Samsung's 55-inch C9000 LCD and its amazing Touch Remote control land at IFA
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600 MHz Linux powered remote control? You'd think I'dove this idea. That's not a PMP wirelessly mirroring the TV's dipslay. It's a Samsung remote control that first blew us away at CES in January when Samsung's ultra-thin LCD 9000 series TV was first announced. So why revisit it? Well, for starters... look at it! It's a 3-inch touchsreen remote control in its production form that's now shipping with the LED backlit 200Hz (not 240Hz, it's Europe remember) Samsung C9000 -- a TV measuring just 7.98-mm thick with a 55-inch diagonal. The remote control itself is built on a 600MHz ARM 11 processor with a custom remote control layer sitting atop Linux and a 2.4GHz 802.11n radio. As such, this little powerhouse gives you lots of options to control and view your media including the ability to continue watching the game even as your bladder drags you into less, shall we say, comfortable rooms. You can even preview other channels without interrupting that vast expanse of LCD viewed by others in the room. It also supports DLNA for streaming your media from any number of compatible devices. Naturally, it also functions as a programable remote for all your new gadget additions. Really, the entire package is quite amazing. Check it for yourself after the break.
600 MHz Linux powered remote control? You'd think I'dove this idea. That's not a PMP wirelessly mirroring the TV's dipslay. It's a Samsung remote control that first blew us away at CES in January when Samsung's ultra-thin LCD 9000 series TV was first announced. So why revisit it? Well, for starters... look at it! It's a 3-inch touchsreen remote control in its production form that's now shipping with the LED backlit 200Hz (not 240Hz, it's Europe remember) Samsung C9000 -- a TV measuring just 7.98-mm thick with a 55-inch diagonal. The remote control itself is built on a 600MHz ARM 11 processor with a custom remote control layer sitting atop Linux and a 2.4GHz 802.11n radio. As such, this little powerhouse gives you lots of options to control and view your media including the ability to continue watching the game even as your bladder drags you into less, shall we say, comfortable rooms. You can even preview other channels without interrupting that vast expanse of LCD viewed by others in the room. It also supports DLNA for streaming your media from any number of compatible devices. Naturally, it also functions as a programable remote for all your new gadget additions. Really, the entire package is quite amazing. Check it for yourself after the break.
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The decomposed body of a California doctor was found lodged in her boyfriend's chimney, several days after she had apparently attempted to get inside his home, police said.
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Better Place expands Tokyo battery swap trials; taxis have changed packs 2,122 times already
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Japan, Better Place
After announcing the completion of a three-month field test of its battery swapping system, Better Place has decided to keep the program running until at least late November. Three converted Nissan Rogues have been operating as taxis in central Tokyo, stopping by the Better Place quick change station for regular battery swaps. During the first three months of the program, the taxis accumulated over 25,000 miles and swapped batteries 2,122 times.
Those battery changes took an average of 59.1 seconds, considerably quicker than the average gas fill-up. Interestingly, the numbers say the Rogues are only going about 12.5 miles per swap. Hopefully, that figure means that taxi drivers have been bringing the vehicles in for swaps at every available opportunity to test the hardware. We'd hate to think that 12 miles is in any way representative of the actual range. Quick changes, even under 60 secnds, don't help much if you have to stop every 15 minutes.
The test program is currently suspended while Better Place engineers analyze data and make updates to the battery charging system. One change is that the charging rates will now be variable, with slower charging used to maximize battery life and faster charging only used when there is high demand for fresh batteries.
[Source: Better Place]
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Permalink | Email this | CommentsSam Abuelsamid01370805430603904216Gulf Oil Plume Gone, Eaten By Newly Discovered Microbes
Analysis by Berkeley Lab revealed the dominant microbe in the dispersed Gulf of Mexico oil plume was a new species, closely related to members of Oceanospirillalesfamily. Image: Terry Hazen via Science Daily.
In what seems a deus ex machina or perhaps deus ex gaia moment, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report that the miles-long deep sea oil plume which resulted from the BP oil spill has essentially vanished, apparently eaten by micro...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Small Tennessee Town Gets Solar-Powered EV Charging Station
EV charging stations are starting to spread around the nation, but so far there's been a concentration of these installations in cities -- especially when it comes to more cutting-edge stations, like the first public quick-charging station installed in Portland. But one Tennessee town is proving EV charging needs to happen in more rural areas too.
The town of Pulaski has just installed an EV charging station powered by a 20-kW parking lot solar array from Outpost Solar, the first of its kind in the Southeast. The station is from EV-Charge America and has two level one plugs and two level two plugs, the type designed to charge the Nissan LEAF and Chevy Volt. It's available for use by anyone with a plug-in vehicle.
Smyrna, TN will become the home to a LEAF production facility soon and as that EV hits the roads, this station will likely see a bit of traffic. Beyond Pulaski, 14 more solar EV charging stations are set to open in Tennessee in the next three years, including locations in Nashville and Chattanooga.
via Autoblog Green
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Not only is this koala bear one of the cutest animals on the planet, it just may be among the luckiest too. Defying the odds normally stacked against wildlife in an encounter with a fast moving vehicle, this koala bear survived being hit by a car travelling upwards of 50 mph -- a...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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NBA, RIAA: Congress Should Mandate FM Radio in Portable Devices
You know, I really like America and its citizens. Beautiful country, lovely people, nothing but good experiences on my end. However, like everyone else, the US has its problems, and one particular annoying one is the power of lobby and interests groups. I couldn't believe my eyes when I read that the RIAA and NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) are asking Congress to mandate FM chips in all portable devices - cell phones, mp3 players, PDAs, everything. Wait, what?donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda)
Murdoch gives $1m to Republicans
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Bees trap deputy inside car for 3 hours
Tuesday was anything but a routine day for Deputy Brandon Jenkins, who spent three hours in his patrol car after nearly 50,000 honeybees decided to park on it.
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Frozen 1907 Antarctic whisky opened
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Responding to the floods in Pakistan
(Cross-posted from The Official Google Blog)
Pakistan has been struck by the worst flooding in its recorded history. The latest estimate of the number of people affected by the flood exceeds 14 million—more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Critical infrastructure has been damaged over the last two weeks and clean water is in short supply. As monsoons approach, flooding is expected to worsen.
Our Crisis Response team has been working to use existing tools and build new ones to help the relief efforts. We just launched a page in Urdu and English where you can find information, resources and donation opportunities to help the victims of the floods. We’re also donating $250,000 to international and local NGOs to immediately aid in relief efforts. Although we’ve been able to provide satellite imagery for disasters in the past, cloud cover in Pakistan has prevented us from compiling useful imagery so far. We hope to share imagery as soon as possible.
We’ve already learned a lot about building useful tools from our previous efforts to help with disaster relief. Following the earthquake in Haiti, a small team of Googlers visited relief aid workers in Haiti to understand how we could further help. In observing and speaking with the relief aid workers, we learned that they needed up-to-date information about available resources (such as which field hospitals have X-ray machines or orthopedic surgeons), their location and contact information. Coordination between various health and relief facilities that spring up in a disaster zone can be challenging.
Based on what we learned in Haiti, we’ve been working to develop Resource Finder, a new tool to help disseminate updated information about which services various health facilities offer. It provides a map with editable records to help relief workers maintain up-to-date information on the services, doctors, equipment and beds available at neighboring health facilities so that they can efficiently arrange patient transfers. We normally wouldn’t release the tool so quickly, but decided to make an early release version of Resource Finder available for supporting relief efforts in Pakistan. This is the first time the tool is being launched during a disaster situation so we’ll be working closely with NGOs to understand its usefulness and will iterate accordingly.
We’ve also launched Person Finder in both Urdu and English for this disaster. This application allows individuals to check and post on the status of relatives or friends affected by a disaster. Fortunately, we’ve heard that missing persons has not been as concerning an issue as it was during the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, but we’ll leave the application up regardless.
Responding to a disaster of this scale is a daunting task, but we can all do something to help. We will try to do our part and continue working with the many incredible NGOs to develop tools that help them work more effectively.
Posted by Ka-Ping Yee, Software Engineer, Google.org
Pakistan has been struck by the worst flooding in its recorded history. The latest estimate of the number of people affected by the flood exceeds 14 million—more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Critical infrastructure has been damaged over the last two weeks and clean water is in short supply. As monsoons approach, flooding is expected to worsen.
Our Crisis Response team has been working to use existing tools and build new ones to help the relief efforts. We just launched a page in Urdu and English where you can find information, resources and donation opportunities to help the victims of the floods. We’re also donating $250,000 to international and local NGOs to immediately aid in relief efforts. Although we’ve been able to provide satellite imagery for disasters in the past, cloud cover in Pakistan has prevented us from compiling useful imagery so far. We hope to share imagery as soon as possible.
We’ve already learned a lot about building useful tools from our previous efforts to help with disaster relief. Following the earthquake in Haiti, a small team of Googlers visited relief aid workers in Haiti to understand how we could further help. In observing and speaking with the relief aid workers, we learned that they needed up-to-date information about available resources (such as which field hospitals have X-ray machines or orthopedic surgeons), their location and contact information. Coordination between various health and relief facilities that spring up in a disaster zone can be challenging.
Based on what we learned in Haiti, we’ve been working to develop Resource Finder, a new tool to help disseminate updated information about which services various health facilities offer. It provides a map with editable records to help relief workers maintain up-to-date information on the services, doctors, equipment and beds available at neighboring health facilities so that they can efficiently arrange patient transfers. We normally wouldn’t release the tool so quickly, but decided to make an early release version of Resource Finder available for supporting relief efforts in Pakistan. This is the first time the tool is being launched during a disaster situation so we’ll be working closely with NGOs to understand its usefulness and will iterate accordingly.
We’ve also launched Person Finder in both Urdu and English for this disaster. This application allows individuals to check and post on the status of relatives or friends affected by a disaster. Fortunately, we’ve heard that missing persons has not been as concerning an issue as it was during the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, but we’ll leave the application up regardless.
Responding to a disaster of this scale is a daunting task, but we can all do something to help. We will try to do our part and continue working with the many incredible NGOs to develop tools that help them work more effectively.
Posted by Ka-Ping Yee, Software Engineer, Google.org
Census Bureau gives back $1.6 billion
The U.S. Census Bureau is giving back almost a quarter of the money it received to do its job this year.
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Table Dancers Turn Tables, Show Up To Church To Protest Being Protested
The dancers at the Foxhole in Coschocton County, Ohio, are used to arriving at work to the sounds of protests from members of the nearby New Beginnings Ministries church. But the same couldn't quite be said for the churchgoers, who showed up for services on Sunday and were greeted by the sight of bikini-clad protesters.
For the last four years, the pastor at New Beginnings has led a protest outside the Foxhole every weekend. Beyond just voicing their disapproval of the strip joint, the church members also videotape the license plates of the bar's patrons and then post the info online.
So the crew at the Foxhole decided to give the churchgoers a taste of their own medicine, sitting outside the church in skimpy outfits and cooling each other down with Super Soakers as they grilled up burgers.
They also held signs with Bible quotes like:
Matthew 7:15: Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing
Revelations 22:11: He that is unjust, let him be unjust still
The strip club's owner has unsuccessfully tried to sue the church for their protests, but now he's hoping that this table-flipping will help to put an end to things.
"When these morons go away, we'll go away," he said. "The great thing about this country is that everyone has a right to believe what they want."
One of the Foxhole dancers, a married mother-of-six, says the protesters outside the strip club every weekend are ill-informed:
These church people say horrible things about us... They say we're homewreckers and whores. The fact of the matter is, we're working to keep our own homes together, to give our kids what they need.
The New Beginnings pastor counters that he and the other protesters aren't there to condemn the dancers, but to offer them a way out. "I tell them, 'I will put a roof over your heads, and your bills will be paid, and your children's bellies will be full,'" he explains.
The pastor says the protests outside his church of only served to confirm the churchgoers' feelings. "They have now seen the evil firsthand," he says. "This has just made us stronger."
The Foxhole owner sees things differently. "They're just mad," he said, "because their wives won't let them come to my club."
Churchgoers, strippers protest one another in Coshocton County [Dispatch.com]
Spinal cord regeneration success
US researchers encourage substantial regrowth in nerves controlling voluntary movement after spinal cord injury in mice.(author unknown)072978261965338982290165076165806928538014704459895613450589179628734526111586390210386468015723625515843612743925525783105764020642750977920234675545525072285506849046828175338229120265117183556469500599797172312684169018256310325350436690147670490086808775671823169374603116169105131156780089359010073375333407251879420200006668666322832411465876592836252804063652422915080312481809600637932981348118367669583270988867161876780320267712201595328618062476192305623261669004784261
Twitter passes 20 billionth tweet
Twitter, the social networking site which allows users to say something in up to 140 characters, sees its 20 billionth message sent.(author unknown)0416822349863031924702180013118915914136
Twitter passes 20 billionth tweet
Twitter, the social networking site which allows users to say something in up to 140 characters, sees its 20 billionth message sent.(author unknown)04168223498630319247098512529795179839321279724222210362551802180013118915914136
Millions Download Suspicious Android Wallpaper
Up to 4.6 million users of the Android smartphone operating system have downloaded a suspicious wallpaper app that collects and transmits user data to a site in China, mobile security firm Lookout has warned.donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams)
Dark matter hunt eyes deeper home
An underground experiment designed to search for dark matter could go even deeper in search of the elusive cosmic "stuff".(author unknown)068266159479972433370234675545525072285509851252979517983932013515680269404210451476704900868087756702180013118915914136
