jeudi 29 mai 2014
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mercredi 28 mai 2014
E3 2011 Top Darts sur Vita
La nouvelle console Vita accueillera aussi un portage de Top Darts afin de permettre aux fans de fléchettes de s'adonner à leur passion où qu'ils se trouvent. De nombreux screenshots ainsi qu'une ont été diffusés à l'occasion de l'E3 pour accompagner cette annonce particulièrement... heu... Enfin, cette annonce quoi !
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jeudi 22 mai 2014
Kingston DataTraveler II, Plus amp; Elite USB 2.0 Flash Drive
Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memoryproducts, today announced the expansion of its DataTraveler® USB 2.0 productline to better service the varying needs of USB customers. Kingston will addthree versions to the product line: DataTraveler II, DataTraveler II Plus andDataTraveler Elite.
“Kingston entered the USB drive market in 2002 and the product has beenimmensely successful,” said Scott Chen, Vice President of APAC BusinessDivision. “As the USB standard continues to gain adoption in new marketsegments, Kingston decided the time was right to launch a trio of DataTravelerswith enhanced features and functionality to best fit the needs of a diversegroup of users.”
DataTraveler II and DataTraveler II Plus
For advanced consumers and small to midsize business use, DataTraveler II andDataTraveler II Plus provide high-performance solutions. Performance benefitsinclude Hi-Speed USB 2.0, pre-loaded SecureTraveler security software withprivate zones and password protection. Both are designed for power-users whoneed higher capacities and faster data transfer. The DataTraveler II has a datatransfer rate of up to 11 MB/sec. read; 7 MB/sec. write speed, while theDataTraveler II Plus is fastest in its class with a data transfer rate of up to19 MB/sec. read; 13 MB/sec. write speed.
DataTraveler Elite
Designed for premium performance and safeguarding data for IT, corporate andgovernment organizations, DataTraveler Elite features Hi-Speed USB 2.0, advancedsecurity and ease of use utilities including a boot utility. The DataTravelerElite has a data transfer rate of up to 24 MB/sec. read; 14 MB/sec. write speed,making it one of the fastest USB devices on the market today. DataTraveler Elitehas a unique combination of hardware and software-based security that givesunprecedented access control and encrypted data protection. With DataTravelerElite’s TravelerSafe+ software, users can set password access control for aprivate data storage area that utilizes 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)hardware-based encryption. If lost, this advanced hardware encryption systemprotects the data against unauthorized access.
Ideal for use on virtually any PC or Macintosh with a USB port, allDataTravelers have a five-year warranty and are backed by Kingston service andsupport. The DataTraveler’s labeling can also be customized for specialpromotions and giveaways via Kingston’s co-logo program*. For more informationon DataTraveler and its corresponding DataTraveler Elite security white paper,please visit the Kingston Technology Web site atwww.kingston.com/asia/digitalmedia
mercredi 19 juin 2013
New system allows robots to continuously map their environment
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Robots could one day navigate through constantly changing surroundings with virtually no input from humans, thanks to a system that allows them to build and continuously update a three-dimensional map of their environment using a low-cost camera such as Microsoft’s Kinect.
The system, being developed by researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), could also allow blind people to make their way unaided through crowded buildings such as hospitals and shopping malls.
To explore unknown environments, robots need to be able to map them as they move around — estimating the distance between themselves and nearby walls, for example — and to plan a route around any obstacles, says Maurice Fallon, a research scientist at CSAIL who is developing these systems alongside John J. Leonard, professor of mechanical and ocean engineering, and graduate student Hordur Johannsson.
But while a large amount of research has been devoted to developing one-off maps that robots can use to navigate around an area, these systems cannot adjust to changes in the surroundings over time, Fallon says: “If you see objects that were not there previously, it is difficult for a
Once the system is certain of its location, any new features that have appeared since the previous picture was taken can be incorporated into the map by combining the old and new images of the scene, Fallon says.
The team tested the system on a robotic wheelchair, a PR2 robot developed by Willow Garage in Menlo Park, Calif., and in a portable sensor suite worn by a human volunteer. They found it could locate itself within a 3-D map of its surroundings while traveling at up to 1.5 meters per second.
Ultimately, the algorithm could allow robots to travel around office or hospital buildings, planning their own routes with little or no input from humans, Fallon says.
It could also be used as a wearable visual aid for blind people, allowing them to move around even large and crowded buildings independently, says Seth Teller, head of the Robotics, Vision and Sensor Networks group at CSAIL and principal investigator of the human-portable mapping project. “There are also a lot of military applications, like mapping a bunker or cave network to enable a quick exit or re-entry when needed,” he says. “Or a HazMat team could enter a biological or chemical weapons site and quickly map it on foot, while marking any hazardous spots or objects for handling by a remediation team coming later. These teams wear so much equipment that time is of the essence, making efficient mapping and navigation critical.”
While a great deal of research is focused on developing algorithms to allow robots to create maps of places they have visited, the work of Fallon and his colleagues takes these efforts to a new level, says Radu Rusu, a research scientist at Willow Garage who was not involved in this project. That is because the team is using the map the entire 3-D space, not just viewing everything in two dimensions.
“This opens up exciting new possibilities in robot research and engineering, as the old-school ‘flatland’ assumption that the scientific community has been using for many years is fundamentally flawed,” he says. “Robots that fly or navigate in environments with stairs, ramps and all sorts of other indoor architectural elements are getting one step closer to actually doing something useful. And it all starts with being able to navigate.”
lundi 20 mai 2013
Hitachi Travelstar C4K60 1.8-inch Drive
With the needs of the consumer electronics (CE) industry top of mind, HitachiGlobal Storage Technologies today announced a new, redesigned 1.8-inch hard diskdrive that is tailored to device manufacturers' needs - easy integration andless space consumption. In doing so, Hitachi has created a sleeker 1.8-inch harddrive that is specialized for consumer electronics.
Hitachi has replaced the standard notebook-based connector on its new TravelstarC4K60 series with a ZIF connector*, widely implemented in CE devices today. Withthe ZIF connector, Hitachi has reduced the footprint of its new drive by 10percent and enabled easier integration through a common connector, which the CEindustry has been using successfully for many years.
In portable consumer electronics, small is cool. This makes Hitachi's CE-focused1.8-inch drive the coolest cat on the block; the drive offers the smallestfootprint (3780 mm2) and lightest weight (46 grams) in its class.
"Real estate is precious commodity in consumer devices, which is why we'vefocused on reducing the space consumption of our 1.8-inch product to helpmanufacturers make smaller and sleeker devices," said Bob Holleran, generalmanager, 2.5-inch/ 1.8-inch Consumer & Commercial HDDs, Hitachi Global StorageTechnologies. "This move to create a CE-specific hard drive is one of many thatHitachi will be making to serve this growing market in a very focused way."
Size and weight aren't the only important factors in designing hard drives forthe CE space. Cramming the greatest amount of data onto a hard disk is alsoimportant to enable high capacities in increasingly smaller devices. The C4K60achieves that objective with an areal density of 99.8 gigabits per square inch,which leads the category for the 1.8-inch segment. At this density, Hitachi ismaking possible 30 gigabytes (GB)** of storage capacity on a single disk.
"Hitachi is clearly demonstrating that it's taking the CE segment seriously withthis new drive," said John Donovan, vice president of TrendFocus. "Because ofits size, high storage capacity and shock specifications, the 1.8-inch harddrive segment is defining the use of hard drives in consumer electronic deviceswhere the balance between device size and high capacity is key."
Focused On Consumer
Hitachi has considered both the needs of CE end-users and device manufacturersin creating the Travelstar C4K60 series.
"Our goal in adding and fine-tuning features on our new 1.8-inch drive is tomake it the 'essential gear' for consumer devices, alongside our award-winningone-inch Microdrive and 2.5-inch Travelstar products," said Holleran.
For device manufacturers, the ZIF connector on Hitachi's new drive providessize- and ease-of-integration benefits, but it may also result in lower designand integration costs and greater reliability. Additionally, the ZIF connector,which allows the drive to talk to the host device through a flex cable, givesmanufacturers greater flexibility in mounting schemes. For example,manufacturers could mount the Travelstar 1.8-inch drive in a floating scheme andimplement dampening or insulative materials around the drive for even bettershock protection. The ZIF connector also makes for more reliable devices throughits reduced pin-count - 40 compared to the 50 on the notebook-based connectors.
At 500 Gs operating and 1200 Gs non-operating, the C4K60 series already providesexcellent shock protection, making the 1.8-inch category the best shockperformer among all other hard disk drive categories. This is a boon for activeconsumers who often give their portable CE devices a workout in daily usage.
High-quality sound in portable entertainment devices is also of great importanceto consumers. But being light on its feet doesn't make the Travelstar C4K60series a lightweight in acoustics; the drive offers excellent noise-reductiontechnology to optimize users' listening experience. The drive's sound emissionat idle and seek operation (1.6- and 2.2-bels, consecutively) are extremely lowand undetectable by the human ear. This adds significantly to the userexperience, especially in music and video applications where 1.8-inch harddrives are growing in popularity.
The power-management features of Hitachi's new 1.8-inch drive are targeted atproviding optimum conservation in the modes at which the drive spends most ofits time: idle, read and standby. The C4K60 series offers the best combinationof power consumption in these modes, enabling up to 32 hours*** of play time inthe average digital music device.
"Hitachi has done a good job of listening to what is important to us in makingand selling CE devices with hard disk drives, especially in the portablesegment," said Mr. Chua Hiap Chew, vice president, Personal DigitalEntertainment Products, Creative Technology. "Size, capacity points, connector,power consumption and shock must all be considered differently than for ITapplications, and Hitachi has done an admirable job in creating the rightbalance of all these factors in its new 1.8-inch CE product."
The Travelstar C4K60 series for consumer electronics operates at 4200 RPM and isavailable in 20- and 30-GB capacities -- the most popular capacity points forthe MP3 segment, where 1.8-inch drives are most prevalent.
Technical Specifications
Travelstar C4K60 series
20/30 GB
7.0 mm in height
4,200 rpm
99.8 billion bits per square inch maximum areal density
1/1 glass disk platter(s)
2/2 GMR recording head(s)
1200 G/1ms non-operating shock,
500 G/2ms operating shock
7.1 ms average latency
15 ms average seek time
ATA-6 100 MB/sec maximum interface transfer rate
46/46 weight in grams
1.6/1.6 Bels typical idle acoustics
2.2/2.2 Bels typical operating acoustics
* Standard notebook-based connectors are typically 50-pin connectors with acable width of 48 mm, as compared with the 22-mm flex cable and 40-pinconfigurations of the ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) connector.
** 1 gigabyte = 1 billion bytes
*** Using a 3.7 Volt 2000 mAh lithium ion battery, playing at 48kbps continuousplayback
vendredi 3 mai 2013
EMC Announces World's Largest, Fastest and Most Scalable High-End Storage Array
EMC Corporation announced the largest, fastest and most scalable high-end storage array in the world, capable of providing leading functionality while scaling to one petabyte (1,024 terabytes) of capacity. The new Symmetrix DMX-3 system represents another industry milestone for EMC and leverages its market-leading Direct Matrix Architecture to provide demanding customers with unparalleled functionality, performance and tiered storage capabilities in a single system to support their information lifecycle management (ILM) strategies.
The new Symmetrix DMX-3 system complements the current Symmetrix DMX-2 Series of systems, the high-end storage market share leader. The Symmetrix DMX-3 system builds on the success of the existing Symmetrix DMX-2 Series by storing more data and delivering higher performance for customers who want to consolidate their information onto a high-end platform. The Symmetrix DMX-3 exceeds the capabilities of existing systems through a design that features increased processing power and internal bandwidth, new memory technology and support for lower cost disk drives. The Symmetrix DMX-3 system will enable customers to replace multiple existing storage platforms with a single system and pay-as-you-grow economics. The new storage array supports up to 960 disk drives today, and will be qualified to support up to 1,920 disk drives in the first half of 2006 and more than 2,000 by the end of next year.
Tony Prigmore, Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group, said, "The EMC Symmetrix DMX architecture and its capability to scale capacity and performance continue to provide EMC with key competitive advantages. Large storage customers who continue to look for ways to ease management burdens and lower costs through consolidation will find the new Symmetrix DMX-3 offers industry-leading single-system scalability. In particular, we expect the new capability to tier storage within the array to drive demand for EMC's newest member of the DMX series."
Extending High-End Innovation and Leadership
The Symmetrix DMX-3 system was specifically designed with the performance, scalability and reliability required to support high-end configurations in a single array. The extensible DMX architecture provides the Symmetrix DMX-3 with near linear performance scalability as channel directors, memory directors and disk directors are added to the system. With a doubling of internal bandwidth, processing power and the addition of fully mirrored global memory directors based on DDR (Dual Data Rate) SDRAM memory technologies, the Symmetrix DMX-3 is the industry's highest-performing storage array in addition to being the largest.
Kevin Hart, Chief Information Officer at Level 3 Communications, one of the world's largest Internet carriers and a Symmetrix DMX-3 beta site, said, "Level 3 serves many of the world's largest and most sophisticated communications companies, carrying more than three petabytes of IP traffic across our network on a daily basis. As such, our business generates a vast amount of data that is critical to our own operations as well as those of our customers. The processing power and capacity of the EMC Symmetrix DMX-3 will, we believe, help us enhance the efficiency and quality of order management, billing, provisioning and other strategically important back-office processes and systems."
The new Symmetrix DMX-3 array is composed of a single system bay and separate storage bays. Each bay is powered independently and contains a scalable power and battery backup infrastructure to support the components within each bay. System capacity can be upgraded non-disruptively by adding either another storage bay or adding additional disk drives into available space. Likewise, additional processing power can be added by installing additional director boards while the system is online. The Symmetrix DMX-3 is compatible with all of EMC's leading high-end functionality and software.
"The new EMC Symmetrix DMX family delivers on the scalable design promise of the DMX architecture," said David Donatelli, EMC Executive Vice President, Storage Platforms Operations. "Our competition has not been able to match Symmetrix DMX-2's unique combination of scalable performance and functionality, and we are again raising the bar. We introduced innovative new high-end software functionality last year and this new system can take advantage of all of our leading capabilities. This reduces costs for our customers in terms of hardware and software acquisition and maintenance and reduces operational and management expenses. We're allowing customers to do more with less hardware, greatly enhancing total cost of ownership."
New Disk Drives and Data Mobility Software Enable "In-the-Box" Tiered Storage
The entire Symmetrix DMX Series, including the new Symmetrix DMX-3 system, will support new low-cost Fibre Channel (LC-FC) disk drives. This latest disk drive technology, expected to be available in early 2006, will enable "in-the-box" tiered storage, allowing multiple tiers of storage to be implemented in a single Symmetrix DMX system as part of an ILM strategy. Combined with EMC's broad portfolio of array, network and host-based data migration software and professional services, including today's announcement of the new EMC/Softek LDMF and EMC Open Migrator/LM software (see separate releases), EMC is further extending its lead in high-end storage and is providing new ways for enterprise customers to improve the management of information throughout its lifecycle and reduce total cost of ownership.
mardi 16 avril 2013
LG claims world's thinnest LCD-TV panel
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South Korea's LG Display said it has developed a liquid crystal display (LCD) television panel that is thinner than a pencil, describing it as the world's slimmest.
The panel, which can be 42 or 47 inches wide, uses an edge-lit light emitting diode (
Executive vice president Chung In-Jae said the new products demonstrate "our leading edge-lit LED backlight technology that enables thinner designs."
LG Display and local rival Samsung Electronics have led the global flat panel screen market and are now competing to produce thinner panels for high-definition televisions.
(c) 2009 AFP
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