Monday, 7 January 2013

7 stupid health mistakes

http://www.lifescript.com/health/everyday-care/prevention/7_stupid_health_mistakes.aspx?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=health&Source=Taboola / smoking nicotine cigarette skip skipping breakfast sleep insufficient coffee alcohol caffeine calories food drinks sun tanning sunscreen bed harmful rays UVA UVB ultraviolet skin cancer lung emphysema addiction addictive weights weight lifting muscle strength fat metabolism doctor health care deprivation /

Next generation LTE chips to reduce power consumption by 50%

Introduction of LTE promises faster data service, but reduced battery life. Fortunately, the next generation of LTE chips promises to reverse this trend.

http://bgr.com/2013/01/04/volte-battery-life-282438/ / voice over LTE technology cell mobile phone smartphone industry VoLTE increase battery life special protocols improve call quality reduce signaling overhead improve performance weak coverage points /

Airline lost your luggage? Track it on a map with this cellular device • CES 2013


Credit: GlobaTrac/ Ars Technica

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/airline-lost-your-luggage-track-it-on-a-map-with-this-cellular-device/ / WiFi location GPS roaming Consumer Electronics Show mobile cell phone carrier GlobaTrac website BlueTooth app iPhone or Android watch progress along conveyor belt BlueTooth app iOS iPhone Android progress conveyor belt suitcase accelerometer sense speed shut down off receive mode /

Library of Congress digs in to full archive of 170 billion tweets

"It took four years to hit 21 billion tweets. Now Twitter users generate nearly half a billion a day, & the Library of Congress will be archiving & indexing all of them."

So far, those 170 billion tweets occupy about 133 Terabytes & growing.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57562210-93/library-of-congress-digs-in-to-full-archive-of-170-billion-tweets/ / twitter storage /

LaCie 5big NAS Pro Review - Part I

If you want big & flexible, this is it:

Up to 20 terabytes
2 x USB 2.0
2 x USB 3.0
2 x GbE LAN
1 x VGA
Support for variable sized disks

And lots more:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6542/lacie-5big-nas-pro-smb-review-part-i / 5-bay Atom-based NAS 4 GB RAM processor dual core Atom 2.13 GHz D2550 D2700 ports platform custom Debian-based Linux system NAS OS 3 hybrid cloud Wuala cloud storage backup sync product SimplyRAID novice-friendly RAID solution NAS disk failures tolerated providing availability testbed configuration /

Lenovo attempts to go big at CES with 27-inch Horizon Tablet (video) • UPDATED


Credit: Lenovo/ All Things D

27-inch, 17-pound, Windows 8, Core i7 processor, Nvidia GeForce graphics, full HD, multi-touch touchscreen, 16 by 9 aspect ratio, 720p front-facing camera “table PC”.

http://allthingsd.com/20130106/lenovo-attempts-to-go-big-at-ces-with-27-inch-table-computer/

Video

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Je0G8WabPps

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk2OFlVhB7U&feature=related#/watch?v=Hk2OFlVhB7U&feature=related / tablet slate /

Leap Motion "Minority Report" computer interface preps for big 2013 (video)

"Mid-2012, Leap Motion unveiled the most accurate motion sensing technology on the market to date.  The Leap detects every subtle finger flick and hand gesture with up to 1/100th of a millimeter precision and then translates it into a movement or command on your computer screen."

http://singularityhub.com/2013/01/03/ready-leap-motion-app-development-lays-critical-foundation-for-early-2013-launch/ / application development prototype developers production gaming 3D design modeling, music computer desktop control user interface input control /