Archive for ‘August, 2010’

Video of the Day: Emotional robot head Flobi

Video of the Day: Emotional robot head Flobi

Engineering Group of the German Belefeldskogo University decided to create a robot head, quite realistically expresses emotions the characters of animated films. In general, the robot resembles a doll. This rather complex structure has a size approximately corresponding to the human head. The robot is equipped with a variety of devices: actuators, microscopes, gyroscopes, cameras. [...]

Fourth beta of Firefox 4 on Monday brings hardware acceleration

Fourth beta of Firefox 4 on Monday brings hardware acceleration

Mozilla has announced the fourth beta version of Firefox 4 for Monday. You should bring Windows users hardware acceleration, which will be turned off by default but still. In addition, a revised interface called “Tab Sets” is on board, the first to be called “Candy Tab”. The hardware acceleration is able to delegate certain tasks [...]

Iran has developed a humanoid robot Surena 2

Iran has developed a humanoid robot Surena 2

Iran – is not a country that immediately comes to mind when we’re talking about robotics. That did not prevent the progressive Center for Vehicle (Center for Advanced Vehicles) of the University of Tehran (University of Tehran) to create a robot Surena 2 – Considering the country of manufacture, the car created quite a stir, [...]

The news of the tablet on the basis of Google Chrome was a “canard”

The news of the tablet on the basis of Google Chrome was a “canard”

Today, many foreign and domestic resources published “sensational” news about the tablet on the basis of Google Chrome, which was released allegedly held this year on November 26. It was reported that the implementation of the hot new items will deal with mobile operator Verizon, and its release have entrusted the company HTC, which already [...]

Eizo FlexScan S1902 – 19”monitor office with eye protection

Eizo FlexScan S1902 – 19”monitor office with eye protection

company Eizo Nanao Corporation announced a new 19-inch LCD display Eizo FlexScan S1902 with the screen aspect ratio of 5:4, is addressed primarily to office workers. This model is based on the TN-panel, available in gray or black body color and is equipped with an adjustable stand. New special features Auto EcoView (screen brightness automatically [...]

The official debut of “DSLRs» Nikon D3100

The official debut of “DSLRs» Nikon D3100

Nikon has announced the release of a digital SLR camera Nikon D3100, positioned as an easy-to-use device for the whole family, which allows high-quality photos in any shooting conditions. novelty lies in the ergonomic black body with dimensions of 124 x 96 x 74.5 mm and weighs 500g (with standard lithium-ion battery EN-EL14 and memory [...]

Modding: Portable SEGA Dreamcast

Modding: Portable SEGA Dreamcast

One participant moddersky resource Ben Heck Forums has posted photos of their work network – your own custom portable game console SEGA Dreamcast. Despite the fact that the device has turned fairly bulky, the work done is impressive. console made in the plastic cover on its front panel there was a place for the small [...]

Photojojo – true interchangeable lenses for iPhone

Photojojo – true interchangeable lenses for iPhone

Camera Apple iPhone 4 is quite good by the standards of smartphones, but it has no optical zoom and in this sense can someone be limited. Fortunately, Photojojo has presented a solution which, I think, will have some demand among owners of this powerful phone. She released two interchangeable lens for a mini-iPhone, 4 are [...]

NetApp Achieves Record Sales in the fiscal first quarter 2011

NetApp Achieves Record Sales in the fiscal first quarter 2011

NetApp CEO Tom Georgens (Image: NetApp) NetApp has completed its first fiscal quarter of 2011 (to 30 July 2010) with record sales of 1.14 billion dollars. In the same period the previous year’s revenue stood at $ 838 million. The proceeds from this month’s quarterly balance sheet (PDF) out of the U.S. storage specialist. GAAP [...]

LG will demonstrate 31-inch OLED-TV

LG will demonstrate 31-inch OLED-TV

LG will demonstrate 31-inch OLED-TV on the 50th anniversary exhibition of consumer electronics IFA, which will be held in Berlin 3 – 8 September. At the moment, this TV is the biggest consumer product in its class. For information about the thickness of the body, the date of the sale price and the new company [...]

“Tsifrovik» Canon IXUS 1000 HS with recording Full HD-video

“Tsifrovik» Canon IXUS 1000 HS with recording Full HD-video

Canon has decided to celebrate the 10th anniversary since the release of his first compact digital device family announcement IXUS Canon IXUS model 1000 HS (for the U.S. market provided the name of the Canon PowerShot SD4500 IS), which can not only make quality JPEG-image, but and record movies in Full HD-resolution 1920 x 1080 [...]

MSI Introduces 15-inch notebooks with Nvidia’s Hybrid Graphics Optimus

MSI Introduces 15-inch notebooks with Nvidia’s Hybrid Graphics Optimus

MSI has the F-series, a new notebook series introduced to the market, which is equipped with Intel Core processors and Nvidia’s Hybrid i-Optimus graphics. The first models are the FX600-FX600-i3343W7P i5447W7P and with 15.6-inch screen on the market. The former offers a fast 2.4 GHz Core i5-450M, 4GB of DDR3 RAM and a 500 GB [...]

Began selling the MSI FX600 laptop is priced at just $ 900

Began selling the MSI FX600 laptop is priced at just $ 900

few weeks ago we wrote that MSI has announced two new notebook models with decent functionality – FX600 and FR600. At that time, information about the date of the sale price of new products and was not. is now known that the first model of two already went on sale, and its price will be [...]

Acer brings 27-inch display with a contrast ratio of 12.000.000:1

Acer brings 27-inch display with a contrast ratio of 12.000.000:1

Acer has expanded its range of displays S3 by a white LED model with 27-inch screen and a dynamic contrast ratio of 12.000.000:1. The S273HL coming soon for 399 € with three years warranty on the market. It is aimed primarily at gamers and multimedia users. The matte TN panel offers a full HD resolution [...]

IT-prophecy: The future of interfaces

IT-prophecy: The future of interfaces

well known in professional circles “IT-guru” Reto Meier (Reto Meier) recently shared his thoughts with the public interfaces for the future of computers and personal devices. As expected, most of the predictions of Meyer intersect with reality. Meyer confident that in five years the market will flexible displays with built-in HD-projectors. What we have today? [...]