Posted in Storage Gizmo's and Gadgets on Nov 29th, 2007
In addition to Micron’s traditional solid state drives announced today, they also showed off a concept for a SSD module that resembles RAM in physical design and would fit into a similarly designed port. It’s obvious but genius: while the SSD drives with SATA interfaces are terrific because they can be used in current laptops with no mods, the real performance of flash mem is only going to be unlocked when we cast aside the legacy of spinning disks and their cases and interfaces and mount SSDs on the mobo like we do RAM modules.
The design uses a SATA interface and is only 4 mm thick. Micron claims the advantages of such a design are the small size and the ability to line up multiple drives next to each other. In addition, this design requires no wires or attaching the motherboard with screws, reducing the risk of the SSD becoming disconnnected or loose inside a computer. While this product is nowhere near ready for market, Micron says they would need to work with an OEM or someone who can offer a compatible computer solution.
VIA [Micron]
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Posted in Consoles on Nov 29th, 2007
Randy Nunez’s Xbox 360 is being beaten to death by Halo 3, so that it “routinely, consistently, and systematically ‘froze,’ ‘crashed,’ or ‘locked up.’” Naturally, this “disrupted game play.” For his pain and suffering of having to reset his console to resume getting teabagged, he wants $5 million and class action status, ’cause “many consumers” are having these issues. Sorry. My bad. I take full responsibility for shooting people in the face that hard. I thought I was just knocking them off the internet, but apparently it’s crashing their 360s too. I apologize. But seriously.
As Ars points out, Microsoft’s been pretty public and all apologetic about the rampant Red Ring plague, dumping a billion dollars into seriously (and appropriately) extended warranties for repairs multiple times, and beefing up hardware to take the heat. More importantly, the Xbox 360 was killed by Halo with the candlestick in the living room connection is a thread that hasn’t exactly lit up the internet or the media, and they (we) love jumping on that kind of stuff.
Via [ GIZMODO ]
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Posted in No category What so Ever on Nov 29th, 2007
Using Star Wars films as one of the inspirations for his designs, a masters student at the University of Texas named Jason Mellard developed an aquatic research and housing facility to be located 50-100 miles offshore. Scientists studying marine and bird life would stay on the platform with their families in 6-13 month shifts and work in spheres consisting of laboratories, classrooms, computer labs, viewing platforms, holding tanks, offices and storage.
The actual research facilities would be submerged below sea level to aid in marine study and the living quarters would float on the surface. Certain portions could even be detached and act as independent vessels. And the whole thing would be powered using a combination of wind energy, solar energy, water currents and electricity collected from lightning.
Whether we will ever see this concept come to fruition remains unclear. A major stumbling block would certainly be Mallard’s estimated $500 million to $1 billion price tag. So, unless there is someone out there with really deep pockets and a love for whales/the films of George Lucas, this one will probably remain on the shelf for a while.
[AIA via Inhabitat]
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Posted in Consoles on Nov 26th, 2007
Even the jewelers at Tiffany’s would be impressed by the mix of precious stones and metals thrown into this PS2 controller neck pendant. The ridiculously geeky piece is constructed from 18k white gold, with 68.34ct of black diamonds lining the controller’s surface.
We were not so sure you could get 68.34ct of diamonds all in one place without owning a bank, but apparently we were wrong. Still, we are guessing the price is a little over the usual you would pay for a standard Playstation controller. Unfortunately, we do not know what the price paid was, but we are sure the rapper, Just Blaze, saved up for weeks to be able to afford the Playstation inspired bling. Now, if a neck pendant fashioned like a diamond clad PS2 controller does not earn him some serious rapper credibility, there is something wrong with the world. There you have it; crime doesn’t pay, rapping does. Perhaps we should start a Gizmodo rapper clan, all we would need is a rival clan to aim our witty slurs at…who could that be?
Via [ BGR ]
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The people from gizmodo created a neat looking image of the operating systems and their evolution :
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Other than the teenage, female demographic, I’m not quite sure who would want a gold-plated cellphone, or go through the trouble of sticking a bunch of little plastic squares all over it. The idea is that one could customize their phone on a whim, but it seems like doing so would be tedious. It’s a good idea in theory, I guess. But so were MySpace’s customizable pages. And we all know how that turned out.
VIA [ Yanko Design ]
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The $200 LG VX8800 Venus from Verizon Wireless may be the Voyager’s little sister, but it’s closest in form and function to the ill-fated Chocolate. Unlike the Voyager, which has a QWERTY keyboards and aspirations to be an e-mail and messaging hub, the Venus is a “music phone” with a cool camera feature. Though slightly bulkier than even the current slimmed-down Chocolate, it’s one of LG’s best looking phones to date, though it’s hard to pinpoint exactly who would be happiest toting around one of these shiny little girly-named bricks.
Read the rest of the review here : [ GIZMODO ]
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