Ultra-thin e-skin could lead to advances in medicine, cool wearable computing (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/26/e-skin-tokyo-university/

Remember the names Martin Kaltenbrunner and Takao Someya -- that way, you'll have someone to blame when kids start pointing and laughing at gadgets we consider high-tech today. Leading a team of University of Tokyo researchers, they have recently developed a flexible, skin-like material that can detect pressure while also being virtually indestructible. Think of the possibilities: with a thickness of one nanometer, this could be used to create a second skin that can monitor your vital signs or medical implants that you can barely feel, if at all. Also, temperature sensors could be added to make life-like skin for prosthetics... or even robots! Like other similar studies, however, the researchers have a long journey ahead before we see this super-thin material in medicine. Since it could lead to bendy gadgets and wearable electronics first, don't be surprised if your children call iPhones "so 2013" in the not-too-distant future.

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Via: iO9, ABC Science, New Scientist

Source: Nature

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Blackmagic's 4K camera delayed, Pocket Cinema model to ship in '3-4 days'

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/26/blackmagics-production-camera-4k-delay-pocket-cinema-ship-soon/

If you've pre-ordered one of the two Blackmagic cinema cams announced at NAB this year, there's good, not-so-good and bad news coming out of a Blackmagic event yesterday. First the good: Blackmagic's Pocket Cinema model, which stunned observers with its 1080P RAW specs and sub-$1,000 price tag, should start shipping in a few days. That's close to the July 25th date promised for both cameras, although there could be a not-so-good caveat. John Brawley (who showed off the Pocket Cinema's first pristine images) told forum users that it would likely only have ProRes 422 support, and not RAW, at first -- though Blackmagic told us they "couldn't confirm" that. As for the bad part, those who laid down the most cash ($4,000 or so) will have to wait for the Production Camera 4K. The company told event-goers it wouldn't arrive until early September now, but when we reached out for clarification, it gave the following statement:

With regards to the Production Camera 4K there is still several weeks of work to do before this enters full production manufacturing, however we expect to ship the first quantities of this model before the end of August.

Still, given the company's track record of delays with the original Cinema Camera, you may want to avoid relying on that info for any time-specific projects.

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Via: NoFilmSchool

Source: Ogy Stoilov (Twitter), dvinfo.net forums

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A Hidden Android 4.3 Permissions Manager Lets You Set Rules App-by-App

Source: http://gizmodo.com/a-hidden-android-4-3-permissions-manager-lets-you-set-r-920127169

When you install an app on Android, you're asked to agree to a host or permissions which the software requires—but there's no option to tweak them. Now, Android Police has discovered a new feature in Android 4.3 which lets you do just that.

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Watch a Google Project Loon launch Friday, witness the cloud navigate clouds

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/25/google-project-loon-launch-stream/

Fancy yourself a balloon maven? Well, tomorrow, Maker Camp's Field Trip Friday event is going to Google X for a Project Loon launch. Don't worry, you're invited too. Starting at 2PM ET, Make is interviewing those who've made stratospheric internet-distribution possible, via a Hangout on the magazine's Google+ page and its YouTube channel. What's more, the girl who floated Hello Kitty into space, Lauren Rojas, joins Maker Camp's festivities on Friday. To kill time between now and then, we suggest contemplating the whole "cloud in actual clouds" thing, it's kept us busy for a while.

Filed under: Networking, Internet, Google

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Source: Maker Camp (Google+)

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Amazon hit by surprise loss last quarter, despite 22 percent rise in sales

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/26/amazon-earnings-report/

The retail game is all about scraping a living out of tiny margins, and nowhere is that more evident than in Amazon's latest financial report. The company managed to grow revenue by 22 percent year-over-year between April and June, to $15.7 billion, and yet it confounded analysts' predictions by making a loss of $7 million, versus a $7 million profit in the same quarter last year. Then again, this knock has been attributed to the fact that Amazon is pushing to expand beyond the retail game, by investing heavily in its Kindle business, digital downloads and streaming products, as well as in building a bigger presence in China. This has been the strategy for a while, of course, and it's not the first time the company has been pushed into the red as a result. But Jeff Bezos says that Amazon's top ten bestselling products last quarter were all either Kindles, accessories for Kindles, or digital content for Kindles, which suggests the transformation is steadily having an impact, even if it's proving expensive.

Filed under: Misc, Tablets, Internet, Amazon

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Source: BBC News

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