Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/21/necs-medias-n-04c-is-only-7-7mm-thick-has-android-2-2-nfc-an/
NEC's MEDIAS N-04C is only 7.7mm thick, has Android 2.2, NFC, and no ambition to leave Japan originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Feb 2011 07:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/21/xtreamer-ultra-htpc-launching-with-ion-2-100-price-point/
Name recognition? Ah, who cares? Particularly when you're hawking an Ion 2-based media PC for €100. Xtreamer -- the same folks responsible for the e-TRAYz NAS -- is gearing up to unveil its latest concoction at CeBIT 2011, but it looks as if most of the beans have already been spilled. It's billed as a portable HTPC, and it can be ordered with a dual-core Atom D525 / Ion 2, up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, HDMI / DVI outputs, six USB ports, an eSATA socket, Bluetooth, WiFi, gigabit Ethernet and support for IR control. Predictably, that low (low!) price point doesn't include an operating system, but at least that gives you the option to slap whatever you want on there. If you're looking for a TV tuner or optical drive, you'll need to turn to external options, but those looking for a barebones system to build on should be able to procure one in a matter of weeks. That is, if the Boxee Box doesn't lure you in while you wait.Xtreamer Ultra HTPC launching with Ion 2, €100 price point originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Source: http://lifehacker.com/#!5765075/diy-balloon-aerial-photography-on-the-cheap
Here's what you need to put together this weekend project:
Your camera must be able to take photos at a regular interval. CHDK, which we've walked through setting up in the past, is a great firmware replacement that adds loads of useful features (including interval photos) if you have an old Canon laying around that you are willing to fool around.
After your balloon has returned to earth, you can use the Cartagen Knitter to sync up your photos into a large photo.
For full instructions, check out the Grassroots Mapping wiki, and make sure you are following any local rules and regulations regarding balloons. If you give it a try, share any photos of your project below and offer any tips you might have for our other readers! Photo remixed from nadya.
Source: http://gizmodo.com/#!5765192/kayaker-takes-best-ever-shot-of-english-sea-monster-using-cellphone
The kayaker was Tom Pickles, and IT guy on retreat with his company, CapGemini. The lake, Lake Windermere. The creature was the English version of Nessie, called Bownessie, and not the infamous creature Nellie that legend says still patrols Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.
The picture was deemed "authentic [...] but because it's been taken on a phone the file size is too small to really tell whether it has been altered on Photoshop or not," said photo expert David Farnell of Farnell's photographic laboratory in Lancaster.
Whatever it might be, Bownessie sounds absolutely terrifying:
Mr Pickles said he saw an animal the size of three cars speed past him on the lake and watched it for about 20 seconds. He said: "It was petrifying and we paddled back to the shore straight away. At first I thought it was a dog and then saw it was much bigger and moving really quickly at about 10mph. "Each hump was moving in a rippling motion and it was swimming fast.
Sonar surveys of the loch have, as expected, turned up nothing over the past five years, but that hasn't stopped people from reporting a creature that looked very much like what Pickles captured this week. There have been no fewer than eight sightings of a multi-humped creature patrolling the water since 2006. [The Telegraph]
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/19/motorola-atrix-4g-already-rooted-and-its-not-even-out-yet/
Motorola Atrix 4G already rooted, and it's not even out yet originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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