Quadcopter Hexapod, the flying robot arachnid

Spiders, and mostly large, can be terrifying, right? And while there are no flying spiders, can you imagine if there were? And what if they had the intelligence of a little robot? For the description of spider robotic flying perfectly fits the Hexapod Quadcopter, the robot of our nightmares.
The hexapod robots are small six "legs" with the approximate shape of spiders, while quadcopters are also flying robots but using several rotors. Well here is the combination of both: the Hexapod Quadcopter. This little has a frame made of carbon fiber and uses its six rotors to stay in the air (if we take this into account, it should be called Hexapod Hexacopter).
Its creators, the guys from Mad Lab Industries, a armed just for fun. We can see it in action in the video below.

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The combined power of 15 iPads

The iPad is the king in the market for tablets. This has been true since the device was launched in mid-2010 almost. You may remember that a couple of years ago, Microsoft introduced a kind of table touch named Surface (yes, he had the same name as the tablet now), but it was not very successful, especially for its price of $ 10,000.
Now, following the example of Microsoft, people of Universal Mind has introduced a new touch table that is made ​​entirely of iPads. Specifically, this device has 15 iPads to share a wireless connection and use an application that displays all act as if they were one.
What is the approximate price of one of these? For about $ 6000, but we must clarify that used iPads are the second generation, so no Retina display here. With 15 iPads and an app as free Mobile Multi Display table we muster our own touch. If space in your home is not enough, you might want to try with 15 iPad Mini, in which case the cost would be reduced to about $ 5000 dollars.
What we are not sure of is how the tablets were operated with that app, because apparently it is developed for iPod and iPhone only.

Universal Mind So far no plans to launch a commercial model.

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More people upgrade to iOS 6 thanks to Google Maps

A few days ago I commented that Google had launched its Maps application for iOS 6 , the new version of mobile operating system Apple . According to MoPub, updates iOS 5 to iOS 6 rose by 29% in recent days following the launch of the Google Application above. What does this mean? Well obviously that many do not want to upgrade because of the known problems and mapping application from Apple, but now that Google has come to save the day, things are very different.
MoPub found that looking at the data of 12,000 applications which support. The CEO of the firm says it is very likely that this surge of updates to iOS 6 is due to Google's Maps. This would confirm the hypothesis that many people were waiting for the release of this app .
Google Maps has become the most downloaded application from time to only 7 hours of being launched and in two days and had over 10 million users.

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Apple iPad production accelerates Mini 2

Apple has begun to accelerate production of the second generation of the iPad Mini says Doug Freedman, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets. According collect data that says the Chinese suppliers of apple production has accelerated device and Texas Instruments also start to be a major supplier for the new iPad Mini. We do not know which parts of the tablet is responsible for creating IT, but previously has drivers work touch screens.
When this device will be released? Well it is still a little early to tell and also the original Mini was launched iPad recently, so its technology would have to be much improved to be released in the coming months.
What most people believe is that instead of a new version will be released a new model of iPad Mini with Retina display but as insurance remember that many people complained about the poor resolution with the device. If this is done, it is also likely that the tablet needs a processor level improvements to support the new screen.
What do you think about this? Is it a model or some merjoado a new generation?

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NEC Lavie X, the 15.6-inch ultrabook World's thinnest

With thickness of only 12.8 mm, the NEC Lavie X has earned the position of the 15.6-inch ultrabook World's thinnest. This laptop , which also weighs 1.6 kilograms, is a somewhat powerful computer that is equipped with an Intel Core i7-3517u, which is a dual-core Ivy Bridge 4-core running at 1.9GHz. Along with this CPU, the laptop has 4GB of DDR3 RAM, also has a 256GB SSD and runs Windows 8 in 64-bit version.
Additionally, the NEC Lavie X also has a great Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels) provides LED backlight has two ports USB 3.0 , has WiFi connectivity, Bluetooth 4.0 + HS, HDMI, card reader SDHC / SDXC and uses a 2-megapixel webcam.
The NEC Lavie X will be available for sale on December 27.

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Kingmax UI-06, new USB 3.0 flash drives

Kingmax returns to the attack again and this time he does it with a great line memory USB 3.0 , the Kingmax UI-06.
This new family of flash memory has 3 models, which have capacities of 8GB, 16GB and 32GB. Besides this, these memories are also thin and durable, as they have both water resistance to dust. The SU-06 makes use of technology Chip-On-Board, use a USB 3.0 interface to connect to multiple devices and provide us with a speed reading and writing of 85MB/sy 22MB / s respectively.
The price of Kingmax UI-06 has not yet been released, but it should not take much longer.

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Tumblr now has its app for tablets

Throughout the year, the app of Tumblr, either version on your iOS and Android version has been updated frequently and has been improved. But one of the problems that users had to face was that Android tablets were forced to access the web-site since it was not compatible with tablets, but only with smartphones such stage. But that is past history since the new update allows us to access Tumblr from an Android tablet.
In addition, the app has also received a redesign to general level that we notice when entering it. The bad thing comes to iOS users, who still can not access using your iPad as the only application is adapted to iPhone and iPod.
You can download the Tumblr app for Android, stop by the store Play of Google .

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Consumer Reports recommends we stay with Windows 7

Currently, almost all new computers and laptops come with the new Windows 8 Microsoft and is only a matter of time before they achieve the same overtake Windows 7. But, if you have W7, you really should upgrade to W8?
According to the Consumer Reports website, it's better if we stay with Windows 7, and this is the main reason to do it:
-Windows 7 operating properly and most users are happy with it. If something works well, do we really need to change? Of course not. Besides MS support for W7 continue for many more years as usual.
-Windows 8 makes much use of the touch interface.
'Very likely not like the new user interface (UI) of W8.
-The drivers are a bit outdated.
They are 4 tidbits that could really make it think twice before upgrading our computer running Windows 7 to Windows 8. Some of the advantages that we can offer really W8 are the Windows Store to download applications and apps Metro, but for now there are not many really useful applications available.
Do you think it's worth making the switch to Windows 8 or you prefer to continue using Windows 7?

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