ASUS Eee Keyboard: PC Embedded In a Keyboard

We have seen all-in-one apple MACs that lead the market for a long time. We also have the Laptops as all-in-one devices, but have you ever thought of a complete PC in the form of a keyboard?

ASUS has launched its Eee Keyboard at CES '09 which is a full-fledged PC embedded in a QWERTY keyboard with a built-in 5-inch (800x480 resolution)touch screen and an HDMI to let you connect it to any TV to have a large screen view.

Now having a look at the specifications, we come to know that it has a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 or N330 CPU, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, 16 or 32GB SSD(solid-state drive), 11.0b/g/n WiFi,Bluetooth 2.0, 2 USB 2.0 ports, VGA, HDMI & audio input/output ports, a built-in mic and a speaker. The HDMI out port might be used to connect to a video monitor or an HDTV wirelessly.

The Eee Keyboard comes with windows XP pre-installed on it so we cannot consider it the next multimedia solution but its a nice gadget to be owned by Geeks. It has not yet hit the markets but is announced to be launched 3 to 6 months later. No price is announced yet.

World's Coolest Digital Photo

Lots of award winners are there in the field of digital photography but I never thought of such a masterpiece!

Click here to see the world's coolest digital photo.










-Courtesy JehanAra

Projector Embeded Mobile Phone

A great enthusiasm exists for 3G's high data rate and realtime communication facilities e.g video calling and HDTV. But I have been thinking that what is the use of a 14Mbit broadband connection on a tiny screen of 2 inches? I had an idea to embed a projector in a 3G phone. But before I give out, Logic Wireless has done it.

Here comes the Logic Bolt's Projector-Phone.Now there's no need to worry about the tiny screen. The buit-in projector of this phone can project a fair screen of the size of a normal TV. Built-in projection is 640x480 pixels.
The picture quality is fair enough to provide you with an engaging entertainment time. The phone comes with a 3 megapixel camera and 4GB storage with microSD extension capability. It not only projects its own screen but can also do it for external VGA and RCA inputs. Battery is not an ideal one but can last for 2 hours in projection mode. It
is currently a GSM phone but a nice inituitive to pave the way to 3G projector phones!

Here is a picture slideshow.

Virtual Keyboard

Geeks always remain conscious to find a new gadget. They always wish to have a time machine which could lead them to the 100 year advance world. But now they can have a thing which is really a future gadget!

This is a bluetooth virtual keyboard. Just turn it on and it will project light on your table to draw a virtual keyboard. Don't worry about the physical keys, just start typing on the virtual keys drawn on your table! Its worlds smallest yet complete and full-sized keyboard. Connect it to any bluetooth enabled device and enjoy the future world.



You can buy it here

360 Degree 3-D Display

There has been a lot of advancement is the visual displays but we know that even the highest resolution 3D displays cannot give us a realistic view like our daily life. The 3D views are in fact 2-D because we cannot visualize the graphics from all sides (360 degree view). But now the problem is solved with the invention of a 360 degree display!

Paul Debevec and Andrew Jones of USC Institute for Creative Technologies along with Ian McDowall of Fakespace Labs, Inc., Hideshi Yamada of Sony Corporation, Mark Bolas of USC School of Cinematic Arts have created world's first real 3D display with 360 degree viewing. The display consists of a reflecting glass rotating at a high speed to give a 3D view, same as we can see in our real life.

Here is a demonstration video:

According to the project team, the display was shown at the SIGGRAPH 2007 Emerging Technologies exhibition in August 2007 in San Diego, California, where it won the award for "Best Emerging Technology". The award brought with it an invitation to show the 3D Display technology at Laval Virtual, the 10th International Conference on Virtual Reality in Laval, France in April 2008.

More details can be found here.

Have you ever fallen in love with a browser??

Have you ever fallen in love with a browser??
Yeah! this is the question of the day, because I have!

I was exploring through www.rehan.com, when I found a link to Flock.com, I navigated and read the description of the browser which appealed me, so I downloaded and installed. Now I am using it and the only thing I can say is "Flock is everything! I love it!"

Before going towards the detailed description, I would like to tell you that it is a Feed Reader, an email client with multiple email accounts possibility, a media (e.g photos and video) uploader, a social networking software, a blog editor etc, etc,.

It has built-in features of Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Digg, Picasa, Flickr, TinyPic, Photobucket, YouTube, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL Mail, Blogger, Wordpress, Typepad, Blogsome, LiveJournal, Xanga, Delicious, Magnolia and any other blog or email service! In addition to that, it is very stable and fast! I opened more than a hundred tabs in it but it didn't slow down. It never crashes! and if for some reason it does.. you will not loose anything because all the tabs will be restored automatically when you open it next time. If you blog or use to type into your browser window, it will help you with the spell check feature. Amazing! Isn't it?

Your whole Facebook is embedded in the left side-bar! You don't need to waste a lot of time in checking the status updates of your friends and the notifications, you can also update your own status with just a single hit of the "Enter" key! All the updates from the people you follow on twitter are also updated continuously in the left side-bar, no need to refresh! and similar to Facebook, update your twitter status with a single key!

Your email is a click away! Just click the email icon on the toolbar and check all new mail in the form of a drop down menu. configure as many email accounts as you can! No need to go to email account and compose an email there, just click the email button on the toolbar and send your mail. If you find something interesting, just click on the share or digg button next to the address bar and share it with the world!

Now if you blog, Flock can help you, just click on the 'blog editor' button and compose your new blog post in a simple browser window. It is a bit slow in publishing, so I will not recommend blogging through Flock. I hope this feature will be improved shortly.

If you Flickr or YouTube, no need to go to Flickr or YouTube to see your favorite pictures and videos, find them all in the upper bar.

With all these features, there is no short of work space, all the toolbars, sidebars and upper bars are arranged so beautifully that the work space remains intact!

In addition to all that, the home of fun is the "My World" tab which automatically opens when you open the browser.

One more thing, there are lots of themes available to choose from!

Flock is brought to you by Mozilla whose Firefox is already leading the market so no compatibility issues. If you still want something more, then add your favorite Firefox plug-in and take a flight!

Download it now for free http://www.flock.com/download/

Some Amazing USB Flash Drive Designs

Here are some amazing USB flash drive designs. Gadget freaks will really like them!

1) Tiny 8GB
This USB Flash Disk is tiny enough to to reside on the top of your thumb. Interestingly, it has 8GB storage to meet all your needs.
Details:

• Smallest size yet largest capacity USB flash drive around
• 8 gigs, yet the size of your fingertip
  • 31.3mm x 12.4mm x 3.4mm
• Polished Chrome finish
• Shock and water resistant
• 200x speed, 30MB/second
• Mac, Windows, and Linux compatible
• Details are Here

2) Wrist Watch Hidden 4GB USB Flash Disk
This ultra cute watch is a USB storage in fact!
Details:

• Small USB flash drive fits completely inside of the watch
• Perfect for carrying your data on secret missions
• Japanese quartz movement
• Black polyurethane strap
• Luminescent hands
• 4GB capacity
• Watch dial size: 1.1" x 1" (29 x 25mm)
• Flash drive size: 1.5" x .5" x .25" (38 x 13 x 6mm)
• Details are Here

3) Ultra-Thin 1GB Flash with Voice Recording
This ultra slim USB flash drive has a storage of 1GB and an added fuctionality of voice recording and playback. It weighs only 36 grams!
Details:

• Perfect for meetings, interviews, personal notes, classroom, lectures, etc.
• Memory of 1GB gives up to 69.3 hours of record time
• USB 2.0 (Full speed)
• Battery life of about 4.5 hours record/playback
• Built-in rechargeable Li-Ion battery, charge via USB connection
• Comes with earbuds and neck strap
• Built-in speaker and microphone
• Status indicator LED lights
• Headphone jack
• Works with Windows only
• Dimensions: 3.4" x 2.2" x .26" (86 x 56 x 6.5 mm)
• Details are Here

4) 8GB USB Flash Lighter
Need a lighter to keep with you? and a cute flash disk too? Here comes the solution:
No No! don't burn your old USB with it, keep that also ;)

Details:

• Refillable lighter with built-in USB flash drive
• 8GB capacity
• USB connector slides out of the lighter
• Metal case
• Adjustable flame
• Includes USB cable
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 2.4" x .5" (3.8 x 6 x 1.3 cm)
• Details are Here

5) Comprehensive Kit
Some of you might have an exploring nature and do dig everything out! Some are keen to repair every damaged thing themselves and keep the data with them also. So get this comprehensive toolkit, which has USB drive and a flash light included!

Details:

• The ultimate geek multi-tool
• USB storage in a beautiful Swiss Army knife design
• Available in 4GB, 2GB, 1GB capacity
• USB Flash Drive (easily detachable)
• Includes: Red LED light, ballpoint pen, knife, scissors, file with screwdriver, keyring
• Flash drive is USB powered, no external power supply required
• LED blinks to indicate read/write activity
• Works with Windows 98/SE/2000/ME/XP, MAC OS 9.x or above, Linux 2.4 or above
• USB 1.1/2.0 interface
• Legendary Swiss Army quality construction and materials
• Red LED light uses a single CR 1025 battery (included)
• Comes with USB cable (1 meter length)
• Size: 2.4" length x .75" wide x .6" height
• Weight: 1.2 oz (33 g)
• Details are Here

6) Brick Drive
Have been playing bricks and block in childhood and love to have them again? Here is a brick USB flash drive with 4GB storage, so get it, pull the cap and have fun!
Details

• Windows, Mac and Linux compatible
• USB 2.0 interface, 4 Gigs of storage
• Laniard and keyring attachment included
• Comes in Red, Blue, and Black
• Details are Here

7) Broken Chord
Throw it away on the floor or under the desk, people will think it just like a broken USB wire. But they may laugh at you when u insert it into your laptop ;)
Details:

• 2GB flash drive cleverly disguised as a frayed and broken USB cable
• Easily transfer and store files, photos and music
• USB 2.0 with 1.1 backwards compatibility
• Mac, Windows and Linux compatible, of course
• Details are Here

8) Tape Cassette
This is infact a USB Flash drive holding case
Details:

• Hold any USB drive in it!
• Details are Here

9) "Flash Padlock" PIN-based flash drive
Here's a PIN secured Flash drive. So no more files stollen by friends!
Details:

• 1GB and 2GB storage available
  
• Tacking on a PIN based security system
• USB 2.0 with backwards compatibility
• Details

10) World's Smallest and Luxury Flash Disk
This is world smallest and lightest flash disk weighing only 1 ounce. A gittering brass casing makes is Luxurious!
Details:

• 4GB storage
  
• Brass body
  
• USB 2.0 with backwards compatibility
• Details

11) Micky Mouse
Put your tiny pic into it see yourself as a micky mouse!
Details:

• 1 to 8GB storage
  
• USB 2.0 with backwards compatibility
• Details

12) Laptop Style
ValueStar has launched this USB drive which is nearly of same shape as their laptop.
Details:

• Details may be found Here

13) World's Slimmest USB Flash Drive
Here's the slimmest Flash drive of the world!
Details:

• Storage of 512MB to 4GB is available
• USB 2.0 compatible
  
• Details may be found Here

14) Nice Fruity smelling USB Flash Drives
Here are the USB drives with a smell of a fruit each!

Details:

• Storage of 128MB to 4GB is available
• USB 2.0 compatible
  
• Strawberry, Grape, Green apple, Orange smells available
  
• Details may be found Here

15) SpaceStation 12GB Flash Drive
Here is a SpaceStaion Flash drive consisting of six 2GB tiny flash drives.
Details:

• Storage of 6MB & 12GB
  
• USB 2.0 compatible
  
• Details may be found Here

16) Flash Drive with integrated Speaker
This flash drive is equipped with a built-in USB powered speaker
Details:

• Details may be found Here

17) Jerry USB
Isn't it like Jerry? Teens will love it a lot!
Details:

• 128MB
  
• Details may be found Here

Your comments keep me writting so don't forget to comment and "digg" if you liked the article!

NVIDIA Personal Supercomputer

Supercomputers comprise of hundreds of CPUs connected together in such a way that they process simultaneously to achieve a specific task. A huge processing task is divided into small chunks and allotted to separate CPUs. These CPUs after performing the operation generate the result and the results from the separate CPUs are integrated to get the task done. This type of computing is called distributed computing. All this takes a long time and huge power resources. The supercomputer hardware also costs very much, as a result of which, they are limited to large enterprises and research centers.
NVIDIA has given a new meaning to supercomputing by inventing GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit and releasing a PSC (Personal Supercomputer) by integrating GPUs. A GPU is a processing unit comprising of multiple cores working simultaneously.
GPU is explained by Mythbusters here:

NVIDIA has launched Tesla personal supercomputers in single processor, desktop and rack-mount units which support Windows 32bit (on Tesla C870 and Tesla D870 only), Windows 64bit, Linux 32bit and 64bit (RedHat Enterprise Linux 4&5, SUSE 10.1,10.2 and 10.3). The Tesla personal supercomputer is scalable from one to one thousand GPUs. Each GPU contains 128 to 240 multi-threaded processors. The processors are scalar thread with full integer and IEEE 754 single-precision floating point support. Initially the memory access was 76.8GB/sec but it has now reached 408GB/sec in Tesla S1070.

High end processing tasks are achieved on personal supercomputer by the C language compiler and standard numerical libraries for Fast Fourier Transform and Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines available for it. NVIDIA CUDA is the software which makes this all done and is available freely from NVIDIA website http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_get.html for Windows XP(32bit & 64bit), Windows Vista (32bit & 64bit), Linux (32 bit & 64bit) and Macintosh.
The personal supercomputer products released so far are Tesla C870 computing processor, Tesla D870 desktop GPU system, Tesla S870 GPU computing system, Tesla S1070 and Tesla C1060 processor.
Tesla C870 computing processor contains one GPU, 1.5 GB dedicated memory and can be connected via full-length dual open PCI Express x16 slot.
Tesla D870 desktop GPU system contains 2 GPUs, 3GB memory and can be connected to a host via cabling to a low power PCI Express x8 or x16 adapter card. This desktop system is ideal for office environment because of its quiet operation (40dB).Tesla S870 GPU computing system contains 4 GPUs with 6GB memory. It also connects to a host via cabling to a low power PCI Express x8 or x16 adapter card. It is available in a 19 inch 1 unit rack-mount chassis.
Tesla S1070 GPU computing system contains 4 GPUs with 16GB memory. It connects to a host via cabling to PCI Express x8 or x16. It contains 960 processing cores (240 cores per processor). The frequency of each core is 1.44GHz.
Tesla C1060 processor contains 1GPU with 4GB GDDR3 memory. It connects to a host via cabling to PCI Express x16. It contains 240 processing cores. The frequency of each core is 1.3GHz.
NVIDIA personal computers are widely accepted by the market.
OptiTex (Israel) has taken the design industry to an entirely new level with its 3D CAD/CAM design technology. They are using the NVIDIA® CUDA™ software development environment to reconstruct their cloth simulation engine’s data and algorithms to run on GPUs. The GPU computing solution has enabled developers to remove bottlenecks in the CPU environment and deliver up to a 10 times performance increase.
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are using NVIDIA® CUDA™ for Microphysics, a crucial but computationally intensive component of WRF (Weather Research & Forecasting Model). Similarly Manfold.net has implemented NVIDIA in the field of GIS. According to Dimitri Rotow, product manager, Manifold.net “It is not an exaggeration to say that NVIDIA CUDA technology could be the most revolutionary development in computing since the invention of the microprocessor. It’s fast, inexpensive and loaded with potential. NVIDIA CUDA is so important that all Manifold users should insist that the computer hardware they procure is CUDA-enabled.”
Techniscan has ported its proprietary inverse scattering algorithm for medical sciences from a FORTRAN and MPI system to NVIDIA® CUDA™
NVIDIA personal super computers are available under the price range of $10,000 and are thus easily affordable to scientists and researchers.