Shuffle Your PC???

What will they come up with next? How about a PC that is designed to look and feel like....paper. The PaperTab designed by Queens University, Intel Logic and Plastic Logic  will do just that. The idea is to make using  a tablet just like shuffling papers. This way the user can have more apps open ans all running at once. The PaperTabs can even be combined joining them together or you can even exchange data between PaperTabs by touching them both simultaneously. The most interesting thing about the PaperTab to me just as they stated in the article written by Clay Dillow on Popsci.com is the user interface. You don't have to swipe, point or press any keys you only have to Flex the tablet in certain directions. I personally feel that while this is a really cool concept it is very inefficient, will cause disorganization and I seriously doubt companies are going to go for something like this.

Dillow, C. (2013, January 09). Flexible, Paper-Like Tablet Computers Work Together To Make Computing More Like Shuffling Papers. Retrieved March 24, 2013, from POPSCI: http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2013-01/flexible-paper-tablet-computers-work-together-make-computing-more-shuffling-papers

Windows 8 Microsoft Surface Tablet

Ok.... I will try to remain neutral when speaking about the Microsoft Surface Tablet but who am I kidding, I just don't want one. While I am sure it's a nice little gadget to have the tablet runs windows 8 of course which has not gotten the best reviews. It is also hardware...by Microsoft. I'm sure they have the capability to produce some good hardware but I just haven't heard much about it yet and I am not quick to spend hundreds of dollars just to try it myself. Never the less let's check it out.

The 32 GB hard drive with out the bells and whistles is going to run you $500...plus tax. Bells and whistles included, which is nothing more than a touch cover, that adheres to the tablet with magnets and you're looking at $600. Want a 64 GB hard drive well then lets make that $700.
The touch which is most likely a spinoff of iPads Smart cover works by sensing your hands over the keyboard.

Nosowits, D. (2012, October 16). Microst Surface Will Start at $500. Retrieved March 18, 2013, from Popular Science: http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2012-10/microsoft-surface-will-start-500

Now Thats a Hard Drive!

Steel, padlocks and deadbolts are not something you'd normally  find on the computer isle.  At least not until now.  The ioSafe N2 has changed all of that. The hard drive is "built to with stand anything" says, Safford, who recently wrote an article on it featured in POPSCI. By anything we do mean fire, water, theft and the occasional fall. This sounds like the soldier of hard drives. It literally sounds like it's ready for combat. take a look at some of the specs:

• 4 terabyte dual mirrored hard drive
• 0.05 in steel shell protects against fall
• Padlock accessory
• 1 in. heat resistant insulation that protects hard drive up to 1,550°F
• Customized circulation vents help keep flames at bay
•  0.07 in waterproof aluminum barrier with removable gasket cap
• Water barrier protects up to 3 days in 10ft. of saltwater

Talk about protection the ioSafe N2 is also capable of being bolted down to either a floor or a table.  The company is even willing to pay for forensic recovery cost in the event that the hard drive fails. The cost will run you close to $600 but IoSafe likes to compare that $600 to the $8000 that you would spend over the course of three years using Amazon's S3 Storage.

ioSafe. (2012). N2 NAS RAID. Retrieved March 10, 2013, from ioSafe: http://iosafe.com/products-n2-overview

Safford, M. (2012, December 06). http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2012-12/indestructible-hard-drive-can-survive-fire-stop-theft-and-more. Retrieved March 2011, 2013, from POPSCI: http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2012-12/indestructible-hard-drive-can-survive-fire-stop-theft-and-more

 

Leap Motion Controllers To Debut May 2013

Leap motion is changing the future. While software has changed drastically through the years hardware has pretty much remained the same. I mean just think about it. How long have we been using the keyboard and mouse to navigate and input data into our computers? That long, huh? Well Leap Motion intends to changes all that in May of 2013 when it releases it 's Leap Motion Controller. This controller will change the way end users interact with their pc's by using a sensory device that tracks your hand movement with extreme accuracy. Being that this is a touch free application I would say they have already "one upped" companies that are still getting into the "touch screen business".
The Leap Motion app store, Airspace, will launch simultaneously around the time the controllers shipped out.(Terdiman)

Terdiman, D. (2013, February 27). Leap Motion controllers to ship in mid-May for $80. Retrieved March 03, 2013, from CNET: Leap Motion controllers to ship in mid-May for $80