NHK and Panasonic announced a 145-inch Ultra High Definition Plasma Display with 34 million pixels

Posted by Andreas Christodoulou

Description : NHK has announced a 145-inch Ultra High Definition plasma display, with 16 times the resolution of a regular Full HD display. This follows the 85-inch LCD display announced by NHK last year (Source DigInfoTV). This prototype was co-developed with Panasonic. It has almost 34 million 0.417 mm square pixels, 7,860 horizontally and 4,320 vertically, and a frame rate of 60 fps.  This display uses a new drive system...

Microsoft Research : The Future of Privacy in Social Media

Posted by Andreas Christodoulou

Description : Today's youth are sharing a tremendous amount of information through social media.  They share to connect, but in connecting, they leave large traces of their interactions for unexpected audiences to view.  Those who care about privacy are scratching their heads, trying to make sense of why youth share and what it means for the future of privacy.  Danah will discuss how youth understand privacy...

Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX : Video Playback and GPS Navigation Test

Posted by Andreas Christodoulou

Description : Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX is a slightly thicker twin of the DROID RAZR, coming with a larger battery to boost its battery life. All other specifications remain the same. It's fast processor pushes the phone's Android OS with speed and agility. Paired with a connection to Verizon's 4G LTE data, this phone really flies! For someone like me who owns a real camera for when the photography urge strikes, I'd run,...

Aatma Studio shows Siri Hidden Feature On New iPhone 5

Posted by Andreas Christodoulou

Description : The iPhone cracks itself if siri perceives it as stolen. This is what Aatma Studio, a 3D animation and digital content studio based in San Francisco, Calif. showed us today. Before you go why siri why, self destruction is activated only if you have enabled the iphone unlock error security feature on the concept iPhone 5.  After 3 strikes, Siri radio quickly does an iPhone data transfer to your iTunes;...

Microchip's Smart Home Connected Demo

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Description : Microchip Technology can help you implement the new features and functionality required for your next appliance design.  By providing solutions for user interface, motor control, sensing, connectivity and more, your design teams can focus on implementing the application.  Check out the video! More on : http://mchp.us/Ie6NwX  *by andreascy*...

Corning Life Sciences : Forward looking and Cautionary Statements - A Discussion with Dr. Richard Eglen

Posted by Andreas Christodoulou

Description : Richard Eglen, Vice President and General Manager, discusses recent acquisition activity and growth strategy of Corning Life Sciences.  The video below contains forward looking statements that involve a variety of Business risks and other uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially.  These risks and uncertainties include the possibility of changes or fluctuations in global economic...

Science Nation : New Software Matches More Kidney Donations, Faster

Posted by Andreas Christodoulou

Description : "Harvard economist Alvin Roth is a matchmaker but he's not finding love - he's finding kidneys!  With support from the National Science Foundation, he and his team have developed a suite of computer programs that match living kidney donors with recipients.  So, the person who needs a kidney brings someone to the table who is willing to donate a kidney.  Even if those two are not a match,...

How to change the icons of Metro Tiles in Windows 8

Posted by Andreas Christodoulou

Description : Microsoft is offering many advanced, sophisticated tools and applications in the form of its new upcoming operating system Windows 8.  One of the main differentiating features of windows 8 is its new style of the start menu. It contains programs in a style of metro tiles instead of the usual menu or list that its predecessors featured. In this tutorial, we will show you some basic features and modification of metro apps....