Transcend issues four new CFast 500 memory cards, promises 108MB/sec transfer rates
November 2, 2010 No Comment
February 2010 has come and gone , and we’re still not seeing a heck of a lot of traction with regard to CFast . Hailed as the next major leap in the CompactFlash standard, CFast cards rely on the SATA interface versus UDMA / IDE, with Transcend’s latest expected to boast transfer rates of 108MB/sec. As with other CFast cards, these too are shaped exactly like existing CompactFlash units, and while it seems as if the company is pushing these towards enterprise and industrial applications right now, it’s just a matter of time before they make the jaunt to your local camera shop. Expect four sizes (2/4/8/16GB) to pop up in the next few months, and feel free to let your imagination run wild with respect to prices. Continue reading Transcend issues four new CFast 500 memory cards, promises 108MB/sec transfer rates Transcend issues four new CFast 500 memory cards, promises 108MB/sec transfer rates originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Continue reading …PALRO the robot gets upgraded to 2.0, gets improved face & body tracking, is as cute as ever (video)
November 2, 2010 No Comment
Oh PALRO , you’d already won our hearts with that dirty dancing routine you learned over the summer, and heaven knows you’re cute as a button. Now, though, you have the brains to match those looks. Fujisoft has upgraded PALRO’s software to version 2.0, which comes with some impressive face, body, and object tracking. The little guy can now identify a face and track it even if someone turns their head, and likewise can identify a person’s body at a distance while walking through a crowded room. With a quick scan of its dome-shaped head PALRO can locate all the objects in a room and, when told to walk to one, will start swinging its arms and strut right to it, dodging wayward keyboards and mice along the way. It’s as impressive as it is adorable, and while PALRO still isn’t available for sale to the world at large, a price of roughly $3,300 makes means he’s well out of our league anyway. Continue reading PALRO the robot gets upgraded to 2.0, gets improved face & body tracking, is as cute as ever (video) PALRO the robot gets upgraded to 2.0, gets improved face & body tracking, is as cute as ever (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A bullfighter in Colombia has a run in with a bull in the ring, the animal getting ahold of the man’s pants, delighting the watching crowd. The fighter finished in an improvised outfit. (Nov. 2)
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Exit polls have started to leak and the results are not at all surprising: 80 percent of voters in this election are worried about the direction of the economy, but most blame Wall Street and George W. Bush for the crisis ahead of President Obama. About 40 percent self-identified as tea party and voted Republican. Most voters polled as they left their precincts said the country is heading in the wrong direction and both parties were unpopular. One in three voters said someone in their household lost a job in the last two years. The Huffington Post: About a third say their household suffered a job loss in the past two years, but that didn’t give a clear direction to their voting. They divided over which party to support in Tuesday’s House races. About four in 10 say they are worse off financially than they were two years ago. More than 80 percent said they were worried about the direction of the economy over the next year. Only about a quarter of voters in Tuesday’s House races blamed Obama for the nation’s economic troubles. But about half think Obama’s policies will hurt the country. Read more Related Entries October 28, 2010 Halliburton Blamed for Shoddy Construction in Gulf Oil Disaster October 28, 2010 Does a Bear Vote in the Woods?
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On Tuesday, another parcel bomb aimed at a high-level European leader—this time German Chancellor Angela Merkel—was intercepted as it made its way to Germany from Greece. Greece was the point of origin where other pieces of explosive mail were discovered recently before or after detonation.
Continue reading …Rather than try and keep updating a blog post as the election results come in, I’ll be posting updates via Twitter tonight.
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San Fran Nan, the last of the starry-eyed optimists : Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen are stating flat out that Democrats will hold onto the House, despite predictions of a GOP wipeout. “We’re on pace to maintain the majority in the House of Representatives,” Pelosi just told reporters. “Millions of Americans are proving the Washington pundits wrong,” Van Hollen said. I was hoping she’d make a jackass out of herself before the polls closed.
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