Oktoberfest in Tilt-Shift Style
Simply beautiful to watch: this short clip from on3 looks at Oktoberfest through a tilt-shift lens. A good idea, in my view; the shots of the large fairground rides in […]
First iPhone 5 Reviews in the Online Media
Spiegel Online today features one of the first reviews of the iPhone 5. Its verdict is “Apple’s gentle revolution”. Editor Matthias Kremp highlights many of the new iOS 6 features positively, including the new navigation software, panorama mode and new Siri capabilities. However, I assume that many of these improvements will also benefit owners of older iPhones.
Matthias Kremp was also able to test LTE on Telekom’s Hamburg network. His verdict – “Some websites appear on the screen almost instantly” – does not surprise me. This is where LTE’s significantly lower latency compared with UMTS/HSPA becomes noticeable. In addition, LTE cells are certainly nowhere near as heavily loaded yet.
Launch Dates for LTE Versions of Galaxy S3 LTE, Note 2 and 10.1 LTE Leaked
The Android Geeks blog has information suggesting that LTE versions of the Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 2 and the Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet will be released in Germany later this year.
According to the report, the Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE is due to appear in calendar week 40/2012, the first week of October.
Two weeks later, in calendar week 42, the Galaxy Note 2 LTE is expected to follow, with the Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE tablet scheduled to become available in Germany in calendar week 46.
It is not yet known which German LTE frequency bands the Galaxy devices will support.
YouTube: Video of the Next iPhone Appears – and (Almost) Nobody Cares
Without a drunk Apple employee leaving the prototype of the next iPhone in a bar, more and more details about the upcoming iPhone 5 have emerged in recent weeks. By […]
LOL: Reviews of Gaddafi’s Bab al-Aziziya Residence on Google Maps
Apparently I was not the only person who wanted to look at Gaddafi’s residence, which had just been stormed by the rebels, on Google Maps.The aerial images themselves are nowhere […]
Link Tip: IBM Has Developed a Skynet Chip
Do you remember Skynet from the film Terminator? According to Süddeutsche Zeitung, IBM today announced a “breakthrough in a human-brain chip”, essentially a technology reminiscent of what Terminator portrayed with Skynet.
It is also somewhat unsettling that, according to the SZ report, the US military was involved in the development. The article states:
US Department of Defense Funded the Research
The chips are the result of six years of research involving one hundred scientists. DARPA, the US Department of Defense agency that funds research projects, contributed around 41 million dollars.
According to Golem, possible applications include:
Future cognitive chips are expected to be capable of capturing and processing information from the complex real world through a wide range of sensors. A cognitive computer could, for example, monitor the global water supply, recording data such as temperature, pressure, wave height, acoustics and sea level – including for tsunami warnings.
I find it a little disappointing that none of these media reports discusses the risks inherent in this technology. Even so, the articles are well worth reading. Golem also provides several videos and images on the subject.
Here are the cited articles:
SZ: Prototype for a Synapse Processor – IBM Celebrates Breakthrough with Human-Brain Chip
Golem: A Chip Like a Brain
