Filed under: Robots

La estrella de la conferencia TED2012 de esta semana no es un prolijo orador procedente del mundo de la tecnología o filántropo con ganas de cambiar el mundo, sino un enjambre de alegres cuadricópteros creados…

Filed under: Cámaras digitales

Pocas fueron las personas con el “enfoque” necesario para reservar una Lytro cuando fue posible, y esos mismos individuos pronto recibirán en sus casas una caja con la singular cámara de campo de luz. Por…

A research team with members from University of Michigan and University of Pennsylvania has been investigating the feasibility of what they call “computational sprinting,” a technique by which existing chips could be made to operate at hugely increased speeds for short periods of time. They have concluded that “it is indeed possible to engineer such a system.”

Not the best of news to readers who were hoping for these sprinting chips to hit the market next year, but the news shouldn’t be set aside just because at the moment the implementation is theoretical. It could change the way you use your devices.

With increasing smartphone adoption and with users in turn becoming more and more comfortable using their mobile devices to do things traditionally reserved for the Web or desktops, every industry is going mobile. But, when you consider the effect mobile technology has still yet to make on transactions — ye olde exchange of money/goods — there is a huge opportunity for disruption. Carriers, OEMs, startups — everyone knows this. Three, five years from now, mobile payment solutions has the potential to be a massive business. Yet, as things stand right now, carriers and mobile OSes are still finding it hard to come to terms, with users suffering as a result.

Filed under: Equipos diversos

Hace cuestión de unas semanas la Marina Estadounidense consiguió salvar in extremis de la cancelación a su proyecto de cañón de riel (railgun para los fanáticos de los FPS), y ha…