim” returns for its height of the receptacle from 14.5 to 9 mm, which allows products that are generally more for providing a location, in which would then slide a hard drive or an SSD whose power connectors and SATA 6 Gbps to be automatically would trigger.

This specification is one of the novelties of the future Serial ATA Revision 3.2, which is not known yet other inputs, but it is already available to members of SATA-IO. Some products like Seagate GoFlex Slim have already used.

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Softwares and Apps

Google unveils the future of Maps, 3D and offline program


Google today unveiled the latest planned in the coming weeks for its mapping service Maps. The program includes three-dimensional maps and offline mode on Android further.The Mountain View company beat Apple, which could be next Monday iOS 6 has a new mapping application that does not clearly based on Google Maps.
As foreshadowed, the future of Google’s mapping service will be in 3D: thus understand that instead of the default view maps for high and flat on an Android smartphone or IOS, the Google Maps application to provide a 45 ° to see the buildings, but also the landscape in three dimensions on his mobile. An aerial view greater than satellite, in short.The demonstration by Google is very fluid, but one can imagine, however, that the report will be particularly effective on the latest smartphones, and less on the earliest consistent with the application.
This new feature will be available soon on Android and iOS: no specific date was given.Also new is announced, this time only on Android: the ability to save on their smartphone pieces of cards in order to explore them offline. In reality, this function is not entirely new since it was already proposed in beta through Google Labs. However, it has been enhanced to allow the user to choose the level of detail of the map you wish to register. The application will then calculate the necessary space on the SD card of the mobile, and downloads the selected card for use without 3G or WiFi connection.
This new feature will arrive “soon” on Android, and Google does not exclude the offer in the future on IOS.Finally, the company also unveiled a new feature on Street View: this is a new 360-degree camera designed to be worn as a backpack. The objective of this new camera, in addition to those already present on cars, snowmobiles or tricycles from the firm, will capture images of trails and other hiking circuits around the world. Squirrels may already fear for their privacy.Many ads that should help to highlight
Google Maps in the coming months, at a time when many online services give up this map, pay in the form of SDK for free solutions but less complete, as Open Street Map. For the rest of Google ads, it will be the conference I / O of the company, Adu scheduled June 27 to 29 next.

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Dslr Cameras

New Dslr Camera Canon EOS 650D


According to rumors, Canon recently formalized its new amateur SLR EOS 650D with which offers its new hybrid sensor APS-C of 18 megapixels. Hybrid because the new sensor supports not only detection but also the phase contrast detection. For the remaining features, the EOS 650D offers a DIGIC V, a sensitivity of 100 ISO 12800 ext. to ISO 25600 (ISO 6400 ext. to ISO 12800 in video mode), a new more efficient and coherent AF with 9-point cross with the center AF point sensitive to F / 2.8, a measure of exposure of 63 areas, with in contrast detection, using continuous AF on the videos, a first in the EOS range, the video recording 1080p/24/25/30, video Snapshot mode, a stereo microphone, microphone input, a burst speed of 5fps, a touchscreen and swivel 3 “and capacitive technology with a resolution of 1.04 megapixels, new scene modes, a night mode and a HDR mode, new effects such as oil and watercolor effects (uh … How to say), an integrated Speedlite Transmitter, compatibility with UHS-1 cards, the same battery as the EOS 600D, all in rather compact housing with a weight of 480g body only.

Besides, Canon also took the opportunity to announce new objectives with a new engine said STM, optimized for video with a zoom mode and step by step and consider the new hybrid sensor of the EOS 650D. Two new optical STM EF created for the video will also be available in stride with the EF 18-135mm F3,5-5, and 6 MCS IS 40mm F2, 8 STM-like pancake 22.8 mm thick and with a MAP 30cm mini. So you have read, meet demand, Canon has therefore now and pancake type lenses on an EOS 650D, the gain in compactness is obvious. The 40mm is probably the first in a series, I hope not too soon to come, we’ll know more at Photokina 2012 this fall.

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Technology Science

Spider N3 ARAK an impressive little Lego mecha


Spider N3 ARAK an impressive little Lego mecha, It’s Friday, do we allow a few fantasies. You probably remember the Tachikoma from Ghost in the Shell Lego presented by Thomas and directed by a named YouTubeur. Creating a very impressive you might say, but that will apparently not get it enough votes to pass on Lego Cusoo into production. It seems also, according to the author, the Danish company that has perhaps not particularly like the resemblance to the mechas from the anime by Masamune Shirow license required. Never mind, decided to return Majh to a model with its own identity ARAK called Spider Mech-N3 stock and always walking on four legs and this time featuring a true clamp enabling him to grasp various objects .

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Smart TVs, TVs

E3 OnLive signs a partnership with LG


On the sidelines of the grand stands and conferences game publishers, E3 is also an opportunity for smaller companies to make announcements. This is the case of Gaikai this morning with the announcement of a partnership with Samsung, and also Onlive, a pioneer in the market, announcing a partnership with LG.
Onlive, for now limited to the United States, announced that he was now working hand in hand with LG to offer its service on Cloud Gaming smart TV brand. It will soon also offer games compatible with 3D, and multi screen on the same screen to play multiplayer. Finally, Onlive announced the forthcoming introduction of a system that would play demos directly in the browser. The user playing games streaming, any installation will be required.

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