We’ve come to know that BMW’s Vision ConnectedDrive Concept is their answer to electric sports cars, but how are they going to pull this? According to BMW, electric cars are not just as simple as the Chevrolet Volt or Nissan Leaf or Toyota Prius. They want their electric sports cars to be connected with everything, and interactive with our daily lives.

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When it comes to driverless cars that’s automated by computers integrated in the car or through zillions of lasers and command by a super computer through super-fast unknown LTE technology, we always assume that self-driving cars are very slow. Well apparently not.

At last week’s TED conference Google brought out one of its infamous autonomous hybrids to show off to attendees, and The Big G’s engineers had it squealing tires and clipping cones at the top of a parking structure. Just to prove a point that slow-moving robots are the things of a past. Read more…

Remember the update that Google has for its free and highly popular Maps Navigation app for Android, the V5.2 that we talked about not too long ago? Apparently there’re some very unique features that Google placed inside it, and this time it’s one that’s very useful to many.

It seemed that the Maps Navigation app for Android takes traffic information into account and automatically routes your journey for you, so that you don’t have to tune in to that silly radio channel just to check on the traffics.

The previous version of the app would choose the shortest route or offer alternative directions that included side roads, but Google’s geeks have developed a new algorithm that uses both current and historical traffic data to create the fastest route from point A to B. It’s available from Google Mobile right now.

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 was the king of single-GPU card graphic card, and possibly single-card graphic card of DirectX 11 as it’s very capable of rivalling the AMD Radeon HD5970. However, the life of being on the throne sure is short-lived for the GTX 580, as AMD has thrown in their Radeon HD6990 officially. The new dual-chip Radeon HD 6990 has arrived, and succeeds the mighty Radeon HD 5970 which has served AMD very well for all these months. The AMD Radeon HD 6990 was launched today and is already the fastest single expansion board you can possibly plug into your almighty blisteringly fast rig, until Nvidia release the GTX 590 (or GTX 595) of course. But for now, this will very much do the trick. Read more…

The size might be less compact than you imagine, but it’ll do. Yamaha will be launching the new VSP-1 Voice Masking System in Japan. It’s a small speaker-like device that will mask your voice in public areas, just in case you don’t want your ex to know that you’re sitting in the next table behind that wall.
Sound masking is the addition of natural or artificial sound into an environment to cover-up unwanted sound by using auditory masking. This is in contrast to the technique of active noise control. The Yamaha VSP-1 is available in 8 different sounds to cover your conversation. What’s more, the gadget can be also arranged in different configuration and either mounted alone or in-group. Yamaha will release the VSP-1 Voice Masking System in April 2011 for 105,000 Yen ($1,276). Read more…

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The much awaited Samsung 950 Series 3D LED display is now officially available in the South Korean market. Previously previewed at CES 2011, the 3D display will now come in two different versions: the asymmetric 9 Series (27TA950) and 7 Series (27TA750). These new displays come in 27-inch, and they are fully 3D capable and adopts Samsung Ultra Clear Panel technology. Spec wise, it has 1000:1 contrast ratio, which should be typical ratio, and a very fast 2ms response time. It has 1080P resolution, which is fully 3D capable. 2D contents can be converted to 3D on-the-fly. How awesome is that?

It also has Samsung TV Apps and Smart Hub, as well as Connect Share, which allows you to access media directly via a USB port. The Samsung 27TA950 and 27TA750 are priced at 890,000 KRW (nearly $800) whereas the 27TA750 is an 840,000 KRW outlay (just over $750). As usual, the ladies are not included.

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Now this is one very weird product. Keyboards are supposed to be easy to type on, and gamepads are supposed to be ergonomic for your two hands during intense gaming session to fire “Hadouken”. But this is not. This is the Veho Mimi Wireless Gamepad Keyboard. It’s a small form factor keyboard with built-in gyroscope so you can use it as a 3D mouse. It has wireless so you can use its built-in 8-way gamepad with dual thumbsticks for your HTPC gaming session. Its 1100mAh Li-Polymer rechargeable battery provides enough juice for up to 20-hour. But for $145 a pop, do you seriously think this is the perfect keyboard for your HTPC at home?

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For mobile warriors, this might be the notebook that you’re dreaming of. Yes, the MacBook Pro does look good, has Core i5 or Core i7, but it doesn’t do the cut because it doesn’t have discreet graphic. Well to be fair 13-inch MacBook Pro never had discreet graphic. With its super thin and super lightweight build and very innocent white body chassis, this new VAIO S ultraportable will be a one-hit wonder for many people seeking for a compact notebook with some horses to punch.

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We’ve heard of the specs from HP officially, and we though we knew everything. But we’re wrong, because we didn’t play with it, and yet somebody did. Tinhte from Vietnam has their paws on the HP TouchPad loaded with WebOS, and boy we’re so envy of them. The Vietnamese gadget fans got hold of a prototype HP TouchPad, and found a SIM slot in it, which isn’t mentioned by HP during the WebOS event. So, indeed HP has though of the possibility of selling the HP TouchPad with 3G.

SOURCE via tinhte.vn