PC Hardware Designs of the Future. I’ve been having a look at some cool input technology concepts from Microsoft’s first ever PC Hardware Designs of the Future Project.
Twenty four MA Industrial Design students from Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design were briefed to design innovative hardware devices with a focus on user experience, trying to create possible alternatives to the mouse or keyboard, or a more abstract consumer device. Problems to be solved The great thing about this competition was that the students had to try to address clear consumer needs, and there was a wide variety of problems considered.
Accessibility is close to my heart, so I really took to the couple of products that focused on helping make experiences better for people who are often limited by the world around them. Making reading more accessible Cai Jun Yang designed a beautiful multi-functional device, ‘Drag Fun – Easy Reader’ that could scan text and output it in braille, audio and translated audio. Top 10 Ways to Turn Your Retired Gadgetry into the Technology of the Future. 'nesting pc virtual tablet' by sono mocci - 'FUJITSU design award 2011' competition shortlisted entry. 'nesting pc virtual tablet' by sono mocci a concept by japanese-born, italy-based designer sono mocci , 'nesting pc virtual tablet' is a combination tablet and data visualization interface with automatic battery charging and data syncing. phones, memory cards, CDs, USB ports, and I/O cables can be plugged directly into the device, where they will show up as images on the touchscreen for easy manipulation and access. the design was shortlisted from over 1000 concepts in our recent designboom competition ' a life with future computing ', organized in collaboration with FUJITSU . the 13-inch concept tablet features a dedicated dock for mobile phones. when inserted, a visualization of the phone onscreen.
From Sand to Processor or How a CPU is made - Intel. It is hard to believe that a modern processor (CPU) is the most complex product in the world.
What is so complex in this piece of metal? In this article I will try to explain how a modern processer (CPU) is made from the sand. Processor Manufacturing. BioPower Systems. Bento Laptop Tablet Hybrid by René Woo-Ram Lee. Bento is quite an exceptional and forward thinking concept by René Woo-Ram Lee.
It’s quite a plausible scenario that most of use/own a tablet, a PC, external hard drives and a smartphone. Now combine the power of these to have fully customizable Bento Laptop! The Box accommodates all the gear to work as one whole unit or individually; as you see fit. Features Laptop with 15″ OLED screen11″ tablet and 4″ phone sit in shallow depressionsSolar powered lithium-ion battery1TB SSD drive.
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HackerThings: Products for the discerning hacker. USB Stick Contains Dual-Core Computer, Turns Any Screen Into an Android Station. Is that a USB key in your pocket or a dual-core computer?
Today, Norwegian company FXI technologies showed off a USB stick-sized portable computer prototype, complete with a dual-core 1.2-GHz Samsung Exynos ARM CPU (same as in the Galaxy S II), 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, HDMI-out and a microSD card slot for memory. Codenamed Cotton Candy because its 21 gram weight is the same as a bag of the confection, the tiny PC enables what its inventor calls “Any Screen Computing,” the ability to turn any TV, laptop, phone, tablet, or set-top box into a dumb terminal for its Android operating system. The Cotton Candy has a USB 2.0 connector on one end and an HDMI jack on the other. When connected to an HDTV, it uses the HDMI port for video, the USB for power, and Bluetooth to connect to a keyboard, mouse, or tablet for controlling the operating system.
The device can output up to 1080p so even a full HD screen can display the Candy’s preloaded Android 2.3 operating system at its native resolution. Want Siri for Android? Try Vlingo [Infographic] While Siri isn’t perfect, the voice-controlled assistant is definitely an innovative feature of the iPhone 4S and it’s something that may make Android fans jealous.
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While we’ve seen some Siri competitors on Android before, we’ve been fans of Vlingo for a long time and the company just put out an infographic about why it offers more features than Siri. The funny thing is that both Siri and Vlingo are now connected through Nuance, as this company provides the voice-recognition technology for Apple’s iPhone 4S and it just acquired Vlingo. Still, the infographic is interesting to see and if you’re on an Android phone and want a taste of voice controls, feel free to download Vlingo here. About The Author Marin Perez Marin Perez has torture tested cell phones and smartphones for industry leaders like CNET and InformationWeek. Sell Your Old Cell Phone for Cash Buy a New Cell Phone. Breakthrough Nanotechnology Will Bring 100 Terabyte 3.5-inch Digital Data Storage Disks.
Have you ever dream of 100 terabyte of data per 3.5-inch disk?
New patented innovation nanotechnology from Michael E. Thomas, president of Colossal Storage Corporation, makes it real. Michael invented and patented the world's first and only concept for non-contact UV photon induced electric field poling of ferroelectric non-linear photonic bandgap crystals, which offers the possibility of controlling and manipulating light within a UV/Deep Blue frequency of 1 nm to 400 nm. It took him 14 years to find a practical conceptualization that would work to advance the storage industry; 3D Volume Holographic Optical Storage Nanotechnology, for which Michael holds the patents.
He was invited to present this fascinating discovery to the National Science Foundation in February 2004. • Join PhysOrg.com on Facebook! Build your own LCD Video Projector. Here are some other LCD projector plans recently mailed to me by somebody, I scanned them in for you: By the time you are done going through all this information, you should be able to build a video projector that will work as well as any one of the brand name LCD video projectors that cost hundreds to thousands of dollars, for less than $300.
To get started you need to know how these projectors work. It's quite simple really; the projector uses a different light source other than the LCD monitor. It magnifies the picture with one or more lenses and with the power of an alternate light source. 4-2011cartoon-large.jpg (JPEG Image, 700x468 pixels) The Art of Cable Organization. [Project] L3p D3sk - techPowerUp! Forums. AMD FX Processor Takes Guinness World Record.