I won’t lie. I’m not all that impressed with the LG Vu. It’s about as craptacular as the LG Voyager. It’s a little more refined and cleaned up than the Voyager. It’s lightweight, but feels sort of chincy. The haptic touchscreen is nice, though. Maybe I’ll change my mind when we get one in for […]
I won’t lie. I’m not all that impressed with the LG Vu. It’s about as craptacular as the LG Voyager. It’s a little more refined and cleaned up than the Voyager. It’s lightweight, but feels sort of chincy. The haptic touchscreen is nice, though. Maybe I’ll change my mind when we get one in for review. After all, four minutes isn’t enough time to see what the phone can really do, but MediaFLO is rockin’.
Now, if you’re a superhuman hero gold chain on legs like me, you don’t need this ReWalk exo-skeleton. But there’s plenty of people out there who do, such as paraplegics who need to be taught to walk again. Here’s the jibber-jabber: Israeli company Taga designed it for Argo Technologies and it uses SolidWorks’ 3D CAD software. Doctors and stuff are testing it at the moment and the ReWalk should be available by 2009, which can only be a good thing. Plenty guys I knew in Vietnam ended up in wheelchairs, shot by bullets that maimed. Why we didn’t use magic A-Team bullets over there’s just beyond me. [MedGadget]
Chris Pirillo has found a method for upgrading to Vista from XP without activation. It’s a seamless upgrade in the System folder and has been confirmed by Microsoft. Hurry, before they close the loophole.
Chris Pirillo has found a method for upgrading to Vista from XP without activation. It’s a seamless upgrade in the System folder and has been confirmed by Microsoft. Hurry, before they close the loophole.
According to Camcorder Info, Sony’s HDR-SR12 is continuing to push the AVCHD format forward as a viable successor to HDV. It is, by far, the best Sony HDD camcorder on the market—and with 120GB under the hood, it is unmatched in the AVCHD category in terms of capacity. As far as performance is concerned, the SR12 held its own against even the intimidating Canon VIxza HF10, with only a slight inferiority in picture sharpness. They also noted that Sony’s Exmor CMOS sensor and Bionz processor has improved in leaps and bounds over their top HDV camcorder, the HDR-HD9.
In the end CI believes that the decision on what to buy is going to come down to a combination of what each individual needs in a camcorder and what they have the ability to afford. The HDR-SR12 is going to set you back a few at $1399, but you get a ton of capacity and a HDD for those who like it. On the other hand, you could always drop down to the 60GB HDR-SR11 and save yourself about $200. If you want to save some money and get a more portable device, the HF10 might still be your ideal choice at $1100. Hit the link for the full review. [Camcorder Info and Sony]
As you’re probably aware, with analog Television signals being killed off next year, you’ll need a converter for old and crappy Televisions. The government is offering up DTV converter vouchers worth $40 towards the devices, which you can get now. You should be running for yours now, right? Wrong! CNET gave us a few reasons to wait, and they’re good ones.
The biggest reason is that the coupons expire three months after they’re sent out, forcing you to run out and purchase a converter now when you might be better off waiting. After all, there are currently no converters under $40, but there’s an Echostar model coming out in the near future that’s both better than what’s out there now and costing $40. So don’t get too excited and blow this, as it’s a one time offer. But don’t go forgetting, either. Alternatively, you could just purchase an HDTV, but far be it from me to tell people to go out and spend that much money on something nonessential in these uncertain economic times. [CNET]
Scientists in the UK have thought differently about touchpad designs: their system peeks at your fingertips to see what you’re touching. It can sense when you’re pushing on something and how hard, so everything —even a 3D uneven surface— could be made into a touchpad. Quite why they selected to demo this with a purring rock we’re not sure. But we enjoy it.
Apparently the team from Nottingham found it fairly simple to image the blood movements underneath your fingernails as you push on something, so their camera tracks these changes and works out whether you’re touching an object and with what pressure. Try it out yourself: it’s fairly easy to spot the color moving around beneath your nail.
Since the system doesn’t require complex touchpad technology, it’s pretty easy and cheap to produce. Good for tactile museum exhibits thinks the science team; good for whacky game console controllers think I. There’s just one flaw: nail polish can confuse the camera, so naked nails it is. [New Scientist]
Now, if you’re a superhuman hero gold chain on legs like me, you don’t need this ReWalk exo-skeleton. But there’s plenty of people out there who do, such as paraplegics who need to be taught to walk again. Here’s the jibber-jabber: Israeli company Taga designed it for Argo Technologies and it uses SolidWorks’ 3D CAD software. Doctors and stuff are testing it at the moment and the ReWalk should be available by 2009, which can only be a good thing. Plenty guys I knew in Vietnam ended up in wheelchairs, shot by bullets that maimed. Why we didn’t use magic A-Team bullets over there’s just beyond me. [
According to Camcorder Info, Sony’s 
As you’re probably aware, with analog Television signals being killed off next year, you’ll need a converter for old and crappy Televisions. The government is offering up DTV converter vouchers worth $40 towards the devices, which you can get now. You should be running for yours now, right? Wrong! CNET gave us a few reasons to wait, and they’re good ones.
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