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Skynet One Day Closer
Researchers are just a few years away from bringing to life revolutionary morphing devices known as programmable matter which can change size, shape and function.Programmable matter, or “claytronics”, involves creating devices made of millions of microscopic robots that are to 3D objects what pixels are to a screen.
Even though it’s obvious that devices like this will eventually bring about the Rise of the Machines, this is indeed a pretty cool development. If the tech here can really get nailed down we’ll have an entirely new generation of technology that would revolutionize life on an order of what the microchip allowed. It will be really cool to play with this stuff until it becomes sentient and kills us all.
Original Article at NEWS.com.au
Badass New TV
Debuting without so much as a model name, this here DLP beamer — which, at 93- x 20- x 25-inches, easily doubles as a bench — throws up a 100-inch 1080p image with just 24-inches of space between it and the wall. Better still, that can scale up to 150-inches by adding just another foot of breathing room — and just to remind you, we’re talking full 1,920 x 1,080 resolution here
A truly badass television here from Sanyo. It will be a while before anyone actually gets to buy one, but I always like to see new toys on the way.
Google Pops The Hood
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–Google is tight-lipped about its computing operations, but the company for the first time on Wednesday revealed the hardware at the core of its Internet might at a conference here about the increasingly prominent issue of data center efficiency.
I have a passable understanding of NOCs (Network Operations Centers), as anyone who leases a server should, but this article is a really cool look at Google’s server technology and lots of info about their infrastructure. Turns out one of the reasons the big G is such a powerhouse is their ability to operate their servers at a truly unrivaled level of efficiency. Not a big surprise, but still really interesting to have details. It’s also nice to see our friendly search juggernaut sharing their “Manhattan Project” in a time when every dollar saved counts more than it has in a long time.
The full article is a little heavy on the tech but still written for laymen to read and a nice meal for your inner geek.
