This brain simulator was developed by IBM’s Almaden research center. It consists of 1.6 billion virtual neurons connected by 9 trillion synapses, which is almost a cell-by-cell simulation of the human visual cortex.

With all the massive components, over 150,000 gigabytes of memory and power consumption of over million watts, the simulator is only as good as a cat’s brain. But the achievement is much better than the smaller rat brain simulator that they made two years ago.

To simulate the entire human cortex, they need computing power that is 1,000 times faster than what they currently have managed, but this could only be achieved in about a decade from now.

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Here comes the world’s first wireless USB external hard drive that has been launched by Imation. Called the Imation Pro WX, the hard drive can be remotely and wirelessly connected to your computer. The Imation Pro WX features a little antenna, which works as the transmitter that transmits the data wirelessly at 15MB/s to your computer, while the computer has a receiver connected to the USB port.

Besides the wireless USB connectivity, the storage capacity of this external hard drive is also worth mentioning. It offers a 1.5TB of storage which is sufficient for storing up to 300,000 photos and up to 750 hours of video. The little down side is the 15MB/s is far slower than a NAS transferring over WiFi. Consider a wireless N connectivity which could go up to top speed of 18+MB/s or more theoretically.

The Imation Pro WX wireless USB HDD costs $500. If the price matters but you insist to go wireless, you could also convert one of your existing external USB HDDs into wireless by connecting to it to the Winstar M4, which allows you to access the content via WiFi.

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Cisco has responded by promising the next generation of its Flip video, the Flip MinoHD to come with built-in WiFi connectivity which allows the users to take videos and then directly upload videos to YouTube. Of course with built-in WiFi only allows users manage to get hooked onto WiFi network to upload videos. But this is a lot easier than doing it on the previous models.

Perhaps Cisco should think of equipping the future models with 3G or WiMax to provide more options of connectivity. Besides WiFi support, other feature that the Flip MinoHD will get is a larger screen that will slide open to reveal menu buttons.

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Each GPU has the equivalent speed of a 5850 with a 725MHz primary clock speed, and also clams 1GHz GDDR5 memory, the 3,200 stream (effects) processors, 160 texture units and the 2GB of memory provides it as much performance as two 5850s but takes only half the space.

The HD 5970 also features CrossFire mode, allows two 5970 cards combined together delivering a processing power of equivalent to 4 GPUs for games that support it. The 5970 graphics card was made based on the newer 40nm manufacturing process, allows it to consume relatively low power.

Features such as DirectX 11, OpenGL 3.2 remain intact, and has been added with support for Eyefinity with three displays and OpenCL computing for platforms that support them. The 5970 has two dual-link DVI ports and one DisplayPort output.

The 5970 cards are most ready for highly demanding HD games, and available now from third parties such as Asus, Diamond and MSI. Each runs you about $599. Find more on product page.

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The Casio Exilim EX-G1 is 19.9mm in thickness, has a non-extending optical zoom (38-114mm). At the back of this camera is where the 2.5 inch LCD display located and it’s protected by an acrylic plate. Impact zones on the camera are ruggedized and the user can even add external protector to protect them.

The Exilim EX-G1 features a 12/1 megapixel sensor, is capable of recording YouTube movies. It’s waterproof, can go underwater at 10 feet for 60 continuous minutes and also has the capability to compromise shots taken underwater due to poor underwater lighting condition. Best for adventurous geeks who are likely to explore the jungle or underwater. The MRSP of this rugged camera is $300.

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Of course, the bomb-proof wallpaper is currently meant for military use, which will be considered by armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan to re-decorate their army bases with it. The X-Flex bomb-proof paper is made from a Kevlar sheet which is held between to sheets of elastic polymer wrap.

The video below shows how a wrecking ball was used to test and hit the walls with the wallpaper. With the X-Flex on the backside, the ball could not bring the walls down. Without the wallpaper, the walls crumbled on the first hit.

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The Inspiron Zino HD nettop is stuffed with an AMD Athlon 2650e 1.6GHz processor, 2GB RAM, ATI Radeon 3200 graphics card. It also packs a 7200RPM 250GB HDD and an 8X DVD burner. Unfortunately the base model lacks WiFi connectivity, if you want WiFi, you’ll need to get the $399 model which comes with 3G RAM and Athlon 2850e processor.

These Inspiron Zino nettops are ready for connections to external HD displays, come equipped with HDMI connectors and also two eSATA connectors and 4 USB ports for hooking up to more storage drives. It can be pre-loaded with Windows 7/Vista or Ubuntu Linux 9.0.4. Options include AMD Athlon 2850e/X2 3250e/Neo X2 6850e, ATI Radeon HD4330 graphics card, up to 8GB DDR2 RAM and 1TB hard drive.

It’s super compact, measures only 8″ by 8″, offers 10 optional interchangeable colors and designs that shall blend well with your home decors and furniture.

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The GO 3G netbook is stuffed with an Intel’s 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor, 160GB HDD and 1GB RAM. It has a 10.1 inch LED-backlit and scratch-resistant display and housed in a rubberized casing. It weights 2.8 lbs which is pretty lightweight to bring anywhere you go. And equipped with a standard 4-cell 4000Ah battery, which can let you stay connected for up to 4 hours.

This Samsung Go 3G netbook is expected to hit AT&T’s shelves and online from November 22nd. It’s unclear how much it’ll likely cost you per month for the 3G subscription, it would likely be a 2-year contract and run you $60 per month.

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The Fujitsu F-04B measures 11.4×5.1×20.4 cm and weights about 173g and it boasts impressively long standby and talk time, which are 600 hours and 330 minutes respectively.

This Fujitsu smart phone splits into two parts, which the first part contains most of the electronics and is where the 3.4-inch 480×960 touchscreen display is. The second part is the QWERTY and a slider device with numeric keypad. This obviously provides more space to grip and type on the QWERTY.

The two split pieces are able to connect to each other via Bluetooth and the Bluetooth capability allows them to stay apart up to 10 meters. And interestingly, you can make separate calls using the split pieces and each of them has their own built-in speaker and mic.

Other goodies include HSDPA, a 12.2 megapixel camera, a connector for a Felica smart card, which allows it to be used as an electronic purse payment. It’ll be available in Japan in March/April next year but no word for the pricing.

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The Samsung P2770 HD comes with a number of interesting features, as mentioned it’s got an integrated TV tuner, and other goodies including an HDMI port, two 3-watt stereo speakers capable of two 3-watt stereo speakers. And the display itself supports full HD, boasts a response time of 5ms and a 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio.

It also features the Picture in Picture and Picture by Picture modes. It’ll be available in S. Korea for a price at approx. $473. Look, the Korean chick loves it!

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These solar bags have flexible solar panels that are able to output 3W of power. The bags are useful to create renewable energy to keep those necessary gadgets around fresh in your daily life. So you won’t be cut in the middle of communications, game plays and more.

The Sunnybag’s solar bag has the solar panel at the back that is attached to an internal Li-ion battery pack, which you can keep your iPod, iPhone charged in it while you’re walk. Even you simply leave the bag in indoor or in the car, it’s able to collect sufficient sun energy to power gadgets. There will be a number of versions of these solar shoulder bags. The first version is called the Business Pro which will come equipped with a highly efficient 1600mAh LI-Ion battery pack, 2 flexible solar panels to provide 3 Watt output and with various connectors to suit up to 400 different mobile phones, iPhone 2G-3G, iPod and also offers USB charging.

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The first dual-sim phone, Samsung B5722, pictured above, comes equipped with a 2.8 QVGA touchscreen display, supports quad-band GSM/EDGE connectivity but sadly with no 3G. The first SIM card works on frequencies 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz frequencies, while the second SIM works on 900 / 1 800 MHz. Other goodies include TouchWiz Lite 1.0 UI, access to Facebook and MySpace, MP3 player, Bluetooth, FM radio, 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash, microSD card support up to 8GB and a 1200 mAh battery. This phone has also got the FCC approval but no indication when it’ll hit the North America.

The second phone, Samsung C6112 is a slider that supports quad-band GSM/EDGE. It features a 2.4-inch QVGA display, and also comes with Bluetooth, FM radio, music player, microSD card support (up to 8GB), but the camera is lower, boasts a 2-megapixel resolution only. It has a 960 mAh battery. Both phones have no indication for their prices.

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The Intel Reader comes equipped with a camera and is capable of automatic translation of printed text into digital form, which can then be read on screen or spoken aloud. The device can be used to archive printed texts and also useful for the blind or poor-sighted to read without needing to use Braille.

The system has a basic display for navigating and reading text and it’s based on Intel Atom. It can read DAISY-formatted books, MP3 and WAV files and even those that haven’t been created by the Reader itself. It’s equipped with full and mini USB ports for easy transfer of contents to computers.

The Intel printed-text to speech converter will be available in next few weeks through retailers and will run you $1,500 each.

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Protection One security panels allow you to have various detections such as gas leakages or any possible intrusion to sensitive areas in your home. Now these security panels are able to send text alerts to an iPhone with the eSecure app installed, once something suspicious detected.

The eSecure iPhone app also allows you to control your home security system remotely. Such as checking if it’s properly armed and disarm it to let cleaning clews in while you’re at work. Read more in the press release below.

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ACVHD cameras are cameras capable of recording and playback high-def videos. And the ACVHD format has been jointly developed by Panasonic and Sony. Sony DVDirect Burner is also a DVD burner that can be connected to video cam and allows ACVHD recording.

The burner can also be used for DVD replication for videos as well as converting HD videos to SD ones. The Panasonic VW-BN2 is able to provide a maximum speed of 8x for DVD ±R and 4x for DVD ±DL. It will be sold in Japan in December for a price of 25000 Yen or about $278.

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The ZiiLABS’ ZMS-08 is a system on a single chip that borrows a couple of features of its predecessor including 1080p playback, 24fps encoding, and HD video conferencing via simultaneous 720p encoding and decoding. And it offers more such as OpenGL ES 2.0 support, integrated HDMI controller, X-Fi audio and Flash acceleration.

The ZMS-08 media accelerator chip is paired with an 1GHz ARM® Cortex™ processor, which runs on custom Android and Plaszma OS and allows low-power but high-performance media-rich processing on low-power mobile devices such as web tablets, netbooks, connected TVs, video conferencing system and home media hubs.

ZiiLABS has signed up with a number of clients and is expecting the first shipments to be in Q1 of 2010. The following diagram shows the architecture diagram of the chip.

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The assistant professor only spent a mere $10 for some parts, plus a software he wrote to enable a cellphone to magnify like a microscope. There are no lens and mechanical scanning involved, the magnification solely depends on the software, LEDs, holograms and electronics.

This method of integrating a microscope into the cellphone is simply low in cost, and some more it does not sacrifice any portability. Ozcan’s cellphone microphone is easy to use, allows future system based on this design to diagnose or research better than a traditional microscope.

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The Myka ION is powered by an Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor,equipped with 2GB RAM and 160GB HDD. The nettop also offers an optional Blu-ray drive, supports wireless connectivity and equipped with VGA, DVI and HDMI ports to suit different types of displays.

The OS of this nettop is Ubuntu Linux, comes complete with the Boxee and XBMC media center software and supports standard-def Adobe Flash and Hulu’s online streaming service. The nettop starts at a highly affordable price of $380. If you want a budget home theater system, this should be a great one to go for.

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The Motorola Droid is available from Verizon for $199.99 for 2-year contract and includes a mail-in $100 rebate. There is also a 12-month contract available which will cost you $269.99.

Other than that the HTC Droid Eris has also been made available today from Verizon costs $99.99 with a mail 2-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate. The HTC Droid Eris features a 3.2-inch capacitive touch display, a 5 megapixel camera, a microSD card slot, headphone jack, digital compass, voice dialing, GPS, full browser with Flash Lite, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, plus lots of Google services.

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The Super Talent USB 3.0 flash drive is expected to be available in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB. And of course you will need to have a computer that comes with the USB 3.0 ports to enjoy the high speeds of up to 200MB/sec. If you want the top speed 320MB/sec on USB 3.0 port, you need a separate UAS Protocol driver to achieve that.

The drive can also work on USB 2.0 port but operates at slower speeds. Anyway, no word for the price and release date.

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