Comment Video and Interview with NEC Project Manager (Score 2, Informative) 137
There is a video news release and interview with the project manager here: http://movie.diginfo.tv/2007/10/26/07-0502-r.php
Submission + - 80" projection from only 63cm away from the wa (diginfo.tv)
DigInfo News writes: "Hitachi will release the world's first front projector CP-A100 which utilizes the free-form surface lens mirror to project the shortest distance away from the wall. The 80" inch image is from a projector which is only 63cm away from the wall. The distance between the projector and the wall was reduced to about a quarter compared to previous models."
Submission + - LCD screen with Embedded Optical Sensors
dk3nn3dy writes: Sharp has developed a LCD display with optical sensors built into the displays pixels, without requiring a touch-sensitive film to be bonded on top of the regular screen. The optical sensor is similar to that used in scanners, allowing for notes or business cards to be scanned by the screen itself. As the optical recognition technology is built into the pixels it also simplifies tactile recognition based on simultaneously touching multiple points. Future uses include fingerprint authentication on the screen of your mobile phone or PDA, or iPhone style touch recognition. Volume production will start next spring.
Submission + - Breakthrough revolutionises microchip patterning
Stony Stevenson writes: US research engineers claim to have developed a low-cost technique for patterning microchips that allows them to create ultra-small grooves on microchips as easily as "making a sandwich". The simple, low-cost technique results in the self-formation of periodic lines, or gratings, separated by as little as 60nm, or less than one ten-thousandth of a millimetre.
Features of this size have many uses in optical, biological and electronic devices, including the alignment of liquid crystals in displays. The ease of creating the lines is in marked contrast to traditional fabrication methods, which typically use a beam of electrons, ions or a mechanical tip to 'draw' the lines into a surface.
Features of this size have many uses in optical, biological and electronic devices, including the alignment of liquid crystals in displays. The ease of creating the lines is in marked contrast to traditional fabrication methods, which typically use a beam of electrons, ions or a mechanical tip to 'draw' the lines into a surface.
Submission + - Hybrid mesh replaces polygons to display 3D/CAD (diginfo.tv)
dk3nn3dy writes: "Japanese company Digital Process, have developed VridgeR, software which uses DVX, a special rendering technique that doesn't use polygons, and can display massive, highly complex models (for example whole cars or planes which would normally require millions of polygons to be displayed with precision) using standard hardware. 20GB of aircraft CAD data can be loaded onto less than 1GB RAM with complete mathematical precision. English video news story here."
Submission + - Music Protection Racket in Australia (news.com.au) 1
An anonymous reader writes: The "Phonographic Performance Company of Australia" (PPCA) has just won the right to start charging all venues playing music $1.05 per person — based on the capacity of the venue, not the attendance. Dance party's will be charged $3.07 per person. This represents an increase of over 1000% in both cases. Full story at http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,22053835 -16947,00.html.
Submission + - Portable Solar Charger (diginfo.tv)
DigInfo News writes: "Soleitec has developed their portable solar charger that can provide power for all your portable devices. The cell has an internal battery so it can store charge, a non-reflective coated to increase power output and an energy conversion efficiency of 21.5 percent. Soleitec is planning on distributing this product world wide and their new prototype is smaller but provides more power and comes with a retractable cord and belt clip so it travels easily."
Submission + - Wireless Portable USB Gateway (mavericksys.co.kr)
donjamin writes: Maverick Systems have developed the worlds first portable wireless Internet gateway. Allowing for one Internet connected PC to share the connection without the need for cables. Working the same way as a conventional router, the gateway can be plugged into a USB port and allows for instant Internet sharing. The card is unique because it functions as a Router, Access Point and LAN card, and is compatible with NAT, DHCP and static or dynamic IP addresses. The connection can be shared by up to 32 computers simultaneously, and plugged into a base station allowing for a conventional wired LAN connection. Video News report in English is here.
Submission + - VoIP plugin for customer support (diginfo.tv)
dk3nn3dy writes: "FreeBit (google translation from Japanese) have developed a Voice over IP service for websites which requires no applications to be installed on the users computer. Ad Sip is an Active X plugin for Internet Explorer, which uses the companies Emotion Link Active Node, allowing for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to be assigned to applications. Businesses can have the service on their web site and customers can call them directly for free from anywhere in the world allowing for easy access to call centers. The system can be used in a range of situations including sales and support, making hotel and restaurant bookings or service and product inquiries. Video News report in English is here."
Submission + - Setting up OCFS2 as a cluster file system
Jane Walker writes: "Setting up OCFS2 as a shared file system in a cluster environment helps when multiple nodes have to write to the same file system concurrently. Learn how to do it with SLES10."
Submission + - US copying laptop hard disks+password upon entry
Flo writes: "According to Fefe, a German blogger, U.S. officials copy hard disks of laptops upon entry. They even insist on the disclosure of passwords so they can decrypt files. Allegedly they even take people into coercive detention to retrieve the passwords.
Fefe's sources are one member of the (German) Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and one employee of SAP. He also claims to have received confirmation for this from "two other large companies"."
