Minebea’s Cool Leaf steals the keys from the (key)boards
“Cool Leaf” is a next generation input system developed by the Japanese company Minebea in collaboration with Ph. D, Kazuo KAWASAKI targeting to be used in such input devices as keyboards, remote controllers and calculators.
The greatest merit of it is that it saves you from the toil of cleaning the narrow valleys between the keys of your keyboard as it is a 100 per cent flat, keyless, mirror-like panel with a backlight.
Ideum MT-50, multi-touch multi-user table
This DLP projector-based system based 50” displayed multitouch table, is now better equipped than before. The number of points-of-touch has been increased to sixty and the PC at the core of the table now boasts Intel quad-core rig @ 3GHz with GeForce GTX 285 graphics. It also features Ethernet, WiFi, HDMI out.
Other specs are retained the same with the previous version: a resolution of 1280 x 720, is 3000 ANSI lumens brightness, 1800:1 contrast ratio, 4GB of RAM, 10K rpm 300GB HDDs and 3000 hour bulb life.
NASA dropping Nuclear Hummer on Mars
The Mars Rovers may be the most impressive and successful space program of our era and NASA isn’t stopping there. Presenting the new Mars Rover named “Curiosity.”
BAM! You’ll notice there are no solar panels for this bad boy, a problem that plagued Opportunity and Spirit during the winter. No hippie power here. This baby is nuclear powered! That’ll show those damn Martians who’s boss. This rover will be the most capable, most acronym happy badass on the block. I mean with MAHLI, MARDI, APXS, Mastcam, ChemCam, CheMin, SAM, RAD, DAN and REMS; there’s nothing this Mars monster won’t do.
Curiosity will drive all over the old model and eat the shrapnel for breakfast.
Arriving at your favorite Mars dealership in 2013.
