Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/27/viewsonic-rebrands-7-inch-android-olivepad-as-viewpad/
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/27/mit-seaswarm-autonomous-robots-coming-soon-to-an-oil-spill-near/
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Source: http://gizmodo.com/5622038/prototype-robot-swarm-could-clean-up-oil-spill-in-a-month
This solar-powered fellow is part of a robot group called Seaswarm. He and his buddies are cheap, autonomous, and communicate via GPS and Wi-Fi. And 5,000 of them could theoretically clean up the Gulf oil spill in a month.
The clever MIT folks currently only have a prototype of this robot swarm ready, but it sounds amazing:
Seaswarm, as they call it, basically works like a maxi pad. A patented hydrophobic nanofabric devours as much as 20 times its own weight in oil without collecting water. To capture the oil, the nanofabric's draped over a conveyor belt that's then dispatched on the surface of the ocean like "a rolling carpet," to quote Assaf Biderman, associate director of MIT's Senseable City Lab. The robot's entirely autonomous; it swims along, powered by a pair of solar panels. [...] Unlike traditional skimmers, which are moored to larger vessels and have to return to shore frequently for tune-ups, Seaswarms can work 24/7 for weeks on end.
You can check out more photos of these amazing-sounding robots over at Co.Design. I'll just be here hoping that they're really as great as they sound. [MIT via Co.Design]
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Source: http://gizmodo.com/5622366/cheap-subsidized-android-tablets-on-way-from-carrier-orange
The Google translation is a bit wishy-washy, but the general gist appears to be that Orange has contracted an Asian OEM to build at least three tablets, expected to launch before Christmas. They'll be 3G-enabled, and offered for under 250 Euros ($370) up-front, or even 100 Euros ($125) if a two year 3G contract is signed.
So far, we haven't seen any subsidized tablets being offered on contract with carriers—but as we saw with netbooks, it could really help kickstart the tablets and make them mainstream. [Les Echos via @thomas_husson via @riptari]
UPDATE: Reader Corentin emailed me with a more accurate translation of Les Echos' article:
"France Telecom intends to distribute at least three of these new connected devices by the end of the year, in order to sell a lot for Christmas. There may be the iPad, if the negotiations with Apple lead to an interesting compromise for the provider. Until now, Orange only did demos in certain stores and sold specific plans [for the iPad]. The group will then distribute at least one of the rival upcoming tablets as well. Finally, they will have their own one made by a famous Asian company."
So, one of those tablets will be a subsidized iPad, the other an Android—maybe the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab—and the third a custom-made one by a "famous Asian company." Foxconn?
Source: http://lifehacker.com/5621474/tweetright-shares-pics-text-and-links-from-the-chrome-context-menu
In the screenshot above we're sharing a picture from a prior Lifehacker article—Keep Your Cats From Destroying Your Furniture—to Twitter from the context menu. TweetRight adds a "Post X to Twitter" menu in your right-click context menu where X is the type of content such as an image, a link, or a text clipping. In instances where the object is two things such an an image and a link, you can select which you'd like to share.
TweetRight requires that you have an early release version of Chrome 6 such as Chrome 6 Beta or Chrome 6 Dev Channel installed. Found a new extension that takes advantage of the recently enabled add-to-context menu abilities in Chrome? Let's hear about it in the comments.
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