HP announces Slate 21 AIO, 21.5-inch Android tablet with Tegra 4

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/24/hp-launches-slate-21-aio/

What do you do if your home turf of PC sales is being eroded by tablets? If your answer is "sell tablets as desktops," then you're on Meg Whitman's wavelength. At an event in Beijing, HP announced a 21.5-inch, Android-powered tablet that's expressly designed as a desktop unit. The HP Slate 21 AIO comes with a full-HD touchscreen and NVIDIA's Tegra 4 internals, running Android 4.2.2. Prospective owners won't need to purchase an artists' easel, however, as there's a handy rear kickstand that'll let you stand it upright or at a 30-ish degree angle (pictured after the break), making us hope that its digitizer is sensitive enough for pen-based drawing. There's no word on pricing or availability, but there's a press release, translated from Chinese, after the break, if you'd like to know more.

Filed under: Desktops, Tablets, Google, HP

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All The World's Plant Life, Visualized

Source: http://gizmodo.com/all-the-worlds-plant-life-visualized-554518111

This picture might look like an incomplete map of the world, but it is in fact the highest resolution view ever of all the world's plant life, mapped out by NASA's Suomi NPP satellite.

Using its Visible and Infrared Imaging and Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), the satellite's capable of measuring the amount of visible and near-infrared light reflected from the surface of the planet. Because vegetation absorbs visible light to drive photosynthesis but reflects near-infrared light, it's possible to map where vegetation lies by looking at the ratio of the two.

Each pixel on the satellite image corresponds to 500 meters, which means that the satellite ended up acquiring 330MB of data every minute for a whole week to create the map. It's not just for beauty's sake, though; comparing data like this week-on-week or year-on-year helps scientists predict all kinds of things, from drought and wildfire, to outbreaks of malaria. [New Scientist]

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Walmart permanently drops iPhone 4S price to $39, iPhone 5 to $129

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/23/walmart-permanently-drops-iphone-4s-and-iphone-5-prices/

While brief sales on iPhones are relatively common, it's rare to see permanent price drops outside of a hardware refresh cycle. Walmart is willing to give those cuts a shot, however. Visit the company's stores from this point onward and you can pick up the 16GB iPhone 4S in its AT&T, Sprint or Verizon forms at $39 on contract, instead of $90. The 16GB iPhone 5 for those same networks is dropping to $129 from its usual $190; sorry, T-Mobile fans, you're out of the loop for now. It's not hard to understand Walmart's sudden generosity -- when the iPhone range is nearing its annual upgrade, the lower prices should keep current units moving.

Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Apple, Verizon, Sprint, AT&T

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Huawei Ascend P6 solves 4 x 4 Rubik's Cube in 50 moves, considers meaning of life (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/23/huawei-ascend-p6-solves-rubiks-cube/

Okay, it might not be the fastest phone-cubing you've ever seen (or the funkiest,) but it's likely some of the shrewdest. Using an Ascend P6 at its heart, "MultiCuber 3" is the latest contraption from serial cube-coder (and ARM Engineer) David Gilday which combines Lego Mindstorms, algorithms and "because it's there" style optimism in equal measures. A custom app snaps the unsolved cube from all sides, to understand the starting point, then figures out the quickest path to color-coded harmony. Gilday claims that most human cubers would take about 120 moves to solve the 4 x 4 puzzle, making MultiCuber 3's 50 somewhat impressive. Watch the whole thing unfold in the video past the break, complete with appropriately euphoric soundtrack.

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The Most Surreal Photo Of The Super Moon Was Taken In Brooklyn

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/best-photos-of-the-super-moon-2013-6

Last night was the "Super Moon", which is the largest full moon of the year.

As Dina Spector explained:

A supermoon occurs when a full moon coincides with the moon being closest to Earth in its orbit, also known as perigee. The near perfect timing of these two celestial events makes the moon appear larger and brighter in the night sky. 

Lots of photographers (pro and amateur alike) snapped gorgeous pictures of the Super Moon.

The most incredible one comes from Carlos Allegri at Reuters, who, perfectly enough, captured riders on the "Luna Park" Swing Ride at Coney Island, in Brooklyn.

A few other remarkable images, include this one from Greece:

This one of a church in Vienna is also quite powerful.

And finally, we loved this one, which is described by Reuters as:

The largest full moon of 2013, a "super moon" scientifically known as a "perigee moon", rises over the Tien Shan mountains and the monument to 18th century military commander Nauryzbai Batyr near the town of Kaskelen, some 23 km (14 miles) west of Almaty.

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