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Wired: Battery of the future
After various incidents of exploding computers, airlines banning laptops and almost nine million laptops / batteries having been declared faulty over the last weeks in IT’s biggest ever recall action, voices have been raised and questions asked if the whole battery technology as currently used in mobile phones and laptops is actually safe. It seems [...]
Neuros OSD: ThinkGeek starts delivery
The long awaited Neuros OSD media center that was previously only available to a limited group of developers is now available for sale and in stock with ThinkGeek. The OSD (“open source device”) is a replacement of Neuros’s DVR set-top box loaded with masses of new features. It can record MPEG-4 video from analog sources [...]
Electronic Paper: One step closer with Plastic Logic’s new display
UK based Plastic Logic today announced its latest 150dpi flexible display technology. It is demonstrating it this week during the Plastic Electronics conference in Frankfurt, Germany. Electronic Paper displays are displays with paper-like high contrast appearance, ultra-low power consumption, and are thin and flexible together with being much lighter compared to today’s screens. They give [...]
OLPC: Negroponte getting USD100 laptop ready for delivery
Nicholas Negroponte’s OLPC project is taking up speed with selected manufacturer Quanta Computer now having started the test production of the low-cost laptop intended for students and children in developing countries. Initial test run outputs should be available next month. Quanta has earlier selected its new plant in Changshu, China to produce the computer and [...]
Motionposter: Best advertising idea since years
When you recently looked out a subway train window in a tunnel and you’ve seen a runner or a blond girl taking over the train you were watching a new type of advertising displayed with MotionPoster’s new advertising system. It works by installing 192 backlit poster images in the tunnel and turning them on with [...]
Transcend: New 16GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive
What not so long ago was the size of a standard portable hard disk you can now put into your pocket with Transcend’s new high capacity USB 2.0 flash drive (JetFlash 2A). Transcend says that the device has read/write speeds up to 25/20 MB per second. It comes bundled with software applications (Auto Login, Data [...]