Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Amazing Hydrogen Fuel Tank Being Made Of Buckyballs And Graphene [Future Fuel]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/BLrnTZ1GoPc/amazing-hydrogen-fuel-tank-being-made-of-buckyballs-and-graphene

We've talked a lot about hydrogen and fuel cells here on Giz, mainly because it's the wonder fuel of the near future, but storing dangerous H2 is tricky: something a team at the University of Crete thinks it's solved. The US Department of Energy reckons a tank should store 6% H2 by mass, and current tech can only do about 2%. The Greek team's tank is amazing: it's constructed of two wondermaterials. Carbon Buckytubes connect layers of graphene to make a huge matrix—so far they've built a tank with Buckyballs instead of tubes, but they'll have that finished by Christmas. And theoretically it can store 6.1% H2. [NewScientist]


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Posted by Augustine at 8:49 AM

Intel, Micron start churning out 34nm, 32Gb NAND Flash chips

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/intel-micron-start-churning-out-34nm-32gb-nand-flash-chips/


Intel and Micron's subsidiary IM Flash Technologies first announced its first-of-its-kind 34nm NAND Flash memory back in May of this year and, as promised, it's now finally followed through on things pushed 'em into mass production. The chip's themselves are 32 gigabit multi-level cell chips, and can hold 4GB of memory on their own, or be stacked on top of each other in a standard 48-lead thin small-outline package (TSOP) to hold up to 64GB. That, the companies say, will not only allow for increased storage in small form factor devices, but less expensive solid state drives as well, given the reduced manufacturing costs. They're apparently still a little ways away from finding their way into some actual products, however, with the companies only going so far as to say that the first samples are on track for early 2009

[Via Electronista]

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Intel, Micron start churning out 34nm, 32Gb NAND Flash chips originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 8:48 AM

Optoma DLP Pico projector "coming soon" to US

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/optoma-dlc-pico-projector-coming-soon-to-us/


The last time we saw it, Optoma's tiny Pico projector was being launched in Japan, and now it's finally been officially announced for the US. If by chance you've forgotten, the PK-101 has a 480 x 320 resolution, 9 ANSI lumens, a 1000:1 contrast ratio, gets up to 2 hours of battery life and has a 0.5 watt speaker. The most important feature of the projector of course, is its miniscule size (51 × 105 × 17-mm / 120g), which, we admit, is really, really, small. We don't have an exact release date, but we're assured that it's "coming soon" and that it'll run you about $400.

[Via About Projectors]

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Optoma DLP Pico projector "coming soon" to US originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 8:43 AM

zzzPhone now shipping with Android? T-Mobile doesn't seem terribly concerned

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/zzzphone-now-shipping-with-android-t-mobile-doesnt-seem-terrib/


Those crazy zzzPhone kids are at it again, and this time they're jumping on the open handset bandwagon. Sure, the whole thing has always seemed excessively shady, and as far as we can tell no one has ever received a one of these devices, but apparently the made-to-order cellphone is now "shipping" with Android. If the optional TV tuner, 100,000 candlepower flashlight, or solid gold case (decked out with one karat diamonds) wasn't enough to lure you in, maybe this new development will seal the deal for you. Of course we're dying to put the modular mobile boom box attachment through its paces, but not so much that we'll be sending our hard earned cash over to the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone any time soon.

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zzzPhone now shipping with Android? T-Mobile doesn't seem terribly concerned originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted by Augustine at 8:43 AM

Nokia's QWERTY slider E75 spotted in the wild again

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/nokias-qwerty-slider-e75-spotted-in-the-wild-again/


In the "form factors Nokia hasn't fully explored, but probably should" bucket, side-sliding QWERTY candybars ranks pretty dang high on the list, so we're delighted to see that -- as far as we can tell, anyway -- Espoo's still hard at work banging out the details of its E75. We're told to expect WiFi (naturally), a 3.2-megapixel camera, and a 2.4-inch display, but more importantly, you've got a generous keyboard that should give the S740 a serious run for its money. We're a bit concerned about usability on a totally flush keyboard like this (E90 anyone?), but hey, maybe that's the reason it hasn't been announced yet, right?

[Via Boy Genius Report]

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Nokia's QWERTY slider E75 spotted in the wild again originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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