[13:35] Sven Okonomi: O..M..G……
[13:35] Sven Okonomi: X”””””’D
[13:36] Sven Okonomi: He sounds like an indonesian helpdesk guy on crack. :p
December 16, 2008
the first OLED innovation from Samsung. The Flapping OLED Panel!
(FLAPPING,NOT FAPPING <_<)
Samsung SDI Co Ltd exhibited a 0.05mm-thick 4-inch OLED panel that was hung in the air and fluttering in the breeze from a fan at FPD International 2008.
The pixel count of the display is 480 × 272. The contrast ratio is 100,000:1, and the luminance is 200cd/m2. The color reproduction range is 100% of the NTSC standard.
It is technically possible to make the panel thinner,” a Samsung staffer said. “However, it is difficult to further reduce the thicknesses of the flexible substrates and circuit components around it.” That’s why the company set the size at 0.05mm.
To achieve this thickness, Samsung etched an OLED panel that uses a normal glass substrate. The drive circuit was formed by low-temperature polysilicon TFTs. Also, low-molecular organic EL materials were employed.
December 14, 2008
Stash for the afterlife: A photograph of cannabis found in the 2,700-year-old grave of a man in the Gobi Desert. Scientists are unsure if the marijuana was grown for more spiritual or medical purposes, but it’s evident that the man was buried with a lot of it.
Nearly two pounds of still-green plant material found in a 2,700-year-old grave in the Gobi Desert has just been identified as the world’s oldest marijuana stash, according to a paper in the latest issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany.
A barrage of tests proves the marijuana possessed potent psychoactive properties and casts doubt on the theory that the ancients only grew the plant for hemp in order to make clothing, rope and other objects.
They apparently were getting high too.
A Japanese research team said it had created a technology that could eventually display on a computer screen what people have on their minds, such as dreams.Researchers at the ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories succeeded in processing and displaying images directly from the human brain, they said in a study unveiled ahead of publication in the US magazine Neuron.
While the team for now has managed to reproduce only simple images from the brain, they said the technology could eventually be used to figure out dreams and other secrets inside people’s minds.
“It was the first time in the world that it was possible to visualise what people see directly from the brain activity,” the private institute said in a statement.
“By applying this technology, it may become possible to record and replay subjective images that people perceive like dreams.”
When people look at an object, the eye’s retina recognises an image that is converted into electrical signals which go into the brain’s visual cortex.
The team, led by chief researcher Yukiyasu Kamitani, succeeded in catching the signals and then reconstructing what people see.
In their experiment, the researchers showed people the six letters in the word “neuron” and then succeeded in reconstructing the letters on a computer screen by measuring their brain activity.
The team said that it first figured out people’s individual brain patterns by showing them some 400 different still images.
Who is that guy, what is the unspeakable power he wields in his hands, and how did he ever manage to escape from Cyber City? Turns out, he’s just another “A-boy carefully following the instructions in the 11/11 issue of Weekly ASCII magazine on how to “jack into the mainframe” using a canny combination of HMD, USB receiver, battery pack, wireless keyboard”, fit-PC slim, flannel shirt, and bad jeans. Follow these instructions, and you too can trash talk Koreans @ 2chan while on the go, peruse the latest issue of Dengeki Moe-oh while actual women waltz by, and just generally help the Neo-Geek-Human Army to finally triumph over everyone you hated in high school.
The article also suggests using the set-up in what looks alarmingly like the crapper at the Akihabara UDX center or maybe on an idol stakeout or grassy knoll in conjunction with Google Maps. Either way, FUTURE WAR FOUR HAS BEGUN!
December 13, 2008
Took Friday off.And ive been surprisingly(!) efficient with my time.
/me :
- slept
- settled some work related things over phone and email
- fewd ..nom
- more work
- nap
- caught up with a friend over the phone
- had some fresh, hot chestnuts
- nap
- SL
- counted the money I’ve saved in my cookie jar to see if I have enough for Mina’s Christmas present
the answer is YES, she gets a fine Present
- lil bit of housework
- watching tv
- making some Soup …mhh.. good soup
but when peering at the dregs of the miso soup in the saucepan, I decided it was too troublesome to have to rummage for a bowl, and then have to wash an extra item. But neither did I want to pour the soup down the drain (because of the starving children in Africa, y´know.) What to do? Finally I took (what was to me) the most natural, logical and convenient course of action.
Mina watched me as I stood at the sink and drank directly and audible from the saucepan.
Mina: You’re classy, baby, so classy.
Ah yes, simple pleasures!
Last month, McDonald’s closed its Omotesando shop without warning and a few weeks later, just as suddenly, this QUARTER POUNDER shop appeared. It’s basically the old store, but they’ve removed most of the fixtures, furniture and wall coverings, closed the dining areas and painted the place black and red. And they’ve cut the menu down to just a few items. You can order Coke or Coke light, french fries, and either a Quarter Pounder with Cheese, or a Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese (more accurately should have been called a Half Pounder with Cheese).
If you look closely, you’ll see that nowhere on the signage or inside the shop do you see the “Golden Arches.” That’s because McDonald’s never announced to the general public that the store—and the Quarter Pounder—are affiliated with the company (the last time McDonald’s sold the Quarter Pounder in Japan was the late 1970’s, so essentially it’s brand new for most people).
About six months ago, Polaroid came out with a portable printer that uses Zink (Zero Ink) thermal printing technology, which combines a thermal print head and special paper that contains heat activated crystalline dyes. Think old-school Polaroid-style, but updated for the 21st century. Except the camera and printer are separate.
The obvious next step? Putting the printing technology inside a digital camera, so people can enjoy printing anywhere, and the ability to store the image digitally for later transfer to your computer.
The surprise is that toy company, Takara Tomy, rather than someone else, like Polaroid, is the one who released this kind of camera first.
The new Xiao TIP-521, is a fixed-focus, 5 megapixel camera with 16 a 2.48 inch LCD display and a built-in printer that outputs 3×2 inch photos at 313 dpi (maximum digital image size is 2560 x 1920 pixels). Each picture takes about 45 seconds to print.
The camera weighs 294 grams, comes in three colors and costs about 35,000 yen.
Just in case you’re easily hooked on unusual products, or you’re on a quest to test all of the world’s unusual brews, you may want to plan a special trip to Konan City in the Kochi Prefecture where one of the local micro breweries created Tosa Kuroshio Karyudo Beer to celebrate 10 years in business.
Tosa Kuroshio Karyudo is a low malt concoction brewed with rice flour and hops in an 8 to 2 ratio. Nothing so unusual there. What makes it unique is that it also contains dashi, the fish (bonito) stock that’s critically important for making soups like miso shiru.
The brewer, Tosa Kuroshio Bakshu, (tel. 0887-55-4111) is selling six-pack gift sets containing two bottles of Tosa Kuroshio Karyudo and four bottles of the company’s other beers—for a mere 2,937 yen (about $30).
