Smartphone Review

Mi Mix is ​​the phone of the future that we are surprised and Philippe Starck Xiaomi 6.4 inches unframed

Posted on by Gabriel Lowell
Mi Mix

After staging the phone we expected, the Note 2, and its accessory for virtual reality, the Mi VR, it was his turn to a ‘One More Thing’ unexpected. It is initially presenting a conceptual phone that advances us where you want to go Xiaomi, the truth is that it has an imposing appearance, both in size, as by design. But the Chinese brand wants to sell now.

It is called Xiaomi Mi Mix and is a device in which the entire front is occupied by the screen, reminding us to work with Sharp makes many of its Japanese phones, but taking it to another level thanks to its 6.4 – inch diagonal in the panel.Continue reading →

Tech News

Elon Musk is planning a first colonies on Mars who live in glass domes

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Elon Musk

“I’m Elon Musk, ask me anything about becoming a space traveler”. With this statement the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX was presented this morning on Reddit willing to answer in a session of Ask Me Anything (ask me anything you want). Of course, all questions had to be directed to your project Martian colonization.

In fact, this room was presented as a complement to the announcement of the project, in which many questions remained to be done. Many of them could do this morning, so we could learn new details about how SpaceX intends to land on Mars or what the appearance of the first colonies there.Continue reading →

Hardware Review

Do not we have enough RAM on the phone? Samsung ups the ante to 8GB

Posted on by Gabriel Lowell
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Now we have spoken on occasion of this new career that has mobile phones by having more RAM. No matter the amount, if a manufacturer creates a larger memory module, we have no doubt that soon there will be someone.

The reality is that having more RAM is very beneficial in the panorama Android, a system that assumes these increases guarantees not having restrictions with multiple tasks. Having more – volatile memory also means being able to load more demanding applications, or a more beautiful future ahead of updates. For this, and make it clear they are the bosses, Samsung believes that it is time to present its module with 8GB.Continue reading →

Gadget

This was the first USB memory of history

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We are now so used to it that it is not uncommon to have a few scattered some drawer of our desk, but there was a day when USB flash drives revolutionized the way we were carrying data , becoming one of the key technologies to end with the reign of floppy disks.

USB flash drives, also known as USB sticks, had some key advantages over its rivals. On the one hand, they were immune to electromagnetic interference affecting diskettes, and the other is not scraped it with the scratches as they passed CDs. In addition, while the classic 3.5 – inch diskettes had just 1.44MB memory, USB first launched with capacities of 8 MB.

In 2005, five years after the launch of the first USB memories computers they were still using floppy drives. However, gradually, all the advantages that were offering USB flash drives and CD drives or DVDs eventually banishing forever, and eventually disks also started to weaken versus the comfort of USBs.Continue reading →

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The PC market suffered a further drop in sales for the eighth consecutive quarter

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Sales of PCs still in free fall and a speedy recovery is not seen, because with the third quarter of 2016 are being met eight periods where the computer market has faced a decline in sales, which started during the last quarter of 2014 and so far has not seen an uptick.

The analyst firm Gartner has just published prior to its already famous market research, where we offer an overview of the performance of computer sales around the world, and yes, the picture remains the same, an overall decline of 5.7% compared with the same period last year.Continue reading →

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PlayStation VR, virtual reality must show more

Posted on by Gabriel Lowell
playstation-vr

This has been the year in which virtual reality finally begins to be in our lives. Both Rift Oculus as HTC Vive are the main references of a segment in which gradually have appeared other options, and in a few days will finally on sale expected PlayStation VR, a virtual reality system for PS4.

Sony’s proposal comes with interesting details, and we have already spent a few hours with a device that is located right in the middle of the experiences offered by – Cardboard, Gear VR basic devices and those who want to immerse ourselves in virtual worlds so much more ambitious (Rift, Vive). Now, is this proposal convincing enough?

A seamless design

The first thing that stands out from the PS VR is its design: is impeccable, and in that format should be noted that the blue lights that appear when using these glasses have not been put there in an aesthetic issue. They help PS4 camera follows the movement of the head. The construction of the glasses is very good and has useful adjustment mechanisms to the head. Also not especially heavy or “overwhelming”.Continue reading →

Hardware Review

HP Spectre, the incredibly thin laptop leaves us surprises

Posted on by Gabriel Lowell
hp-spectre

They are laptops, ultrabooks, convertible and if we want, equipment impossible. At least in thickness and weight, the last HP Spectre falls into that classification and confirms that the American giant has in its catalog some of the best Windows computers for a few years, all under the name Spectre.

Its design resembles nothing seen so far is the first thing we look, but there is much more. What commitments has had to take HP for a team with Core i7 is not thicker than 1 cm? Watch for our analysis of the HP Spectre 13 because there are surprises.

HP Spectre: Minimum thickness is not incompatible with good power or connectivity

Nothing else know the new HP Spectre 13-inch, our eyes and fingers went to a comparison with Apple’s Macbook team that has a number of singularities that many users have associated with the design and the idea of ultrabooks maximum portability and future but with clear limitations. The HP Spectre posed us for this 2016 seemed to offer solutions precisely to the “errors” that we thought had made the small ultrabook Apple.Continue reading →

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The robots are programmable and their materials will be also thanks to MIT

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A new development in robotics not only allow robots are programmable to assign all kinds of tasks: the material they own are made can also be programmed to suit all conditions and environments.

A group of researchers from MIT CSAIL (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ) has developed the so – called “Programmable Viscoelastic Material ” (PVM), a type of material used in 3D printers and achieves “robots safer, robust and accurate in their movements”.Continue reading →

Gadget

DJI Mavic Pro: This folding drone is not a toy and fits in a backpack

Posted on by Gabriel Lowell
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If we talk about drones, needless presentation DJI, the Chinese company that dominates the market at different levels, especially in the professional field, or with large capacities to record video – DJI Phantom 4. At the same time he is aware that there are lower levels of prices and profits not control, there amok companies like Parrot, or the newcomer GoPro.

A DJI missing models smaller and easier to carry from one place to another, to encourage people to buy and make this bigger market. We could say that Mavic Pro is the element they needed in their catalog because it is a foldable and small unit, which does not lack almost nothing about the technology that has made famous to the Chinese company recording, broadcasting, long range functioning, autonomous modes, etc.Continue reading →