This screen, made by Sony is 80μm thick. That’s roughly ten times the size of a red blood cell or a fraction thinner than a human hair. Showing off one of the main advantaged of OLED technology, Sony demonstrates a world first – streaming video on this 4.1 inch display whilst rolling it up. The screen features a resolution of 423 x 240 and a contrast ratio of 1,000:1. Forget 3DTV I want BenDTV! This is the future!
Whatever you have sported as a costume, to whatever event, at whatever age is nothing compared to what this guy created by hand. Your fancy dress game is weak, WEAK!
If you want to keep what you search for to yourself whether it be due to your strange internet desires or the discovery of illicit material Google has come to the rescue with its new service Google SSL beta. Google’s new secure search https://www.google.com/ encrypts your search requests and results to hide them from any prying eyes. Homepage re-set.
Robotics is cool, so are the plethora of robots that the world’s leading scientists, engineers and designers have created to date. Until today, this little beauty had slipped through my net. This is the most impressive demonstration of what a robot is capable of that I personally have ever seen. Watch LittleDog learn it’s way across multiple complicated terrains with eerily organic movement. Bring on the true RoboDogs!
PAC-MAN was born on 22 May 1980 in Japan. To mark the game’s 30th birthday, Google has replaced their ever-evolving logo with a playable Google-themed game. Simply hit the ‘Insert Coin’ button and play away. If you fancy having a friend join in hit the ‘Insert Coin’ button again and play away with Ms PAC-MAN by your side. Apparently this entire logo was designed by two employees at Google – good work!
In their continual steamroll towards dominating your life Google have unveiled their next venture, Google TV. It’s set to launch this year and aims to truly merge the internet and television experience. Read more…
This is the most disturbing thing I think I may have ever seen. Keep watching to witness the epic 911 call! According to The Onion, this new Google service will provide heavily subsidised phone costs and is due out…well whenever we deem it acceptable.
via The Onion – who really outdid themselves this time.
Apple announced today that the iPad will be available in the UK and in various other international territories on 28 May. Pricing is expectedly inflated and pans out as follows:
Surprisingly, the press released also notes that the iBookstore will be available as a free download from the App Store on 28 May. This may indicate that Apple has managed to resolve any outstanding international licence issues with publishers, but there is currently no word on how many books will be available or what publishers have signed up for UK (and international) sales via the iBookstore. Here’s hoping the library is the same as that across the pond.
Earlier this week somebody silly from Yahoo said that Google was only known for search and that they needed to diversity in order to be successful… Don’t worry the rest of the internet had to read that twice too. Here is a prime example of how wrong Mrs. Yahoo was as Google demonstrates that Chrome is faster than sound, and fries. Lightening?
