Filed under: Displays, HDTV
That Samsung / Armani tie-up continues to grow closer, following the cellphones is a new premium HDTV unveiled on the opening day of the Milan International Furniture Fair. The 46- and 52-inch 1080p LCDs include Samsung’s 100Hz display technology, wrapped in a design inspired by Giorgio Armani’s ‘08/’09 Armani/Casa home furnishings collection — inspired by Eileen Gray and reminiscent of Hollywood’s Golden Age — built to incorporate the TV as a design element of the room rather than hide it. Expect the 42-inch model, with stylish backlit remote control (a smaller, pebble shaped remote is also included for your less stylish friends) and specially designed front-mounted power switch to launch in Europe, Korea and Russia mid-summer, followed by the 52-inch in late summer.
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Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
Although it’s no Hands Free 3D, the recently unveiled (and unboxed) 3DConnexion SpaceNavigator has now been optimized to provide a more realistic experience in Second Life. The 3D mouse enables users to move their avatar, pan around, build more naturally and extract way more enjoyment from the game than goofing off with just a mouse / keyboard combo. We don’t have to warn you, but trust us when we say that four tutorial videos (they’re in the read link) of using this thing in Second Life should only be endured by the hardest of hardcore.
[Thanks, Drake]
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Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
Although it’s no Hands Free 3D, the recently unveiled (and unboxed) 3DConnexion SpaceNavigator has now been optimized to provide a more realistic experience in Second Life. The 3D mouse enables users to move their avatar, pan around, build more naturally and extract way more enjoyment from the game than goofing off with just a mouse / keyboard combo. We don’t have to warn you, but trust us when we say that four tutorial videos (they’re in the read link) of using this thing in Second Life should only be endured by the hardest of hardcore.
[Thanks, Drake]
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Many Windows users worry about viruses. Some also worry about the software that’s supposed to protect their computers from viruses.
Many Windows users worry about viruses. Some also worry about the software that’s supposed to protect their computers from viruses.
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
We know, it’s a dream of yours to one day hear what Neanderthals from eons past sounded like when they conversed of DAPs possessing a few kilobytes of storage space and longed for computers that wouldn’t take up entire caves. Okay, so maybe that’s a stretch, but an anthropologist at Florida Atlantic University has seemingly figured out a way to actually recreate what ancient human speech (probably) sounded like. By utilizing reconstructions of a trio of Neanderthal vocal tracts, the crew was able to engineer what a spoken “E” would’ve sounded like via a computer synthesiser; in time, they’re hoping to construct an entire Neanderthal sentence. Of course, not everyone’s convinced that the discoveries made thus far are entirely accurate, but be sure to hit the read link a take a listen for yourself (hint: it’s nothing like those Bud Light commercials).
[Via Slashdot, image courtesy of ABC]
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Filed under: Handhelds
Sure, there’s plenty of far fetched concept devices from big players like
Nokia, but it’s nice to see that folks without millions of dollars in research funding can also come up with equally unrealistic devices, as evidenced by this so-called “Scroll” contraption created by 13 Tech Design. What’s more, this one doesn’t get by on looks alone, with it packing a touchscreen-based cellphone, a 10 megapixel camera
and 1080p camcorder, various media-playing features, built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, and a full-fledged computer that runs on Vista or XP. That’s right, it seems that even fantasyland gadgets need to fall back on XP.
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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
It may not offer
real-time translation, but Nomenta Industries’s new Trinvo talking translator looks like it should get the job done nonetheless, with it boasting cross-translation of no less than twelve languages (no word as to which ones). You’ll also get a 2,500 word dictionary, 750 commonly used sentences, sightseeing information, and some handy features like metric conversions and a likely not-entirely-up-date currency converter, not to mention some unspecified games. No word on a price or release, but we’re guessing it’s got to be quite a bit cheaper than some of the other
suped-up translators we’ve seen.
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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
It may not offer
real-time translation, but Nomenta Industries’s new Trinvo talking translator looks like it should get the job done nonetheless, with it boasting cross-translation of no less than twelve languages (no word as to which ones). You’ll also get a 2,500 word dictionary, 750 commonly used sentences, sightseeing information, and some handy features like metric conversions and a likely not-entirely-up-date currency converter, not to mention some unspecified games. No word on a price or release, but we’re guessing it’s got to be quite a bit cheaper than some of the other
suped-up translators we’ve seen.
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Filed under: Wearables
Calculator watches, a staple of the average’s geek wardrobe since before your grandmother was born, have been called out, as David Jones’ own homegrown version totally trumps anything out there on the pre-fabricated market today. The cleverly-titled µWatch was born after a Casio CFX-400 bit the dust after years upon years of telling time and determining averages, and while it seems as though a bona fide front panel is still in the works, we’re personally hoping that currently unoccupied Design & Construction portal gets updated with a how-to guide. Check out the read link for a few more shots of the early prototype and the current build.
[Via OhGizmo]
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