Posts tagged Hardware
The Top 20 SSD Manufacturers in 2011 ...
StorageSearch.com, which tracks over 300 SSD manufacturers, has published a list of the top 20 most important companies. So who made the cut and who didn’t?
Some of the winners are:
Fusion-io
STEC
SandForce
Texas Memory Systems
OCZ
And some of the losers:
Micron Technology
NextIO
DDRdrive
Memoright
BiTMicro
I must admit that I’ve wanted [...]
Hey! Look at me! Robot can tell when ...
Georgia Tech’s Socially Intelligent Machines Lab (perhaps an offshoot of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation’s Genuine People Personalities?) has created a new version of social robots. The new robot (named Simon) uses a camera and some clever software to know when someone is interacting with it, trying to get its attention… or ignoring it.
[...]
How Much is a Petabyte?
For the full size, click the picture above, or go here.
From Mozy:
“We store a lot of data here at Mozy (15+ petabytes, in fact), but how much is that really? We put together this series of stats to help you understand just how much data that really is. Enjoy!”
How Much is a petabyte [via Chicago Mac/PC Support]
The Evolution of Hard Drives
The history of the hard drive, through pictures.
See the slideshow here.
Smart Clothing Helps Sailors [Embedde...
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am4ndas
“Working as a commercial fisherman is consistently ranked as one of the world’s most dangerous jobs. There are numerous ways in which they can end up in the water, with their shipmates (if they even have any) not noticing until it’s too late. That, or their boat can simply sink. In any case, fishermen need all the help they can get w [...]
Robotic Drone Flies Itself by Looking...
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ieee Spectrum
“Robotic aircraft have taken to the skies, finding increasing use in military applications, law enforcement, environmental monitoring, and also becoming popular among hobbyists who want to build their own drones.
These unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, have varied degrees of autonomy, though typically they depend on GPS and al [...]
When computers go wrong [via PC Pro]
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Wesley Oostvogels
“When computers go wrong, they often go spectacularly wrong.
In most cases, catastrophic failures are blamed on “computer bugs”, although human error is normally the root cause for embarrassing failures. Here, we look at ten IT disasters that highlight the precariously fickle nature of computers.”
Among these spectacular fa [...]
Tablets and Cloud Computing
Uncrate
With the release of Apple’s iPad, BlackBerry’s Playbook, and Toshiba, HP, and Dell joining the fray, I have to wonder whether this is another gimmick, or a fundamental change in the industry.
In recent years, we’ve been changing from laptops to netbooks. This was bound to happen because first, we don’t really need a powerful computer [...]
World’s fastest supercomputer b...
“A computer called Tianhe-1A, unveiled on Wednesday at a conference in Beijing, China, can run calculations faster than the previous speed leader, a computer at a U.S. lab in Tennessee.
The new computer set a performance record by crunching 2.507 petaflops of data at once. The previous leader, a computer called Cray XT5 Jaguar and located a [...]
Program Review: Microsoft Fix it Cent...
teknophilia
Currently in beta testing, Microsoft Fix It Center is an automated maintenance center for common issues faced by windows users. If you have a Windows Passport, you can still sign in to the website, and it looks like the final version should be released soon.
It comes with automated fixes for most issues:
Aero
Diagnose and repair [...]
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