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Παρασκευή 30 Αυγούστου 2013

Google reportedly acquired Android smartwatch maker WIMM Labs

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It's a Dumbphone, But It's the Nicest Dumbphone You Can Buy

Nokia's newest handset has a Gorilla Glass screen, an eye-popping 38-day battery life, and is constructed of sturdy aluminum. The catch? It runs a 14-year-old operating system, and is about as dumb as a phone can get these days.

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Use Windows 8's Start Screen and Lock Screen Images as Wallpaper

Windows 8 comes bundled with some pretty cool images for your lock screen and Start screen backgrounds, but they're stored deep within the bowels of Windows' system files. Here's how to get the original images for yourself.

The lock screen images are easy: those are stored in C:\Windows\Web. You can find the Start screen images in the Screen folder, and Windows 8's new wallpapers in the Wallpapers folder.

Use Windows 8's Start Screen and Lock Screen Images as Wallpaper

The new Start screen patterns, however, are hidden inside a DLL file in C:\Windows\System32. You'll need a program called Resource Hacker to extract them. Just copy C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll to your desktop, then open up Resource Hacker, go to File > Open. Choose the imageres.dll file you copied to your desktop (not the original), and you'll find the Start screen patterns in the PNG folder.

Hit the links below to read more, and enjoy your snazzy new wallpapers.

Where the Desktop & Lock Screen Wallpapers are Stored in Windows 8 | 7Tutorials

Where are the Start Screen Patterns Located & How to Extract Them? | 7Tutorials
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Logitech Touch Mouse T630 και T631, νέα ποντίκια αφής με ξεχωριστό design

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Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch Manager, leaked screenshots από το app

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Word 2013, δες πόσο χρόνο αφιέρωσες στο κείμενο που γράφεις

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See the Sizzle: Infrared Photos Reveal the Brutal Urban Heatscape

When summer temperatures rise to uncomfortable levels, cities take a bigger beating than the rest of the landscape. This urban heat effect is especially brutal in big, dense, concrete-dominated cities like New York. Armed with a thermal imaging camera that detects infrared radiation, artist Nickolay Lamm spent the day in NYC capturing the city's heat signatures on August 15, 2013. The results are a compelling illustration of what it feels like to be there in the summer.

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Use a Projector to Change Your Window View to Anywhere in the World

Ken Kawamoto wanted something a little more inspiring to look at than the view from his living room, so he grabbed his home theater projector and set it up to project back on his window. In seconds he had a view he could tweak to be anywhere in the world: at the beach, in a far off city, or even in orbit.

Ken's video above shows you how he set everything up, and since he had white curtains (any bright-colored curtains would work here) on the inside of the window, he could see the view perfectly. His projector is a BenQ MW814ST, which is a perfect wide-angle, short-throw projector that's bright enough for the job. He used a looping video of the beach in one case, and beautiful photos of the forest and mountains in others. Alternatively, he transported himself into orbit, so he could have an ISS-style view of the Earth while he's sitting at his desk working. The nice thing about the project is that you can slap in whatever view makes you feel inspired.

Make no mistake, this is a project that's more fun than it is really useful. You have to be careful of leaving your projector set up outdoors (even though he notes you should build a cover for it and bring it inside after every use), and it only really works if you have the kind of apartment setup that Ken has, where you have a patio or balcony that you can use to project onto a sliding glass door or window with white curtains behind it. Still, it is fun, and if it works for you, it'd be a great way to change up the scenery from time to time, especially at night.

Hit the link below to read more about how he did it, and what he wants to do next to improve the setup.

Moving Windows, a Simple Way to Hack the View from Your Room | Kawamoto's Lab via Hackaday
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HTC: φτιάχνει δικός της νέο λειτουργικό για καινούρια smartphones στην Κίνα

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YouTube teases new logo on Facebook and Twitter

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Τo Curiosity ενεργοποιεί τον αυτόματο πιλότο του στον Άρη

Οι υπεύθυνοι της αποστολής στη NASA δεν χρειάζεται πια να προγραμματίζουν κάθε βήμα σε αυτή τη συναρπαστική, αλλά βασανιστικά αργόσυρτη πορεία: Ένα χρόνο μετά την άφιξή του στον Άρη, το ρομπότ Curiosity ενεργοποίησε για πρώτη φορά το σύστημα αυτόνομης πλοήγησης.

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Το Foursquare ήρθε στο Windows Store, check-ins παντού

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Asimov's 2014 Predictions Were Shockingly Conservative For 1964

In 1964, sci-fi legend Isaac Asimov penned a piece for the New York Times with his predictions for the world of 2014. Looking at the World's Fair of 50 years hence, Asimov imagined 3D TV, underground cities, and colonies on the moon. Many people online have hailed this as an incredible example of prescient thinking, but what sticks out to me is just how shockingly restrained—unoriginal, even—his predictions were for the time.

Πέμπτη 29 Αυγούστου 2013

NASA's 3D-printed rocket part handles 20,000 pounds of thrust in test (video)

NASA's really into 3D printing, but its latest project goes far beyond pizza. The space agency has manufactured its largest rocket part ever, an injector plate, which successfully helped produce around 20,000 pounds of thrust on a test bed. They modified an existing machined injector to work with the 3D printing process, using two parts instead of 115 and NASA said that early results showed it worked "flawlessly." Such parts could one day reduce rocket costs while potentially increasing safety, since they're less-complex and have fewer points of failure. NASA will ramp up the thrust on subsequent tests, but meanwhile, if you don't want to see a rocket motor firing with 10 tons of thrust, don't head after the jump.

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