Blast from the Past

Next Wednesday Apple will show the world the so awaited Apple Tablet, but this time it will not be the “Bashful”

In the eve of this announcement Frog Design thought just right to show some unearthed pics of what Apple was working on in 1983, but I will not spoiled it for you with pics

Take a look at some of the pics and read more about it here

See-through Fashion at CES

CES keeps bringing new gadgets and technology that makes people drool

Take for example the see-through display Samsung (AMOLED)

See-Through Display

Still in R&D the display is not ready for retail, but it sure got a lot of attention at today’s show

Samsung is taking the TV display to thin territory with the new 9000 series, a crisp look and thin case mark the newcomer style

Samsung 9000 Series

Gesture Computing

A group of students at MIT had developed a new way to use a LCD screen to emulate a set of sensors that can be used as movement tracking at a cheaper cost. If the major manufactures of LCD screens start to implement and enhance the technology these students developed, this could be the beginning of a new trend in cell phones and mobile devices with smaller screens

BiDi Capture

For a complete and more detailed information please read this

And check the videos for demo of this technology

Is the Air Force Playing Games?

Why is the Air Force to acquire 2,200 PlayStation3?

As part of the continuous enhancement of the Research Laboratory of the Air Force, 2,200 PlayStation 3 units will be purchase to add to the 336 units already in use for supercomputing research

This is nothing new for the use of the PlayStation 3′s eight-processor to power other supercomputers, as currently doing so for the world’s second-fastest, RoadRunner, at Los Alamos National Laboratory

The processors used in the PlayStation are cheaper than the Intel’s and AMD’s, therefore its broad use in supercomputers

The need for higher resolution of images from radar imaging, build-up of computers with speeds close to human brain’s, and high definition video processing, among other research topics made the PlayStation’s processors ideal for the job

With estimated $700 million expenditure per year for R&D the Air force use of these supercomputers will help to innovate/improve cybersecurity, computer modeling, networking, and collaboration

Think about the useability of these babies!

Coming to a Car Near You

It’s coming at a fast pace. At a cost of $3.96M, and after 6 years of studies, Project VERONICA (Vehicle Event Recording based on intelligent crash assessment) is about to set a recommendation that all cars in Europe are fitted to have a Black Box installed on them

Privacy concerns are set aside by this project with the notion that recording will only be active for record movement in the 30 seconds prior to an accident, and a few seconds afterwards. No personal or other type of information will be obtained in this manner by the box, and the need of a password, for downloading the data from the box, will be required for use in court

In the UK, the Metropolitan Police saved $3.3m US in accident damages after installing the boxes, reports the Times. The boxes cost about $826 US and are the size of a pack of cards

If it comes to the USA, are you ready for this, what, if any will be your objections?

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