Saturday, September 22, 2012

Hacked Portable xBox 360 "Laptop" Enclosure


 
Hacked Portable xBox 360 "Laptop" Enclosure
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Hacked Portable xBox 360 "Laptop" EnclosureIt's Friday night. You're torn between wanting to go to the pub and hang out at home playing games on your xBox 360. Reddit user DBrizzle was faced with this dilemma and cut the Goridan Knot by moving his xBox into a custom enclosure that also included a 18-inch monitor so he can game while out for a pint.

Full details can be found in the photo descriptions at the imgur link but basically DBrizzle disassembled a new slimline xBox 360, created a custom mold, cast a vinyl case negative and positive, transferred the xBox components to the cast case, and attached a monitor on hinges so the system can open and close like a laptop. The entire setup is 63mm thick when closed and is slightly larger than a widescreen laptop. There is no battery in this setup so you still require the AC adapter, but this is a great way to bring your games with you nearly anywhere that has an electrical outlet.

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iPhone 5 Vs Samsung Galaxy S3 Drop Test, Guess Who Wins?


 
iPhone 5 Vs Samsung Galaxy S3 Drop Test, Guess Who Wins?

The iPhone 5′s anodized aluminum edges may be slightly more prone to daily wear but the real test of time would be how well the device's chassis holds up against every day drops, in comparison to its biggest market competitor, the Samsung Galaxy S3. Looks like the folks over at Android Authority already have the answer to that as they've carried out the first ever iPhone 5 drop test, opposite to the Samsung Galaxy S3.

Even though the guys who've done the iPhone 5 drop test are Android fans, they are calling it a "rock solid" device, a claim they wouldn't make that often for an iOS device. They've admitted that iPhone 5 did amazingly well in their drop test, while the Samsung Galaxy S3 came out in pretty bad shape.

This morning in Hong Kong, Darcy dropped the Galaxy S3 and the iPhone 5 a total of four times, each time from an increasing height. To make our drop test more realistic, we tried to recreate the accidents that happen most often in real life. We ruthlessly let the two devices fall to the hard pavement, just to see what happens. Needless to say, it wasn't pretty. Dayum!

The hard aluminum shell of the iPhone 5 withstood the impact pretty well, and the glass protecting the display remained intact. Meanwhile, the Galaxy S3 predictably lost its back cover and suffered damage to the casing and the front glass.

See it for yourselves in the following video:

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Monday, September 17, 2012

Laser Bike Light Creates Your Own Tron-Like Virtual Lane


 
Laser Bike Light Creates Your Own Tron-Like Virtual Lane
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The best way to stay safe while biking is to stay visible to those you share the road with. And while concepts for laser-based systems that create a highly visible virtual lane around your bike have existed for years and years, they're finally real (and cheap!) now. More »



Wednesday, September 12, 2012

JVC Procision DLA-X95R home theater projector

 
 

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No, what you read above is definitely not a typo. After all, I would suppose that it is a bunch of creative brains behind the JVC Procision DLA-X95R home theater projector that has called it so – merging the words "professional" and "precision" together. Having said that, is your interest not piqued that you want to find out more about the JVC Procision DLA-X95R? I sure do, so why not let us take the plunge right after the jump to read more about it?

The JVC Procision DLA-X95R home theater projector is one of the new, expanded range of home theater projectors which is touted to deliver significant improvements in picture performance and upgraded e-shift technology. Just what does that mean in plain English? Well, we are looking at the upconversion and scaling of 2D content to a 4K signal. Known as e-shift2, this technology is available in seven of the new JVC projectors, with the DLA-X95R leading the way. Apart from that, you will also be able to benefit from a host of other performance-enhancing features that include a new illumination system as well as a new polarizing wire grid that works in tandem with e-shift2 for higher native contrast.

This particular home theater projector is also 3D-enabled, and your eyes will definitely not be bowled over. After all, you will be on the receiving end of stunningly detailed image with minimal aliasing artifacts that are normally found in standard HD displays. You will get higher native contrast in combination with a new polarizing wire grid engine. Proprietary JVC algorithms will see action here, replacing a two-band filter with an eight-band filter in order to apply additional correction to more areas of the image. This would, right away, let you experience a noticeable improvement with any compatible 2D signal. In order to optimize performance for different content, this Multiple Pixel Control offers five preset modes plus Off.

3D performance has also been given a kick in the butt, thanks to the inclusion of new circuitry and a new optical engine that helps reduce cross talk, resulting in a more natural, clear and brighter image. It also boasts of a new lamp and power supply which is said to deliver a significant improvement in brightness over the life of the lamp, sporting a lamp warranty of one year or a thousand hours, whichever comes first.

The asking price for the DLA-X95R? It definitely ain't cheap, as we are looking at a cool $11,999, but at least you can be sure that this will not be obsolete the moment you remove it from its box.

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Monday, September 10, 2012

Google Glass makes catwalk debut at New York Fashion Week


 
Google Glass makes catwalk debut at New York Fashion Week
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Google Glass makes rare appearance at New York Fashion Week

Google Glass' early luxury brand pricing appears to have put it in good stead, with the elite at New York's Fashion Week getting an early close-up look at Google's wearable camera future. Diane von Furstenberg, who's no stranger to a tech tie-in, has added the lightweight frames to her latest show, using them to make a documentary about fashion's creative process. The project is set to appear on von Furstenberg's Google+ page later this week, but if you're not a world-renowned fashion designer (or model), we'd be paying more attention to that two-year wait.

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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Sony Alpha A99 poses for someone else's camera, no optical viewfinder in sight


 
Sony Alpha A99 poses for someone else's camera, no optical viewfinder in sight
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Sony Alpha A99 poses for another camera, no optical viewfinder in sight

Technical details of Sony's rumored Alpha A99 have been overflowing. The actual camera, however, has been elusive until now. A press photo just spotted on Xitek (and passed along to Sony Alpha Rumors) is believed to be authentic and speaks volumes about Sony's pro camera strategy: as shown, there's no obvious space for an optical viewfinder, hinting that the company's full-frame shooter is going with an OLED-based electronic eyepiece like that of its crop-frame A77 precursor. The image doesn't show much more than that and a conspicuous orange ring to remind us that we're gazing upon an Alpha, but it's tough to ignore that more compact (and hopefully lighter) body. Whatever the cosmetics are like, rumors now assert that the 24.3-megapixel, translucent-mirrored A99's early September release has been locked down to September 12th; if that's true, it may give photographers as much reason to be happy that day as phone buyers.

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Kinect for Windows SDK to add new features, markets


 
Kinect for Windows SDK to add new features, markets
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DNP Kinect for Windows to add new features, markets

Kinect for Windows will arrive in style to China and other new markets starting October 8th, sporting a brand new SDK. The new developer kit will add features like color camera settings and extended depth data, as well as more tools and samples like a UI demo based on Kinect's so-called human interface guidelines. Chinese users won't be the only ones waving hello for the first time this fall though, as Chile, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, and Poland have also been added to the list. All told, 38 countries will be able to tinker with the Kinect by the end of the year, and Microsoft envisions an era "where we'll be able to interact intuitively and naturally" with our computers. Some of Redmond's userbase may want it to start somewhere else with that quest.

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Saturday, September 1, 2012

Apple adds Samsung's Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note and Galaxy Note 10.1 to ongoing patent lawsuit


 
Apple adds Samsung's Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note and Galaxy Note 10.1 to ongoing patent lawsuit
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The Apple v. Samsung patent war that will seemingly never end has taken another turn today, as Apple is asking the court to add newer Samsung Galaxy hardware, including the Galaxy S III, Verizon Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note and Galaxy Note 10.1 to its complaint against the Galaxy Nexus and other related devices. If you thought updated software and designs would keep these newer smartphones and tablets out of the fight -- you were wrong. Just to help you keep things straight, remember this is a separate case from the one that ended exactly a week ago with a decision in Apple's favor to the tune of more than $1 billion in damages.

At issue here are eight of Apple's utility patents that it says Samsung has infringed upon. The headliner patents at issue are '721 which covers slide to unlock, and '604, which could apply to the universal search feature Samsung has been pulling from its phones recently. Another familiar entry is the '647 patent Apple slapped HTC with in 2010, which has a vague description but applies to clicking on a phone number in an email, for example, to call it. You can read the details on each and every one in the PDF linked below, we'll be doing... anything else.

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