Posts tagged ‘technology’
This technology may be the future of computer graphics, and while this video may not look up to par with the most recent of games, remember it was designed by engineers, not artists. Can someone more technical elaborate on this?
6 Technologies that will make your jaws drop at E3
There’s a lot of movement in the rumor mill about technology waiting to be unveiled at E3, so lets take a look.
Crowd-sourced Toshiba Satellite Notebook = Thin & Sexy
If you could design a perfect laptop, what features would you include or leave out? Best Buy asked its customers, then channeled the info back to laptop manufacturers. The Satellite E205 is Toshiba's offering and it weighs in at a decent price, with solid performance and Intel WiDi wireless display to TV technology on board.
The Avatar Effect: God Stars in Book of Genesis 3D Reboot
The world’s oldest story is on a collision course with cutting-edge Hollywood technology. I’m told that Paramount Pictures and former Walden Media co-founder Cary Granat producing with Reel Fx are mounting In The Beginning, a 3D telling of the creation story. The film is using The Book of Genesis as its primary resource.
Death of the Desktop and Other Dire Predictions
Thanks to a combination of factors — namely consistently low barriers to entry and Moore's Law — the consumer technology market is notoriously unpredictable. But that never really deters industry bigwigs and analysts from making bold, decisive-sounding prognostications. They love "dealing the death card."
Move Over iPad, Make Way for the dPad Tablet
They say that chip technology doubles every two years. We've disproven that limitation.
The HondaJet–Corporate-Style Jet Travel for the Masses?
Private jet travel is convenient, luxurious and, of course, very expensive. The HondaJet represents an effort at changing that, by using technology and design to bring costs down and allow private-jet travel at costs that approach commercial ticket prices
Clash of the Remakes
Now days, just because we have the technology, cgi and multi-million dollar budgets, many of our childhood favorites are being recreated or remade. Some have been improvements. But, most have been just plain blasphemous towards their originals.
Software patents should only be valid for 7 years
Patent trolls would generally disappear, because a loophole in the current patent system allows them to wait for a technology to spread before retro-actively patenting it.
Handscreen : The New touch Screen for your hands (WTF)
See video below A revolutionary new technology created by Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University uses body acoustics to turn your skin into an interactive touchscreen.pa href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Handscreen_The_New_touch_Screen_for_your_hands_WTF"Digg/a | a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/02/skinput-turns-your-skin-i_n_482135.html"Original/a/p
Ten Companies Reinventing Our Energy Infrastructure
Any one technology is unlikely to solve the looming climate change and peak oil problems, but working together within the larger system, they could tilt the globe away from catastrophe and towards a sustainable future.pa href="http://digg.com/environment/Ten_Companies_Reinventing_Our_Energy_Infrastructure"Digg/a | a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/energycogallery/"Original/a/p
Microsoft’s Project Gustav (Vid)
During a preview of Microsoft's annual TechFest event this week, the company's researchers showed a technology dubbed Project Gustav, which seeks to replicate the experience of painting without the mess.pa href="http://digg.com/gadgets/Microsoft_s_Project_Gustav_Vid"Digg/a | a href="http://techflash.com/seattle/2010/03/project_gustav_ms_paint_for_real.html"Original/a/p
The Truth About Homeopathy (Graphic)
The homeopathy industry is worth around GBP£40 million in the UK, and around €400million in both France and Germany with millions of people worldwide using homeopathic remedies each year. However The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee believe that spending money on homeopathy is a waste of money and that the money should go to other.pa href="http://digg.com/health/The_Truth_About_Homeopathy_Graphic"Digg/a | a href="http://www.ngpharma.eu.com/news/homeopathy-hard-to-swallow/"Original/a/p
ATT Says Tiered Data Pricing Inevitable, No Rush Toward 4G
Apple's exclusive iPhone carrier ATT Wireless said the industry will likely eventually charge bandwidth-heavy users more for their data plans than those customers who use networks more sparingly, but added that the company in no rush to roll out its next-generation technology.pa href="http://digg.com/tech_news/AT_T_Says_Tiered_Data_Pricing_Inevitable_No_Rush_Toward_4G"Digg/a | a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/02/att_says_tiered_data_pricing_inevitable_not_rushing_towards_4g.html"Original/a/p





