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Seagate are exploring new SSD technologies that combine SLC (single layer chip) and MLC (multiple layer chip) to create a cost-effective and reliable hybrid. Talking to Pocket-lint, Seagate CEO Bill Watkins revealed that the company would “love to have an SSD range” but that issues with read/write cycle performance and production cost are slowing them down. Pat King, senior vice president of global marketing, also confirmed that Seagate are planning a network-attached storage (NAS) device for home customers.
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Seagate planning home NAS, researching hybrid SSDs
By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 5th 2008 No CommentsMicrosoft SecondLight Surface adds dual-display to multitouch table
By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 30th 2008 No Comments
Despite only just releasing the SDK for their multitouch Surface table, Microsoft have already updated the system with a second layer of projection functionality. As well as the current projected display, the new SecondLight Surface is capable of throwing a second image onto any translucent material – for instance a piece of paper – held above the table. Developed by the company’s Cambridge, UK research arm, SecondLight can be used to display, say, an image of a car on the table-top together with a moveable cutaway schematic on a handheld screen held above.
Check out the video demo of SecondLight Surface after the cut
FieldCREW User Research Tablet concept
By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 28th 2008 1 CommentLooking like a cross between a Speak & Spell and a Star Trek tricorder, this tablet concept by the Bressler Group’s Rob Tannen is intended for user researchers gathering product design feedback. Called the FieldCREW User Research Concept Platform, it includes wireless, remotely controlled tracking video cameras to observe user interaction, wireless tagging units that automatically record a “review this” point on the timeline, and subvocalization microphones that allow the researcher to record discrete observations.
Robot grasshoppers could carry out future search & rescue
By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 23rd 2008 No CommentsNature might once again educate robot design, as engineers Dario Floreano and Mirko Kovac of the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems in Lausanne turn to grasshoppers for the next generation of search and exploration devices. The pair noted that grasshoppers handle uneven terrain by hopping, clearing up to three feet at a time and avoiding climbing over rocks and other obstacles; small robots have the same problems tackling such terrain, and so Floreano and Kovac built tiny robots that can jump up to eight feet using spring-loaded legs.
Microsoft Instant On OS suggested in market survey
By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Oct 15th 2008 No CommentsIt’s all about the research from Microsoft today. As well as their Oahu multitouch concept, the software giant is also exploring the possibility of an “Instant On” operating-system, which would give access to the browser, IM client, DVD and media player within eight seconds.
CityWall multitouch interactive display
By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 10th 2008 No CommentsCityWall is an interactive multitouch project open to public experimentation at the Lasipalatsi medical center in Helsinki, Finland. Developed by the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, CityWall currently offers passers-by a 3D GUI to explore the benefits and nuisances of urban nature. It’s able to recognize an unlimited number of fingers touching the screen and uniquely identify them.
Check out the video demo of CityWall after the cut
OLED touch-controllers promised by Fraunhofer IPMS
By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 10th 2008 No CommentsOLED could become the next major illuminated touch-sensitive technology, taking advantage of the fact that the homogeneous area light-source can be used to recognize points of contact without requiring a separate touch foil as LEDs would. The system, developed by Fraunhofer IPMS, is initially being touted as a light controller, for switching and dimming, but could apparently be applied to any OLED such as those used in PMPs and other mobile devices.
Microsoft next-gen Tablet PC video demo
By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 10th 2008 No CommentsMicrosoft have received a lot of criticism for their Tablet PC “obsession” over the past few years, but they’re still not giving up. Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer, is visiting college campuses this week with the company’s latest touchscreen prototype: showing new, better-integrated versions of long-standing apps such as OneNote, together with a timeline-based search utility and a new super-accurate touchscreen requiring no special stylus.
Check out the demo video after the cut
Autonomous Hovering Quadcopters use adapted insect behaviour
By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Oct 1st 2008 No CommentsStudents at Humboldt University in Germany are working on developing autonomous hovering platforms capable of using patterns and responses more usually observed in adapted insect behaviour. Traditionally such helicopters – often used for surveillance or remote monitoring – are controlled via preset routes, direct remote control or GPS.
Microsoft Research Codex: dual OQO touchscreen digital book
By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Oct 1st 2008 1 CommentKen Hinckley, of Microsoft Research, has been working on a dual-touchscreen multi-tasking prototype called Codex, taking two of OQO’s Model 2 UMPCs and using intelligent software to manage how information is spread between the displays. Rather than manually positioning different windows on a single large screen, Ken’s concept recognizes that, say, reference and in-progress documents are more appropriately separated for efficiency; it can therefore automatically adjust them to fit the two touchscreens.
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