Cybertecture Mirror reflects our fantasies, looks set to become a reality (video)
October 13, 2010 No Comment
We’re still trying to rub the disbelief out of our eyes, but no, this isn’t a dream. The Cybertecture Mirror may look like yet another vapor-rich concept — what with its translucent overlaid interface and cloud-connected ways — but it’s actually just had its launch in Hong Kong, is set to start taking pre-orders in December, and will (hopefully) be shipped by the middle of next year. The brainchild of one James Law, this reflective renegade measures 800 x 500 x 50mm, comes with stereo speakers totalling 10W of power output, WiFi, IP41 waterproofing, and fog-resistant glass. Before you ask if it runs Android, both the display and operating system are said to be proprietary, with the latter offering access to messaging, weather, calendar, and apps, such as an included fitness-tracking utility. Wen Wei Po reports a 60,000 HKD ($7,733) launch price and a very ambitious expectation that two million Mirrors will be sold over the first three years. Best of luck to them. You’ll find masses of video after the break. [Thanks, Brendan] Continue reading Cybertecture Mirror reflects our fantasies, looks set to become a reality (video) Cybertecture Mirror reflects our fantasies, looks set to become a reality (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 05:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A Berkeley, CA -based Bionics developer unveiled eLEGS, a wearable, artificially intelligent, bionic device that powers paraplegics up to get them standing and walking. (Oct. 13)
Continue reading …Elpida and Sharp team up for ReRAM in 2013: 10,000x the speed of current NAND flash chips
October 13, 2010 No Comment
Want to know where the next breakthrough in mobile technology will come from? Well, if Elpida and Sharp have their way, the answer will be the usual suspect of Japan, where they’re working away on new memory chips said to be capable of four orders of magnitude faster performance than the ordinary NAND flash storage of today. Dubbed ReRAM, or Resistive Random Access Memory, this project targets a 2013 date for commercialization and counts the University of Tokyo and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology among its development team. Details on how such blinding speeds will be reached aren’t readily available, but the Nikkei reports power consumption will be down to “virtually zero” when the memory’s not in use. So with ReRAM and HP’s memristors both set for three years from now, can we schedule NAND’s funeral for 2014 or what? Elpida and Sharp team up for ReRAM in 2013: 10,000x the speed of current NAND flash chips originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …CDMA iPhone rumored for India as exclusivities end in Germany and Holland
October 13, 2010 No Comment
More fuel for the CDMA iPhone fire today. The Wall Street Journal says that Apple is in talks with both Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices to bring a CDMA version of its iPhone — the one it again says will be on sale at Verizon early next year — to India. The discussions have apparently been ongoing for four or five months according to one WSJ source. This comes out as news of iPhone exclusivity arrangements are ending in both Germany and The Netherlands. In Germany, Deutsche Telekom loses its exclusive now that both O2 and Vodafone will be offering Apple’s finest before the holidays. In Holland, T-Mobile just lost its exclusive arrangement as both KPN and Vodafone have announced plans to carry the iPhone — no specific dates were mentioned though, like Germany, in time for the holidays is a pretty good guess. CDMA iPhone rumored for India as exclusivities end in Germany and Holland originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Greeted by cheers from an awaiting crowd, the first freed miners arrived at a hospital in Copiapo, Chile for evaluations. (Oct. 13)
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After 69 days trapped in a Chilean mine, the first of 33 men emerged from a special capsule. The big moment capped a day filled with feelings that were both festive and tense. (Oct. 13)
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If you’re going to make the jump to 3D then don’t pussyfoot around. Not when you can go all in with the world’s largest commercial 3D LED backlit television from LG. The 72LEX9 stretches that 400Hz TruMotion panel to a full 72 inches while bunging NetCast online media streaming, Spot Control pixel dimming, DLNA, and Wireless AV Link into the mix. Look for it to be released in Q2 of 2011… at which time LG will probably release its 84-incher just to spite you. TV sans human after the break. Continue reading LG 72LEX9: the largest 3D television you can purchase next year LG 72LEX9: the largest 3D television you can purchase next year originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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India, South Africa and Germany have all won two-year terms that will put them on the UN’s Security Council at the same time as Brazil and Nigeria,
Continue reading …FCC set to approve rules compelling carriers to alert you when you’re about to go over your limit
October 13, 2010 No Comment
Politicians do love themselves a sharp and emotive turn of phrase and few are as good as ” bill shock .” That’s the term the FCC uses to sum up all those instances when you’ve had unexpected charges on your monthly wireless bill, whether caused by unknowingly going outside the bounds of your geographical coverage or monthly allowance. Seeing this issue as something it could help alleviate, the Commission set up a Consumer Task Force back in May in an effort to seek out solutions, and now it has returned with perhaps the most obvious one: getting your network operator to shoot out a voice or text message warning you when you’re about to incur costs outside of your normal plan. That’s basically what AT&T already does with iPad owners approaching their monthly data limits, which the federales see as a good practice that should be extended across all carriers. FCC set to approve rules compelling carriers to alert you when you’re about to go over your limit originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Six men rescued at sea after their sport boat broke down over the weekend have been reunited with their families. Coast guard aircraft and boats were used to find the boat Monday, some 120 miles off the New Jersey coast. (Oct. 12)
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