When Lamborghini unveiled their Sesto Elemento concept car at the Paris Motor Show last year, we thought that it’s barely a concept to show off their skills with carbon fibre, which will trickle down to future production models, such as the Aventador LP700-4. But no, it seemed that Lamborghini really has the intention to build this super car. Well, at least 20 of them.
What makes the Sesto Elemento so unique is because of its advanced composite constructions with carbon fibre monocoque which gives it a curb weight of 995-kilogram (2,200 pounds). Coupled with the Gallardo’s 5.2-liter V10 engine – possibly tuned for extra power – and the insane power to weight ratio will pull the production model to 62 from a standstill in just 2.5 seconds, making it quicker even than the new Aventador which hits highway speeds in just 2.9.
Somewhere along the way, the Reventón-matching million-Euro price tag that we thought was astronomical already will reportedly double to €2 million, or around $2.8 million USD based on current exchange rates. That’s an enormous chunk of change, especially for a car you can’t even take out onto the street. But considering the multi-millionaires who drop bigger figures on decommissioned F1 cars just for track days, the Raging Bull marque could very well have little trouble offloading the 20 examples pegged for production.
We’ve seen Android invading the fridges of a few, but now Google wants to officially invade your home. Google wants to think of “every appliance in your home” as a potential accessory for your phone, making your phone a remote control of almost everything. Cool? Depends…
The team teased ideas like lights turning on and off based on calendar events, applications talking to washing machines, games automatically adjusting for mood lighting, and basically little green Android bro taking care of all the menial duties in your house. Sounds good to me, for now.
Google demoed at their Google I/O event a concept, Android-powered device hub called Tungsten. Using RFID embedded into CD cases the device was able to detect the CD and add it to your library. Another touch and it started automatically. Yeah, the use of CDs is a little quaint, but the potential is there for amazing things in the future. We’re not sure exactly when these accessories will be launching, but the first are expected before the end of the year.
Google has announced a brand new Android Open Accessory standard over at their Google I/O event. Not sure what this is? Well, this will effectively be its own version of “Made for iPod.” That means that any accessory designed using the API (which could even be something like an exercise bike) will be compatible with any Android phone or tablet — running at least Android 2.3.4 or 3.1, that is. What’s more, Google is also making a reference hardware design dubbed an “ADK” available to developers. Surprisingly it’s based on Arduino. Right now, it only includes USB, but Bluetooth support is planned for the future — developers can hit up the link below for the complete details on how to get started with it.
Google has officially launched their cloud music streaming service over at the Google I/O event. The service is launching in beta today, allowing 20,000 songs, and it’ll be free — “at least while it’s in beta.” Also, the updated music app is available now, which will work with any music on your phone and any phone running Android 2.2 or above. To get full-featured you can request a beta and get in line, but those hat attended the I/O event will automatically be in the beta. Damn!
According to Google, playlist creation will be very simple, and there’s a feature called “Instant Mix” that will make you a playlist based on any single song. It’ll automagically pick 25 different tracks to build a “truly ingenious mix.” Doubt that? I don’t know man, how does Google know my taste anyway? Arh privacy issue!
All of this syncs to the cloud, which means no wires needed to download anything. Yup, just hope the carriers don’t screw this up!
ARM processors are getting faster and faster these days, just like how Intel and AMD used to race towards the 3GHz mark. But ARM processors are not only getting faster, they’re getting more cores too as the move forward. This year we see plenty of tablets and some smartphones going dual-core, and we heard that Nvidia will be sending samples to partners some quad-core chips. But now, there’s another party that’s going quad-core with ARM processors, and it’s very fast.
ZiiLabs has just announced their new dual-core and quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 systems-on-chip that is capable of speed up to 1500MHz. Dubbed ZMS-20 and ZMS-40, respectively, they’re taking the ZMS-08 legacy of focusing on HD video decoding even further, while also throwing in specific optimizations for Android Honeycomb tablets. The earlier-gen SOC was only picked up by parent company Creative, who inserted it in its ZiiO tablets, so let’s hope the new silicon proves compelling enough for us to see it in more manufacturers’ slates, besides the boring Tegra 2 chips. Now you understand why Apple is considering ARM processors for their laptops. Intel better be prepared!
Soul Calibur boss Daishi Odashima gives us a peek at the exacting measurements governing the chest sizes of the game’s femme fatales, as seen on Twitter.
Great news! For those who’ve played the Hitman series, after being absent for 5 years, the Hitman series is finally back! The new game, called Hitman: Absolution will bring back IO Interactive’s killer-for-hire to your PC screen, PS3, and Xbox.
IO Interactive makes the game official today, after a trademark filing outed the name of Hitman: Absolution late last month. According to the announcement, Absolution sees Agent 47 take on his most dangerous contract to date. He’ll travel a corrupt and twisted world in order to get to the bottom of a dark conspiracy. Sounds like par for the course, really.
“For the first time we are taking Agent 47 on a personal journey which allows us to explore other parts of the Hitman fantasy,” said Tore Blystad, game director, IO Interactive. “This is both a familiar and yet significantly different experience from other Hitman games; something our silent assassins will relish, as will all those new to the Hitman world.”
Built using IO Interactive’s Glacier 2 proprietary game engine, players can expect a cinematic story, distinctive art direction, and an original game design that combines Hitman’s classic game mechanics with entirely new ones.
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