Interest in the BBB is at an all time low. BlackBerry News is reporting that the 3G BlackBerry from RIM is now being pushed back to September 1 or later. I’m not sure about you folks, but I’m over it.

Interest in the BBB is at an all time low. BlackBerry News is reporting that the 3G BlackBerry from RIM is now being pushed back to September 1 or later. I’m not sure about you folks, but I’m over it.

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The common LCD screen is highly inefficient. Less than 10% of the light from the backlit screen actually works its way through the various layers, with the polarizing layer alone absorbing half. Now, using optics more akin to something found in a telescope, researchers have discovered a way to reduce the wasted energy. Anna Pyayt, from […]

The common LCD screen is highly inefficient. Less than 10% of the light from the backlit screen actually works its way through the various layers, with the polarizing layer alone absorbing half.

Now, using optics more akin to something found in a telescope, researchers have discovered a way to reduce the wasted energy. Anna Pyayt, from the University of Washington, along with two Microsoft engineers, think they can achieve 75% efficiency.

In the new display technology each pixel is comprised of two mirrors. Light from a backlit display hits the primary donut shape mirror, which then - with the help of an applied voltage - reflects the light onto a secondary mirror. The light travels back towards the first mirror and through the hole, onto the screen.

The budding technology has potential to reach wide spread consumer acceptance simply because it is brighter and more efficient than other competitors to the field. The technology is new and hasn’t even gone through any durability testing, but the team is hopeful to see commercial production within five years.

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Curses. Why am I not there?! Oh well. Maybe next year. io9 on the other hand is there and they’ve written up a nice tiny recap of what they’ve seen. I’ve chosen not to read the entire excerpt, but you guys and gals are more than welcome to. We saw an exclusive red-band trailer that […]

Curses. Why am I not there?! Oh well. Maybe next year. io9 on the other hand is there and they’ve written up a nice little recap of what they’ve seen. I’ve chosen not to read the entire excerpt, but you guys and gals are more than welcome to.

We saw an exclusive red-band trailer that included some more adult-ish scenes from the motion picture. It started out with a close-up of Rohrshach’s mask, then Dr. Manhattan blowing up vietnames people, who were literally exploding into pieces. Then the famous smiley face pin with blood falling on it. Rohrshach walking into flickering neon room, the Comedian’s lair, looking at weapons and headlines like “Murderous Rampage Averted,” and a picture of the Silk Spectre. We get to see the shapes on hishis mask transform and it looks amazingly cool. And we see some armor in the Comedian’s lair. And then it switches to Nite Owl in his headquarters loking downcast and weary. And then the original Silk Specter posing for a photo with other 1940s heroes and rubbing her eyes, and then the Comedian leers at her. And then we saw a sparkling CGI rendering of the pirate ship from the Black Fortress, and a clock flickering. And then Sally unveils the Nite Owl Ship, pulling a huge cloth off of it.

And someone is running a magnifying glass over tons of small clock gears, and then we see a clock ticking, and we watch Billy Crudup transform into Dr. Manhattan, with his flesh melting away into a skeleton. And we see Silk Spectre and Nite Owl lean in to kiss each other as a shooting star falls in the background, and then it turns into a nuclear explosion. The President swivels around in his chair and oh my god it’s Nixon! And we saw the Nite Owl ship bursting up through the ice, and the Comedian fighting someone and completely fucking him up. And then some 1940s heroes bowling. And Dr. Manhattan obliterating someone who’s pulled a gun on him — literally blasting them into pixels. And there’s an amazingly sexy shot of Silk Spectre looking badass followed by a closeup of her torso as she pulls her top open, exposing a ton of cleavage. And then there’s more Rohrshach, leaning in to intimidate someone, and then the Comedian falling out the window, tumb ling helplessly through the air and blood falling onto that smiley face badge again.

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Philippe Kahn and his ambitious Pacific Cup sailing trip from San Francisco to Hawai’i got me all inspired this week to go sailing, but there’s one problem: I suck at sailing. In fact, the last time I went sailing was in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, where I nearly got smashed on the reef that protects the beach there. So you’ll excuse my excitement this day over the SimSail, a full sized “land yachting” simulator for two. It’s not quite the same thing as sailing on the water, and it’s certainly not even remotely close to what Kahn’s up to these days, but for me, at least, it’s a begin.

SimSail offers custom locations, weather and, yes, those land yachts are full-size. A roughly 7′x5′ screen displays the virtual course for the two “sailors” and the two or three people gathered to watch. [SimSail via Born Rich]

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I’ll be the first to admit that having someone massage your hands is relaxing, especially after a long day of typing away on a computer. If you agree, a finger massage from this DanBall device might be just the thing to help melt away your stress. According to the manufacturer, it can give you up to 50 one minute shiatsu finger massages on a single charge, help grow your fingernails with infrared rays and keep you relaxed with a soothing melody and LED light show. Sounds like a great way to keep the typing fingers limbered up or keep you on your bowling game, but for $2000 I’m pretty sure that I can find some better ways to unwind. [Japan Trend Shop via OhGizmo via Ubergizmo]

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