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LG Display announces 5” Full HD LCD panel that targets smartphones
Smile detector developed by the MIT
Stowaway iPhone Wallet Case
iDrum won’t turn you into a superstar overnight
Game Capture HD – Don’t Miss a Moment
LifeGem – Diamonds to Die For?

LG Display announces 5” Full HD LCD panel that targets smartphones

Posted: 28 May 2012 10:30 AM PDT

LG Display is at it again, with the “world’s first” being another bit of information that you might want to take into consideration with their latest 5" Full HD LCD panel which was specially developed for smartphone use. Yes sir, all those super large 32″ and above displays that you see in electronic store showrooms as well as in your living room? The very same resolution count has been crammed into an LCD panel that measures no larger than 5″ in size, which can be considered by some to be a technological marvel, don’t you think so?

This is hands down, the highest resolution mobile panel to date from any other manufacturer out there. It basically enables smartphone users to check out Full HD content without sacrificing on quality, just like what your eyes are greeted with on TVs and monitors. It is also hoped that LG Display’s latest panel will be able to contribute significantly to the overall cloud computing experience which has been touted by many to be the next major internet trend. More on this 5″ looker right after the jump.

LG Display's 5" Full HD LCD panel will definitely result in dropped jaws the first time you look at it – after all, the LCD panel is based on AH-IPS (Advanced High Performance In-Plane Switching) technology that boasts 440ppi and 1920 x 1080 resolution, which is far higher than what the iPhone 4S offers, and this is the first time Full HDTV quality can be viewed on a smartphone. There is a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio that ought to keep movie buffs more than happy, while the panel itself is also 0.5″ larger, 2.2 times denser in pixels, and 1.3 times more advanced in ppi compared to its predecessor, a 4.5" panel at 329ppi and 1280 x 720 resolution.

Sang-Deok Yeo, CTO and Executive Vice President of LG Display, said, "As smartphones become increasingly valued for how well they do multimedia and with the rapid growth of LTE enabling faster large file transfers, our new 5" Full HD LCD panel is certain to prove a significant asset to the mobile market. With the world's highest resolution smartphone display, LG Display continues to remain a step ahead in developing the most innovative in display technology products."

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Smile detector developed by the MIT

Posted: 28 May 2012 10:00 AM PDT

They say that it is far easier to lie over the telephone compared to a face-to-face meeting, as body language does convey far more hidden messages than you can possibly imagine. How about smiles – when do you know that one of them is genuine, while another smile is but delivered right before you are stabbed in the back? The good people over at the MIT have come up with a smile detector that runs on a computer system, and in the image above, the computer detected that the smile on the right is one that signals frustration hidden behind those forced curved lips.

Most folks think that they do not smile whenever they are frustrated, but the evidence points otherwise. Not only that, the team of researchers over at MIT have also discovered that computers which were specially programmed with the latest research information did outperform human observers when it came to telling the difference between a genuine smile and otherwise. Looks like even our smiles have been broken down into an algorithm – what next, a handshake?

This particular piece of research by the MIT team might be the start of something interesting – that is, to utilize computers in order to better assess the emotional states of their users while coming up with an appropriate response. Imagine this – you are at the office, hacking away at the keyboard in thorough frustration while giving that faux smile, and the webcam picks it up before freezing your screen with a pop-up window, asking you to take a 15 minute break while you sort out your emotions as they could collide with your overall work performance. How neat would that be?

Not only that, such a computer system can also be used to help train folks who do experience difficulty in interpreting expressions, including those with autism, in order to more accurately gauge the expressions that they see. Ehsan Hoque, a graduate student in the Affective Computing Group of MIT's Media Lab, says, "The goal is to help people with face-to-face communication."

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Stowaway iPhone Wallet Case

Posted: 28 May 2012 09:30 AM PDT

Protecting your shiny new iPhone from drops and knocks should be one of the top priorities in life – at least if you are a first time iPhone owner, that is, whipping it out from your pocket every few minutes to admire the way it was designed as well as the kind of apps that it carries. Well, if that is the case and you have yet to purchase a decent protective case, you might want to give the $29.99 Stowaway iPhone Wallet Case a go. This impact resistant case comes with a built-in stand that lets you watch movies on it hands-free, while a special stowaway compartment will ensure cash and cards can be hidden away handily.

Of course, this does not mean you are able to hold as many cards as that in an ordinary wallet, but at least it is better than nothing. There is also a compartment door which functions as a built-in stand as mentioned prior, while each purchase will be accompanied by a microfiber cleaning cloth that helps your display look shiny and new at all times. This is not scratch proof material though, but it ought to be able to survive ordinary knocks and drops without missing a beat.

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iDrum won’t turn you into a superstar overnight

Posted: 28 May 2012 08:55 AM PDT

Don’t you just love the way you are able to do just about anything with an iPhone? “There’s an app for that”, or so the saying goes, and with the $69.99 iDrum which will start shipping at the end of this month onwards, you are able to make music with seven drums – virtual drums, that is. After all, the iDrum is a seven piece drum kit that will hook up to your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad sans wires, relying on Bluetooth connectivity to get the job done. Just like how you need not judge a book by its cover, so too, should you not judge the effectiveness of the iDrum by its size.

With the free iDrum Sound System app, you are able to jam alongside your favorite music with many styles to choose from. Heck, there is even the option of recording and playing back your drum sessions, and for those who want to pick up drumming, you can learn how to drum along using pre-programmed songs. Apart from that, there are additional free iDrum games in the Dream Cheeky Arcade that you can kill time with – talk about having a smashing session anytime, anywhere without having to rent a studio! The thing is, the iDrum will not turn you into a drumming legend overnight…

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Game Capture HD – Don’t Miss a Moment

Posted: 28 May 2012 08:18 AM PDT

I’m sure its no surprise that I’m a huge fan of video games. It’s not uncommon to find me on a caffeinated beverage bender up all night playing Halo or some other first person shooter game and talking to myself. Problem is, when you’re up all night, no one gets to see the action but you… and no matter how I try and explain my overnight dealings with the Covenant, my stories never seem to do it justice.

Meet Elagato’s Game Capture HD and never miss being able to replay another Banshee invasion. The Game Capture HD is a cool, standalone HD video capture box, which will allow you to record PS3 or Xbox 360 HD gameplays to an internal or an external hard drive, all without a PC.

Recording your Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii gaming accomplishments is now a pretty simple task. All you need to do is connect the Game Capture HD to your game console with the included component cables, and all the action is yours to keep! One Click and the Game Capture HD lets you record, and preview live game footage in 1080i resolution, or just take screenshots during live action, or even during playback.

Your recordings and screenshots can be moved between connected drives for portability and sharing with friends and family. (you know, the ones that went to bed) and the unit comes with a built in 2.5″ HDD slot, a remote control, component cable, RCA audio cable and a power adaptor. Please visit Newegg.com for videos or information, or to purchase Game Capture HD for under 140 bucks. I’m pretty sure I dated myself with the Halo reference…do people even play Halo anymore?

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LifeGem – Diamonds to Die For?

Posted: 28 May 2012 08:14 AM PDT

Some topics deserve special handling, they need to be discussed in the most gentle and reverent manner. That being said, sometimes there’s simply no way around just telling it like it is, and I guess that’s where we are on this one. People die, we bury them, we burn them, and a select few go to science, a nice headstone, an urn, a cool drawer at the University. How else do we memorialize our dead?

Now we can make them into jewelry! Well okay, now we can make a small part of their remains into jewelry. Yes, you heard it correctly, creating synthetic diamonds from your beloveds ashes has now become an accepted practice and evidently a pretty darn prestigious way of remembering those who left this Earth without us. I don’t know where yet, but let us continue…

As we already know, diamonds are made from carbon compressed under the Earths surface for…well… a really long time. These diamonds have a pretty specific carbon source in mind, evidently about an 8 ounce portion of your dearly departed, the carbon from the ashes is extracted and purified under high heat, and then pressed under a million pounds of pressure and even more heat – the result is a spectacular rough diamond that can be cut and polished just like the real deal. Excellent.

With prices ranging from 24 hundred to 25 thousand dollars, depending on the size and color of your desired stone, your best bet would be to contact lifegem.com and get a quote from them directly. I’m actually liking the concept. Hey mom? Wheres the box with grandma in it?

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