Monday, October 1, 2012

The 2013 models of the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro will be thinner

The laptops from Apple can not be considered at all bulky, quite the contrary. As we know, the MacBook Air is one of the thinnest laptops in the world. On the other hand we have the MacBook Pro, which while not ultrathin, are quite powerful. The apple company seems to have planned the release of new slimmest these two notebooks next year. This reduction will be making a few adjustments to the keyboard, reducing the thickness of about 0.15...

Researchers working on the creation of a police robot

For sure there are many here who remember RoboCop, that classic of science fiction of the 80's where you can see a police robot skills something unusual. For the truth is that fiction is becoming closer to reality. A group of researchers from Florida International University are currently working on the creation of a police robot that could be controlled remotely. The project, which is being developed in conjunction with the U.S. Navy,...

There is still no definitive jailbreak iOS 6

In recent days we talked about the existence of a jailbreak for the iPhone 5 , but unfortunately this does not turn out that way, or rather, the jailbreak was successful, but it seems that too many loose ends involved. @ pod2g , the genius behind the jailbreaks for iOS, recently stated that the jailbreak for iOS 6 will not be released soon. This is because there is still no jailbreak for iOS 6 that are 100% free of problems and therefore...

Very few people watch 3D content on your TV

When films like Avatar and Clash of the Titans arrived in theaters in 2009, began the great wrath of 3D. Many films have been released in 3D format and there are even TV channels with 3D content and expected that they will change the way people watch television, but this did not happen. Today, 3D TV and 3D cinema are two things that are far apart and the success of the latter is much more evident. Few people who watch 3D content on your...

Maingear Nomad 17, a powerful notebook for gamers

  When it comes to high-powered notebooks and much performance, in most cases we are talking about teams gamer oriented sectors, such as in the case of the spectacular new Maingear Nomad 17. The new laptop not only looks striking enough, but is also very well equipped, so let's take a look at what we offer: -Processor: Intel Core i7 quad-core 3.8GHz (Ivy Bridge). -RAM: DDR3 up to 32GB. -Storage: there are hard drives, SSDs and...

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Robot that reproduces human gestures help physical therapy patients

A system developed by the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science (ICMC) at USP in São Carlos (SP) allows a robot to reproduce human gestures. The research aims to assist patients in physiotherapy. Another idea is to promote an interaction with elementary school children and help in learning mathematics. Tests are done on the robot Nao, purchased from a French company in 2010 through resources of the Foundation of Research of the State...

iPhone 5 arrives in 22 more countries

The iPhone 5, new smartphone from Apple , went on sale in 22 countries on Friday (28). Presented by the company's chief executive, Tim Cook, on September 12 , the unit had already been launched in nine countries on Friday (21) .The countries that received the new iPhone Friday (28) are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland,...

Release expansion of 'World of Warcraft' is marked by row in SP

A long line of fans of the series "World of Warcraft" marked the release of the fourth expansion of the RPG game with support for multiple players online (MMO), "Mists of Pandaria" on Monday night (24) in São Paulo, launch day world title. Early on, it was possible to buy the game for PC, but the withdrawal could only be made from the 22h. Besides acquiring the game, fans of the series took pictures and got autographs of John Hight,...