Samsung's Android-Running Answer to the iPod Touch Spotted [Samsung]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5614371/samsungs-android+running-answer-to-the--ipod-touch-spotted
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Nikon S1100pj Second Gen Projector Camera Is Brighter, Cheaper, and Can Project What's On Your Computer [Cameras]
The 14.1MP Nikon S1100pj sports a 5x optical zoom lens and ISO up to 6400. It has 17 scene modes, a 5-way image stabilization system, and the ability to shoot 720p video. But there will still be point-and-shoots that will take nicer pictures for the price.
But the S1100pj has improved its secret weapon, a built-in projector, by making it both brighter and more widely usable: the new 14-lumen projector is 40% brighter than the one that came before it—hopefully that'll help when you're projecting in a non-dim room—and plugging the camera into a computer via USB lets you awesomely project whatever is on the screen, at a size of up to 47" over 7 feet away.
In addition to a newer, less bulky body, the S1100pj has a 3", 460,000 dot touch screen, and a new paint mode lets you draw and write and stamp goofy stamps on the projected images in real time, right from the camera. Useful for a presentation, or for drawing devil horns on your friends immediately after snapping a shot.
The S1100pj will be available in mid-September for $350, a tick more reasonable than the S1000pj which initially retailed for $430, in black, violet, green, and silver. [Nikon]
NIKON'S NEW PROJECTOR CAMERA WITH COMPUTER CONNECTIVITY TAKES ON-THE-GO
CONTENT SHARING TO A NEW LEVEL OF FUN
The New COOLPIX S1100pj Offers Exciting Ways to Share Photos, Movies, and Even Presentations,
While the New COOLPIX S5100 Delivers Versatile Performance in a Slim Stylish Design
MELVILLE, NY (August 17, 2010) – At the forefront of product innovation and market firsts, Nikon Inc. introduces two new COOLPIX cameras into the Style Series, marrying first‐of‐its‐kind technology and portable design to enhance the experience of making and sharing great photos and videos.
Building upon its award‐winning projector camera, Nikon continues to broaden content sharing with the new COOLPIX S1100pj's computer connectivity offering a new way to view photos, movies and even presentations. The chic and vibrant new COOLPIX S5100 delivers the speed and ease‐of‐use that have made the S‐Series the preferred choice among consumers who seek style and performance, and advanced Nikon technologies to help create amazing pictures even in low light.
"As the first to introduce a built‐in projector in a compact digital camera, our consumers have come to expect innovation from Nikon's COOLPIX S‐Series," said Bo Kajiwara, director of marketing, Nikon Inc. "In order to meet the evolving needs of our consumers, we have further advanced our award‐winning technology, while delivering the high performance and shooting and sharing versatility they have come to trust."
New COOLPIX S1100pj: Innovative Sharing Experiences for Work and Play
On the heels of its ground‐breaking predecessor, the new COOLPIX S1100pj takes advanced technology a step further with a 40 percent brighter, 14‐lumen internal projector complete with a built‐in stand and an easy‐to‐use touch screen interface, allowing the user to share photos and movies in even more environments. With the computer connection feature, the S1100pj also allows the user to connect the camera to a computer via USB and project whatever is on the computer screen or JPEG image files saved to the camera's memory card or internal memory. Additional creative features include a built‐in slide show function that plays photos with music and one‐touch HD 720p movie recording with easy projection playback. Whether sharing family photos and videos with loved ones or presenting an
important presentation to a client, users can make a big impression by projecting up to 47‐inches from over 7‐feet away.
Truly putting creativity at the user's fingertips, the COOLPIX S1100pj features a 3‐inch 460,000‐dot touch LCD screen with Clear Color Display. A new Paint function allows users to write and draw on projected images in real time, while a wide range of new Retouch functions allow users to add stamps for an entertaining effect or rate their favorite photos for a more convenient search. Other new functions in the S1100pj's in‐camera Retouch Menu include Soft, Selective Color, Cross Screen, Fisheye Effect, Miniature Effect and Makeup Effect, giving the user creative freedom without the need for a computer.
The 14.1‐megapixel COOLPIX S1100pj includes a 5x Wide‐Angle Optical Zoom‐NIKKOR glass lens (28‐140mm) and a 5‐way VR Image Stabilization System with ISO settings up to 6400 to ensure incredibly sharp, crisp images in low light or while shooting handheld. To further help users capture stunning photos easily, the S1100pj also features 17 scene modes, Subject Tracking, Easy Auto Mode and Nikon's Smart Portrait System all packed into a colorful, compact design.
The COOLPIX S1100pj will be available in September 2010 for $349.95* MSRP in a choice of colors including black, violet, green and silver.
Shoot 3D Photos and HD Video on Fujifilm's Glasses-Less W3 Camera [Cameras]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5613988/shoot-3d-photos-and-video-on-fujifilms-glasses+less-w3-camera
Of course, like with the first model, you can turn off the 3D function so you're shooting in plain ol' 2D, but with that 3.5" lenticular screen on the reverse of the camera, you can see 3D photos and video popping out instantly—and without the need for glasses.
The 3D works by shooting a subject with two 3x optical zoom Fujinon lenses and CCDs, combining the two photos so they appear in 3D. A number of selections can be chosen when snapping photos in 2D, so one photo is shot in close-up, the other in wide-angle, or they can be shot in varying ISO ranges, and so forth. This could create a lot of different effects, and would quickly eat up your time fiddling with the options.
The addition of a miniHDMI port means 3D content can be viewed on 3DTVs and 3D laptops via HDMI, but also on an 8" Fujifilm 3D photo frame and in lenticular prints (bought separately). The latter two, like with watching the images on the 3.5" display, don't require glasses.
This second model is also smaller and lighter than before, weighing 230g.
On sale in September, only the UK pricing for the FinePix Real 3D W3 camera has been released for now—£399 (around $625, which is the same price as the W1 from last year). Still overpriced, in other words, but it certainly has a few extra tricks up its sleeve.
UPDATE: It'll cost $500 in the US. [Fujifilm]
IKEA Dreams up the Year 2040's Kitchen Equipment [Concepts]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5614742/ikea-dreams-up-the-year-2040s-kitchen-equipment
The "SKARP" concept as it's been dubbed, was designed after close to 2,000 people were surveyed on what they expect kitchens to look like in 2040. I'm not so sure about their idea that this kitchen will have sixth-generation iPads in every cabinet door, but the 3D food printing is certainly something we know is on its way.
These numbers correlate to the objects in the picture above—
1.) Food is grown on this shelf without soil.
2.) 3D food printer
3.) Fridge, with an interactive 3D screen.
4.) Multi-touch tap.
5.) Self-cleaning surfaces.
6.) This tool displays nutritional info of ingredients
7.) Remote-controlled cooker
8.) Retractable shelves
9.) Height-adjustable cabinets
10.) Energy monitor
11.) Genetically-engineered food.
12.) Roll-out chopping boards and draws.
Really, 2040? Most of this technology is already available, or at the very least, entirely possible. Nonetheless, I'd give up eating cheese for a kitchen that tidy and organized.
GPUs democratize brute force password hacking
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/gpus-democratize-brute-force-password-hacking/
It seems that the availability of increasingly powerful GPUs, when combined with brute-force password cracking tools, is making it increasingly easy to crack passwords -- even if they're extremely well thought out, with symbols and quirky capitalization and all that. How short is too short? According to computer scientists at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, "a seven-character password is hopelessly inadequate, and as GPU power continues to go up every year, the threat will increase." A better alternative, he suggested, would be a 12-character combination of upper and lower case letters, symbols and digits. Of course, processors are only getting more powerful and hardware less expensive -- soon even seven-plus character passwords may become the digital equivalent of unlocked doors. And if that weren't bad enough, a recent study by an Internet security company called BitDefender has determined that some 250,000 user names, email addresses, and passwords used for social networking sites are freely available online -- and seventy-five percent of these folks use the same password for their email and social networking. So, when dreaming up fancy new twelve character passwords, make sure you're creating unique passwords for all your various accounts. It would be a shame if your Starsky & Hutch FanFicForum account left you vulnerable to identity theft.
GPUs democratize brute force password hacking originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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