Nova Brings Cellphone Photography To The DSLR World
Photography is being proclaimed as the hobby of the masses and with almost all cellphones being retrofitted with a camera anyone can have a go at it, but the glitch is that cellphone cameras are a far cry from the real DSLRs when it comes to performance. However Erin Fong from the California College of Arts has conjured a concept that merges the style of cellphone photography with the performance of a DSLR in the Nova DSLR.
The Nova departs from the traditional shape of a rhomboidal body and cylindrical lens with a look that seems to closely resemble a boomerang; this twin arm design offers more surface area for controls thus keeping all of them within reach of the user. Another feature of this design is that the arms can be rotated thus making the camera easy to use for both right-handed and left-handed users ( which is a welcome change to the old right-handed design). The new design also allows for a multitude of new shooting positions and even allows one to merge the handles for one hand use ( A result of cellphone style photography).
Even though this seems to be a promising concept it does have some flaws, mounting a tripod for one would be a challenge; also holding the camera steady for long exposures could prove to be difficult thanks to the new design.
All in all this camera though cool to look at seems better suited for a ‘point and shoot’ market; but for those intergalactic shots the Celestron Telescope would be a nice choice.
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ExoPC Slate Looks Vaguely Like The Apple iPad
It looks like the market certainly is getting flooded with tablet computers. Next up is the ExoPC Slate, which looks rather similar to Apple’s recently announced iPad. Since the ExoPC Slate is powered by Windows 7, you’ll be able to do more than a few things that the iPad can’t do, such as multitasking. This 8.9-inch multitouch tablet is priced at $599, which should put it on par with the 32GB iPad, in terms of price point anyways. Specifications of the ExoPC Slate include:
- Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor
- Powered by Windows 7
- 2GB of DDR2 memory
- 32GB SSD with SD card expansion.
- 4 hour battery life with the included user-replaceable battery.
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Entelligence: Lessons from the iPad launch
Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he’ll explore where our industry is and where it’s going — on both micro and macro levels — with the unique wit and insight only he can provide.
It was quite the week for Apple, first with its best-ever earnings and then the launch of the iPad. While Apple didn’t create this category of device, it did answer the fundamental question of why this form factor needs to exist. The meta lesson is that the story told is as important as the hardware, software and services being sold — and while everyone may not be convinced, I do think Apple will win over the majority of a skeptical audience with high expectations. But there’s also four important lessons that Apple taught the market this week, as it enters a space that’s been mostly a failure.
1. Define what your product does. The first thing Apple did was answer that question immediately and then define what the product needed to do. Apple explained what capabilities need to be in the this class of device and then went on to show how each of those features not only worked but were optimized for the iPad. That’s something we’ve seen lacking in this category to date.
White Goat Turns Worthless Office Reports Into Functional Toilet Paper [Toilet Paper]
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Boss: “Jensen, I wouldn’t wipe my ass with your TPS reports, such is my disdain for your work.” Jensen: “That’s too bad, sir, because you just did in the restroom!” You see, readers, this scene unfolded thusly because of this:
It’s a machine that recycles paper into toilet paper! And surprise, this quirky bit of tech is from…Japan!
Called White Goat, possibly because someone in the inventor’s office saw one eating some paper one day and then do what animals do naturally after eating such things, the machine creates a roll of TP in about 30 minutes using 40 sheets of office paper:
The $100,000 machine goes on sale in Japan this summer, and is expected to save about 60 trees annually. Your job, on the other hand, may still be beyond saving. [Ubergizmo via Born Rich]
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Kingston DataTraveler 5000 USB Flash drive With 256-bit AES Hardware-Based Encryption
If your work require moving data from one PC to another then you require a secure USB flash drive. And this is what the DataTraveler 5000 is all about. The newest USB flash drive from the house of Kingston is a “secure” drive with couple of interesting features. For starters, the drive is FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certified with Level 3 pending, and features 256-bit AES hardware-based encryption.
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