Smallest GPS Chip To Arrive To Consumers By Late 2009

February 14, 2009
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Epson announced the development of its cutting-edge Infineon XPOSYS chip, scheduled for mass production by the end of 2009. The new chip is an “Assisted GPS” device, measures 2.8mm x 2.9mm, and will be 25% smaller than any A-GPS chip on the market. Furthermore, the XPOSYS should use only half the power of current-generation chips. Epson promises a greater sensitivity in indoor environments.

A-GPS is used extensively with GPS-capable cellular phones and enhances the start-up performance of GPS-based systems. This technology standard will likely be the future of GPS development for the next several years.

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New Solar-Powered Cell Phone To Hit The Streets By June

February 14, 2009
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Digicel announced today the development of the Coral-200-Solar cell phone with its technology partner, ZTE. The new solar-powered cell phone powers up by way of an integrated solar charger, which charges the internal battery. Users will no longer need to plug the phone in to an outlet to recharge their phone. ZTE, a Chinese company, and Digicel, based in Jamaica, plan to deliver to mass-market phone to people with “limited or no access to the power grid” – that amounts to approximately 2 billion people on the planet.

The new technology promises to connect those in poverty-stricken or remote regions to the global communications network in an affordable and energy-conscious way.…

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Samsung’s Latest Science Makes Solid-State Memory Even Smaller

February 14, 2009
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Coming in at the front of the pack in the miniaturization race, Samsung today announced that it has initiated mass-production of its brand-new 50nm GDDR5 memory. GDDR5 has a maximum bandwidth of 28 gigabytes per second and can transfer data at speeds of up to 7.0 gigabits per second. Samsung reports that switching to a 50nm manufacturing process increases production efficiency by a whopping 100 percent. It also allows the new memory to operate 1.35 volts – that’s a 20 percent reduction from Samsung’s GDDR4 memory.

Samsung also announced that it plans to extend the 50nm process to its graphics memory department by the end of 2009. We’re riding a serious…

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New Verdi 25 IR Laser Takes Infrared Technology To New Limits

February 14, 2009
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Laser buffs out there will be pleased to know that Coherent Inc. of Santa Clara, California just launched an infra-red version of its acclaimed Verdi family of solid-state lasers. This mother packs a powerful 25 watts of single-mode CW output at a wavelength of 1064 nanometers. Check out our extremely jargon-filled low-down:

Just like the industry-favorite Verdi lasers which emit light of the green variety, the new Verdi 25 IR laser utilizes a diode-pumped, solid-state unidirectional ring-resonator design to create its beam. Its single-longitudinal-mode output creates very low noise (0.04% RMS), narrow linewidth (<2.5 MHz FWHM), and a coherence length of over 60 meters. A piezo-actuated resonator mirror allows the output…

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Alcatel LEGO Cell Phone Steps Those Bricks Up To The Internet Age

February 13, 2009
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Here’s a nifty drop for fans of those ubiquitous plastic building blocks that have raised at least a couple generations of creative thinkers.  The Alcatel LEGO Cell Phone borrows the modular fun of the classic toy and emerges as a nifty clip-together, interchangeable design that promises at least a few minutes of sweaty, nostalgic goofing around.

There’s not much to report about the Alcatel LEGO Cell Phone, except that its various plates can be clipped on and off in exactly the way that you’re imagining – you’ll be able to stack together a ridiculous primary-color chunk of a handset that’ll at least remind you of how much fun you had sitting…

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Dell Wasabi PZ310 Is Hypermobile Printer

February 13, 2009
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Fresh off the idea press from global technology giant Dell is the Wasabi PZ310 portable printer, perhaps the first in a new class of pocket-sized printing devices. The Wasabi PZ310 forgoes ink cartridges entirely; instead, it utilizes a technology developed by ZINK Imaging that’s centered around a specially-designed paper.

The Wasabi is purportedly compatible with all Bluetooth-enabled gadgets, so it’s ready to receive data effortlessly, on the fly, and with no strings attached.  It’ll pump out 2 inch x 3 inch prints in less than sixty seconds a pop. The Wasabi weighs just seven ounces and measures in at 4.8 inches x 2.8 inches x 0.9 inches. It’s set to drop…

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Innovative Printer Concept Utilizes Coffee Grounds As Ink

February 13, 2009
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Barreling down the global imagination pipeline is this extremely progressive, eco-friendly concept that fuses printing technology with the world’s favorite caffeinated beverage. The RITI printer is designed around a cutting-edge print cartridge that’s fueled by used coffee grounds (or even tea dregs).  According to the designer, traditional printer ink is burdensome because it’s hard to replace, costly to produce, and it can leave a sullen stain on the user’s mitts if it’s somehow handled improperly.

In order to use the printer, a person would load up an ink case at the top of the printer with the left-over beverage by-product, and then fit a piece of paper into the middle of…

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Fingerboard Drive Has Us Busting Moves All Over The USB

February 13, 2009
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In case you can’t stop thinking about kick flips, half pipes and Tony Hawk long enough to get some face-time with your PC, there’s hope: You’ll be able to compromise with yourself by getting acquainted with this gnarly skateboard USB drive.  Called the Skate Drive, it’s a functioning fingerboard – you’ll be able to skin your knuckles all day long on your rigged-up desktop skatepark. Folks, you couldn’t ask for a more maxed out, hardcore, extreme way to interface with your computer. If this doesn’t get your heart rate up, then you’re just a lost cause.

The Skate Drive gets its graphics courtesy of the Santa Cruz skateboard company, so it…

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World’s Most Powerful Flashlight Can Cook An Egg

February 13, 2009
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We’re scoping out a flashlight that’s currently under review by The Guinness Book Of World Records: The Torch from Wicked Lasers is purportedly the most powerful hand-held flashlight on Earth, coming in at 100 lumens brighter than the previous world champion, the Polarion Helios. The Torch puts out a scorching 4100 total lumens – bright enough to ignite paper, melt plastic, and cook an egg in a metal dish.

The wave wizards over at Wicked Lasers created The Torch using an ultra-powerful halogen light bulb with a 100 watt rating. The bulb is housed in a super-durable, military grade aluminum casing, and it’s fitted behind a special front lens wrought from…

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Solar Panel Modification For The DS Lite

February 13, 2009
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A stalwart young adventurer by the name of “dark sponge” has figured out how to rig up a home-cooked solar array that’s just the right size and shape for the Nintendo DS, resulting in what is perhaps the first solar-modded version of the dual-screen handheld to hit the streets.

The modification utilizes panels on both the top and the bottom of the DS unit which are wired in parallel to produce six volts of power at 80 mA – just the right stuff for a trickle charge. The solar panels are 60mm x 60mm each and are affixed with scotch tape. Go ahead, folks, if you’ve got the guts; chances are…

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