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Facebook Home ‘Airplane’ ad brings one traveler’s News Feed aboard — literally
Author: Brian McKinnell
Sure, Facebook had a strange ad with Blink-182 for the HTC Condition, however its preview at its newest TV area for the First and Home is on another level. Published today on its Facebook profile, the campy piece actually brings one tourist’s feed to life inside the cabin of his air travel throughout boarding. We won’t ruin the products for you, but it’s intriguing to see Facebook’s first drive at marketing this skin and smartphone combination out to the masses. Catch the full clip after the break.
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Facebook Home ‘Airplane’ ad brings one traveler’s News Feed aboard — literally
Author: Tech Blogger
Sure, Facebook had a weird ad with Blink-182 for the HTC Status, but its sneak peek at its newest TV spot for the First and Home is on another level. Posted today on its Facebook profile, the campy piece literally brings one traveler’s feed to life inside the cabin of his flight during boarding. We won’t spoil the goods for you, but it’s interesting to see Facebook’s first thrust at marketing this skin and smartphone combo out to the masses. Catch the full clip after the break.
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Lumio desk lamp takes light reading literally (video)
Author: Jon Mitchell
With the future of reading heading squarely in the direction of electronic devices, what to do with the old timey book form? Build a lamp, of course. During a recent visit to the City by the Bay, we popped into the TechShop hackerspace and were introduced to Max Gunawan, the designer behind Lumio (not to be confused with a certain smartphone line of similar name). The product, developed in that very space, offers up a cool take on the desktop lamp, fitting it into a wooden, old timey-looking book form. Open it up and the pages fan out into what looks like a paper lantern.
It’s an LED light powered by a lithium ion battery that’ll give you around eight hours on a charge. Due to the foldable nature of the Lumio, the device is portable and can be opened into a number of configurations, to suit your needs. Gunawan is a couple of days away from launching a Kickstarter page for the project, in hopes of getting together $ 60,000. Interested funders will be able to pick one up for around $ 95 — wait for it to come to market, and that price will jump to around $ 125 or $ 135.
After the break, check out a video of Gunawan giving us the lowdown on Lumio.
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All-carbon solar cell draws power from near-infrared light, our energy future is literally that much brighter
Author: Angela Chin
Just what’s this orange-like patch, you ask? It’s a layer of carbon nanotubes on silicon, and it could merely be instrumental to getting a bunch even more power out of solar cells than we’re made use of to. Current solar power largely neglects near-infrared light and wastes about 40 percent of the possible energy it might harness. A mix of carbon nanotubes and buckyballs established by MIT, however, can easily catch that near-infrared light without weakening like earlier composites. The all-carbon formula doesn’t need to be thickly infected do its work, and it simply lets noticeable light through– it could possibly layer on top of a conventional solar cell to catch lots of more of the sunshine’s rays. Many of the difficulty, as we commonly see for solar cells, is just a matter of enhancing the energy conversion fee. Provided the specialists can easily keep refining the project, we might be examining a large leap in renewable energy efficiency with incredibly little additional footprint, something we might incredibly much like to see on the roof covering of a hybrid sedan.All-carbon solarcell draws power from near-infrared light, our energy future is essentially that much brighter originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Jun 2012 05:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for usage of feeds. Permalink|MIT Modern technology Evaluation|E-mail this|Remarks
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Tel Aviv University develops biodegradable transistor, literally man made
Author: Jenny Zhao
Blood sweat and tears go into many projects, and in this case almost literally — although technically it’s blood, milk and mucus. Yep, researchers at Tel Aviv University have created biodegradable transistors from proteins found in the aforementioned organic substances. When the proteins are mixed with base materials in the right combinations, it seems they self-assemble into a semi-conducting film. Why blood, milk and mucus? Apparently, the different proteins each have unique properties. Blood’s oxygen storing ability, for example, helps mix chemicals with semi-conductors to give them specific properties, while milk and mucus (the only time we want to see them together) have fiber forming, and light-creating properties respectively. The hope is that this can lead to flexible and biodegradable technology. The team at Tel Aviv says it’s already working on a biodegradable display, with other electronic devices to follow — which should help stem the flow of waste.
Tel Aviv University develops biodegradable transistor, literally man made originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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There’s literally no app for this: KIRF iPhone-branded gas stoves seized by Chinese authorities
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There’s literally no app for this: KIRF iPhone-branded gas stoves seized by Chinese authorities originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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No Comments »Street By 50 Headphones Review: Loud Enough For Everyone (Literally)
Author: Christen Arquette
Short Version
The Street by 50 headphones get the job done when it comes to sound quality and volume, but there are a few quirks that didn’t sit well with me. When all is said and done, a decision to buy these headphones all comes down to how serious you are about music and how often you use a pair of cans.
Features:
- 45mm driver
- Memory foam ear cushions
- Black and blue color flavors
- Removable cord with mic and play/pause button
- MSRP: $ 299.95
Pros:
- Solid sound quality
- Mostly comfortable fit
- Even in blue, they look pretty slick
Cons:
- Everyone around you can hear your music
- Not great for talking on the phone
- That price tag is ridic
Long Version
Hardware:
If appearances matter, then 50 Cent certainly knows what he’s doing. I love the look of Street by 50 headphones, and think they actually have an aesthetic advantage against the new Beats by Dre cans. They’re equally as comfortable, too. Some over-the-ear headphones become too heavy, while others are either too lose or too snug to deal with. I find the Street By 50 cans to be just right in terms of fit, likely due to their ultra-flexible polymer construction. And ultra-flexible is no understatement. These things can really bend when stressed, and shouldn’t break unless broken headphones is the intended goal.
Along the inside, there are faux leather-lined memory foam cushions for the ears and the headband. Overall, they fit very comfortably but I would like it to be just a tad tighter around my ears. I notice that when I press even slightly on the ear cups the sound is way better, and way louder. My colleague Matt Burns (reviewing Sync by 50 wireless) would disagree with me, as these are apparently one of the first pairs to not feel too tight for him. So clearly, to each his own.
I played around with both the blue and black models of Street by 50 at my hands-on demo with 50 Cent a few weeks ago, but wound up with a Shadow Black pair for the review. I’d say the black versions look much better with the bright blue removable cord that comes with them, though blue-on-blue may work for some people. The mic feels just a tad too high on the cord, but the play/pause button still has a nice tactile feedback despite the fact that it lies nearly flush with design.
Performance:
Sound quality on these things was pretty great. Even tracks that are poor quality on my computer sounded much better through Street by 50. And when I put them to the ultimate test — Benny Benassi’s Satisfaction, of course — I was left feeling like there was a club in my head.
But there are some issues. For one, these aren’t “noise cancelling” headphones in the traditional sense. They do, however, feature “passive noise cancellation.” Straight from the owner’s manual: “Our unique shape and earcup design do provide passive sound isolation with lower background noise.” To a degree, this is true. I heard much less background noise wearing Street by 50 than I did with my Apple earbuds. However, if you’re really serious about blocking out the world you may run into some trouble on a plane or in a super noisy environment.
But perhaps my biggest beef comes from the outside in. While some are obsessed with blocking out outside noises, others are more concerned with how much others can hear their music. Anyone with a music library as embarrassing as mine knows what I mean. With Street by 50 headphones at even 75 percent volume, passersby can hear every note and every word of the song your listening to. No problem.
I also noticed that using the mic to talk on the phone isn’t all that pleasant. I’m not sure why, but many people had trouble hearing me and and everything sounded much more garbled on my end.
Conclusion
It’s clear that Street by 50 headphones aren’t for the casual listener. It’s difficult for anyone who isn’t serious about music to justify the price tag, especially since casual activities like listening to music on the train and talking on the phone are tedious and annoying. But if music is your passion and comfort is important, these may be what you’ve been looking for.
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I Will Literally Do ANYTHING Before Actual Work: The Hierarchy Of Digital Distractions
Author: Jamie Colby
Note: Full-res version HERE because one digital distraction you don’t need is cyborg eyeballs because yours popped out squinting too damn hard.
This is Maslow’s David McCandless’ (damn bro, buy a McLighter or something, shit!) hierarchy of digital distractions. The higher on the pyramid the distraction, the more so it is. *watches cat video* No lie, I will drop anything to watch f***ing cat videos on Youtube. This includes a Powerpoint presentation to my company’s board of directors.
So, ladies and gentlemen — as you can see from this graph I created by deleting the axises off another graph I found online, if we maintain our current marketing strategy we can expect an almost 15% increase in sales by the end of the quarter. Next slide. HOLY SHIT — IT’S FAT CAT ON AN UNDERWATER TREADMILL!! You guys seen this one before? It is like, THE tits. OMG — look at him go. “You’re fired.” More of a dog crowd, huh? No worries, I’ve got those too. Next slide.
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NHK’s flexible OLED is both literally and figuratively green (video)
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When it’s not pushing Super Hi-Vision, the hopeful 7,680 x 4,320 successor to HD, NHK also dabbles in small, flexible OLED panels. The Japanese public broadcaster recently showed off a 5-inch prototype display that, while bearing a heavy green tint and very noticeable rows of dead pixels, was still a significant improvement over a similar screen it demoed in 2009. Sure, it’s not quite as flexible or vibrant as Sony’s rollable OLED from last year, but it does seem to suffer from fewer bad pixels — an important step towards maturation. Don’t miss the video after the break which offers some pretty nifty glimpses at a number of bendable OLEDs. It’s clear the tech is still a little wet behind the ears, but we’re definitely getting closer to a future populated with TVs that roll up for storage and e-readers that fold like a paperback.
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GE’s new phase-change based thermal conductor could mean cooler laptops — literally
Author: Brian McKinnell
It’s no secret: if your your laptop sits atop your lap for an extended period of time, you’re going to get burned — okay, so maybe not burned, but you’re definitely going to feel the heat. Luckily GE has been working (under contract for DARPA) on a new phase-change based thermal conductor that promises to cool electronics twice as well as copper, at one-fourth the weight. The breakthrough means big things for those of us who’d like to make babies one day, but we doubt that’s why DARPA’s shelling out the big bucks — the new material functions at 10 times normal gravity, making it a shoo-in for on-board computing systems in jetliners. Using “unique surface engineered coatings” that simultaneously attract and repel water, the new nanotechnology could mean not only lighter, cooler electronics, but also an increase in computing speeds. Goodbye scrotal hyperthermia, hello cool computing! Full PR after the break.
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GE’s new phase-change based thermal conductor could mean cooler laptops — literally originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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