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Brain Carpet microelectrodes could help translate thoughts into actions more effectively

sexta-feira, 31 de julho de 2009 · 0 comentários

Brain Carpet microelectrodes could help translate thoughts into actions more effectively

Researchers at the University of Utah have developed a new, more precise way of placing microelectrodes on the surface of the brain to enable patients to turn thoughts into action. Led by Bradley Greger, a professor of bioengineering, the “Brain Carpet” as it’s called, represents a “modest advance” in techniques already in use. The Brain Carpet makes use of smaller microelectrodes, and also employs many more than are usually used. The method involves sawing off the skull of the patient, then placing 32 electrodes about 2mm apart on the surface of the brain. Though they’ve conducted tests on just a handful of patients — all epileptics — the technique, they believe could also be used to help people control their prosthetic limbs much more effectively. The electrodes allow detection of the electric signals in the brain which control arm and hand movements. In the tests, patients have successfully controlled a cursor on a computer screen following the operation, and they see applications for brain-machine interface devices in the future. There’s no word on when the Brain Carpet will move from the research to reality phase, but the group’s findings have just recently appeared in the journal Neurosurgical Focus.

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Brain Carpet microelectrodes could help translate thoughts into actions more effectively originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Reminder: vote for your favorite Kindle design by Monday!

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Reminder: vote for your favorite Kindle design by Monday!

Our Kindle contest that we’re running in cooperation with our good friends at Adafruit Industries and Amazon has drawn to an epic conclusion, and there’s simply no other way to put it — we’re blown away. We received literally dozens upon dozens of incredible, art gallery-worthy entries and it was all but impossible to narrow them down to a group of finalists — but after an entire weekend of mulling, debating, and hand-wringing, we’ve done the dirty work and narrowed it down to a group of just twenty-three. Now, dear readers, the fate of five Kindles lies in your hands and your hands alone. The laser awaits.

So here’s what we need from you: pick your favorite by 11:59PM ET on Monday, August 3rd. That’s it. We’ll take the five top vote-getters and award each with a 6-inch Kindle engraved with their design — and of course, we’ll post pictures of the finished products before they go out to their lucky owners.

Hit the read link below to view the finalists and cast your votes! Good luck to everyone!

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Reminder: vote for your favorite Kindle design by Monday! originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Black Wii now available from importers for $333

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Black Wii now available from importers for $333

Yeah, we were pretty bummed that Nintendo’s super-hot black Wii wasn’t coming to the US, but fear not, fanboys — it looks like the stealth console has hit the gray-market import scene. Sure, you’ll have to pay a bit of a premium at $333, but surely that’s a reasonable price for exclusivity, no?

[Via DCEmu UK; thanks Craig]

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Black Wii now available from importers for $333 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Our First Winner for an iPhone 3GS Giftcard!

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Our First Winner for an iPhone 3GS Giftcard!

As you may have known, we are giving a free iPhone 3G S every month until September. Today we are announcing our first winner. You can find out more about our iPhone 3G S giveaway here.

Our first winner is: Bob ( http://twitter.com/bsquared13 )

Stay tuned for more chances to win. Enter to win here, and you could be our next winner.


Sony to launch new eBook readers, PRS-300 and PRS-600

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Sony to launch new eBook readers, PRS-300 and PRS-600


Sony is full on the swing to launch its new eBook readers, the PRS-300 and PRS-600. It is leaked that the PRS-300 will feature a 5-inch display; around 440MB of internal storage within a 220 gram body but it will leak any memory card slots of sorts, while the other PRS-600 model will be a vast improvement over the seemingly entry-level PRS-300.

eBook readers, PRS-300 and PRS-600

The PRS-600 is equipped with a 6 inch touchscreen display with audio output and a micro SD card slot. There is a 380MB dubbed in 220 gram body. It is not confirmed yet, but any one of the unit will come with WiFi connectivity. Well there is no price listing or release windows out yet.

Motorola’s Android for Verizon: ‘Sholes’

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Motorola's Android for Verizon: 'Sholes'

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After tones of rumors about Motorola's upcoming lineup powered by Android OS,here is something concrete and worth a look. The Sholes appears to be a strong full touchscreen with a sliding QWERTY. Reports suggest that this would land sometime in October and support both CDMA and EVDO Rev A. Here are the rumored specs:

  • 3.7" Touch Screen (480 x 854)
  • 512MB ROM, 256MB RAM + Micro SDHC slot
  • 5MP Camera
  • GPS / Bluetooth / WiFi

Sholes is surely the best we have seen amongst the recently leaked Motorola phones. Hope it saves the day for Moto's sinking ship.

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China Mobile's 7-inch Android slate gets rendered

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China Mobile's 7-inch Android slate gets rendered

We’ve nothing much to go on outside of a few good renders and a smattering of machine translated paragraphs, but it sure sounds as if China Mobile is entertaining the idea of bringing a 7-inch Android-based tablet to its airwaves. As the story goes, said slate would boast China’s homegrown TD-SCDMA 3G connectivity, support for video calling, a full-fledged web browser and an OPhone operating system — which is essentially a customized version of Android for the Chinese market. Sadly, no further information was given, leaving us to wonder what kind of innards are scheduled for implant and what kind of price tag / release date we’re looking at. Oh, and those “call” and “end call” buttons are pretty darn evident, leading us to believe that China Mobile might actually expect you to use this as your primary mobile. Can you say… Sidetalkin‘?

[Via Pocketables]

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China Mobile’s 7-inch Android slate gets rendered originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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LG BL40 passes FCC again, this time with US 3G very much enabled

quinta-feira, 30 de julho de 2009 · 0 comentários

LG BL40 passes FCC again, this time with US 3G very much enabled

LG mentioned to us yesterday that there aren’t any US plans in the cards for its lovely BL40 New Chocolate — at least, none that it wants to talk about, even though we’ve got to believe Verizon’s cooking up some plans — but meanwhile there’s still action on the North American front. A new variant of the BL40 dubbed BL40G (”G” for “gonna be awesome,” obviously) has hit the FCC with HSPA enabled on the 850 and 1900MHz bands. You might recall that those bands were disabled on the last version the FCC checked out, so if anything, this might be the version that Canada’s Telus is signed up for to help it kick off its upcoming HSPA network launch. Remind us to start researching political asylum claims a little closer to launch.

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LG BL40 passes FCC again, this time with US 3G very much enabled originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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James May of Top Gear and his Full Size, Fully Functional, Lego House

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James May of Top Gear and his Full Size, Fully Functional, Lego House

Debatable as it may be, one can make his or her own house the ultimate gadget. In this ultra-geeky and fantastic show of awesomeness, overall geekiness, and utmost grandeur, James May is planning to erect a full working house made entirely out of Lego Bricks.

You might be thinking that you singlehandedly did that when you were just a bit older than a toddler. Let me tell you that this James May bloke, presenter of the show Top Gear, has much more ambition than a small, ratio-ed resplica of a house. He is planning to build it 1:1, life-sized, complete with a staircase and a working toilet, plus indoor plumbing!

All of this, just because he can. With the power of television and celebrity, May and his tribe might just be able to pull this off. He does not have an estimate on how many Lego bricks he will need but it is said that they already have “thousands”. After it is done and complete, the charming Mays plans to live in the house for a couple of days.

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LG unveils new slim design LCD HDTVs due this fall

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LG unveils new slim design LCD HDTVs due this fall

Sure it’s summertime in New York and not January in Las Vegas, but that didn’t stop LG from rolling out a couple new lines of LCD HDTVs today. The new SL80 and SL90 models don’t bring new high water marks on the spec sheets, but feature LG’s take on the “borderless” design trend that’s the rage these days, built from a single edge to edge piece of glass with a slim bezel and Invisible Speaker design. The top of the line SL90 is due later this year for an unspecified price range in 42- and 47-inch sizes with LED backlighting contributing to its 3,000,000:1 claimed contrast ratio and 1.15 inch depth, plus 120Hz TruMotion processing. The SL80 line has 240Hz processing, but older CCFL backlighting means a 300,000:1 measured contrast ratio and 1.8-inch thick design, but the 42-, 47-, and 55-inch models will be available this August for $1,599, $1,899 and $2,799, respectively. Want a closer look at LG’s new global flat panel design platform? The gallery is right here.

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LG unveils new slim design LCD HDTVs due this fall originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Acer further bolsters Timeline lineup with new 8000 Series

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Acer further bolsters Timeline lineup with new 8000 Series

It may seem like only yesterday (or a couple of months ago) that Acer was rolling out its very first Timeline laptops to much fanfare, but it’s now already turned things around and kicked out a whole new addition to the line-up: the 8000 series. Apparently aimed at both business users and average folk, this one will be available in 13.3-, 14- and 15.6-inch variations, and pack the usual Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Solo ULV processors, 4GB or 8GB of RAM, a 160GB or 500GB hard drive (or even an 80GB Intel X25-M SSD, for those looking to go all out), and either some basic Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics or a ATI’s 4330 dedicated GPU — not to mention some bonuses like a multitouch trackpad and optional 3G (at a later date, it seems). No word on pricing or availability just yet, but it seems safe to bet that at least the entry-level models will be sub-$1000, if the current Timelines are any indication.

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Acer further bolsters Timeline lineup with new 8000 Series originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Logitech unveils HD capable Webcam Pro 9000 (Costs $100)

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Logitech unveils HD capable Webcam Pro 9000 (Costs $100)

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Logitech has gone wild with webcam technology, presenting the Webcam Pro 9000 with 720p videp recording capabilities. Pro 9000 has a 2MP Carl Zeiss lens and is one of the 7 new models announced, that replaces the entire Webcam lineup. This geeky internet camera will leave you poorer by $100.

Other models announced are C600, C500, C300, C250 and C200 – randing from $70 to $30.

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Samsung's Solstice touchscreen phone bounds onto AT&T

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Samsung's Solstice touchscreen phone bounds onto AT&T

The age of the touchscreen dumbphone is definitely upon us, is it not? Today AT&T and Samsung announced the availability of the Solstice, a phone featuring a 3-inch (presumably resistive) touchscreen, TouchWiz, and lots of funky social networking tie-ins. Still, one gets the overwhelming impression that phones of this ilk are simply trying to cash in on the buzz of like-minded devices, while not bringing anything particularly notable to the table. This 3G-equipped number comes loaded with a 2 megapixel camera, microSD support up to 16GB, and… not much else. The phone will be available August 2nd for $99.99 with a two-year contract. Call us crazy, but for that kind of money, aren’t there superior touchscreen devices on this network?

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Samsung’s Solstice touchscreen phone bounds onto AT&T originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Logitech to launch the latest Webcam series

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Logitech to launch the latest Webcam series


Logitech’s worldly renowned for the webcams, has rolled out the latest Webcam series. All of them are rich and extremely good. The new range of webcam includes Webcam C600, Webcam C500, Webcam C300, Webcam C250, Webcam Pro 9000, Portable Webcam C905 and Webcam C200. The picture shown below is the smartest Webcam Pro 9000 which is obviously the flagship among the group.

Logitec's webcam

This webcam boasts a 2-megapixel sensor which is able to shoot 720p video and thus it enables you to compile some pretty good videos from your home, it has a little hefty price of $99.00. The other one is the Webcam C200, which includes a 1.3-megapixel sensor with VGA video capture and it costs around $29.99. Whole webcam series will come out in US and Europe in August.

LG GD910: video conferencing on a watch phone

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LG GD910: video conferencing on a watch phone

The LG GD910 that was previewed at CES earlier this year can now be seen showing off its powers in a Video. Here you can see the GD 910’s Video conferencing capabilities. Watch phones might well go mainstream soon!

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Digital Cowboy's DC-MCNP1 2.5-inch NAS doubles as media player

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Digital Cowboy's DC-MCNP1 2.5-inch NAS doubles as media player

It’s a little hard to believe that we’ve gone two whole months without a new device from Digital Cowboy, but at long last, the Japanese wrangler is hitting back with a striking new piece of consumer electronics goodness. The DC-MCNP1, which falls neatly into the Movie Cowboy family, is a 2.5-inch NAS drive at heart, but aside from giving you access to files on its diminutive internal drive anywhere in the world, it also streams a plethora of file formats to your HDTV. The HDMI / composite video outputs should take care of the vast majority of ya, and the USB 2.0 socket provides an expansion option for those needing to hook up an external HDD. An Ethernet port is built in for network access, but those who’d prefer to cut the cord can certainly plug a wireless adapter into that USB socket and pray continuously to the signal gods above. If you find yourself in Fukuoka next month, give this one a look if you’ve got ¥19,900 ($209) to spare.

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Digital Cowboy’s DC-MCNP1 2.5-inch NAS doubles as media player originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nikon D300s officially announced -- 720p/24 movie mode with autofocus and mic input

quarta-feira, 29 de julho de 2009 · 0 comentários

Nikon D300s officially announced -- 720p/24 movie mode with autofocus and mic input

Well well, Nikon managed to keep the big secret about the new D300s under wraps even as everything else was leaked in the past few weeks: the new $1,799.95 body will shoot 24fps 720p video with contrast-detect autofocus and offers an external mic input. That’s basically every would-be DSLR videographer’s major wishlist right there — sure, 1080p would have been nice, but we’ll take better sound over a couple more lines of resolution any day. Other highlights include a 12.3 megapixel DX sensor, 51-point autofocus, and 7fps burst shooting, as well as those dual CF and SD card slots and a 920k pixel screen. Yeah, it’s looking like a real beast — that DX sensor probably doesn’t have Canon 5D Mark II fans worried, but if you’re looking to get into DSLR video this looks like the new cam to beat.


Update: Digital Photography Review has a brief hands-on with the camera, clarifying that the contrast-detection autofocus isn’t the quickest, and like we learned with the Olympus E-P1 you’ll need to use an external mic when shooting to avoid the ever-present “shhhk” sound. Interesting note, too, that its got the same memory card door as the D700, and continuous shooting has been given a boost to seven frames per second — eight if you have the battery grip

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Nikon D300s officially announced — 720p/24 movie mode with autofocus and mic input originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Motorola Morrisson with T-Mobile 3G and UMA hits the FCC

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Motorola Morrisson with T-Mobile 3G and UMA hits the FCC

Well well, what’s this? Seems a certain Uncle Sam’s been poking around the lab with the Android-powered Motorola Morrison, and published his findings to the “World Wide Web.” And hey — are those T-Mobile 3G bands with UMA support we see in these action-packed RF reports? Why yes, they are — too bad Sam didn’t see fit to include any actual pictures of his new toy. Still, we’ve got a feeling this is one unreleased Motorola we’ll be getting our hands on real soon.

[Via CellPhoneSignal; thanks William]

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Motorola Morrisson with T-Mobile 3G and UMA hits the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nokia N97 'Mini' gets pictured in the wild?

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Nokia N97 'Mini' gets pictured in the wild?

We’ve already heard talk of a Nokia N97 Mini (or Mini N97, if you will) from folks who should know what the situation is, and it looks like things have now gotten more interesting still, with some seemingly legitimate pictures of the rumored device finding their way to us that show it out and about with its bigger brother. As you can see above and in another pic after the break, the device is slightly smaller and slightly slimmer than the regular N97, and it’s also received a few subtle design changes, particularly on the back, where the camera has lost its sliding cover. Could it be real? Almost certainly — either that, or it’s a tremendously talented KIRF — though we’re not sure we understand the business justification for a new version of the N97 that isn’t small enough (or different enough, for that matter) to hold its own spot in the lineup. Not much more to go on than that, unfortunately, but you can pretty safely move this one up a notch on the ol’ Rumor-o-Meter.

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Nokia N97 ‘Mini’ gets pictured in the wild? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Super Talent Pico: Worlds smallest 32GB USB Flashdrive

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Super Talent Pico: Worlds smallest 32GB USB Flashdrive

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USB flash drives are not just packing in more and more storage each day, they are getting smaller aswell! Here is Pico (by Super Talent) – Worlds smallest 32GB USB Flash Drive. Weighing just 5gms this thing is water resistant and has a metal built.

With 24k gold plated steel casings, different designs and AES-256 hardware encryption these drives would cost you anywhere between $85 to $99. So now you know why they are not called PenDrives anymore :)

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