Archive for March, 2010

NTT Docomo shows off “Eye-controlled headphones” at CTIA 2010

Well, that's why I go to conferences like CTIA 2010, to see a headphone control of man with his eyes.

Yes, true, and it was exhibited at the booth of NTT DoCoMo. Here's how it works. Obviously, it can detect eye movements by electrodes. Eyeballs positive electrical potential, the cone, and his negatives in the retina. If the eyes are forward-looking statements, which carry both a neutral charge. If you look left, bear left a positive charge and the right side is a negative element. If you look right, the charges on the positive side of the desk in front of the right and the left side is negative.

The charge around the eye changes with eye movements, and this signal is received by an electrode as electroculogram (EOG). To move your eyes quickly from side to side as pressing play or pause. Two of the rapid legal change, follow the advancing front, and move his eyes set in a circle around the volume.

If you think I'm joking with this report, I am not. These two diagrams on the left side of the man who is in the photo my source material. If it is a lie, then I am, but I'm only repeating what I saw.

Are we at the time when the controls for the headphones are on our eyes? I'll just stay here.


March 26, 2010 Read More to top

Samsung SH-life begins at S Galaxy

Samsung has a large sign in front of the CTIA Wireless 2010, promises a “P-Life”, and they told me that there is a reference to p. Samsung Galaxy

I had the opportunity to see for myself, and it really is a nice phone with 4 inch AMOLED screen that was very colorful. According to the company is, says the Samsung screen, the new screen 20% brighter than its previous AMOLED displays, saves 20% more battery life and is 80% more reflected. It is up 2.1 Android, a 1-GHz processor layar navigation reality, and 16 GB of internal memory driven.

The video is 720p, and he and YouTube HQ. A pit stop DivX Pepcom last night revealed they are delighted to have streamed HD DivX videos from the Internet onto the DivX p. Galaxy is also proud to boast about Allshare function that enable streaming of HD video on a DLNA-enabled TV. On a somewhat related note, I have news that the S Galaxy as a remote control for Samsung HDTV can be used.

All in all, it looks like a phone so great, and I can not help it if it is a reaction to the Cosmos LG. S Galaxy, Cosmos, you have to admit there is a link, at least in name.


March 26, 2010 Read More to top

Zio Kyocera M6000 smartphone Android

CTIA could be doubled to the poor, the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which took place earlier this year, but that does not mean that the event does not receive its fair share of new loans and cell phones and smartphones already in the starting blocks into life be called. Containers, the Kyocera M6000 Zio, which adds yet another handset with Google Android OS stable. The Zio is praised, market to tap elegant design with a mixture of ultra-intuitive user interface to the wide range of content and applications on the Android. It is also a combined measure of Kyocera, because the return of society to make room who helped smartphone based almost a decade with the release of two Palm smartphones, has selected, is on the Zio in preparation for release Later in Q2 a year.

The Zio Kyocera on CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. A and Wi-Fi technology running to let you stay with your family and friends, where an impressive presentation of high-resolution 3.5 “WVGA touchscreen movement are increasingly linked as a background, provides a mobile multimedia experience completely customizable. Otherwise, you will find it a track ball, effortlessly intuitive that users navigate the features in an instant, a 3.2 megapixel camera with 30fps video recording / playback, Media Player allows full HTML browser on the Web , supports Google Maps and many widgets and applications such as Facebook, Twitter, table and more in Android Market. They are equipped with 256 MB internal memory – not too impressive when compared to other older phones like Android Droid, but at least its microSD Memory card slot can not compensate for that with another 32 GB of disk space. There is also an ambient light sensor and an accelerometer to facilitate You can find almost every way, everywhere.

Other hardware features a virtual QWERTY keyboard, advanced voice dialing, speaker Superior Bluetooth stereo jack and 3.5-mm stereo headset, USB 2.0, and a dedicated camera button to play applications such as Google PhotoVault and goggles. It supports a wide range of audio, video and image formats, including AAC, AAC +, eAAC, MP3, H263, H264, MPEG4, BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG and SVG. No idea about the price, if and when it will air carrier is locked or not.

Press Releases


March 26, 2010 Read More to top

Guitar Scale Magnets

Taking up the guitar can be easy for most humans, but it mast be another problem. About Magnets scale guitar, which added a new dimension into the possession of the guitar instead of all these complex arrangements make short work opened with the fingers. These tapes are used as portable detectors finger placement for learning guitar scales and will not be displayed on the fretboard. Basically, this guitar is a “cheat sheet” in a way that you should speed up in terms of learning, and find the correct scale, so that you convince the woman of your life by singing under the window, guitar in hand, and increased in the mouth. The truth is the need for the mother of invention.

Product


March 24, 2010 Read More to top

Nyko Energy Pak for Balance Board wiifit

Nyko almost legendary with gaming peripherals, and they turned their attention to a problem that I know of: the batteries from the Wii Balance Board.

As the owner of one of these wiifit I can testify how often carried the batteries in the Balance Board. They are worse than the batteries wear out after hours in the Wiimotes to play. Then I tried the Nyko Energy Pak, I have no doubt that the battery is more in my balance board.

The Energy Pak is a rechargeable lithium-ion battery powered, are stored to be used directly in the case of 4 AA batteries. It can by connecting an AC Port Relocator load, then hook into a wall outlet. Do not ask me why they do not first the AC Port Relocator and socket in a single device.

Nevertheless, the Energy Pak is several hours to recharge, and it is to play well for 30 hours worth of time. It has a charging indicator is red when the juice from yellow to almost charged and (They guessed it) green at full load.

You should be able to get the Energy Pak by Nyko website for about $ 19.99 too. I think it's a small price to pay for batteries “pay as you go through when you do not use it.


March 24, 2010 Read More to top

Jet Knight floats the ball before you hit

I'm sure some of you will remember, T-ball in elementary school, but the subwoofer Jet Meiji University, Japan takes T-ball at a higher level, all the way to the big court.

U meiji with Sapporo-based MR Corp., a machine that can hold a ball in the air to a ball, a heavy hitter that can hit very well hung production created. It is certainly the future of baseball, baseball, or at least the practice for the future.

This machine can jet hitter with 70 bullets, which have a capacity to load load unique in odd snake like tube side of the machine. I assume they come and sit on the cushion in any way.

Now you are probably wondering what to tell the difference between this chamber and jet, a pitching machine. Well, I must say that no longer do the pitching machines machines left to the reader to concentrate on the practice made the appropriate point on the racket to the ball. On a pitching machine, it is hard to concentrate on how the ball flew into the air. Since the air cushion keeps the ball, the batter may know where the appropriate place to meet!

Well, I do not see this device available to the average consumer, but perhaps the major league clubs would be interested in them.


March 24, 2010 Read More to top

Table Tennis Mittens


Wonder why they believe never thought of before, that you get a little play in the dork.

The pallets are ping-pong are gloves are worn, you rotate your hand) in a paddle (Play Video. The unconventional design Mitt removed the handle and widely available outside of the front and back of the pallets, so slipping his hand between them. The paddle is a natural extension of the arm and thus the improvement of ball control, outbreaks faster, better backhand, and more spin.

Table Tennis mittens from Hammacher for $ 99.95.


March 24, 2010 Read More to top

Firegard robot grows cool by flaming dirt on the wheels

I have developed before the term robot to go through the fire, as Omnitread seen.

The Firegard Building Omnitread not like snakes, but he has an interesting wheel construction.

I hope the wheels are sturdier than they look like a star, because I'm not sure how it could be folded in such a way. Obviously, they are used to over rubble in a building fire going. On the “head” of this kind is a camera to transmit what it sees with the fire department so they can understand what they are doing in the flames.

I've always found that these robots seem anti-fire with the cameras have a design defect: they seem too slow. Both Omnitread and Firegard look sturdy enough to go through the fire, but by the time the fire brigade get the film and calculate an answer, I'm not sure if life could be saved.

I think you will be in the configuration of the transmitter, it slowly burning through a building that had probably fired a long time to crawl. Assuming he sees someone, how long does it take to develop a recovery plan?

Well, feel better, the technique practical for them to be faster.


March 24, 2010 Read More to top

Airships could be self-sustaining our future

After several inquiries about the invention of the zeppelin, and I was always disappointed that we not end up living in a time when airships in our sky like giant birds.

It seems that this idea of altitude reconnaissance and surveillance platform, called ISIS (Integrated Sensor Structure) was able to announce at this time.

Yes, the airship is designed to tackle certain areas or at least the mouse over them (about six miles above). It is completely autonomous, since they can collect solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. This is then used to power fuel cells, and I assume that the water is drawn from the atmosphere. How else could it be self-sustaining?

Oh hey, did I mention that it is fully automated? Apparently he can anywhere in 10 days. Consequently, I can do you do, but I want a world to see where this self-directed sustainable populate the sky like huge cities. Hey, why not?

Believe it or not, but I've heard that the first such airships would take off in 2014. This year seems a little premature if you ask me, but I want one of these things flying over my head in my life seen.


March 24, 2010 Read More to top

Hands on with the film Vuzix 310

I Vuzix products before, such as the iWear VR920. I recently had the chance to try to wrap 310: “notebook display and elegant first in the world to 16:9 widescreen.

I've tried and I could come very quickly in touch and check the video on my iPod touch in just minutes. The control system was to be by 2 AA batteries, easily and automatically synchronized with the film 310.

It also comes with a composite AV cable that I could connect with my DVD player, and out of curiosity, I tried a 3D movie. After the adjustment of internal controls, I could see Bob's Big Break Fast & Furious 3D.

The internal screen because it is not as great as that of the iWear VR920, but perhaps the point. I have the screen to be good for my vision, and could probably walk all day with the scarf and my iPod if I wanted.

In other words, if there is no son in so many years. Unfortunately, the wireless technology has not reached a point where he can remove the link from the controller, and connect to an iPod or anything else, it is attached. The son, as well as those who handle connect the headphones connected to the WRAP is a rather confused.

But that's the only negative point I about what is said is probably the best video eyewear on the market today. You can get them on the website Vuzix for about $ 249.00.


March 24, 2010 Read More to top
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