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Samsung has shown off the world’s thinnest AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) color displays, coming in at an amazing 0.53 millimeters thick.
To put that in perspective, the displays are just about the thickness of heavy card stock paper. The initial panels are just 2.2-inches diagonal, and planned for use…
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May 20th, 2007 by: Technabob
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For those times when there’s nothing worth watching on any of the 500+ channels on TV, here’s a way you can put that $5000 flat panel to good use.
TV2ART’s Lightascope attaches to the front of your flat panel television and transforms moving images into a work of abstract modern…
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May 15th, 2007 by: Technabob
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Sure, everybody is doing touchscreen interfaces these days, but this is the first time I’ve seen a monitor that can respond to gestures without actually having to touch the screen.
The monitor, based on technology from TouchKo was recently demonstrated by White Electronic Designs and Tactyl Services at the CeBIT…
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March 19th, 2007 by: Technabob
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The useless Wii hack of the month award has to go to YouTube user matthwesalvo for his iPod / Wii mashup. He’s figured out a way to stream live video from his Wii to his 60GB iPod via a custom Linux application and some hacking of the video connectors on…
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March 8th, 2007 by: Technabob
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Looking like something out of a James Bond movie or an episode of 24…, this portable computer from Estari features an innovative dual LCD interface that folds up into an aluminum briefcase.
The core design element of Estari’s DC15 briefcase computer are two 15-inch (1025 x 768) touchscreen LCD
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March 4th, 2007 by: Technabob
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Hitachi has started to crank out a new 2.9-inch LCD panel that can handle a whopping 800 x 480 pixels of resolution on its tiny screen. The new display has about five times the resolution of the typical QVGA (240 x 320) color displays found on mobile phones.
Hopes are…
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December 28th, 2006 by: Technabob
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Looking for a way to get out your aggression while chained to your cubicle? Want to freak out your boss? Then you might want to check out this little gem.
The ScreenSmasher is a goofy little desktop toy that comes with a foam “axe”, a special USB sensor and software…
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December 17th, 2006 by: Technabob
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If you love classic arcade games and you have to have a big screen, you’ll love the new Dream Arcades 100-inch Home Video Arcade Center.
The system features a 100-inch diagonal screen and a 2000 lumen DLP front projector, running at 1024×768 (XGA) resolution. An Athlon 64 CPU powers the…
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November 27th, 2006 by: Technabob
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Reception was lukewarm to last year’s release of Sony’s ChromaVue front projection screen that provided the ability for Sony front projectors to work in brightly-lit rooms. The screens did improve image contrast, but exhibited problems with hotspotting and off axis viewing.
Well now, Planar…, known mostly for their LCD
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August 11th, 2006 by: Technabob