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Creative's ZEN X-Fi player with WiFi gets a lot more real {Engadget}
Jun 29th 2008 6:23PM Design-wise: weak. It just looks like a big iPhone with a bunch of buttons shoved on the front.
Capability-wise: nice.
However, I wouldn't buy one. Just the fact that they moved the screen off center to put the logo on the front... very annoying. They could have easily kept the screen centered, and made the logo fit in the space available.
HP exec cuts birthday cake with MacBook Air {Engadget}
Jun 1st 2008 8:03PM From the read link:
"I thought I'd explain myself: It was a combination of some fantastic wine, constant ribbing from my friends, and a hand rolled cigar that did this. "
Really? Hand rolled cigars cause lapses in judgement? Sounds like you're a stoner to me. A ridiculously rich stoner who works for a large corporation and probably wouldn't want anyone to know that you're a stoner.
I mean, I personally don't care if this guy smokes, but really... if he does, he's being pretty stupid for having made that cigar statement.
Wii Fit feet-on: feeling the burn, inadequate {Engadget}
May 8th 2008 7:06PM Anyone else notice that on the back of the "Fiit" it says on the warning label "Do Not Wear Shoes or Socks". (Last picture in the gallery)
I find it kinda funny that Nintendo guys are demoing these with socks on when you aren't supposed to wear them on it in the first place.
More "leaked" 3G iPhone shots hit the web {Engadget}
May 7th 2008 6:16PM Shot on the right: Obviously fake. The camera wouldn't be seen in the screen reflection at that angle.
Upper 3 shots on the left: Real pictures of prototypes. These are probably as close as you'll get... for now.
Bottom left shot: I'm confused about that one, but probably from the same people that did the middle 3 on the left. It appears to be just a case, as there's no SIM card cover and no sleep button.
NOVA 3D LED light display runs at 25fps {Engadget}
May 2nd 2008 5:43PM Guys, seriously. This is old. Replicate this effect with a 1000x1000x1000 pixel OLED cube and I'll be impressed.
Video: LM3Labs' AirStrike interactive holograms, because they can {Engadget}
Apr 22nd 2008 11:16AM Not impressive at all. It's refracted off of a sheet of glass. You can see the "controller" reflection in it.
What I want to see is a volumetric display. Multiple OLED screens sandwiched together to give you a spatial array of pixels. On that you can then display whatever you want. Add some touch screens to the outside of it and you've got something really awesome.
Pretty much like a really Hi-Def version of this: http://www.jamesclar.com/product/2005/3dcubewhite/pic1.html Of course not with actual LEDs in space held up by a metal framework, but OLED screen "layers".
Segway has an epiphany, introduces RMP hyperdirectional transporter {Engadget}
Apr 8th 2008 7:20PM Can't do a burnout with it... Nor... apparently stop when you want to at high speeds. In the video, there's about a 1-2 second lag as to when the wheels stop and the motion stops. Imagine doing that at 60.
Not fun.
Segway has an epiphany, introduces RMP hyperdirectional transporter {Engadget}
Apr 8th 2008 7:18PM Make a Segway with just 2 (instead of 4) of those wheel aparati positioned directly next to each other under a platform and make it gyroscopically balance, and then you've got my attention.
CERN creates a new super-fast internet, invites tons of people to a deathmatch {Engadget}
Apr 7th 2008 2:33PM So, this is how they explain how safe this is?
"Accelerators recreate the natural phenomena of cosmic rays under controlled laboratory conditions. Cosmic rays are particles produced in outer space in events such as supernovae or the formation of black holes, during which they can be accelerated to energies far exceeding those of the LHC. Cosmic rays travel throughout the Universe, and have been bombarding the Earth's atmosphere continually since its formation 4.5 billion years ago. Despite the impressive power of the LHC in comparison with other accelerators, the energies produced in its collisions are greatly exceeded by those found in some cosmic rays. Since the much higher-energy collisions provided by Nature for billions of years have not harmed the Earth, there is no reason to think that any phenomenon produced by the LHC will do so."
Anyone else wondering how the hell they can really make anyone believe that? First off, the magnetic field of our planet is what protects us from these cosmic rays, and when that fails (it's rare, but does happen) planes fall out of the sky, and cities go into blackout. Now, imagine even a fraction of that energy being CREATED inside of that protective "magnetosphere".
They've got to do better than that to make me really, 100% believe that this is completely safe.
CERN creates a new super-fast internet, invites tons of people to a deathmatch {Engadget}
Apr 7th 2008 2:19PM They're turning this on Summer 2008?! That's 3 f*kin months from now!
Shit!
What happened to them doing this in 2012?
Damn, I thought that I had more time to get off this planet.
