The MobiBlu DAH-1500 is an ultra small MP3 player with the dimensions of only 24 x 24 x 24 mm. It features an OLED display and 20 hours battery life. Source: I4U
Archive for February, 2005
The BMW H2R has set nine world speed records for internal combustion powered vehicles using hydrogen as a fuel. The H2R has a 0-60 acceleration in under 6 seconds and a top speed of 174 mph.
The main modifications to the 760i engine involve adapting the fuel injection system to the special features and requirements of hydrogen fuel. Intake valves were enlarged, valve seat rings were modified, special hydrogen-specific injection valves were used and relocated to the intake manifold instead of the combustion chamber. Finally several engine management changes were made to tune the engine to hydrogen’s unique combustion characteristics.
The Sony NW-E505 is the next generation of Sony’s Net Walkman lineup. It features 512MB storage, 3-line OLED display, FM radio, weighs 37g and up to 50 hours battery life with a rapid charging feature. It comes in the color blue and silver. Other up coming models includes the NW-E407 which features a 1GB storage capacity and the NW-E405 which has 512MB in storage. These models are similar in features, shape and size as the NW-E505. Source: dapreview.net
The Yamaha YSP-1 Digital Sound Projector provides the listener with surround sound quality with only one unit. The YSP-1 uses a 40 driver, dual woofer system to achieve five channel surround sound performance. It’s expected to be available in March 2005.
Yamaha employs Digital Sound Projector Technology to provide holographic surround sound from a single flat panel, which forms a multi-channel sound beam to achieved precise control of the delay characteristics of multiple speakers. The YSP-1 projects flat wave fronts of sound and appear to listeners to be located at different points on the panel or via reflections off walls at different points in the room.
IBM, Sony Corporation and Toshiba Corporation release key details of the upcoming Cell Chip. The cell chip uses parallel-processing, contains eight microprocessors that communicate that communicates with each other and can produce up to 10 times the performance of the latest PC processors. The chip also supports the ability of running multiple operating systems simultaneously. The Cell Chip is expected to be used in the upcoming Sony PlayStation 3. link
The National Library of Medicine posts the first pencil sketch of the DNA double helix by molecular biologist Francis Crick. link
Cyberkinetics Inc has begun government approved human testing of an implant to the human brain:
The System consists of a sensor that is implanted on the motor cortex of the brain and a device that measures and interprets brain signals and translates these signals into useful computer control.
It is hoped that the BrainGate System might someday allow people unable to use their arms or hands to control a computer using their thoughts. The System could potentially be used to help increase the independence of people with disabilities by allowing them to control various devices with their thoughts. Through their control of a personal computer, users of the BrainGate System may be able to control a variety of devices to complete everyday tasks such as composing an email, answering the telephone and controlling a television.
nVIDIA’s Scalable Link Interface (SLI) technology combines the power of 2 graphic cards:
Combining two NVIDIA SLI-certified graphics cards in a single system allows you to essentially double your graphics performance (up to 2x). NVIDIA SLI-certified GPUs feature dedicated, built-in SLI hardware and take advantage of the additional bandwidth of the PCI Express bus architecture. Connected by the SLI connector, each GPU has a maximized connection pathway, and can leverage the second card for reaching top-speed performances on a single display. Professional users can also take advantage of SLI technology on dual NVIDIA Quadro GPUs to span an OpenGL window across multiple displays. Unlike previous dual-card solutions, NVIDIA SLI can output in both digital and analog formats for the highest image quality.