What you’re looking at is the world’s first wireless graphics card affectionately dubbed the KFA2 GeForce GTX460 WHDI 1024MB PCIe 2.0. The card uses five aerials to stream uncompressed 1080p video from your PC to your WHDI enabled television (or any display courtesy of the bundled 5GHz WHDI receiver) at a range of about 100 feet. Otherwise, it’s the same mid-range GTX 460 card we’ve seen universally lauded with 1024MB of onboard RAM helping to make the most of its 336 CUDA cores. Insane, yes, but we’d accept nothing less from our beloved graphics cards manufacturers. KFA2 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 WHDI graphics card is first to go wireless originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Jan 2011 04:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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TERESOPOLIS, Brazil – As night fell, barefoot volunteers dragged a generator and stadium lights into a town cemetery, where nearly 200 freshly dug graves lay open like wounds in the red clay soil, waiting for some of the hundreds killed by torrential rains. Funerals already had been held all day as a light rain persisted Thursday: a sister laying her brother to rest, a man burying his 1-year-old niece in a small white casket, a mother who cried her 9-year-old son’s name repeatedly as he was lowered into the earth. Small, handmade white crosses identified only by numbers – the details would have to come later – dotted the desolate, sodden hilltop. Dozens more funerals will come Friday and 300…
Continue reading …One slightly bent Florida fellow is suffering from more serious depressions, higher hypertension and more stressful stress, he’s charging in a typo-riddled lawsuit filed against WikiLeaks. He’s in “constant fear of being stricken by another heart attack or stroke” because he now believes the world is “on the brink of…
Continue reading …I’ll be back in Seoul on January 24th! The first half of the project is done, the second half involves my readers from Seoul! On my return, I’ll do a open casting to fill 12 spots for an ad shoot. I will follow-up with specific details a little closer to the date. I was very impressed by my first visit to Seoul, I can’t wait to get back.
Continue reading …Sunswift IV, world’s fastest solar-powered racer, leaves GM Sunraycer in its dust
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The Sunswift IV (aka IVy) might look like a mobile dinner table, but it’s actually the world’s fastest solar-powered vehicle . The table-top on wheels got the official nod from the Guinness Book of World Records last week, for hitting a top speed of 88km/h (about 55 mph) — nearly 10 km/h faster than the previous record-holder, the GM Sunraycer, which bears a striking resemblance to a disembodied Android monster . IVy, designed by Sunswift, a student-run non-profit at the University of New South Wales, reached its top speed using 1050 watts, about 400 watts less than the Sunraycer, and performed it’s record-smashing run without the 25kg battery it’s usually packing. Faster runs have been clocked, including by IVy, but Guinness has not been on hand for confirmation. Sunswift IV, world’s fastest solar-powered racer, leaves GM Sunraycer in its dust originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Woolly mammoths could be walking the Earth again in as little as 4 years, according to a Japanese scientist. A technique pioneered in 2008 successfully cloned a mouse from the cells of a mouse frozen for 16 years, and the professor believes he can use the same technique to resurrect…
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Tokyo (CNN) — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that the presence of American forces in Japan is critical to meet security challenges in Asia amid the tension in the Korean Peninsula. “To deal with this century’s critical challenges, critical component…
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So Christmas is coming and your daughter asks you to build her a robot after she sees you building so many for yourself — what do you do? You could build a cute and simple robot, or you could do what Jose Julio did and build something like the Arduino -based ArduSpider robot (since nicknamed Sara), which he’s now showing off for everyone to see. As you can see in the video after the break, the bot is able to both operate autonomously or be controlled remotely, and it packs a surprising number of tricks, including the ability to get tired or bored, and even some basic gymnastic and acrobatic skills. Interested in building your own? You can find all the details and code you need at the source link below. Continue reading DIY ArduSpider robot battles household pets, beats other homemade gifts DIY ArduSpider robot battles household pets, beats other homemade gifts originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The anti-war publications of the Vietnam era have given way to how-to manuals by former military men who seldom deal with moral aspects of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Looks like the bad news just got worse for Modu fans. According to reports from Israel, Modu, maker of impossibly small modular handsets, will be forced to close its doors in February as it attempts to payback debt and the salaries owed to its workers. Ironically, the news will likely spark an increase in demand as nerds battle to curate an elusive Modu W for their vintage gadget collections . Modu closing up shop in February originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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