A device currently going through the patent certification process, the GettaGrip Musclephone runs on a lithium-ion battery, and features handgrips on either side. According to the feature on the December 12 edition of FT’s How to Spend It Magazine, 40 seconds of squeezing is enough to fully charge the battery. (via)
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Original post by Rico
A device currently going through the patent certification process, the GettaGrip Musclephone runs on a lithium-ion battery, and features handgrips on either side. According to the feature on the December 12 edition of FT’s How to Spend It Magazine, 40 seconds of squeezing is enough to fully charge the battery. (via)
Tags: GettaGrip, GettaGrip Musclephone, Musclephone
Original post by Rico
A device currently going through the patent certification process, the GettaGrip Musclephone runs on a lithium-ion battery, and features handgrips on either side. According to the feature on the December 12 edition of FT’s How to Spend It Magazine, 40 seconds of squeezing is enough to fully charge the battery. (via)
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Original post by Rico
Filed under: Laptops, Peripherals
Alas, here we are, 2008 drawing quickly to a close, and yet we still live in a world where the only viable portable fuel cell system is available exclusively to the US Army (unless you can make due with one lowly watt). Panasonic says we have another four years to wait, planning for a 2012 releasing of device powerful enough to run a notebook yet small enough to fit inside a battery compartment. The company estimates up to 5 hours of power could be had from 50cc of “highly concentrated″ methanol, and of course you’d always be just a squirt away from a full charge — the same sort of promises we’ve heard again and again about this tech. Four years may seem like a long way off, but it’s surely more realistic than the release dates we’ve seen on some earlier prototypes.
Update: A few 200cc, 20-hour prototypes displayed after the break.
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Original post by Tim Stevens
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/Apple_s_Steve_Jobs_calls_Blu_ray_a_bag_of_hurt’;Straight from El Jobso’s mouth at today’s notebook keynote: “Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt. It’s great to watch the movies, but the licensing of the tech is so complex, we’re waiting till things settle down and Blu-ray takes off in the marketplace.” Damn. As if that weren’t enough to make Mac-lovin’ home theater junkies cringe, Steve also commented (when asked about the dearth of HDMI in his introductions) that HDMI was “limited in resolution,” and Philip Schiller elaborated by saying that “for typical computer use, DisplayPort is the connector of the future.” So, does that mean we can’t count on Blu-ray support in OS X 10.5.6?
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Original post by Darren Murph
Filed under: Laptops
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Original post by Joshua Topolsky
Yes, in less than two hours, Steve Jobs will reveal official details on whatever Apple’s planning to offer the world this time, and most likely updates on current projects. And the noisy Mac-loving minority has made sure that tech writers will hang on every syllable coming from Jobs’ mouth—for the “benefit” of their own readers.
In any case, a significant number of tongues are wagging over supposedly leaked pictures of the new MacBook. And you can bet someone was passionate enough to turn those pics into a clear mock-up for speculation to focus on (pictured above).
Speaking of which, rumors and theories over the upcoming MacBook event have proliferated all over the net. So it’s necessary to honestly, ignore all that noise. I’ll only pay attention if the new MacBook—reportedly styled like the current-generation iMac—fits the power-and-portability setup exemplified by the now-defunct 12″ PowerBook. It’s easy to admit that the MacBook Pro is powerful. Why can’t we have that power in a more handy package?
But that’s just me. What kind of groundbreaking announcement are you looking for? What should Steve Jobs reveal to retain your everlasting faith in Apple? Aside from a new laptop of course? A particular kind of service? Or even a gaming console? There’s no right answer, so feel free to comment away!
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Original post by Rico
Mac enthusiasts have been transfixed lately by the mystery product, code-named “brick,” that’s due for release later this month.
Some bloggers and pundits have suggested it might be a new iteration of Apple TV or an updated Mac Mini. But according to a report on 9to5Mac.com, “brick” refers not to what it is, but how it’s made.
The Web site, which cites an anonymous source, says the code name has to do with a manufacturing process for Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Pro lines of laptops. Apple will build the notebook out of a single piece of carved-out aluminum — a brick.
A radically different production method might well boost costs, at least at the outset. But there could also be savings from the change, says market research firm iSuppli. If you’re working with one single unit of metal, you’re reducing a lot of the materials costs and also a lot of labor time on assembly.
Using a single piece of metal would also provide the opportunity for the kind of design flourishes that distinguish Apple and its chief executive, Steve Jobs (at left in photo above with Woz, right).
Screws might be minimized or eliminated entirely. Seams joining different pieces of metal would disappear. In short, these notebooks would be unlike anything else on the market in appearance and design.
Apple has been known to push the envelope on notebook design over the years. Its metallic MacBook Pros have inherited a distinctive look and feel that dates to 2001 when Apple launched its PowerBook G4 product line. Since then, there has always been a metal notebook, sometimes boasting a titanium shell, sometimes one of aluminum.
Much more at Businessweek.
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Original post by nafiz
Filed under: Laptops
See that? We could be wrong but that’s not a 13.3-inch Envy 133 laptop — it’s bigger. In other words, while the video titled “Voodoo Envy: Carbon Fiber Closeup” is certainly an Envy, we’re guessing (or at least hoping) it’s the recently teased model. Widescreen Envy 184 anyone? Hit the read link for the full video.
P.S. Yes, the carbon fiber micro-weave is smokin’
[Thanks, Anthony M.]
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Original post by Thomas Ricker
1sockchuck writes “Weta Digital, the New Zealand studio that created the visual effects for the “Lord of the Rings” movie trilogy, has launched a new “extreme density” data center to provide the computing horsepower to power its digital renderings. Weta is running four clusters that are each equipped with 156 of HP’s new 2-in-1 blade servers, and use liquid cooling to manage the heat loads. The Weta render farms currently hold spots 219 through 222 on the current Top 500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers.”
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Original post by CmdrTaco
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Directly rewarding efforts with results, now that’s the way to get someone moving. As we’ve seen time and time again, providing a clear, undiluted motivator is a perfect way to make fitness a top priority in life, and that’s exactly what Takara Tomy is hoping to achieve with its pocket-friendly Jinsei Game of Life pedometer. Essentially, this device is a portable version of the famed Game of Life board game, but users are purportedly not allowed to take a turn unless they take 300 steps first. Additionally, two players can take on one another via the “communication mode,” but there’s a good chance the most chiseled among you will take home the gold regardless of luck. Out this month in Japan for ¥3,675 ($34).
[Via CScout Japan]
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Original post by Darren Murph
Filed under: Wearables
Personally, we′d prefer slipping our feet into the WiFi-detecting Nike Dunks if given a choice, but it’s hard to argue with the smooth factor bundled with the highly customized kicks shown above. Dubbed Illuminated Confusion, the shoes feature a pattern print with “neon green light-up lateral sides that either blink or glow.” The lighting on each shoe gets powered by a single AAA cell, and you’ll even get a free “custom box″ with you order. And considering the $400 price tag and two to three week wait time, we wouldn’t expect anything less. Vid after the jump.
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Original post by Darren Murph
Filed under: Handhelds, Laptops
Look, we’re not saying that FlipStart is on the way out, but when your “store” page tells people that the stock of your device has been “sold out″ and then directs them to a third-party retailer for accessories, things might not be looking so good.
[Thanks, Marke]
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Original post by Joshua Topolsky
Roland Piquepaille writes “Networks are used to represent the structure of complex systems, including the Internet or social networks, but often these descriptions are biased or incomplete. Now, researchers at the Santa Fe Institute (SFI) have shown that it’s possible to extract automatically the hierarchical structure of networks. The researchers say their results ’suggest that hierarchy is a central organizing principle of complex networks, capable of offering insight into many network phenomena.’ They also think that their algorithms can be applied to almost every kind of networks, from biochemical networks (protein interaction networks, metabolic networks or genetic regulatory networks) to communities in social networks. But read more for additional references and some pictures about hierarchical networks and their applications.”
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Original post by timothy
betaville points out comments AT&T filed with the FCC in which they denied throttling traffic by resetting P2P file-sharing connections. Earlier this week, a study published by the Vuze team found AT&T to have the 25th highest (13th highest if extra Comcast networks are excluded) median reset rate among the sampled networks. In the past, AT&T has defended Comcast’s throttling practices, and said it wants to monitor its network traffic for IP violations. “AT&T vice president of Internet and network systems research Charles Kalmanek, in a letter addressed to Vuze CEO Gilles BianRosa, said that peer-to-peer resets can arise from numerous local network events, including outages, attacks, reconfigurations or overall trends in Internet usage. ‘AT&T does not use “false reset messages” to manage its network,’ Kalmanek said in the letter. Kalmanek noted that Vuze’s analysis said the test ‘cannot conclude definitively that any particular network operator is engaging in artificial or false [reset] packet behavior.’”
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Original post by Soulskill
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