New Form of Touchscreen Displays Pioneered, Extremely Multi-Touch
You've heard of resistive touchscreens, and hopefully you've been fortunate enough to own a capacitive touchscreen phone. But have you heard of Interpolating Force-Sensitive Resistance, or I.F.S.R touchscreen technology? Touchco hopes you soon will. A bunch of scientists at New York Universit![DIY Moped Runs on Air [Air Powered]](http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2008/04/800_AirPropelVehicle09PlanetMechanics.JPG)
DIY Moped Runs on Air [Air Powered]
This Puch moped only has a range of about 7 miles and with a top speed of only 18 mph, it isn't going to break any land speed records, but there is definitely something special about it: it runs on air. Jim Stansfield, an aeronautics graduate outfitted his Puch with a pair of carbon-fiber air cylind
Broadcom Wi-Fi Chips to Have Skyhook Wi-Fi Positioning Built-In
Broadcom already makes a boatload of the GPS chips found in mobile phones and other location-aware gadgets, and now they're adding Skyhook's Wi-Fi positioning service to most of their mobile Wi-Fi chipsets, spreading the location-based love even without GPS. This is how iPhone regular finds you
Nokia C6 and C7 Touchscreen Phones Have 8MP Camera and New ClearBlack Displays
Describing the C6 as a "premium touchscreen," it has a new ClearBlack Display which they're trying to position as the Pioneer KURO of the phone world—blacker blacks, but also brighter colors. The C7 is an even skinnier version. Both Symbian^3 phones have 8MP cameras and shoot video at 720p reso
CCleaner 2.21.940
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's fast (normal
12TB DVDs Could Be On The Way
A storage density of 51MB per square centimeter? Whatever, standard DVDs. Australian scientists developed a new multilayer optical storage medium that can house data at 1.1TB/cm3. Unlike existing DVD technology, the key to this data storage technique is the fact that multiple pieces of data can b
Sign Up Now to Test Google Wave in September
Yesterday we told you that Google Wave was opening to 100,000 regular folk at the end of September, but on closer examination, it looks like Google's already allowing users to get in line for their invite to the limited preview. Just head over to the Google Wave's sign up for updates page, enter i
HDMI 1.4: Internet Sharing, More Pixels and Ridiculous New Cables
Posted by AceNik on May 27, 2009•
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Somebody got a little too eager to share the good word about HDMI 1.4, since PCMag’s original story has vanished. Short version: 100Mbps internet, higher resolution (4,096×2160@30Hz) and stupid, stupid new cable BS.
The 100Mbps data deal happens through HDMI Ethernet Channel (HEC) which will let(…)
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Factory-Overclocked ATI Radeon HD 4890 Is First 1GHz Graphics Card
Posted by AceNik on May 27, 2009• Email This Post | |
At 1GHz, the ATI Radeon HD 4890 is the fastest-clocked graphics card in the planet—a world’s first. It’s not a new chip, however, just a “factory-overclocked” air-cooled 4890 that looks like a Ferrari.
So that’s a bit of a cheat: In theory, you can buy the(…)
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Viliv S5 Lightning Review (Netbook, Meet MID)
Posted by AceNik on May 14, 2009• Email This Post | |
The price: $599 (configured with 4.8″ WSVGA 
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Samsung TL320 12MP Wide-Angle Point-and-Shoot Has AMOLED Screen and Sweet Analog Gauges
Posted by AceNik on Apr 7, 2009• Email This Post | |
Samsung latest pair of point-and-shoots actually seem pretty decent: The 12MP TL320 has 5x zoom, 24mm wide-angle lens and a 3-inch AMOLED screen on the back that should be beautiful.
They’re claiming a 10,000:1 contrast ratio and the ability to see the AMOLED display perfectly in(…)
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MSI’s X-Slim X340, X600 Are Two More Sub-$1000 Macbook Air Lookalikes
Posted by AceNik on Apr 7, 2009• Email This Post | |
We don’t know much about MSI’s X-Slim netbook line being touted in China, but from the looks of it, these machines are winners: super-slim form factors, light-weight, 13.4 or 15.6-inch screens, and low cost.
Thus far the X-Slims have only been unveiled in China, and details,(…)
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