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Ok strictly for fanboys and those who have reserved their unit and will be at ComCentre this coming Friday.

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OK, just an interesting article for Transformers fans out there….

The whole article can be found here

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After years of secrecy (maybe because they thought no one was interested), Google held its “Data Center Efficiency Summit” yesterday, where the company showed off one of its DCs and custom web servers — all in a bid to evangelize for energy efficiency. The green angle means that everything has been planned for optimum power use, from the 1AAA shipping containers (sporting over a thousand servers each) that make up the core of its operations, to the servers themselves — each containing its own 12-volt UPS. This design is said to boast a staggering 99.9 percent energy efficiency, as opposed to a standard centralized UPS setup which at best would only score 95 percent. According to CNet, these are efficiency levels that the EPA doesn’t envision as practical until at least 2011. But that ain’t all — hit that read link for the whole sordid affair, but not before you check out the video of a server itself after the break.

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Yes, we could all be like Neo from The Matrix, dodging bullets in style!
Last week IBM was issued a patent that in theory would give us mortals that ability.

The patent proposes a system where an external device monitors the area for incoming projectiles. If it detects a projectile headed near a person hooked into the system it can either shock their muscles in order to move their body a particular way to dodge the bullet, Neo style, or it could simply make the intended target collapse.

More info is avail here

This is one of the entries in the Greener Gadgets Design Competition that’s happening in New York on February 27th. The link is from here.

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Recompute is a new way of thinking about computers that layers sustainable ideas throughout its lifecycle to make an overall sustainable product that can be easily replicated. Recompute address sustainability along three main points during its life.

Manufacturing: Rather than making a large tower constructed from numerous materials (ABS plastic, aluminum, steel, etc.), hundreds of manufacturing processes, and dozens of individual components, the Recompute case is made of corrugated cardboard (recyclable and renewable). There are four low-impact manufacturing processes to assemble Recompute: Die cutting, gluing (with non-toxic white glue), printing and electronic assembly. Recompute uses only three major electronic components: A motherboard with processor & memory, power supply, and a hard drive.

Use: Recompute is designed to allow the user to take advantage of existing hardware. For example; use the keyboard from a previous computer. For additional flexibility, external hardware customization is easy via 8 USB ports.

Disposal: Electronic components need to be properly recycled as they contain toxic heavy metals. However, this is often skipped because dismantling of computers is difficult. Recompute can be disassembled without tools, so the electronics and case can be easily recycled individually.

Oh yes, Recompute is a real working computer.

Thank God for gizmodo.com for showing us how….
This is really a must read, must check-it-out info if u really wanna take a look and test drive it before buying it when it’s out sometime this year or next.

Check it out!