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Author Archives: Devin Coldewey
Video: AlphaDog Is A Bigger, Faster, Quieter BigDog
I’m sure all of you remember BigDog, the utterly terrifying biomimetic robot platform that dances over rough terrain on weird legs and makes a sound like it’s full of angry bees. You didn’t think they were going to give up on it, did you? No, it Continue reading
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Marvel At Sony’s Microscopic OLED Electronic Viewfinder
One of the marquee features of Sony’s new Alpha and NEX cameras, which by the way look excellent, is the new electronic viewfinder. I’ve never been particularly attracted to these things, preferring the mirror-based optical viewfinder on DSLRs or s… Continue reading
Smart Design: Fanless Heatsink Spins Itself
This is a nice little twist on the traditional heatsink design you find on CPUs around the world. While normally you’d have a thermally conductive surface, some heat pipes, and a fan driving air over stationary heatsink plates, this design from Sand… Continue reading
Ever Wonder What In-Lens Image Stabilization Actually Looks Like?
Not content with Canon’s claims that it is simply unicorn tears that makes their in-lens stabilization work, Camera Technica decided to take apart an 18-55mm IS and record just what was going on in there. Aren’t you curious too?
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NHK Breaks 8K Transmission Record, Hopes To Be Ready By 2020
Future display standards, hoooo! Japanese broadcaster NHK has collaborated with telecom NTT to do a little proof-of-concept transmission of some “Super High-Vision” video, or 7680×4320 pixels, the probable broadcast version of the enormous 8K res… Continue reading
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Tiny Barebones Quadrocopter Is Adorable And I Want One
We’ve always liked the Parrot AR Drone quadrocopter, and of course the four-rotor layout is gaining popularity among robocists everywhere — but this is something totally new. Weighing in at just 20 grams (that’s only slightly more than DARPA’s… Continue reading
Nintendo’s 3DS Industrial Design Subtleties, Explained
When I first saw the 3DS six months ago, and even later when I saw the official pictures, I pretty much just thought of the 3DS as a slightly chunkier DS. But of course the people in charge of designing it know better than that, and when you’re maki… Continue reading
Crysis Continues To Look Awesome In New Trailer (Update: Minimum Specs!)
After watching the Duty Calls parody video from this morning, we were discussing how the open-ended shooters of yore, like Delta Force and the first halves of Far Cry and Crysis, are pretty hard to come by these days. I’m not sure exactly how open C… Continue reading
17x17x17 Puzzle Cube Makes Rubik’s Look Like Child’s Play
So, you’re a big Rubik’s cube buff. Can solve any cube in five minutes, think people who can’t are fools? Well, sounds like you need a new challenge. How about this 17x17x17 puzzle cube by puzzle designer Oskar van Deventer, and printed using Sh… Continue reading
GE’s 17-Year LED Bulb Now For Sale
Back in April, we heard about GE’s effort at creating The One Bulb for replacing the common 40-60W incandescent. Their design is disturbingly Mordor-esque, but the 17-year lifespan can’t be argued with. We heard they’d be available in early 2011,… Continue reading
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