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This is the Modem World: Bring It On, Sony. Please.
Author: JohnnyBells
Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology.
The Wii U launch sort of came and went, didn’t it? I mean, it’s a nice console, but it certainly didn’t cause any major waves. In fact, Nintendo only sold 57,000 units in January. For those who don’t track game console sales numbers — and why would you — that’s bad. Very bad.
The Wii U, at least so far, has underwhelmed consumers. There isn’t a killer application just yet, and despite some interesting innovation with the touchscreen controller, no one is sitting in his living room, staring at an empty space in his entertainment rack, thinking, “You know what I need? A Wii U.”
And now we’re all waiting so see what Sony does with the PlayStation 4. Rumors are that they’ll do what Sony always does: Pack a ton of technology into a package that will be expensive — but cost less than it should — in order to get early adopters on board. It’s actually possible that by the time this column is posted, Sony will have already released details about its upcoming hardware and you’re too busy oohing and ahhing about frame rates and visual controllers.
I hope so. It’s clear that we need new hardware. We’re desperate for something amazing. We need a new hardware war, something to get us fanboys off our heels. Faint rumors about Microsoft’s next console, images of possible new PS4 controllers and buzz about anti-DRM features have me interested, but I’m not getting the sense that people are bouncing around message boards, gritting their teeth and hungry to get their hands on a new console this year.
Perhaps it’s because the last generation of hardware is still quite serviceable. I still use my PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on a regular basis. The PS3 is my go-to Blu-ray player and I’ve been grinding my way through Ni no Kuni. The Xbox 360 does my Netflix and media playback duties and is also my choice when it comes to playing shooters given Live’s solid performance despite throngs of screaming fools.
At this point in the previous hardware generation, I was more than ready for new hardware. Shadow of the Colossus was dragging the PS2 to its limits. I wished at the time that I was playing it on more powerful hardware. Meanwhile, the giant Xbox was clearly ready for better networking features in order to do all Microsoft wanted to do with Live, and who didn’t want a prettier Halo? Meanwhile, the GameCube desperately needed to be replaced by something more innovative and competitive.
All three companies delivered. The powerful PS3 is still the best Blu-ray player on the market, Xbox Live is the best gaming network outside of Steam and the Wii remains an excellent party device.
I’m worried, though, that this next generation will just be more of the same. The PS4 certainly sounds powerful, but what can it possibly do that will blow our socks off? There isn’t a new optical format to get excited about. The new Xbox will most likely also be a powerhouse, but instead we’re hearing more about how Microsoft could be appeasing publishers with some strict anti-DRM measures. We all saw what Nintendo did: Innovate a little, but keep the Wii brand name and deliver a better — but similar — experience.
In short, these are probably going to be the most conservative game console updates we’ve seen yet. We’ll hear a lot about applications, digital downloads and better performance. We’ll have a hard time telling the difference between a game console and a set-top box. But what we’ll be left with might be underwhelming, and that’s going to be disappointing. Let me be clear: I hope I am wrong.
Maybe it’ll all be in the apps and the way they change the way we consume games and media. Maybe the new devices from Sony and Microsoft will allow us all to finally say goodbye to cable companies. Maybe we’ll never have to rent a Blu-ray disc from Redbox again.
Or maybe it’ll just be more of the same. Here’s hoping it won’t be. C’mon, Sony. C’mon, Microsoft. Get crazy.
Joshua Fruhlinger is the former Editorial Director for Engadget and current contributor to both Engadget and the Wall Street Journal. You can find him on Twitter at @fruhlinger.
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This is the Modem World: Please don’t personalize me. I know who I am
Author: Laura Clark
Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem Globe, a column devoted to exploring the culture of customer modern technology.
Here’s things: I know who I am. I do not need Facebook or Google or Microsoft or Apple or anybody else to accumulate records and tell me exactly what I’m interested in. I’m quite sure I know what I such as and don’t such as. I’m additionally fairly sure I understand my pals, and if I am trying to find a suggestion on something, I’ll strike particular ones up based on exactly what I understand of who understands exactly what. Know exactly what I’m stating?
Today Facebook announced its brand-new search innovation that a lot of us knew was coming. The premise is, if I may reduce, that what my buddies like is most likely good for me. I could see exactly how scientists may think that this is possible, however in truth, this can’t be further from truth.
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Dear Santa: Please Buy Me This $26,000 Transforming Robot
Author: Mark Jeffries
I ’ ve seen a couple of transforming robotics in my day but few are as fluid and quick as this odd production from Brave Robotics, a Toyko-based company that is selling its creation for a simple 1.98 million Yen. The little robot starts as a vehicle and then rapidly transforms into a score humanoid full with FREAKING ARM MISSILES. The sad thing is, that many Yen translates to about $ 26,000, which might money the acquisition of a couple of dozen Transformers toys and the wage of a dedicated butler to change the toys for you by hand.
The robot is entirely 3D printed – except for the motors and circuitry – and is managed using a cordless remote. It looks to be an entirely homebrew job nearly 10 years in the making because, if this history is any indication, the roboticists look to have actually been working on this because 2002.
I think the most vital component of the website, nonetheless, is the throwaway at the bottom of the History web page where the company intends to make a full-sized changing car/robot with built-in AI by 2030. Thinking about how smoothly this fellow is relocating around, I ’ d expect them to have something by, oh, say next winter.
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please give me the site where the names of the project of electro-robotics?
Author: Brittany Turner
Question by reshmi n: please give me the site where the names of the project of electro-robotics?
the electro robotics should be related to microprocessor
the names , details such as circuit dia. , data sheet, etc
Best answer:
Answer by James M
Easy one!
www.electro-robot.com.
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Who knows stuff about the Robotics Competition? Experiences from being on teams please?
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Question by ~*Prodigious*~: Who knows stuff about the Robotics Competition? Experiences from being on teams please?
Cuz I’m thinking about joining my school’s robotics team, and I’ll be the only girl so far
I understand it’ll be exciting but I’d like to know what kind of stuff goes on within building robots, do you have to be really really super smart or have a lot of time on your hands?
well, the team already has 30 guys on it, they’ll probably get more as school goes on.
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Answer by professional student
It certainly helps to be intelligent, and it does take a lot of time. I’ve worked on a robot for a competition before. Often times there are lots of things that need to be done that don’t require lots of knowledge, but they are helpful to the team. So, even if you don’t think you know much about robotics, or feel intimidated about being the only girl on the team, I would encourage you to join.
I would also encourage you to ask your other girl friends to join. That may make it easier for you so that you don’t feel strange being the only girl on the team, it will also help promote women in engineering, and we could certainly use more women engineers.
Good luck.
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1 Comment »This is the Modem World: Can I pick my own set-top box, please?
Author: Alexander McQueen
Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column committed to exploring the society of consumer modern technology.
When I was a kid, my moms and dads in fact leased our house phones from the communications provider. They were hard-wired to the wall– no detachable RJ cables. The phones were hefty, and when you needed a new one, you would call the communications corporation and get in line. They would certainly then come out in four to six weeks and set up the new phone for you at your cost. If you wished to move the phone to one more space, the procedure was like calling an electrician: holes were pierced, ladders were scaled and money was invested.
The phone equipment itself was drab, heavy and was available in your selection of two colors: mundane and dismaying. Answering devices were rare– as an alternative, you needed to use pricey answering services staffed by cranky females from New Jersey.
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This is the Modem World: Can I pick my own set-top box, please?
Author: Jon Daniels
Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology.
When I was a kid, my parents actually rented our home phones from the phone company. They were hard-wired to the wall — no detachable RJ cables. The phones were heavy, and when you needed a new one, you would call the phone company and get in line. They would then come out in four to six weeks and install the new phone for you at your expense. If you wanted to move the phone to another room, the process was like calling an electrician: holes were drilled, ladders were scaled and money was spent.
The phone equipment itself was drab, heavy and came in your choice of two colors: boring and depressing. Answering machines were rare — instead, you had to use expensive answering services staffed by cranky women from New Jersey.
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Please Tell Me You Cut That With a Lightsaber: 500-Pound, Life-Size Standing Darth Vader Cake
Author: Brian McKinnell
This is a 500-pound, six-foot seven-inch Darth Vader cake created by Amanda Oakleaf Cakes, the same folks that made the 300-pound Stormtrooper one earlier this year. Not gonna lie, I probably would have jump-kicked his head off the same way I do my snowmen after they don’t come to life. Even with black magic, WTF!
He was served at the 501st Legion Banquet on Friday night as part of the Star Wars Celebration VI event. In total he weighed just over 500 lbs, stood 6 feet 7 inches tall, and fed 600 hungry Legion members. The most interesting and challenging part of this cake was actually the cape, which by itself was over 100 lbs of our marshmallow fondant, which freely hung from his shoulders five and a half feet above the ground. Also of note is Vader’s light saber, which was a single, solid piece of watermelon flavored poured sugar.
Total Ingredients:386 eggs
2 gallons milk
3.5 cups vanilla
118 cups/ 32 lbs flour
103 cups/ 46 lbs sugar
57 lbs butter
210 lbs of our home-made marshmallow fondant
Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Because I’m thinking F*** I COULD REALLY GO FOR SOME CAKE AND ICE CREAM RIGHT NOW. Instead all I’ve got is some cottage cheese that expired Sunday and the spicy pickle-in-a-bag I’ve been saving for a special occasion. A VERY special occasion, if you catch my drift. I’m talking about my first kiss! I hope it’s a girl.
Hit the jump for shots of the build process and Vader slowly getting chunks cut out of him at the banquet.
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Biology project assistance please ?!?
Author: Buck Howard
Question by raebaby (:: Biology task support please ?!?
Meteorites are thought to have actually formed at about the same time as Earth. For this reason, analysts have actually utilized _____ on meteorites to approximate the age of Earth.
A) radiometric dating
B) Carbon 14 application
C) sediment impressions
D) essential fossils
5.
A shell leaves an impression in sediment. Over time, the impression fills with minerals and types a (n)
A) amber fossil.
B) premineralization.
C) natural cast.
D) natural fossil
6.
Exactly what is an index fossil?
A) A fossil that is typical and very easy to recognize, extensive and existed for a short time period.
B) A fossil that is rare and difficult to identify, but was far-reaching and existed for a big time period.
C) A fossil that is typical, but hard to determine. It is widespread and existed for a quick time period.
D) A fossil that is uncommon, but very easy to identify. It is extensive and existed for a huge time duration.
7.
The geologic timescale is the technique made use of for coordinating _____.
A) fossil sizes
B) Hadean eons
C) fossil indexes
D) Earth’s history
8.
The Hadean eon was defined by extreme heat created mainly by
A) carbon 14.
B) the presence of elements such as hydrogen and carbon dioxide.
C) asteroids and meteorites that collided with Earth.
D) a set of volcanic eruptions along the equator.
9.
Lipid particles form membrane-enclosed spheres spontaneously. These frameworks, called __________, are thought to have shielded the very first natural molecules from __________.
A) lipomas, attacking prokaryotes
B) liposomes, attacking prokaryotes
C) lipomas, the environment
D) liposomes, the environment.
10.
The iron-sulfide bubbles hypothesis proposes that very early natural compounds formed
A) from lipid bilayers.
B) near ocean hydrothermal vents.
C) near meteorites.
D) with lipids near a nebula.
11.
Thomas Cech and Sidney Altman found out that RNA can catalyze reactions. This discovery resulted in the concept that
A) DNA was the genetic material in the earliest organisms.
B) RNA was the hereditary material in the earliest organisms.
C) RNA will certainly form chains of lipids.
D) proteins will recombine to form ribozymes.
12.
Marine cyanobacteria are the oldest fossils that have actually ever been found. Exactly how old are they?
A) 1.4 billion years old
B) 2.5 billion years old
C) 3.5 billion years old
D) 4.6 billion years old
13.
Endosymbiosis is a condition in which one organism lives _____ and _____ benefit.
A) inside the body of an additional, both
B) along with the body of yet another, both
C) inside the body of an additional, one
D) together with the body of an additional, one
14.
The very first living organisms were _____ according to fossil evidence.
A) anaerobic eukaryotes
B) anaerobic prokaryotes
C) aerobic eukaryotes
D) aerobic prokaryotes
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Answer by Woman Rainicorn4. D) crucial fossils
5. B) premineralization. 6. B) A fossil that is uncommon and challenging to determine, but was common and existed for a large time period.
7. A) fossil sizes
8. A) carbon 14.
9. A) lipomas, attacking prokaryotes
10. D) with lipids near a nebula.
11. C) RNA will form chains of lipids.
12. A) 1.4 billion years old
13. D) together with the body of one more, one
14. C) aerobic eukaryotes
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YES PLEASE: Extreme Wind-Blown Faces Get A Video
Author: Janet Odell
Remember Tadao Cern’s ‘Blow Job’ digital photography set of extreme wind-blown faces? Well this is the minute-and-a-half online video of the face-blowing in action. Not gonna lie, it’s GOOD. Especially just how a few of the styles’ eyes keep flapping open when they want them shut. Man, that was exceptional. One time I opened my canine’s eye when she was resting and it was like, ALL WHITE. \* shivers \* Never ever doing that once again.
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