• Gadgets

    The Little Picture

    By Posted on 6.16.2008 4 Comments

    Photo printing just got faster and easier. Instead of waiting until you get home, you can use Polaroid’s pocket-sized PoGo to print on the spot. Using Zink’s "zero-ink" technology—paper that contains layers of heat-activated color dye crystals a few microns thick—PoGo eliminates the clunky ink cartridges of traditional printers. The device—weighing just eight ounces and measuring 4.7 by 2.8 by 0.9 inches—goes on sale July 6 for $150.

    7.8.2008 at 12:32pm - Comment by Avatarfanatic280

    The subject says it all... ;)

  • Gadgets

    The Computer that Reads Hand Signals

    By Posted on 6.17.2008 7 Comments

    You don’t have to fumble with a remote control to pause a video on Toshiba’s Qosmio G55-Q802. Simply hold your palm up in the universal “stop” sign. The laptop reads this and other hand signals instantly using the Cell, the supercomputer chip best known for powering the PlayStation 3. An Intel CPU performs most of the tasks on the G55, but a special version of the Cell tackles complex video-manipulation jobs by breaking them into bite-size chunks and parceling them out to four processors on the chip.

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    7.8.2008 at 12:32pm - Comment by Avatarfanatic280

    Hmm... If I won the lottery, I would make a custom computer. What it would have: That hologram touchscreen (if you don't know what that is, go back and reread every PopSci for the last three years), the software talked about here, and the keyboard that is mentioned by the hologram-touchscreen thing, the one with changing keys. In my dreams...

  • Gadgets

    The 411 on Your Next Cellphone

    By Posted on 7.2.2008 8 Comments

    Next-generation super-phones won’t just be slimmer versions of today’s devices; they will be entirely different machines. Chipmakers are reinventing every processor that powers your portable. From PS3-quality videogames to built-in cameras that can fill in for your current point-and-shoot, a chip for it is in the works. And thanks to shrinking transistors, the new phones won’t be any larger or more power-hungry than today’s ultrathin models. Below, we've pulled together the technologies being released in the next year and a half to build the smartest smartphone possible.

    7.8.2008 at 12:27pm - Comment by Avatarfanatic280

    Wow... That is like the iPhone on steroids, but not illegal ones. I would sell my laptop for that... And I saved up for YEARS for my laptop. ...

  • Entertainment & Gaming

    The (Ultimate) Ultimate Remote

    By Posted on 6.19.2008 3 Comments

    For 18 years you fought a nightly crusade for control of the television. Like a samurai with his sword, your father protected his remote during dinner, while seated on his porcelain pedestal and while snoring loud enough to wake the dead. An air horn wouldn't rouse him, but a mere footstep towards the volume setting was perceived as a sign of aggression. Yep, Dad's a pretty special guy. Yet you, like so many other sons across this great land, forgot about Father’s Day. And forgiveness comes at a cost. So what better sign of devotion than to purchase your pop that which you so brilliantly battled for throughout your childhood—a remote. Not just any remote, mind you. No, your father deserves more: the ultimate remote branded with four letters that mean so much to men and their television rituals: E – S – P – N. Yes, for a mere $299 you can purchase you father the ESPN Ultimate Remote (currently only available on Amazon.com).

    7.8.2008 at 12:24pm - Comment by Avatarfanatic280

    Over my budget, but still WICKED AWESOME!!! That thing is pretty dang cool. If I got that for my dad, he would say something like this: "Oh, you shouldn't have..." and then he would start using it to the point that the battery would be dead in about an hour. I am in a very tech-savvy family. ;)

  • Entertainment & Gaming

    Hollywood Science: How to Make a Digital World

    By Posted on 5.21.2008 1 Comments

    Filming conventional high-speed action fare is hard enough, but to bring the classic cartoon Speed Racer to life, the Wachowski brothers had to contend with 300mph racecars sporting fanciful features like robotic reconnaissance pigeons and wheels that can rotate 180 degrees. With 2,300 visual-effects (VFX) shots—twice as many as last year’s eye-popping 300—it heralds the future of summer-blockbuster fare: The entire movie, aside from the human actors, exists only in a computer.

    7.8.2008 at 12:19pm - Comment by Avatarfanatic280

    Fun... A movie about racing that doesn't have a single real car/track/etc. in it...

  • Gadgets

    A Cellphone or a HandHeld Gaming System?

    By Posted on 6.9.2008 3 Comments

    One of the bigger announcements at the Steve Job's keynote presentation today was the new App Store—a native application on the iPhone that will allow users to purchase, download and install third-party software for their phones. It's the only place iPhone owners can get the software, and most of the keynote today was dedicated to highlighting programs already created using the software developers kit.

    7.8.2008 at 12:17pm - Comment by Avatarfanatic280

    Woot! Those iPhones are AWESOME! I really wish I could afford one. Right now, I just stand around in the Apple Store using the iPhones for as long as I can... I need to win a lottery... ; )

  • The Environment

    Charging Ahead

    By Posted on 6.13.2008 2 Comments

    A new type of charger called the Green Plug aims to replace the pile of power bricks under your desk with a hub that powers multiple devices at once, but only when they need it. The idea behind the system, due out early next year, is that software in gadgets would let them tell the hub exactly how much power they need. When its battery is full, the device tells the Green Plug to cut the juice. Current chargers keep drawing a small amount of power as long as they’re plugged into an outlet.

    7.8.2008 at 12:13pm - Comment by Avatarfanatic280

    Where can I buy one of these? They would be really helpful to have in a place that relies on, say, a solar panel/battery array setup for power, instead of being hooked up to a grid. Even in places that ARE connected to a grid, it would be nice for them to save some money. I bet microsoft will order a lot of these when they can.



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