Q Sensor: The data of our emotions

Adam Shaw checks out the Q Sensor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a wireless sensor, which measures electricity conducted through the skin.

It can detect whether people are bored, stressed or excited and can be used in market research, therapy or science

It is also being tested by autistic volunteers – it 

People are good at hiding their emotions. But now a device aims to make them visible for all to see. 

can read their feelings, where words fail to communicate their emotions. It’s helping those with seizures and autism better understand and manage their behavior. In fact anywhere there’s emotion; there could be an application for this kind of sensor – helping people across the globe better understand themselves.

source: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121121-reading-your-mind

Will the internet become conscious?

He argues that the physical wiring of the internet is much like a rudimentary brain and some of the actions and interactions that take place on it are similar to the processes that we see in the brain.

At the same time, he says, it is forcing us as humans to interact and think in new and different ways.

But, he tells BBC Future, this is just the beginning.  The internet is only going to become

 The internet is a new lifeform that shows the first signs of intelligence. So says brain scientist and serial entrepreneur Jeff Stibel.

 more and more intelligent, changing humans and society in ways which we are not yet able to understand.

source: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121121-will-the-net-become-conscious

world's lightest 14" Ultrabook – the ThinkPad® X1 Carbon

• Superior Mobility

  Inbuilt 3G wireless* provides the freedom to work anywhere, while Lenovo RapidCharge provides five hours of battery life in just 35 minutes.
  The new ergonomically designed keyboard includes keys with a 30% larger surface area, providing improved typing accuracy and comfort on a backlit keyboard. Intel® vPro™ technology makes remote management and repair a breeze.
  *3G connection is available in selected countries where Lenovo has a mobile access contract with the local telecommunications company.
  
  
  

IdeaPad Yoga 13: Meet the Convertibles

They Flip. They Twist. They Split

IdeaPad Yoga 13

Clever angles for viewing; laptop mode for creating. 13.3” screen.

What are Convertibles?

They’re laptops. They’re tablets. They offer unique modes to create, collaborate, and communicate. Convertibles merge our standard keyboard technology with flexible hinges, and add the power of touch to give you a unique Windows 8 experience.  

Mouse Scanner something more than just a mouse

This mouse will not just serve as a scroll and click functionality, it is still able to scan various documents. More precisely, of course, the documents are not in full, and in part because the size of the mouse does not allow this. So if you want to scan a couple of pages, rather than a whole stack of documents, then this mouse is just what we need. As well as the OCR technology to convert scanned text will allow for editorial purposes.
Mouse scanner, of course, not completely replace a large scanner, but will in any case not more than gadget. The mouse is able to scan at a high resolution of 320 dpi.



source: http://h-i-g-h.org/mouse-scanner-something-more-than-just-a-mouse/

Nikon Coolpix S800c Is An Android-Powered, WiFi-Equipped Compact Camera

Nikon taps Google for a seriously smart camera

The concept of shoehorning WiFi and phone-like features isn't new, but Nikon is clearly taking the concept seriously, pushing a full version of Google's Android Gingerbread operating system into the Coolpix S800c. It's certainly not the first connected camera, but it is a bit refreshing in a time when buggy, proprietary connectivity systems are the norm.

From the back, the camera is a lot like a phone. It uses a big 3.5-inch touchscreen OLED display that can be used to watch video, surf the web, and pretty much anything else you can do on a typical Android device. It prefers to be connected via the integrated WiFi, but if there's no open network around, it can send images and videos wirelessly to a compatible tablet or smartphone so they can be uploaded using the data network. It's a bit like the WU-1a wifi adapter that was announced in concert with the D3200 DSLR. It even has built-in GPS like a smartphone.

Samsung's Cool/Weird Android-Running Galaxy Camera Will Cost $500

The goofy Samsung Galaxy Camera--a point-and-shoot with a 4.8-inch touchscreen and a full version of Android--came out of nowhere and actually impressed us. The interface is fast and efficient for changing settings, the screen is great, and the camera has some pretty decent optics to book (21x optical zoom lens, 16MP CMOS sensor). And we just got an email from AT&T telling us the camera will cost $499.99, either with or without a 4G data plan. Yoooouch. That's even more than the $450 Canon S110, the reigning champ of advanced compacts. We'll

Samsung Galaxy Camera Front and Back Samsung

 

have a full review soon so you can see if it's worth it.
  
source: http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2012-11/samsungs-coolweird-android-running-galaxy-camera-will-cost-500

Canon EOS 60Da For Astrophotography

Canon's new DSLR has been tweaked to help it capture all the beautiful stuff out there in space

Like the EOS 20Da that came before it, Canon's EOS 60Da shares many of its features with its non-astronomical sibling. They have made a few tweaks, however, to facilitate taking photos of the heavens.

The 60Da has a modified infrared filter as well as a sensor that has been adjusted to reduce noise over long exposures while increasing its sensitivity to hydrogen alpha (sometimes known as H-alpha). There's plenty of H-alpha floating around in space even though our eyes -- and most traditional digital camera sensors can't see it. It usually plays a pretty pivotal role in those awesome images of the sun we've been seeing lately that depict the wild solar storms and flares. The 60Da's APS-C sensor is roughly three times more sensitive to H-alpha with some help from the modified infrared filter. The final result is a 20-percent increase in transmittance of the hydrogen alpha line.

Sony NEX-5R Interchangeable-lens Compact Has Hybrid AF, Built-In WiFi, Apps

A new sensor and a wireless connection for Sony's popular ILC

The pre-Photokina new camera blitz continues today with Sony's new NEX-5R interchangeable-lens compact. The name might not sound like much of an upgrade, but there are some substantial differences from its predecessor, the NEX-5N.

The biggest new change from a photographic standpoint is the 16.1-megapixel sensor. It maintains the APS-C size, but they have now added 99 phase-detection AF sensors, giving it the ability to use both phase detection and contrast AF, similar to the Nikon 1-series and the Canon EOS-M and Rebel T4i cameras. Set to Speed Priority Continuous mode, it's capable of maintaining AF tracking up to 10 FPS, which continues Sony's emphasis on sheer shooting speed.

Microsoft Surface Will Start At $500

You'll get more for your money than you would with an iPad, though.
Microsoft's Surface--the company's first in-house Windows 8 computer, or tablet, or whatever it is, goes up for pre-order today. This is a gadget you should care about! It's designed to be a do-everything device--you can use it like a tablet, with superfast touch gestures and apps and stuff, or like a computer, with a keyboard and a full web browser and Flash and Microsoft Office and stuff. It's also startlingly beautiful; Microsoft is much better at making hardware

Microsoft Surface Tablet Microsoft

than most people realize, but this is their crowning achievement. (Our friend Sam Biddle at Gizmodo gushed over it.) It looks awesome.

Yes, an orange can be a battery — and it's

There's plenty of talk about alternative energy options out there, but this battery powered by an orange has to be one of the more interesting attempts at it. The result is pretty cool looking to boot.
The orange battery was created by photographer Caleb Charland, who has made a project out of using fruits and veggies — and other objects — to create light as the subjects of his photography.
The electricity powering the bulb hidden in the center of the segments comes from the chemical reaction between the citric acid in the orange and the zinc nails in the segment.
As you might expect, the power coming from an orange and a few nails isn't going to be enough for it to be your new light fixture. The amount of light produced from this experiment is so low that the photo you see here is the result of a 14-hour exposure.
Even if it isn't a scientific breakthrough, it is a pretty cool little experiment on generating energy and an otherworldly example of long exposure photographyE, with a little steampunk style thrown in.

source: http://dvice.com/archives/2012/11/yes-an-orange-c.php

IBM's Sequoia Supercomputer is Now the World's Fastest Computing Machine

he latest TOP500 supercomputer rankings, released today, place America's 16-plus-petaflop machine at the top.
The latest TOP500 ranking of the world’s fastest supercomputers is out this morning, and America is (finally) back on top. After nearly three years trailing supercomputers abroad--Japan’s K computer reigned supreme for most of last year, with China’s Tianhe-1A close behind--the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has stolen the top spot via Sequoia, a 16.32 petaflops (that’s a quadrillion

The Department of Energy's Sequoia Supercomputer NNSA

 

floating point operations per second) IBM machine built from 96 racks containing 98,304 computing nodes and 1.6 million cores.

Simulated Brain Ramps Up To Include 100 Trillion Synapses

IBM is developing a cognitive computing program under a DARPA program and just hit a major high.

Neurosynaptic Cores This network of neurosynaptic cores is derived from wiring in the monkey brain. The cores are clustered into regions, also inspired by the brain, and each core is represented by a point along the ring. Arcs connect the different cores to each other. Each core contains 256 neurons, 1024 axons, and 256×1024 synapses. IBM

The Sequoia supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, recently crowned world champion of supercomputers, just simulated 10 billion neurons and 100 trillion connections among them--the most powerful brain simulation ever. IBM and LLNL built an unprecedented 2.084 billion neurosynaptic cores, which are an IBM-designed computer architecture that is designed to work like a brain.

http://techie-pinoy.com/2012/10/19/lenovo-ideatab-lynx-hybrid-windows-8-tablet/

Lenovo is back with its latest technology in the form of the IdeaTab Lynx. It is the first Windows 8 tablet powered with dual core Intel Clover Trail platform. The Lynx features a 11.6-inch IPS five-point multi-touch screen display for easy navigation and 400 cd/m2 brightest with 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, an Intel Atom Z2760 Clover Trail processor, a 2GB of RAM, and a 32GB to 64GB of flash storage.

The Lenovo IdeaTab Lynx has a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, a microUSB port, a microSD card slot, a micro HDMI, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0 and dual stereo speakers. It also features an optional keyboard dock transforming it to a laptop mode with additional 2 USB ports to connect external devices and to add an extra juice on its overall battery life up to 16 hours of use.  The Lenovo IdeaTab Lynx retails for $599, but if you add a keyboard dock then you’ll have to pay additional $150.

source: http://techie-pinoy.com/2012/10/19/lenovo-ideatab-lynx-hybrid-windows-8-tablet/

Logitech Bluetooth Illuminated Keyboard K810

Logitech has launched its latest technology in the form of a Illuminated Keyboard that is optimized for Microsoft’s new operating system Windows 8, complete with shortcut keys. The Logitech Bluetooth Illuminated Keyboard K810 actually works with Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating system, pairing with up to three devices simultaneously, letting you switch among your Windows 8 PC, iPad and android phone at the push of a button without any hassle.

This rechargeable keyboard uses bluetooth connectivity to pair with your smart devices and features an auto-adjusting illumination that ensures the laser-etched key characters are always bright and easy to read. The Logitech Bluetooth Illuminated Keyboard K810 uses proximity detection to turn on the lighting when your hands approach it, turning the backlight off as you start to type up automatically according to the light level in the room, thus saving battery power.

Regarding power, this illuminated keyboard is said to deliver 10 days of battery life on a full charge.  The keyboard itself sports a brushed-aluminium finish and Logitech says its concave designed keys will help ensure “whisper-quiet typing”. Logitech Bluetooth Illuminated Keyboard K810 is now available in the US for $99.99 each.

source: techie-pinoy.com/2012/10/18/logitech-bluetooth-illuminated-keyboard-k810/

ASUS Maximus V Extreme E-ATX Motherboard Review

Asus Maximus V Extreme E-ATX is the latest addition of the company to its Republic of Gamer (R.O.G) series motherboards.  It is equipped with the latest I/O technology onboard called Thunderbolt, an industry first technology set to revolutionize the speed of peripherals and display giving a boost on transfer rate of data and much higher image resolutions. Thunderbolt onboard technology is said to provide an ultra-fast transfer speed of 10GBps, which is twice faster than USB 3.0. and resolution up to 2560 x 1600 using the DisplayPort. Another unique technology is the daisy-chain technology, wherein user can connect up to 7 high-speed devices without the need for hub or switch, perfect to avoid messy cabling. Here are some of the core specifications of the Asus Maximus V Extreme E-ATX motherboard.