Nov 7, 2010
This week Apple announced price reductions on its Mac Mini computers. The 2.4GHz, computer, with 320GB HDD, 2GB RAM and Snow Leopard, can now be purchased for $899. Of course, this does not include a keyboard, mouse or monitor, where for just an extra $300, you can now get either a Macbook, or the new Macbook Air. Interesting choices.
Nov 7, 2010
The CSIRO this week announced a breakthrough in wireless technology, that promises greater and more effective use of bandwidth in the wireless spectrum. It is claimed that this technology enables “multiple users to upload information at the same time, without reducing their individual systems’ data transfer rate of 12 Mbps.” One interesting aspect of...
Nov 7, 2010
Researchers from the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine are saying that they’re making progress in the development of 3D bio-printers, that basically are devices that are capable of arranging cells from living creatures … like humans … into three-dimensional structures. Basically, this a printer that can, for the want of a better...
Nov 7, 2010
Near Field Communications (NFC) is the use of short-range wireless communication technology to enable the exchange of data between devices over a distance of up 10 cm. It’s currently being used to provide transactions such as payments of small accounts and the like, just by placing your mobile phone into close proximity of a reception device. In Sweden,...
Oct 24, 2010
Those people at Moog have now written a synthesiser app for the iPhone! Filtatron, is based around the classic Moog Ladder Filter, and you can use it to modulate sounds recorded through the iPhone’s microphone, recorded audio samples, or just stuff created by its own oscillator.
Oct 24, 2010
WIndows Embedded Automotive has just hit its own version 7, and it’s being used in the upcoming Nissan Leaf. It offers Silverlight support, but I’m not too sure that I want to enjoy the enhanced browsing experience offered by Silverlight while cruising down the F3 at about 100kph. It does, however, offer real-time text-to-speech technology, and...