Google talks Android Market app store::Engadget
Filed under: Cellphones
Android's gaining a head of steam as it heads towards release -- Google just posted up some details on the upstart OS's app distribution system, Android Market. Just like Apple's iPhone App Store, Android Market will run on Android phones like the HTC Dream and allow users to browse and install apps, as well as comment on and rate apps they've already purchased. (Somewhat terrifyingly, Google describes the rating and comment-system as "similar to YouTube," but we're hoping the reference is to user-generated ratings in general and not the grammar and language catastrophe that is YouTube comments.) Unlike Apple's store, however, Android Market will be open to all -- Google wants devs to "have an open and unobstructed environment" for their apps, and it'll only take three steps (register, upload, describe) to put content on the service. The first Android handsets will come with a beta version of Market that supports free downloads only, but a version that has app sales, versioning, and other features will arrive soon after launch -- given the number of mediocre apps that have somehow passed Apple's vetting process, it'll be interesting to see what shows up in Google's store with no filters at all. More screenshots after the break.
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The things you can see with a UAV::core77.com's design blog
The Draganflyer X6 UAV RC Helicopter is a surveillance nut's dream come true. The compact 'copter flies steady with its three rotors, enabling the on-board camera to record smooth video of whatever it's surveilling.
While the device is cool, it isn't new; two years ago the brainiacs at MIT came up with the Swarm Health Management Program, whereby craploads of these UAV's are networked into surveillance teams that can track moving objects and hand tasks off to each other, rather like a zone defense in basketball.
The MIT footage features an older quadrotor design and their apparent sentience is well-creepy; it's not embeddable but you can watch it here.
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Ubiquity for Firefox on Vimeo::vimeo.com
The Draganflyer X6 UAV RC Helicopter is a surveillance nut's dream come true. The compact 'copter flies steady with its three rotors, enabling the on-board camera to record smooth video of whatever it's surveilling.
While the device is cool, it isn't new; two years ago the brainiacs at MIT came up with the Swarm Health Management Program, whereby craploads of these UAV's are networked into surveillance teams that can track moving objects and hand tasks off to each other, rather like a zone defense in basketball.
The MIT footage features an older quadrotor design and their apparent sentience is well-creepy; it's not embeddable but you can watch it here.
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Featured Mac Download: Lockdown Is an Alarm and Security Camera for Your Laptop::lifehacker.com
The Draganflyer X6 UAV RC Helicopter is a surveillance nut's dream come true. The compact 'copter flies steady with its three rotors, enabling the on-board camera to record smooth video of whatever it's surveilling.
While the device is cool, it isn't new; two years ago the brainiacs at MIT came up with the Swarm Health Management Program, whereby craploads of these UAV's are networked into surveillance teams that can track moving objects and hand tasks off to each other, rather like a zone defense in basketball.
The MIT footage features an older quadrotor design and their apparent sentience is well-creepy; it's not embeddable but you can watch it here.
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Pirelli lanzar?? neum??ticos con sensores de estado en 2010::Autoblog Spanish
Filed under: Tecnolog??a
Pirelli ha anunciado el penúltimo modelo hasta la fecha de neumático "inteligente", solo que esta vez casi podemos quitarle las comillas. Aunque la idea de utilizar las ruedas como forma de tomar información no es nueva, la solución ideada por Pirelli convertiría tus neumáticos en auténticos sensores autónomos que no solo te mantendrían al corriente de su estado, sino que podrían contribuir a mejorar la seguridad activa del vehículo. De entrada, su tecnología estará disponible en dos tipos de rueda: el modelo Cyber Tire Lean y el más avanzado Cyber Tire.
La versión Lean, disponible a partir de 2010, integrará los sensores necesarios en la capa interior del neumático, y empleará las propias vibraciones para alimentar los elementos de recogida de datos. Con ellos, el ordenador de a bordo podrá identificar "anomalías" en las ruedas (sin especificar), avisando al conductor en caso de detectar algún problema. Adicionalmente, gracias a la tecnología RFID un chip actuaría como DNI del neumático, indicando el modelo, la fecha de producción y el centro, por nombrar sólo algunos detalles.
El siguiente paso sería el Cyber Tire, a secas. Este nuevo tipo de neumático, aún sin fecha de lanzamiento, contará con un dispositivo mediante el cual será posible recoger información aún más precisa sobre el estado de las ruedas y su actividad, comunicándose con el ABS y el control de estabilidad para trabajar conjuntamente en caso de emergencia. El Cyber Tire estaría armado con un acelerómetro triaxial, y mediante cálculos matemáticos sabrían recoger y comunicar valores como los coeficientes de fricción, la fuerza de contacto y la carga, haciendo posible que los sistemas de asistencia electrónica te corrijan incluso antes de que metas la pata de verdad.
No es necesario decir que el propósito es interesante, aunque la idea de "reinventar" la rueda puede no sonar del todo seductora; especialmente, viendo la cantidad de llamadas a revisión por culpa de sistemas electrónicos defectuosos. Claro, que lo mismo es que tenemos una vena ludista en nuestro interior y todavía no nos habíamos dado cuenta.
[Vía Gumball144]
[Artículo en inglés]
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Google search box now translates single words::Download Squad
Filed under: Internet, Google
Google has added a simple language translation option to the normal search bar. Simply type "translate" followed by the word and the language you want to see.
For example "translate download into French" or "translate computer into Spanish." The tool currently works with nine languages including French, Spanish, Italian, German and even Hindi.
This is not a substitute for Google Translator. The tool will only translate one word at a time. If you run into a foreign word you can simply type translate and the word to get a result in English.
It's pretty simple and could come in handy once in awhile. You can at least learn to say hello in all nine languages while you are bored at work some day.
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Orange says Polish iPhone 3G customers weren't paid actors::Engadget
Filed under: Cellphones
Folks, be honest with us here -- did you really expect Orange and / or Apple to say anything other than this? Amidst reports that iPhone 3G line sitters at Polish Orange stores were actually paid to be there, the carrier has shot back in order to defend its dignity. In an e-mail reply to an Ad Age inquiry on the matter, a spokeswoman proclaimed that as "part of the excitement around the launch of the iPhone, some of [Orange's] team has been joining customers outside [of the] shops." She also noted that "sales were strong" and that Orange "was happy," though actual numbers were not revealed. So there you have it, now make of it what you will.
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N85 vs N96 feature showdown | NokNok.tv::noknok.tv
Filed under: Cellphones
Folks, be honest with us here -- did you really expect Orange and / or Apple to say anything other than this? Amidst reports that iPhone 3G line sitters at Polish Orange stores were actually paid to be there, the carrier has shot back in order to defend its dignity. In an e-mail reply to an Ad Age inquiry on the matter, a spokeswoman proclaimed that as "part of the excitement around the launch of the iPhone, some of [Orange's] team has been joining customers outside [of the] shops." She also noted that "sales were strong" and that Orange "was happy," though actual numbers were not revealed. So there you have it, now make of it what you will.
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Girard-Perregaux crea un reloj ??nico para un Rolls excepcional::Autoblog Spanish
Filed under: Accesorios, Rolls-Royce
Cuando te sobra el dinero hasta el punto de poder contratar a la firma de diseño más famosa de Italia para que personalice tu Rolls, claramente no te vas a dejar caer por el bar club de caballeros con un Casio de goma. Lo que necesitas es un Girard-Perregaux como el de la foto.
Como tal vez recuerdes, el nuevo Pininfarina Hyperion viene con un reloj en el salpicadero que puede desmontarse del vehículo para su uso diario. Este tourbillon cuenta con un mecanismo de 30 joyas y 72 componentes, pero que solo pesa un tercio de gramo. Su chasis, fabricado artesanalmente en oro blanco de 18 quilates, enmarca un fondo de color azul idéntico al utilizado en la carrocería del Hyperion, y así como el descapotable de Pininfarina desciende del Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe, el reloj en cuestión está basado en un Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 Tourbillon. Eso sí, al igual que el coche, se trata de un ejemplar único en el mundo, así que no esperes encontrarlo en la joyería de la esquina.
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Fight fire with a mean-looking gun::core77.com's design blog
It kind of looks like something from Quake: The Shooter fire extinguisher concept fires CO2 bullets rather than foam, meaning you get to terminate the blaze with extreme prejudice. Only thing this baby's missing is a bandolier for the bullets. Designed by Eunjung Kim, Yangwoo Kim & Junyi Heo.
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