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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
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Who saw The Hurt Locker ? Oh, right: none of you . Even if you didn’t you probably are already familiar with the basic concept: a U.S. Army guy whose job it is to disable I.E.D.s sorta goes crazy. That’s the gist of it. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defense in the UK has unveiled something called the Dragon Runner , a remote-controlled robot that disables bombs. It has four—count ‘em, four!—on-board cameras that transmit the images of what’s what to the soldat behind the controller. Said soldat can then use the robotic arm, which can lift up to 100 pounds, to try to disable a bomb or move it to a safer location. That’s pretty much all there is to it. Back to The Hurt Locker . It was an OK movie, sure, but there’s no way in hell you can tell me it was better than Un prophète .
Posted by Kevin Huffman
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
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We told you about Sony’s new concept cameras that were announced during PMA , and now that things have calmed down a bit, we’re starting to see some details. Specifically, what’s going on with the menu system, and what exactly is going to make these cameras so interesting. It appears that Sony is taking menuing way beyond the basic face detection and background templates. Instead, how about being able to adjust the depth of field from the LCD? How about using a touch screen to adjust all this stuff, and using it to be able to make adjustments to the white balance, or color hues? Sound interesting? Of course, you’ll have the typical picture modes and such, but it’s looking like the menuing system will definitely be where it’s at. And keep in mind, this an EVIL class camera , so you can expect quite a bit more of it then you would from your basic point and shoot. [via Geeky Gadgets ]
Posted by Kevin Huffman
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
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Well – not entirely . After all, it’s bright, responsive, and has a much higher resolution. But there is a lot more to making a good screen, and under a detailed analysis it’s far from a rout when you pit HTC’s bleeding-edge OLED screen against the old-school LCD of the iPhone. Here is the basic list of complaints, which seem to be backed up by pretty credible evidence. Read the rest of this post on MobileCrunch…