Adobe: yep, your Windows 8 system will support Flash — sometimes (video)
September 17, 2011 No Comment
Flash fans can breathe a collective sigh of relief — Adobe has confirmed that the next version of Windows will, in fact, support work built on its once ubiquitous web publishing platform. Windows 8 PCs and tablets with x86 or ARM processors will support the platform — in the more traditional desktop mode, that is. The version of Internet Explorer 10 built for that interface will play nicely with Flash. Those users who opt for the new Metro UI , on the other hand, will be out of luck on the Flash front, thanks to a lack of plug-in support. Between Adobe’s work in the HTML5 world and the ability to build Flash-like apps using Air for the Metro interface, however, the company seems to have most of its bases covered in Windows 8 land. Check out evidence of Flash running in Windows 8 after the break, courtesy of Qualcomm. Continue reading Adobe: yep, your Windows 8 system will support Flash — sometimes (video) Adobe: yep, your Windows 8 system will support Flash — sometimes (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Sometimes it’s the simplest questions that lead to the most important innovation — other times it’s more that they’re just plain fun to answer. Take the one asked by Grand Rapids, MI-artist, Sam Blanchard: what would the Wachowski Brothers’ bullet-time effect look like, were it shot on, say 20 Polaroids , instead of a room full of expensive digital devices? The answer, naturally, can be found in the Polaroid Matrix, a circle of cameras on display at Maker Faire in New York, this weekend. The Kickstarter success story arranges the cameras into a circle — a subject can be sat in the middle, or the cameras can be oriented outward, to take a panorama of the surrounding environment. Once the rig is fired up, the cameras make that familiar Polaroid warm up hum — times 20. The actual photographing happens almost in an instant, with 20 flashes. The photographer walks around the circle and collects 20 photos, which are bound into a photographic flipbook. Check out a video of the Polaroid Matrix in action, after the jump. Gallery: Stepping into the Polaroid Matrix at Maker Faire (video) Continue reading Stepping into the Polaroid Matrix at Maker Faire (video) Stepping into the Polaroid Matrix at Maker Faire (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Judging from the clandestine screenshot you see above, it most certainly seems like that’s the case. A helpful tipster sent us this tasty morsel, from AT&T’s internal system, listing the “iPhone 4s White” beneath a handful of already familiar Apple handsets. Could it be? Is Cupertino actually planning on bringing a white version of its next iPhone out at launch? We’re afraid only time will tell. Did a white iPhone 4S just pop up in AT&T’s inventory system? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Sep 2011 19:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …New PSN user agreement makes it harder to sue Sony: class actions out (sort of), arbitrations in
September 17, 2011 No Comment
Hmmm, wonder what brought this on ? Sony’s gone and changed the lingo in its PSN user agreement to require binding arbitration to settle any future disputes — making it much harder for disgruntled customers to get their day in court. Want to keep your right to sue? You can opt out of the arbitration requirement by sending a letter to Sony’s lawyers saying you’ll be keeping your courtroom entry card, thank you very much. Additionally, the change won’t affect class-action litigation started by August 20th of this year. That means people whose privacy was compromised in the great PSN outage of 2011 that already filed suit needn’t be concerned. For the rest of you, we’d advise breaking out the pen and paper ASAP if you wanna keep the halls of justice open for future complaints. New PSN user agreement makes it harder to sue Sony: class actions out (sort of), arbitrations in originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Dean Kamen files patent application for an inflatable, illuminated wind turbine
September 17, 2011 No Comment
Inflatable wind turbines may not be an entirely new idea, but prolific inventor Dean Kamen has detailed one of a slightly different sort in a recently published patent application. In addition to generating energy for general use, the turbine would also be able to power a set of LEDs adorning the turbine itself, which could be used to display advertising or other information using a persistence of vision effect. The application even suggests that multiple turbines could be linked together and synchronized to form one large billboard. Of course, it is still just that, a patent application — but it is assigned to Kamen’s DEKA company, so it may not be quite as far off from reality as some other applications. Dean Kamen files patent application for an inflatable, illuminated wind turbine originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …LG teases LU6200 with 1.5GHz dual-core CPU, 720p HD display, Gingerbread and 75Mbps LTE
September 17, 2011 No Comment
We recently stumbled upon the latest smartphone that LG’s preparing for its home country, and wow, this plus-sized beauty is sure to turn some heads in South Korea. The device is known only as the LU6200, but it packs a 4.5-inch AH-IPS display at 720p resolution, a dual-core 1.5GHz Scorpion CPU, an Adreno 220 GPU, along with an 8 megapixel AF camera and connectivity to the U+ LTE network (which supports a maximum theoretical download speed of 75Mbps). Further, users will find a 1.3MP front-facing cam, 1GB of RAM, 4GB built-in storage, an 1,830mAh battery, 801.11b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0, along with support for DLNA, MHL, WiFi Direct and NFC. Specifically for the Korean market, the handset can also receive digital radio and TV broadcasts through terrestrial DMB . LG has launched a teaser page for this Gingerbread-powered smartphone, for which pre-orders are said to begin on September 26th — although, there’s yet no word on the pricing. It’s certainly intriguing, though we’ll gladly wait for a stateside version before raiding our piggy bank… again. [Thanks, Anonymous] LG teases LU6200 with 1.5GHz dual-core CPU, 720p HD display, Gingerbread and 75Mbps LTE originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Remember when we took over Times Square last month? Contrary to comments-based speculation, we didn’t drop several years’ salary to see our names and faces (and pets) up in lights. We were actually shooting a segment for the Engadget Show about a new service from Times Square2 (TS2). The NASDAQ / Thompson Reuters alliance is working to increase engagement on the giant electronic billboards it controls in one of the most heavily trafficked spots in the US. The organization has designed a free API for developers, making it possible to create applications for its giant ad spaces on the side of the Thompson Reuters and NASDAQ buildings, and it showed us some of the fruits of its labor in the video clip that you’ll find after the break. Gallery: Engadget in Times Square Continue reading Engadget takes over Times Square, courtesy of TS2 (video) Engadget takes over Times Square, courtesy of TS2 (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Sep 2011 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show is still rolling, but as the throngs of eager German motor enthusiasts fill the halls we’re grabbing our passports and fleeing back to the States. This year’s show had more EVs and infotainment-stuffed cars than ever before and, if what we saw here is any indication, the car of the future will have at least one smartphone or tablet built in there somewhere — maybe two . Enjoy the gallery below of random pictures from the show floor as we kick back in coach and try to catch up on some sleep. And, if you need even more coverage, head on over to our good friends at Autoblog . As usual they obsessively covered the show . Gallery: Frankfurt Motor Show 2011 wrap-up Continue reading Frankfurt Motor Show 2011 wrap-up Frankfurt Motor Show 2011 wrap-up originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Evolta robot to take on the Ironman Triathlon, conquer the course in a week
September 17, 2011 No Comment
Panasonic’s little battery-powered bot that could, the Evolta, has garnered our attention several times over the years. It’s already climbed out of the Grand Canyon and walked 500km from Tokyo to Kyoto , but apparently neither was enough to prove it and its namesake batteries’ true mettle. This time, Panasonic’s putting three of the robots through the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii, and they’ve got a week to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112, and run a 26.2 mile marathon. Unlike the meatbags running the race who have a day to finish, the robots get a week — though they’ll be doing their thing 24 hours a day while only taking breaks to recharge their three AA batteries. Intrigued? The race starts on October 23rd, so there’s plenty of time to watch the appropriately dramatic video explaining the challenge facing the triumvirate of tiny triathletes after the break. Continue reading Evolta robot to take on the Ironman Triathlon, conquer the course in a week Evolta robot to take on the Ironman Triathlon, conquer the course in a week originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Shapeways serves up prêt-à-imprimer 3D bones, Lagerfeld stands by for full skeletal replacement
September 17, 2011 No Comment
3D printed chocolates ? Sure, sounds innocuous enough. But made-to-order 3D printed bones? Now, that’s just morbid. For the surgical team at Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Sick Children, however, the tech’s come in handy as a budget-priced, pre-operative planning tool. Mark Frame, an orthopedic surgical trainee at RHSC, first came up with the idea to create the osteo-facsimiles after a costly university-made replica, commissioned for a procedure, failed to meet necessary proportion and size requirements. After undertaking a bit of self-assigned internet research, Frame sorted out a method to create renders of a patient’s fractured forearm using CT scans processed via the open source OsiriX software . These were then passed through a separate MeshLab application to tidy up any artifacting, and finally exported in 3D-compatible .stl format. The resulting files were sent to Shapeways for printing , with the white plastic bone copies delivered just seven days later for
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