The 2012 edition of the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) that ended on Friday January 13th in Las Vegas, Nevada, offered an interesting variety of products of high technology. Some of the highlights follow:
TV LG 55EM9800, LG Electronics
This 55 inch TV set, sporting 4 mm in thickness and using OLED technology (Organic Light Emitting Diodes), won first prize to the best device at CES 2012. It should arrive during the second half of the year at a cost of $5,000.
Lumia 900, Nokia
The Lumia 900 from Nokia, with an impressive touch screen and running Microsoft Windows Phone 7, was named best cellular phone at CES. Availability and pricing of this product, designed to compete with Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android phones, were not announced at the show.
K800, Lenovo
The K800 is the first smartphone by Lenovo and it will feature an Intel processor running Android software. It will be launched in China during the second quarter of 2012, with a price in the $650 range.
Envy 14 Spectre, HP
This laptop (‘ultrabook’) by Hewlett-Packard, the HP Envy 14 Spectre, runs Microsoft Windows, and was named the best computer at CES. It should arrive sometime in February at $1,399.
Ascend P1S, Huawei
The Ascend P1S by Huawei, only 6.68 mm thick and running Android software, is the thinnest smartphone in the world, according to Huawei. It should arrive in Europe sometime in March and in the rest of the world a month later, with a cost in the $400 range.
370T Memo, Asus
The 350T Memo tablet by Asus was named the best electronic tablet at CES. With a 17.8 cm screen and running the latest version of Android for tablets will cost $250, half the amount of the cheapest iPad.
Dot iPhone, Kogeto
The Dot iPhone accessory was designed to enable the iPhone’s factory-installed camera to shoot panoramic 360-degree video. A Samsung Galaxy Nexus version, with the Android OS, will become available in the first half of the year.
SpnKiX, Acton Inc
The powered shoes SpnKiX by Acton, Inc. are the creation of industrial designer Peter Treadway. With high-tech batteries, it allows the user to cruise at speeds of up to 16 Km per hour. It should start arriving in march and a pair of them will cost you $649.
MakerBot Replicator
The MakerBot Replicator is what is generally known as a 3D printer and it will generate objects of the size of a loaf of bread, based on models fed into the machine. It will sell for $1,749.
Via Engadget
Source: University of New South Wales
Achieving quantum teleportation opens the doors to ultra fast data transmission
Mark this day, folks, because the brainiacs have finally made a breakthrough in quantum teleportation: a team of scientists from Australia and Japan have successfully transferred a complex set of quantum data in light form.
You see, previously researchers had struggled with slow performance or loss of information, but with full transmission integrity achieved — as in blocks of qubits being destroyed in one place but instantaneously resurrected in another, without affecting their superpositions — we’re now one huge step closer to secure, high-speed quantum communication.
Needless to say, this will also be a big boost for the development of powerful quantum computing, and combine that with a more bedroom friendly version of the above teleporter, we’ll eventually have ourselves the best LAN party ever.