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Submission + - ASUS PQ321Q Monitor Brings Multi-Stream Tiled Displays Forward (pcper.com)

Submitted by Vigile on Friday July 19, 2013 @05:35PM

Vigile writes: While 4K displays have been popping up all over the place recently with noticeably lower prices, one thing that kind of limits them all is a 30 Hz refresh rate panel. Sony is selling 4K consumer HDTVs for $5000 and new-comer SEIKI has a 50-in model going for under $1000 but they all share that trait — HDMI 1.4 supporting 3840x2160 at 30 Hz. The new ASUS PQ321Q monitor is a 31.5-in 4K display built on the same platform as the Sharp PN-K321 and utilizes a DisplayPort 1.2 connection capable of MST (multi-stream transport). This allows the screen to include two display heads internally, showing up as two independent monitors to some PCs that can then be merged into a single panel via AMD Eyefinity or NVIDIA Surround. Thus, with dual 1920x2160 60 Hz signals, the PQ321Q can offer 3840x2160 at 60 Hz for a much better viewing experience. PC Perspective got one of the monitors in for testing and review and found that the while there were some hurdles during initial setup (especially with NVIDIA hardware), the advantage of a higher refresh rate made the 4K resolution that much better.

Submission + - Home Automation Kit Includes Arduino, RasPi Dev Boards (linuxgizmos.com)

Submitted by __aajbyc7391 on Friday July 19, 2013 @02:28PM

__aajbyc7391 writes: WigWag has developed a home automation kit that combines a Linux-based 6LoWPAN router with sensor units running the open-source Contiki IoT (Internet of Things) OS. Users can add ZigBee, Bluetooth, and other modules to expand the home network, and the WigWam development kit provides shield develpoment boards for use with Arduino and Raspberry Pi SBCs. Users control the devices with a smartphone app (initially Android-based) and associated WigWag cloud service, which lets the devices remotely respond to sensor-based events such as motion detection, rain, noise, etc. Developers can create rules-based scripts for controlling devices using WigWag's open-source Javascript-based DeviceJS development environment. WigWag used a Kickstarter page to fund production and has already tripled its goal.

Submission + - UK Regulator Did Not Check Google Privacy Claims (techweekeurope.co.uk)

Submitted by judgecorp on Friday July 19, 2013 @12:38PM

judgecorp writes: When Google gathered personal Wi-Fi data through its Street View cars, the UK privacy watchdog, the ICO did not press charges, saying that Google had "contained" the data in "quarantined cages". It has now been revealed that the ICO never checked this assertion. It just took Google's word for it, and never visited Google to try and check on whether the data actually was contained. From TechWeekEurope's correspondence with the ICO it seems that the regulator had a team of three looking into the Google Wi-Fi data scandal. Seeing that it was impossible to check Google's claims in depth, the ICO decided to just take Google's word it had done what it claimed.

Comment Re:I've tried to like Google's Glass product... (Score 1) 115

by DraconicSoul on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @02:47PM (#43734155) Attached to: Google I/O 2013 Underway: Watch For Updates

Please explain in a manner that does not just say "I am a teenage girl and as such more worried about what others think than functionality".

As a teenage girl, I am equally bewildered as I stare down at my digital watch.

Submission + - Molecular robot mimics life's protein-builder (nature.com)

Submitted by

ananyo

on Friday January 11, 2013 @06:33AM

ananyo writes: "The ribosome, the molecular machine that translates our genetic code to build the body’s proteins, is a mechanical marvel. Now, chemists have invented a nanomachine that can achieve a similar feat.
The artificial system is not about to displace nature’s ribosome, a complex of proteins and RNA. It is much simpler, and only about about one-tenth of the size — and, it is achingly slow, destroys the code it reads and can produce only very short chunks of protein, known as peptides. It does, however, show that some of the tactics of biology’s molecular machines can be adopted to make useful chemicals.
The device relies on a rotaxane — a large molecular ring threaded onto another molecule that acts as an axle. The axle is lined with three amino acids, and a chain of three more amino acids hangs from the outer edge of the ring. Heating the device prompts the ring to move along the axle, adding amino acids one-by-one to the chain attached to the ring."

Submission + - California considers DNA privacy law (nature.com)

Submitted by ananyo on Saturday May 19, 2012 @04:39PM

ananyo writes: California lawmakers are weighing a bill aimed at protecting their state's citizens from surreptitious genetic testing but scientists are voicing their growing concerns that, if passed, such a law would have a costly and damaging effect on research.
The bill, dubbed the Genetic Information Privacy Act, would require an individual’s written consent for the collection, analysis, retention, and sharing of his or her genetic information—including DNA, genetic test results, and even family disease history.
The University of California has submitted a formal letter objecting to the bill, estimating that the measure could increase administrative costs by up to $594,000 annually—money which would come out of the cash-strapped state’s General Fund. The university has also expressed concern that its researchers would suffer competitive losses in obtaining research grants.

Submission + - Stealth Ship for Sale (defensetech.org) 2

Submitted by Sparticus789 on Saturday April 28, 2012 @09:23PM

Sparticus789 writes: Looks like the Navy is doing some housecleaning and selling off failed experiments, "Yup, the Lockheed Martin-built Sea Shadow is being auctioned off from its home in the Suisun Bay ghost fleet in California." Bidding is right now at $100,000 and it even comes with the dock.

Don't get your hopes of an evil hideout, the fine print says "THE EX-SEA SHADOW SHALL BE DISPOSED OF BY COMPLETELY DISMANTLING AND SCRAPPING WITHIN THE U.S.A.

Submission + - Emperor Penguins Counted From Space (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by

HairyNevus

on Saturday April 14, 2012 @04:34PM

HairyNevus writes: "An international team of scientists used satellite technology to conduct a census of emperor penguin populations from outer space. Honing in on their colonies by looking for the brown patches of penguin guano that stand out in the snowy antarctic, high resolution images were taken and used to count the total number of emperor penguin species on the continent. The result was a census of 595,000 penguins, almost double the previous estimates of 270,000-350,000 emperors. This includes seven new colonies which had not been previously identified. Although this is uplifting data, computer modeling still shows that loss of ice flows in the northern reaches could result in problems for the penguins."

Submission + - New Targeted Mac OS X Trojan Requires No User Interaction 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14, 2012 @04:14PM

An anonymous reader writes: Another Mac OS X Trojan has been spotted in the wild; this one exploits Java vulnerabilities just like the Flashback Trojan. Also just like Flashback, this new Trojan requires no user interaction to infect your Apple Mac. Kaspersky refers to it as "Backdoor.OSX.SabPub.a" while Sophos calls it at "SX/Sabpab-A."

Comment Fostering Bad Habits (Score 1) 263

by DraconicSoul on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @10:01PM (#39347395) Attached to: Camera Gun Would Let Hunters Get Killer Wildlife Shots

Anyone who has actually done anything with rifles should know that one of the fundamental rules is: don't point your gun at anything you don't want to shoot. By encouraging people to point these guns at people to take pictures, that is taking all safety out of the picture; imagine what these people are going to do once they have a real gun.

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