The President of Taiwan tries a quick chat with ASUS' home robot
I've said before that Computex is ASUS' show -- and what better demonstration than having the recently-elected President of Taiwan "talk" to your newly announced home robot? Crowd noise necessitated several repeated commands to ASUS' Zenbo play some music, but if it was apparently a live demonstration (ASUS' PR affirmed to our Engadget Chinese colleagues that it was), then it's pretty impressive. (I can barely upload to Instagram in the thick of this show.) Unfortunately, the Zenb..>> view originalIntel's Broadwell-E gaming CPU is a stunner, offering 10 cores for a whopping $1723
On paper, Intel’s massive new 10-core—yes, 10—Broadwell-E gaming chips top out at 3.8GHz. But buying one is like purchasing a lottery ticket to free overclocking—without voiding your warranty. The flagship feature of the new Broadwell-E line is something Intel calls Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0, a technology that tests each individual core on the chip and figures out which one can be safely pushed beyond its normal limits.That’s on top of a 20- to 25-percent improvement over its previous g..>> view originalReal-world physical version of Pong is faithful to the original
You can have your fancy HTC Vive and immerse yourself in its digital worlds. But we’ll take this hand-built arcade gaming table that lets us bring Pong out of the digital world and into ours. To be clear, this is not one of those sit-down arcade cabinets like the ones you can play Pac-Man on while you enjoy a slice of pizza. In this Pong remake, the paddles and the ball are physical objects. They’re just as blocky as they were in the original game back when it was released in 1972, but th..>> view originalARM Cortex-A73 CPU, Mali-G71 GPU have VR and AR in their sights
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Sony is bringing back the PlayStation E3 Experience for the third year in a row. After starting the event in 2014 where they allowed the general public to watch the Sony press conference at local theaters, they've announced that they're bringing back the VIP experience for gamers. IGN is reporting that over 85 different movie theaters across the United Staes, Canada and Latin America will feature the Sony E3 press conference, live. Gamers will be able to pile into a theater, gain some fre..>> view originalComet Churyumov-Gerasimenko contains ingredients for life
Ingredients crucial for the origin of life on Earth, including the simple amino acid glycine and phosphorus, key components of DNA and cell membranes, have been discovered at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The possibility that water and organic molecules were brought to the early Earth through impacts of objects like asteroids and comets have long been the subject of important debate. While Rosetta's ROSINA instrument already showed a significant difference in composition between Comet 6..>> view originalAsus takes on the Apple Macbook with its new ZenBook 3
Aloysius Low/CNET Asus isn't shying away from a laptop battle with Apple, on Monday introducing its new ultra portable ZenBook 3. At the launch event at Computex here in Taipei, the company talked about how its new laptop was thinner, lighter and more powerful than Apple's MacBook and MacBook Air ranges.The aluminium bodied laptop sports a 12.-5 inch screen and will start at $999 (which converts to £685, AU$1,3..>> view originalQualcomm launches new Snapdragon Wear chips for targeted wearable devices
Qualcomm is launching a new set of Snapdragon Wear chips for targeted wearable devices. The company made the announcement at the Computex trade show in Taiwan today. The new Snapdragon Wear 1100 chips are an expansion of the company’s previously announced wearable chips that have many different functions. The new chips will be part of devices that are targeted at certain audiences, such as kids’ watches or watches for the elderly, fitness trackers, smart headsets, and wearable accessories. “Sna..>> view originalCaltech sues Apple for Wi-Fi patent infringement
Oscar Gutiérrez/CNET Apple, Caltech alleges, has been using Wi-Fi technology it oughtn't. In a suit filed with the US District Court for the Central District of California, the university claims that Apple has infringed four of its patents for improved data transmission rates and performance over Wi-Fi. These patents were awarded between 2006 and 2012, and cover technology implemented in the most recent 802.11n ..>> view original
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
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