Month: January 2013

Hardware Dev

Translusense clear keyboard eyes-on Hands-on

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As reported on Engadget. By Terrence O’Brien You might have forgotten about this guy. It’s been over a year since Jason Giddings put his clear keyboard concept up on Kickstarter. Well, the infrared-based touch board may not have found enough backers to get off the ground, but some other investors saw potential and now Translusense is making its way towards a reality. The company wasn’t quite ready to show off working prototype at CES — there’s still a…

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Entertainment Hardware Dev

Zoom iQ5 professional stereo microphone hands-on Hands-on

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As reported on Engadget. By Kevin Wong Earlier at CES, we got our hands on the Rode iXY 30-pin stereo microphone iPhone add-on that left our Lightning users a bit sad. Cheer up! The folks over at Zoom got us over to their booth to take a peek at the company’s new iQ5 professional stereo microphone. The iQ5 is a different beast than its aforementioned competition in that it works in conjunction with native iOS applications. What this means is…

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Application Internet

Chrome 24 fixes two dozen bugs, promises to speed things up

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As reported on Engadget. By Sean Buckley Google’s latest browser update landed today with little fanfare from Mountain View— just a tiny blog post proclaiming a faster, more stable Chrome. Diving into the build’s change notes, however, reveal Flash updates, bug fixes and support for MathML. Not a lot in the way of consumer facing features — though Bookmarks are now searchable, via the Chrome omnibox. Not as fancy as the last release, but we never to scoff…

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Entertainment

Meet The Booth Babes Of CES

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Kevin Smith Kevin Smith/Business Insider See Also The Bizarre Truth About The Largest Gadget Show On The Planet 11 Great Stephen Hawking Quotes For His 71st Birthday The 13 Most Surprising Stories From The Oscar Nominations The Consumer Electronics Show isn’t just all gadgets and tech.  In a sea full of tech nerds and reporters, exhibitors have long since realized that having an attractive lady present at your booth will…

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News

One Student Shot At California School; Suspected Gunman Arrested

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Abby Rogers via 23ABC Live Stream At least two people were shot at a California high school this morning, ABC 23 is reporting.  The shooting was reported around 9 a.m. local time and the shooter was reportedly taken into custody about 20 minutes later. The unnamed shooter was a student at the school who didn’t show up for his morning class, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said in a press conference. “He then interrupted…

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Culture

Search Answer: When Will the Sun Hit the Beach?

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Daniel M. Russell Daniel Russell knows how to find the answers to questions you can’t get to with a simple Google query. In his weekly Search Research column, Russell issues a search challenge, then follows up later in the week with his solution—using whatever search technology and methodology fits the bill. The solution isn’t as simple as you might think…As is always the case with a question like this, you’ve got…

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Application Cloud Culture

Amazon’s AutoRip Automatically Downloads Free MP3s for CDs Purchased from Amazon

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Thorin Klosowski Amazon launched its new AutoRip service today. The service works with the Amazon MP3 store to give you free MP3 copies of CDs you’ve purchased from Amazon dating all the way back to 1998. The AutoRip feature is turned on automatically, so if you purchase a CD from Amazon it will automatically download the MP3 version to the Amazon Cloud Player. When you log into your Cloud Player, any CDs you’ve…

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Space Story Tech

Unblinking Baby Telescopes Will Hunt Exoplanets for Cheap

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As reported on Wired. BY ADAM MANN Image: A schematic drawing showing two of four planned small telescopes in the Minerva project, which will look for exoplanets in our stellar neighborhood. PlaneWave/Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network (LCOGT)   LONG BEACH, California — A new ground-based telescope project named Minerva will be dedicated to uncovering extrasolar planets in our nearby stellar neighborhood. Given its small size and relatively low cost, it could represent a way for astronomers to…

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Random

Fringe Art Show Celebrates Finale With Fan Masterpieces

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As reported on Wired. BY HUGH HART   Paranoia Blooms in “White Tulips”   Inspiration: Professor Alistair Peck in Episode 218 experiments on his own body to convert himself into a time machine so he can travel back in time to see his fiancée. Artist: Anthony Petrie   Time Travel Stacks Up “The Plateau”   Inspiration: In Episode 303, a pedestrian gets run over by a bus, nearly duplicating events of another accident the day before. Olivia finds a…

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News Story Tech Trends

U.S. Cities Relying on Precog Software to Predict Murder

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As reported on Wired. BY KIM ZETTER A precog in the film Minority Report who can see the future and predict events. Photo courtesy of Dreamworks/20th Century Fox   Who needs the freaky precogs of Minority Report to predict if someone’s likely to commit murder when you have an algorithm that can do it for you? New crime-prediction software used in Maryland and Pennsylvania, and soon to be rolled out in the nation’s capital too, promises to reduce the homicide rate…

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