drag2share: Watch the New Crazy Thin Gorilla Glass 2 Somehow Survive 121 Pounds of Force [Video]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5874654/watch-the-new-crazy-thin-gorilla-glass-2-somehow-survive-121-pounds-of-pressure

Gorilla Glass 2 is just as strong, tough and impressive as the original Gorilla Glass. Only difference? Gorilla Glass 2 is waaaaaaaay thinner at only .8mm compared to the original Gorilla Glass at 1mm. And at that size, 20% is a big freaking deal. Nothing currently has Gorilla Glass 2 but you can be sure even more anorexic thin gadgets are on their way. Thin is in, right?

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drag2share: Before and After: New Island Appears In The Red Sea Almost Overnight [Science]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5874726/before-and-after-new-volcanic-island-appears-in-the-red-sea-almost-overnight

A new volcanic island has appeared in the Red Sea almost overnight. The eruption was first reported by local fishermen in mid-December 2011, 40 miles off the coast of Yemen. This before and after animated GIF shows the before and after.

The second image was taken on January 7, 2012 by the Advanced Land Imager on the Earth Observing-1 satellite. It shows the island well above the sea's surface and still growing while a plume of steam from the water and other volcanic gases are blown by the wind.

According to NASA, the land is "now about 530 by 710 meters (1,700 by 2,300 feet) across."
[NASA Earth Observatory]

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drag2share: Vizio's New Ultrawidescreen TVs Have True Cinema Aspect Ratio and Tons of Pixels [TVs]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5874734/ultrawidescreen-3d-and-google-tv-from-vizio-theyre-on-a-roll

Vizio is tearing up CES with its new PCs and 10-inch tablet. But it's also announced some new TVs which look pretty sweet, too.

The new 65-inch versions of both Vizio's M- and R- lines feature VIA Plus — the company's customized spin on Google TV. And after some delays last year, it's also offering up three 21:9 "CinemaWide" ultrawidescreen WFHD (2560x1080) models, like that pictured above. They come in sizes of 50-, 58- and 71-inches with 3D and Yahoo! Widgets, bringing the 21:9 aspect ratio to US shores for the first time.

Vizio's current E3D series will also be joined by the M3D series in a 47- and 55-inch model, the latter of which includes a Bluetooth QWERTY remote. There's also going to be an R3D series, which comes with better backlighting.

Prices and ship dates for all the new TVs are still under wraps, but we should be taking a look at these in the flesh real soon. [Vizio]

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drag2share: Qualcomm's Quad-Core TV Processors Could Deliver Console Quality GamingâWithout the Console [Guts]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5874789/qualcomm-puts-a-quad+core-processor-in-a-tv-and-other-home+of+the+future-madness

Qualcomm's Snapdragon processors have been a hallmark of mobile devices for the past few years. Not content with keeping the party in your pockets, the Snapdragon is coming to your TV, to the tune of 1.5GHz quad-core processor mightiness.

In addition to those four-cores, the Snapdragon S4 MPQ8064 also has Adreno 320 graphics. So, basically we're talking about console-quality gaming, potentially, without the console. The S4 supports 1080p 3D and Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound. The architecture is built to work with Android, which means we're likely to see these integrated with Google TV. We've seen a rash of Google TV products lately from LG, Sony, and most recently Vizio, and Android games have been taking great leaps and bounds lately. The idea of my TV (or streaming box, or Blu-Ray player) having the power to run that gives me the geek-vapors.

UPDATE: Lenovo just showed off the aforementioned TV, which is running a version of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), and it did, indeed, look pretty impressive. The voice recognition seemed to work pretty well, despite the speaker's fairly thick accent, and the racing game they played looked great. Unfortunately it's looking like this first iteration is going to be China-only, but hopefully we'll get some similar goodness stateside in the near future. We'll update again if we get some hands-on time.

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drag2share: LG's Massive 84-Inch Ultradefinition TV Won't Fit In My Anything [Televisions]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5874802/massive-84-inch-ultradefinition-tv-wont-fit-in-my-anything

If you want to get a sense of just how massive LG Display's new 84-inch Ultradefinition 3DTV is, check out this shot. That tiny-looking TV on the left? It's a ridiculously big 60 inches, dwarfed by LG's 4K monster.

Are you very rich? Is your home very large? You are totally going to want the 84-inch, 3480 x 2160 ultradef TV. The picture quality is stunning. 3D effects jump out at you like on a movie screen. (In fact, they looked better than most movies I've seen.)

But you'll need to have it delivered because you are totally not fitting that thing in your car. Or your truck. Hell, I couldn't even fit this ostentatious beast in my apartment. But hey, you just bought an 84-inch TV with the highest resolution available, big spender. (When it comes to market, that is.) You can't spring for movers? What's wrong with you?

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