Samsung unveils bigger, faster 5.5. inch Galaxy Note 2 with Jelly Bean & redesigned S Pen (video)

... & you won't lose the stylus, because the phone will sound an alarm if it's left behind.

http://9to5google.com/2012/08/29/samsung-unveils-bigger-and-better-galaxy-note-2-with-redesigned-s-pen/#

Hands on (video)

http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/samsung-galaxy-note-2/4505-6452_7-35426722.html

ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/samsung-galaxy-note-stylus-stays-screen-super-sized/t/story?id=17096023

Pocket Lint

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/47178/samsung-galaxy-note-2-announced

Redmond Pie

http://www.redmondpie.com/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-announced-heres-everything-you-need-to-know/

Gstyle Magazine

http://www.gstylemag.com/2012/08/29/samsung-confirms-galaxy-note-ii-at-ifa/

Photo credi: Samsung via Gstyle Magazine
/ Android Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Berlin IFA technology trade show Berlin Unpacked Event /

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 leaks ahead of official announcement • 5.5″ Display, Jelly Bean, 2GB RAM all confirmed

IFA Berlin 2012: Samsung will make the official announcement later today, but final specs for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 have been leaked. No surprises, with the minor exception that processor speed will be 1.6GHz, rather than the expected 1.4. More at:

http://www.droid-life.com/2012/08/29/samsung-galaxy-note-2-leaks-ahead-of-official-announcement-5-5-display-jelly-bean-2gb-ram-all-confirmed/#more-80960

/ Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS /

IPhone 5 concept video

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/14/iphone-5-concept-video-is_n_1596243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&utm_source=scribol.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=scribol.com

/ iOS Apple rumour rumor /

iRobot Roomba 600 vacuum cleaner does the hard work so you don't have to

Wish you had a robot to do the vacuuming? Here's one you can buy now:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/47145/irobot-roomba-600-vacuum-cleaner-released

/ optimised optimized airflow bin dust bag fills evenly emptied less brush redesigned remove hair fur fluff battery charge dock hoovering hoover /

Christopher Hitchens’ "Mortality": An honest book about death

"I want to stare death in the eye."

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/roiphe/2012/08/christopher_hitchens_mortality_an_honest_book_about_death_.html/ esophageal cancer Christopher Hitchens memoir "I want to stare death in the eye." esophageal cancer esophagus /

Researchers use world’s thinnest material to create quick-charging Li-ion anode

http://www.chargedevs.com/content/news-wire/post/researchers-use-world's-thinnest-material-create-quick-charging-li-ion-anode

/ graphene lithium ion LiIon charge battery anode cathode charge EV electric vehicle /

Java zero-day vulnerability: Why you should disable Java on your browser right now.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/08/29/java_zero_day_vulnerability_why_you_should_disable_java_on_your_browser_right_now_.html

/ Oracle vulnerability malware hack hacker /

NASA to launch Android-powered nanosatellites

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/-24xa2.html

/ Android nano satellite nano-satellite engineers Ames Research Centre Bay Area Moffett Field phone smartphone smart off-the-shelf hardware off the shelf hardware cost miniature cube-shaped cube commercial product capabilities fast processor versatile operating systems multiple miniature sensors high-resolution cameras GPS receivers several radios /

Forbes says Tesla stock risky, but poised for big gains

http://www.chargedevs.com/content/news-wire/post/forbes-says-tesla-stock-risky-poised-big-gains

/ EV electric vehicle car automobile battery LiIon lithium ion iron charge range carbon dioxide CO2 greenhouse gas global warming climate change /

Linguistic archeology: The tree of knowledge

http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2012/08/linguistic-archeology

/ dendrochronology archaeologists Quentin Atkinson University of Auckland New Zealand genealogical tree Indo-European languages Anatolia modern-day Turkey farmers farming semi-nomadic pastoralist tribes steppes north Caspian Sea hypothesis computer-generated phylogeny evolved over time spread across space /

How to find an alien civilization (infographic)

http://www.wired.com/design/2012/08/are-we-alone/

/ life on other planets stars life form SETI radio telescope UFO unidentified flying object Frank Drake 1961 /

Curiosity's dirty little secret

Credit: rutgersprep.org/


Selfie — power source at the rear
Credit: NASA/openminds.tv

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/-24xvn.html / Mars explorer rover plutonium 238 239 uranium nuclear warhead bomb waste contamination USA USSR America Russia cold war thermonuclear /

Getting your phone to give you a hand

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428958/getting-your-phone-to-give-you-a-hand/ / Donna personal digital assistant PDA Siri Evi Google Now contacts past behavior smarter searches context /

Patent wars: Apple vs. Samsung • the gory details

http://www.bgr.com/2012/08/24/apple-samsung-trial-verdict-samsung-loses-big/

/ iOS Android OS rounded corners bounce back rubber band /

Med Sensation Tricorder Glove

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/08/25/med-sensation-tricorder-glove/

/ diagnosis diagnose illness interface data physical exam component automated diagnosis living dying Glove Tricorder sensors accelerometers temperature force sound vibration data protocol allows data transferred wirelessly /

Head of ARPA-E sketches course for energy research

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429026/head-of-arpa-e-sketches-course-for-energy/

/ fast charging EV electric vehicle battery smart autonomous sensing robotic devices phasor measurement units monitor transmission lines damage sensors robotics energy efficiency reliability smart dust lightweight strong materials dense biofuel crops low cost hydrogen /

Samsung transparent display release date: September

http://www.bgr.com/2012/08/27/samsung-transparent-display-release-date/

/ thin LCD panel transparent display see through see-through /

Peak cheap oil is an incontrovertible fact

"If the looming global oil crunch has been postponed for another decade or two as widely alleged, this is far from obvious in today's commodity markets."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/9500667/Peak-cheap-oil-is-an-incontrovertible-fact.html

/ peak oil fossil fuel petroleum reserves Brent crude $115 barrel last week. Petrol cost Germany  Europe record levels local currencies US dollar /