ITU approves NHK's Super Hi-Vision as 8K standard, sets the UHDTV ball rolling very slowly

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/25/itu-approves-nhk-super-hi-vision-as-8k-standard/

We'd heard that the International Telecommunication Union was close to approving Super Hi-Vision as an Ultra High Definition TV standard, and the UN agency hasn't waited long to confirm the rumors. The recommendation to use NHK's 7,680 x 4,320 format has gone unopposed and should define the parameters for incredibly detailed 8K video worldwide. This shouldn't lead anyone to return that 4K TV just yet -- once again, it's important to remember that NHK still won't start any kind of wider testing until 2020. That's also assuming that the first 8K sets are down to Earth instead of the incredibly expensive 145-inch variety.

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ITU approves NHK's Super Hi-Vision as 8K standard, sets the UHDTV ball rolling very slowly originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Aug 2012 05:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity TF700KL coming to Germany, that's L for LTE

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/25/asus-transformer-pad-infinity-tf700kl-coming-to-germany/

If you've ever had the pleasure of cruising on Germany's Autobahns, you'll know the locals like to go fast. This hold true for technology too, it seems. A recent press release from Vodafone has revealed that the LTE variant of the TF700 Transformer Pad will be joining its equally 4G-enabled sibling in the land of beer and wurst. No word on whether it'll be showing up on other networks just yet, but if you want a slice of the action you'll have to open up the throttle wallet to the tune of €820 (about $1,000 sans commitment,) or €170 ($210) is you're willing to sign on the dotted line.

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ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity TF700KL coming to Germany, that's L for LTE originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Aug 2012 07:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This Specialty Crop Generates The Highest Profit Per Acre

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/specialty-crop-profit-per-acre-is-2012-8

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has released a report, summarized by the Minneapolis Fed, showing strawberries are far and away the most profitable "specialty" crop planted by Midwest farmers. Here's the full chart. 

 

The report used farm records from 2008 to 2011 from in-state producers to find out average financial performance for nine crops. At least five farms had to have grown the crop for it to be included in the analysis.

"Just as strawberries are often the first crop out of the field, so too are they first in financial returns after direct expenses and overhead are paid, followed by assorted vegetables," the Fed notes. "In some cases, they didn't have much competition; four of the nine categories did not recover their basic costs or merely broke even."

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The Wacky Words That Are Now in the Oxford Dictionaries Online: LOLZ, Photobomb, Mwahahaha and More [Wtf]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5937502/the-wacky-words-that-are-now-in-the-oxford-dictionaries-online-lolz-photobomb-mwahahaha-and-more

Dictionaries exist in between a rock and a hard place: jump on new words too late and they look like a dinosaur, add in words too early and they're made into a mockery. Words are hard, yes, but some words don't exactly need defining like some of these just added to the Oxford Dictionaries Online.

Surprisingly (or I guess, not really anymore), there were a lot of wacky tech and Internet words that made the cut to be included inside the Oxford Dictionaries Online. But here's the thing about adding words we use on the Internet to the English dictionary: we're not really talking English. It may sound like it, it may look like it but it's a whole 'nother lingo altogether. Anyways:

• lolz
• mwahahaha (seriously?)
• photobomb
• ridic
• tweeps
• ethical hacker (this cracks me up)
• hackathon
• hat tip
• lifecasting
• inbox (just now?)
• UX
• video chat
• Wikipedian

• See, I can totally understand how some of those words need defining. UX, inbox, video chat, even hackathon. But words like mwahahaha and ridic are well, ridic. Come on now. Here are some none tech words that are now part of the dictionary and they're even more ridiculous:

• date night
• dirty martini (what?)
• douche (they're an official breed now!)
• DW
• genius (what the fuck?)
• group hug
• guilty pleasure
• hosepipe ban (wait this is seriously what the fuck)
• micropig (a pig of a very small, docile, hairless variety)
• OH
• ripped
• soul patch
• vajazzle
• vote someone/thing off the island (what is this Y2K?

• I need to learn a new language. [Oxford Dictionaries, Image Credit: sergign/Shutterstock]

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Freescale's new industrial touchscreen tech even works in the rain

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/24/freescale-xtrinsic-touchscreen/

Freescale is announcing a new industrial touch sensing technology that'll even sense your swipes and prods through a film of water. Xtrinsic 3.0 is designed to be used in industrial, medical and in-car systems, with pre-built user interfaces ready to be added to any device its jammed inside. In addition to being able to work through water, it can withstand noise, detect electrical interference and reduce false touches. It's being demonstrated at the company's technology forum in India from today, presumably ready to be licensed by passing equipment manufacturers in short order.

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Freescale's new industrial touchscreen tech even works in the rain originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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