GeekBeat Live #54

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UnBoxing Time…

First up is from TriPort the PEDT

Next is the VooMote Zapper

From Booq its the Python Blur camera backpack

Ferrari-F12 Berlinetta

–F12 Berlinetta – not a typo. weird spacing
–replaces 599 GTO
–509 lb-ft of torque
–0-62 in 3.1 seconds
–0-104 in 8.5 seconds
–top speed 211 MPH
–lap around Fiorano circuit in 1:23 (599 GTO 1:24, Enzo 1:25)
–all-new spaceframe chassis and bodyshell made w/ 12 diff. kinds of alloys
–some of these alloys never before used in autos
–makes for 20% increase in structural rigidity & effective weight distribution

Aston Martin V12 Zagato

–Zagato & Aston Martin teamed up on the Zagato V12
–design teams from both submitted sketches
–Zagato’s were just too ‘plump’
–AM’s sketches were more elegant “lightweight racer”
–final car designed by AM, Zagato sensitive about this
–several obligatory Zagato touches to the car tho
–5,000
–body completely hand-sculpted aluminum & carbon fiber
–body takes 2,000 man hours to construct
–in order to improve handling & performance by reducing weight
–AM will not provide performance figures
–100 hrs of paint application required
–less pretty than normal AM’s, meant to be more extreme racing tool
–first deliveries Q4 2012

Tongue Driving

–engineers at Georgia Tech made non cosmetic body piercings
–will control just about anything, most likely wheelchairs, etc
–magnetic tongue piercing + paired retainer
–push piercing against diff. parts of retainer to send signals
–called Tongue Drive
–relies on waterproof retainer
–retainer has Li-ion battery, induction coil, several magnetic points
–sends wireless signal to mobile device
–iPhone & iPod may be the mobile devices
–engineers want to replace ‘sip-n-puff’ system of wheelchair control

Kinect Grocery Cart

–Whole Foods & Chaotic Moon – new shopping cart

–motorized cart identifies shopper w/ loyalty card
–Kinect software development kit for Windows
–follows shopper around store, scans items as they’re placed in cart
–marks items off shopping list
–even checks shopper out when done
–very early prototype – still has kinks
–300 companies working on commercial Kinect applications

Hacked Slingshot

–use a real slingshot for playing Angry Birds

–requires implementation of an accelerometer
–tracks tilt and sling tension and thrust
–instructions & code over at mbed.org

Flame Glove

–flame throwing glove by Patrick Priebe
–he’s a hand-mounted weapons expert
–only details he gives are: 2 AA batteries and butane fuel
–otherwise, he says ‘no plans or info available’
–and he is not selling them, either
–laser-gadgets.com

Feelings in Artificial Limbs

–connecting mechanical instruments to human nerves complex on several levels
–have to be biocompatible to promote nerve & tissue growth
–have to be mechanically compatible to allow electrodes to connect to external circuits
–Sandia team made scaffold of 2 diff. polymers
–several research teams are working on fully integrating nerves and prosthetic devices
–one of the polymers biodegradable, disintegrates upon installation
–idea is that scaffold provides connection between nerves & electronics
–electronics contain enough pores to let new nerves grow
–this type of transplant still years away
–shows promise w/ lab rats

No-Pulse Artificial Heart

–doctors have been thinking about replacing the heart w/ a machine since Truman was president
–longest a metal and plastic heart has been able to last doing that is 18mos.
–problem w/ artificial heart is the ‘beating part’
–mimicking the heart pumping blood, in spurts, is what’s hard
–docs at TX Med Ctr working on continuous flow artificial heart
–continuous flow devices have assisted sick hearts since mid 1990s
–run on battery no bigger than videocassette
–pumping artificial hearts run on compressor size of dishwasher
–With continuous flow, you’d be living without a pulse
–50+ calves & 3 humans have this type of artificial heart

We have Photoshop extraordinaire, A.J. Wood in the studio today. And he is going to be showing us the new Adobe Photoshop Touch app for the iPad.

Duracell Powermat WiCC

–WiCC includes all the PowerMat circuitry found in the company’s charging cases
–also doubles as an NFC antenna.
–success depends on cooperation from device manufacturers,
–Powermat says the connector would cost pennies to implement
–Wireless Charging Card (WiCC) is a Power Matters Alliance (PMA) standard
–Powermat President Daniel Schreiber sees this as a major breakthrough for the smartphone industry, saying “we’re going to do for wireless power what the memory card did for storage in mobile phones.”

Water Pebble

–encourages you to use less water each time you shower
–put in tub next to drain, it monitors water going down drain
–memorizes your first shower – uses as benchmark
–then it flashes colors to tell you to get out of shower
–green:starts, amber:halfway through, red:time to stop
–pebble fractionally lessens your shower time each day
–you don’t even notice it & you are conserving water
–pebble can be reset anytime

DrawBraille Mobile Phone

concept cell phone that uses Braille for input & output
–can even tell user how much battery power is left
–for output, the bumps raise up & down
–half the phone has matrix of six-dotted regions that physically change so the user can read words
–the bumps raise up & down in various patterns
–other half the phone is flatter on which user forms letters/words

Samsung Galaxy Beam

-smartphone w/ built-in pico projector
–able to project pictures, video & other media
–can project onto walls, ceilings or any other flat surface
–15 lumens projector
–can display images up to 50 in. wide
–Android 2.3 Gingerbread
–4 inch screen–5 megapixel built in camera
–1GHz dual-core processor
–8GB internal memory & 200 mAh battery
–Samsung hasn’t released pricing or availability

New Canon 5D Mark III

–full frame 22.3-megapixel sensor
– Digic 5 processor is 17x faster than Digic 4
–6fps vs 3.9
–No file size limit for video
–Headphone jack
–Audio adjustment on the fly
–61 point autofocus
–,500 vs ,700
–Will have to compete with Nikon D800 at 99 with the same video features, plus 36Mp image sensor

Apple Blocks Amazon Links

–Seth Godin, a best-selling author 13 times over, and founder of Squidoo, reports Apple rejected his new manifesto, “Stop Stealing Dreams,” due to the presence of hyperlinks, which send readers to the Amazon pages of books he mentions.
– because the book was rejected on grounds of content, it opens the doors to further subjective restrictions
–Godin goes on to suggest that Apple’s policy would be similar to YouTube blocking videos that promoted Vimeo.

Google’s New Privacy Shift

New privacy policy is now in effect
–Google will share data across all services
–interests picked up reading your Gmail might influence recommended videos and ads on YouTube
–Shopping habits of friends on G+ might influence ads in your search results
–How to Disable All Google Tracking (http://geekbeat.tv/google-tracking)

FBI Turns off GPS

–Supreme Court ruling overturned warrantless GPS tracking
–FBI turned off 3,000 GPS devices in use
–devices were often stuck underneath cars
–Justices argued, “a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy in the totality of their movements, even if those movements are in public.”
–Essentially the court says the FBI can’t be a stalker

Dell No longer a Computer Company?

–Brad Anderson, president of Dell’s enterprise group, said, “we’re no longer a PC company, we’re an IT company.”
–30% of revenue / 50% of operating income last quarter from enterprise operations
–Anderson said that the company would continue to invest in PCs, given the success of its premium XPS line of consumer laptops and desktops.

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