Oct 3, 2010
But this one is … big. Kno have announced that they’ll be marketing a tablet specifically targeted at the student market. Where devices like the Samsung Tab have a 7 inch screen, and the iPad is 10 inch, the Kno sports a massive 14 inch screen and weighs around 2.5 pounds. That’s significantly more than an iPad weighs. The logic here is that...
Sep 26, 2010
For a long time, the accepted medical practice has been to use titanium plates and screws and other hardware to assist patients who have suffered major bone trauma. In Germany, Fraunhofer have developed a new form of titanium foam, that more closely resembles the structure and density of human bone. As such, this may be a new way to assist with the rebuilding...
Sep 26, 2010
And in a bid to nominate himself for a Darwin Award, a driver with the Portland TriMet public transport system, 40-year-old Lahcen Qouchbane, thought that it would be a good idea to try reading items on his Kindle while navigating his way through Portland’s road system and rush hour traffic. Not the smartest thing to do, it is understood that his employers...
Sep 26, 2010
And if the Hasselblad 50MP sensor isn’t enough for you, they’ve also announced a 200MP sensor, set for release early next year. This is definitely one for studio use however; hi performance, in terms of frames per second, is not a feature. Rather, seconds per frame is the name of the game here. As in about 30 seconds per frame. The deal with this...
Sep 26, 2010
At Photokina this week, Hasselblad announced a new 50 Megapixel digital back for its V system cameras. Specially designed to work with Hasselblad cameras and lenses, the CFV-50 includes special optical correction features that are claimed to remove undesirable artifacts such as distortion, vignetting and chromatic aberrations. Although at US$15K, this digital...
Sep 19, 2010
Last week we spoke about the new iPod Nano, and how neat it was. And how small it was. And how cool its watch feature was. Incipio have created a little carry case for the Nano, that looks like … well, it basically is … a watch strap. With an iPod Nano holder built in. Blue or black, if you please.