USB 3.0 not as fast as anticipated
Jan 8, 2009 Gadgets, Technology
In a recent TG Daily interview with a representative of the USB Implementers Forum it was told that the transfer speeds of USB 3.0 will only be 1200 Mb/s but not 5000 Mb/s as was said some time ago. It will take several years for it to reach that speed.
USB 3.0 will be more than twice as fast as USB 2.0 and more power efficient so it’s all alright for now.
[Via Gizmodo]
Mercedes Attention Assist wakes you up
Dec 29, 2008 Cars, Technology
If you fall asleep at the wheel of the new Mercedes E-Class the car will try to wake you up.
This system is called Attention Assist and it is the result of studies by the folks at Mercedes. They studied brainwaves of sleepy drivers and physical behavior that followed (like sluggish or delayed steering) and were able to design a car that knows when you’re about to fall asleep at the wheel.
When the system notices that you’re falling asleep, with the help of sensors in the steering wheel, it will sound an alarm to wake you up and then the display will suggest you stop driving and take a break.
[Via Gizmodo]
Tags: Cars, Technology
Prime laptop with three collapsible screen
Dec 29, 2008 Laptops, Technology
This Prime laptop has three collapsible screens that offer a wide viewing panel. When the laptop is closed it is the size of a 13″ notebook and when it’s open it’s the size of 26″ notebook.
The main screen is a 10″ concealed OLED screen with 16:10 aspect ratio and the left and right slide out OLED screens are with 8:10 aspect ratio.
The laptop has an aluminum body for maximum cooling and has plenty of power, 2 CPUs and GPUs.
I would really want to try one of these if it actually gets made, but it’s probably going to be really expensive.
Tags: Laptops, Technology
A Swiss man flew over the English Channel with a jet pack
Sep 27, 2008 Gadgets, Technology, Video
A Swiss airline pilot flew over the English Channel yesterday. His name is Yves Rossy and the 22-mile flight took him only 10 minutes.
“He started by jumping out of a small, French plane and quickly flipped on the jet pack. From there he attempted to follow the route Louis Blériot took 99 years ago when he became the first man to cross the Channel in a plane. Once over his target, he simply parachuted down.”
[Via CrunchGear]
The Cocoon
Sep 20, 2008 Gadgets, Technology
This is called the Cocoon could possibly be the ultimate office computer setup. It features six monitors, several PCs, and a couple of Kinesis Freestyle keyboards.
“The six monitors include four HPs, one ViewSonic, and a 30-inch Apple Cinema Display. The Mac Pro has three video cards. The whole shebang is served by two APC uninterruptible power supplies. Nice.”
Pictures after the break.
Wearable Dino Suits That Look and Move Realistically
Sep 1, 2008 Gadgets, Technology, Video
You may think these dinosaurs are animatronic robots, but they’re actually wearable suits.
Raptor Suit
The Raptor suit was created for Walking with the Dinosaurs, a BBC mini-series. The Raptor has a flexible exoskeleton and hundreds of articulation points.
T-Rex
The T-Rex suit may not be as technically advanced as the Raptor suit it features some cool sound effects
[Via TechEBlog]
Tags: Gadgets
Made for iPod Fridge
Sep 1, 2008 Gadgets, Software, Technology
This Gorenje fridge is an official Apple-licensed Made for iPod refrigerator.
What’s even more awesome than a fridge with iPod dock and speakers is that you can control the fridge with your iPod touch or iPhone using an application called iGorenj.
Tags: Gadgets
WhiteKnightTwo to be unveiled on Monday
Jul 26, 2008 Gadgets, Space, Technology
Now is a good time for rich people who want to see the space with their own eyes.
British billionaire Sir Richard Branson and others are going to unveil WhiteKnightTwo at the Mojave Air and Space Port on Monday.
Virgin Galactic, in partnership with Scaled Composites are going to offer space tourism and it isn’t going to be cheap, it will cost some six figures.
Google Earth Hologram Machine
Jul 5, 2008 Gadgets, Google, Technology, Video
This video shows Google Earth in a hologram machine. The machine combines 2D mid-air projection system and motion sensors.
Warning: The music sucks!
Tags: Gadgets, Google, machine, Technology
NASA Creates The World’s Highest Resolution Visualization System
Jun 29, 2008 Gadgets, Technology
NASA’s Advanced Supercomputing Division at Ames has created a mega display capable of rendering one quarter billion pixels.
The mega display is called hyperwall-2 and it measures 7- x 3- meters. It is powered by 128 GPUs, 1,024 processor cores with 74 teraflops of peak processing power and data storage capacity of 475 terabytes.
Hyperwall-2 has more than 100 times the processing power of it’s predecessor, the 49-screen hyperwall developed in 2002.
[Via Switched]
Tags: predecessor, Resolution