Gartner Identifies Top Ten Disruptive Technologies for 2008 to 2012

Not being one to be in a position to ignore Gartner, their report on the Top Ten Disruptive technologies for 2008 to 2012 is of interest. They identify social networking technologies, web mashups, multicore and hybrid processors and cloud computing amongst the ten most disruptive technologies that will shape the information technology landscape over [...]

High fidelity Canopy, the “New Media” Canopy Bed

The High Fidelity Canopy bed (video below) is a bed where you can not only watch TV, but you can surf the internet, play your computer games or listen to your music, control all the functions of your room without ever getting up.

Open Source Big Buck Bunny Movie Released

The Amsterdam based ‘Blender Institute’ has released the short 3D animation movie ‘Big Buck Bunny‘. The 10 minute animated short is a comedy about a well-tempered rabbit “Big Buck”, who finds his day spoiled by the rude actions of the forest bullies, three rodents. In the typical 1950’s cartoon tradition Big Buck then prepares for [...]

Google I/O Show’s First Android Prototype

Google I/O underway in San Francisco with the sessions focusing on next generation web apps built with open technologies and some of Google’s technology. Android is one such development. It’s an software platform and operating system for mobile devices based on the Linux operating system, developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance. Today [...]

SSD’s Are Here! Solid State Drive Speed And Market Adoption

Samsung Electronics announced that it has developed the world’s fastest, 2.5-inch, 256 Gigabyte (GB) multi-level cell (MLC) based solid state drive (SSD) using a SATA II interface. It’s also the thinnest drive with the largest capacity to be offered with a SATA II interface.What marks this SSD is t’s speed. With a sequential read speed [...]

Direct Manipulation Video Player Makes So Much Sense

The Direct Manipulation video Player outlined in a paper by students from the University of Toronto,allows for browsing video by directly dragging content. The system works by automatically extracting motion data from the video and employing a new technique called relative flow dragging that lets users control video playback by moving objects of interest along [...]

Samsung demos 82” 2160p HDTV

I first came across these 2160p TV sets at NAB 2008 this year and didn’t quite realize that a standard had been built around this kind of display. I saw them in the SONY booth where they were calling it QFHD. According to Wikipedia “2160p is also called “Quad HDTV” since it displays four times [...]

Computing’s Next Major Leap… Human Interface.

Justin Rattner, Intel’s CTO predicts physical computers will eventually disappear! –What I like my Apple II. — He feels that they will embed themselves into walls, cars and homes over the next 40 years. He thinks the next major leap will be in the human interface with technology. Video below;
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Hitachi’s DZ-WR90. Blu-ray Burning without a PC.

The DZ-WR90 is a Blu-ray burner that can burn directly from your HD camcorder via an eSATA port. The drive also works with DVD-R discs, and can support double-sided media. Hitachi indicates a Blu-ray disc will fit approx 3 hours of 1920 × 1080 footage and burn it n about 1.5hrs.

The Amazing OLPC XO Laptop 2.0!

Nicholas Negroponte is at it again with his announcement of OLPC Laptop 2.0. He unveiled the new system that has two touch-sensitive displays. The XO-2 will be much smaller than the original machine –half the size– and will be constructed as a fold-able e-book form factor. It will employ dual indoor-and-sunlight displays and provide a [...]