Gigabyte M912V UMPC Release Date

On next Wednesday Gigabyte will announce the official release date of Gigabyte M912V Tablet Notebook. The M912V is powered by Intel® Atom 1.6GHz with 1GB memory and 160GB SATA HDD. This UMPC features 8.9”LCD touchscreen with LED Backlight and 180° rotation angle, BlueTooth 2.0 built-in connectivity, 1.3M pixel webcam and 802.11b/g Wireless LAN.

Additionally, you can download the Gigabyte M912V user manual from here

Hard Drive Enclosure for SATA HDD from Eagle Tech

ASE Labs recently reviewed a new Hard Drive Enclosure that designed for SATA Hard Drive. the Eagle Tech N-Series Pro Serial ATA to USB2 Hard Drive Enclosure is black with gun metal color accents on the sides. Both sides of the unit have a mesh design to allow airflow in since the unit does not have any fan to actively cool the hard drive. Since the entire enclosure is metal, it acts as a giant heatsink and should dissipate heat well. The two sides are held together by four flat head screws.

The only saving grace for this unit is that the price is very cheap. Unfortunately,
ASE Labs don't recommend this one since the problems they encountered outweigh the price benefit. It is the old saying, "you get what you paid for." That's certainly true in this case.


Link: http://www.aselabs.com/articles.php?id=269

Hitachi Makes Robot Good Listener

This cute robot will become a good friends for all of us. The EMIEW2 features (1) a light-weight (13kg) body, (2) the ability to move on wheels as well as on two legs and (3) the 14 microphones mounted in the head that enhance its voice recognition capabilities to the extent that it can distinguish voices even when three people are speaking at the same time.

(1) The weight of 13kg is much lighter than 70kg of the "EMIEW," which is the first version of the robot and was exhibited at the Aichi Expo in 2005.

"It was designed to be lighter than 15kg, which is considered to be the weight that any office worker can lift," Hitachi's spokesperson said.

The robot is 80cm tall, a height for looking over desk tops.

(2) The EMIEW2 has a wheel at the bottom of each leg and balances itself to move on flat floors just like the Segway, a two-wheeled vehicle ridden while standing. Basically, traveling on wheels is more efficient than walking. Therefore, the concept was based on "traveling on wheels" since the stage of developing the first version, Hitachi said.

However, the EMIEW2 features a walking function, which the EMIEW did not have, so that it can handle differences in floor level of a few centimeters, which wheels cannot.

(3) The voice recognition function is a combination of sound source separation and sound pattern recognition. In the sound source separation, sounds coming from directions other than the direction from which the voice of the person speaking to the robot comes from are ignored as noise. As a result, the robot can recognize voices spoken as far as 2m away, the company said.

In the sound pattern recognition, sound data is transmitted by using IEEE802.11a wireless LAN technology to a server machine, where the recognition processing is carried out. Then, the results are transmitted to the robot.

Daily mission to complete and get paid

Recently I found a site which offering a good opportunity to earn a decent amount of money. The site can be found at http://www.missionblog.eu and you can be member simply by registering for free. This site offering many task or mission as they called it. When you complete your mission, you could win 200 EUR daily prize. Pretty cool huh ?

Not only a sum of money you can get from Missionblogger, you can also win a holiday trip to Ibiza or even an awesome yellow porsche could be yours. All you need to do the mission is creativity and fun. The main idea of missionblog is having fun and sharing among the friend.

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Karlsson LED and Wood Cube Clock

This clock combines two sophisticated looks of modern LED panel and rusty woods. The Karlsson LED Cube clock is both eye catching and and functional. Your friends will immediately attracted to the clock design and technology. With its built in alarm function you can either use it as a bedside clock or as a distinctive dining room or lounge clock.

The cube clock looks like a rather nice block of wood when it switched off and the internal battery will still keep the time. The LED Cube Clock will even reduce in brightness by 50% between the house of 18:00 and 07:00 so your beauty sleep should remain relatively undisturbed until the alarm goes off.

Showing date, time and day with alarm and snooze function. Powered by mains adaptor, included. Size: 13 x 13 x 13 cm

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