Steve Jobs and NeXT

In 1985, briefly after being discharged from Apple, Steve Jobs grounded NeXT, the slightly short-lived but revolutionary company centered higher education and business services. This absorbing PBS documentary film, named The Entrepreneurs was shot in 1986. It provides a rare glance of Jobs’ original sight with NeXT and Jobs' dreams.

The perfect Christmas tablet

90% of Americans want a tablet? Christmas is almost here so it's time to choose the perfect Christmas tablet. You have to pick between these 4 tablets:

Remote Control Flying Fish

I've seen many interesting toys, but this one definitely is in my top 5. If you think you are safe, think again because sharks can fly. And they will be the soul of the party!

You can choose between the Flying Shark and the Flying Clownfish. Which one do you like more?

Modern Warfare 3 vs. Battlefield

I was looking for a new game for my XBox 360. It was not an easy choice, because there are so many good and bad reviews. After reading about these games and watching video reviews, I came to this conclusion:

And here is a serious comparison Modern Warfare 3 vs. Battlefield provided by IGN

Top Future Cars [Infographic]

The market is getting more and more complicated everyday. The next step everyone is involved into is the reinvent the automobile. Each manufacturer has defined its own vision of the future cars.

Auto engines and hydrogen fuel cell type is still too costly and inefficient to be launched in series production, the producers decided synchronous machine. Some decided to rely on electric motors.

The World’s Biggest Limousine

It's called Midnight Rider and according to the Guinness Book of World Records it's the heaviest limousine ever created. Built between 1997 and 2004, the Midnight Rider it's just like a "Tractor-Trailer Limousine".

70 feet long, 14 feet tall, holds up to 40 passengers. There are 3 lounges, a real bar and a bathroom. Perfect for a party with your friends.

iPhone 4s vs Samsung Galaxy 2 - Let the fight begin

I'm not sure who dropped the first blood, but Samsung begins a viral campaign that seems to directly address the Apple fans, promoting the Galaxy S II line of smartphones.







“I could never get a Samsung. I’m creative.” line is hilarious.

Tablet High On Felt!

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The HiLo is quite an interesting concept; it is a 10” OLED Tablet with a wireless felt keyboard. Now the thing about the keyboard is that it’s styled as a jacket to hold the tablet. At the same time it features fused (hot pressed – embedded circuitry) keys on the outside. Naturally, you use the keyboard as desired, however I’m getting a kick out of the casual interaction between the protective jacket and the tablet. It’s just too awesome!

Materials

Keyboard: Felt
Tablet Shell: aluminum and ABS plastic
Size: 280 x 160 x 14 mm
Weight: 1 kg

Source: Yanko Design

'True 3D' Display Using Laser Plasma Technology

The first thing that came into my mind was: "Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope." This 3D technology uses a laser to creates glowing points of light at desired positions in air or underwater.



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30 degrees below zero pour boiling water

30 degrees below zero pour boiling water

How about that?

Quad-core HTC tablet to be released in February 2012

HTC did not manage to have the expected success with HTC Flyer tablet. They will try their luck in 2012 with a fresh quad-core tablet. It will be interesting to see if they will use Tegra 3. Especially since they speak also of a smartphone with Tegra 3 HTC - HTC Edge.

The presentation event of the famous tablet will take place at HTC Mobile World Congress 2011 in Spain.

The race for quad-core tablets just started. Perhaps this would be the rescue solution they are waiting for. There are many things to be taken into consideration: interface, operating system, applications.

iPad still dominates the market with over 60%, Android tablets with a variety of models stands at 35%.

See more details on HTC Flyer here

The Reading Finger

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Finger Reader is a fine example of how visually impaired can be more independent in places like a grocery store or shops. The reader is a combination of a finger device and Bluetooth Headset, where the finger-pointer scans products for barcodes and relays the product information to earpiece as audio instructions. Info like product description, price, ingredients, nutrition etc. is easily accessible. I think it will be a good aid!

 

The Art of Solar Printing

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It’s here in incredible concept and I simply love it! The Tanning Printer is a solar powered printer that doesn’t use cartridges. Instead it uses the process of sun-tanning the paper! You got that right sir…sun tan! It seems outlandish right now, but trust me the idea is worth exploring… the design is here, it looks neat and sleek; now let the engineers figure it out!

Source: Yanko Design

Why Two? The Part - Tablet and Smart Phone Concept

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Do we really need the tablet and the smartphone to be two different entities? If you ask these trio designers their answer is no! The Part is the coexistence of a smartphone and a tablet as one whole device. You can remove the phone for individual use, however together they tango even better!

Energy Saving Dialug Twist-Timer Wall Plugs

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The Dialug looks like a traditional timer for a reason; it actually puts charging computers and gadgets on a timer so that people don’t end up charging their devices for hours on end needlessly. It works very easily as well. Simply place the Dialug counter-clockwise to power devices during regular use and clockwise in order to set a timer for gadgets that need only limited time of power.

Conceived and designed by DanBee Lee, JangSoo Kim, KyoYeon Kim and WooRi Kim, the Dialug is an eco-friendly solution to accidental waste of electricity. Not only does it make users more mindful of their power consumption, it provides a foolproof way to avoid such waste. Unless, of course, people forget to set the timer. 

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Eco Timer Chargers 

Apogee Duet 2 - USB audio interface for Mac

I received some questions regarding my last year How to build a home studio post.
My readers asked me for the best Mac audio interface. I did some research for you guys and I have a solution: Apogee DUET 2

Apogee Duet 2 is the best solution when it comes to audio recording on Mac. With this amazing audio interface you can record vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums or other musical instrument - everything studio-quality! Remember that Apogee Duet 2 is portable, so you can record whenever and wherever inspiration strikes you.

The Apogee Duet 2 engineers used the latest technology and experience with this audio interface. There is no doubt, you can hear a clear difference between Apogee and other portable audio interfaces. From the preamps converters, Duet 2 allows you to capture sound with more clarity than the original Duet.

Apogee Duet 2 has a fresh feature: the OLED screen (Organic Light Emitting Diode). This high resolution screen is the Duet 2's control center. It provides visual feedback for multiple functions, such as numerical value for the input and output.

Apogee Duet 2 also introduces two configurable touch pads, located on both sides of a main potentiometer. This unique feature allows you to select the function you need directly from Duet 2, without the need to look at software.

Specifications:

Mac audio interface, USB 2.0
Line / mic / instrument Input (2)
2 balanced line outputs (+20 dBu maximum output level)
headphone output "
2 microphone preamps with 75 dB gain
AD / DA conversion 24bit/192kHz
High-resolution OLED display
multifunctional potentiometer
configurable Touch pads
+ 48V phantom power

System Requirements:

Intel Mac 1.5 GHz or faster
Minimum 2 GB RAM (4GB recommended)
OS: 10.6.4 or later
Powered via USB (optional DC power supply)

Read more reviews and see the price here

HumanForm by Nokia

Nokia is trying to regain its prestige with various concept designs projects. HumanForm is a joint effort between Nokia Research Center and Nokia Design. They tried to use nanotechnologies into a new user experience gadget. They say that this gadget is a solution beyond touch screen and voice communication. The new phone convey human emotions.

The device has a teardrop shape and responds to about any type of gesture, bending, comfort, pinch (pinch) or slide due to nano technology used in creation. Comes with a certain level of transparency and the entire surface of the device, with areas of interaction, is touch sensitive.