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NVIDIA’s Tegra X1 is the first mobile chip with a teraflop of power

How powerful can a mobile processor get? Try a teraflop worth of raw computing muscle. NVIDIA just announced the Tegra X1 “mobile super chip” — and yah, it’s sort of fast. The X1 is the first mobile chip to achieve a teraflop of computing power, co-founder and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said on stage at NVIDIA’s CES press conference tonight. That makes it just as fast as the world’s fastest supercomputer in 2000. It’s basically the same Maxwell GPU architecture for PCs, which the company announced several months ago , brought to mobile. Tegra X1 packs in an eight-core 64-bit CPU and 256 GPU cores. Altogether, it should deliver around twice the performance of last year’s Tegra K1 mobile chip. To prove just how capable the X1 can be, Huang showed the Unreal Engine 4 “Elemental” demo running off of the chip (it’s unclear if it was in real-time or just a recording). That’s a graphically complex 3D scene that’s been used to show off the rising computational capability of video cards and consoles over the past few years. While the demo didn’t look perfect on the X1 – it wasn’t as detailed as I remember it, there weren’t as many particle effects and there was quite a bit of slowdown – it was still an impressive for something mobile. Of course, since the X1 is something meant for smartphones and tablets, power efficiency is key. Huang pointed out that it was able to run the Elemental demo using just 10 watts of power. A year ago, the Xbox One needed 100 watts to run Elemental. And over two years ago, a leading Nvidia GPU had to burn 300 watts to run it. You won’t be stressing your phone with complicated 3D rendering all of the time, but the X1’s performance in this demo is a good sign that it could be more efficient at more mundane mobile tasks. Developing. Filed under: Mobile , NVIDIA Comments

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Origin slims down its chunkiest gaming laptops

If you’d waved a tape measure at Origin’s brawny EOS-17X gaming laptop last year, your fingers would fall at the 2.15-inch mark. Sufficiently shamed by that statistic, the company has put the hardware on a diet, slimming down the hardware to a much more svelte 1.52 inches. Of course, that’s not the only change, since Origin has also upgraded the internals to include Intel’s Z97 chipset, and also offers the ability to overclock the hardware. Naturally, build-to-order options are the standard here, with both the 15.6-inch EON-15X and the 17.3-inch EON-17X capable of supporting an Intel Core i7-4790K, up to 32GB RAM and NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 980M with 8GB RAM. You’ll also be able to cram in 4TB of storage, split among M.2 SATA, SSD or traditional HDD options, not to mention the ability to hook up an external 4K display. At the same time, the company is also whipping out a refreshed EON15-S , a (comparatively) super-slim unit that’s just 1.13 inches thick and weighs in at 5.5 pounds, a drop of around 36 percent compared to the previous generation. In addition to the 15.6-inch HD display, the unit comes with a Core i7-4720HQ processor and a GeForce GTX 980M with 4GB RAM. You’ll be able to order all of the units from today, with prices entirely contingent on what specs you need for your next LAN party. Comments Source: Origin PC

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This power pack can charge your iPhone 6 in 15 minutes

We lamented the iPhone 6’s battery in our review, but the folks at ibattz have a solution for when Apple’s handset loses juice when you need it most. The company says its ASAP Charger’s 20-volt, 2 amp power pack can fully charge an iPhone 6 within 15 minutes . Think about it this way: that’s less time than it’d take to watch an episode of 30 Rock on Netflix . Your typical 5-volt, 1 amp charger, on the other hand, needs an hour or more to do the same task. The ASAP comes in 5, 600mAh and 11, 200mAh sizes, but, s adly, there isn’t pricing or availability information just yet. Blerg, indeed. Filed under: Cellphones , Peripherals , Mobile Comments

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The iRig 2 wants to replace your guitar pedal board with a phone

IK Multimedia has been cranking out new versions of its iRig guitar adapter for phones and tablets for nearly four years . And at CES 2015, there’s yet another update. The iRig 2 still allows you to connect that axe to an iOS, Mac or Android device, but this time around, there’s a 1/4-inch output jack, so you can use the company’s mobile apps (like AmpliTube) alongside an amp with ease. It also means that, if you so choose, you could make that mobile device part of an effects loop, or replace it entirely. Sure, the sound of individual pedals is hard to beat, but this setup aims for connivence. There’s also a headphone jack to keep from annoying bandmates, and while the on-board gain control returns, a new toggle switch will bypass the connected mobile device entirely. If you’re considering giving it a go, the accessory will be available during the first quarter of 2015 for $39.99/€29.99. Filed under: Misc , Peripherals Comments Source: IK Multimedia

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Audi’s self-driving car is traveling 550 miles to Las Vegas

Audi is confident that its self-driving car technology is ready for prime time — so confident, in fact, that it’s about to give the platform a very public long-distance test. An A7 Sportback with the mostly autonomous hardware is traveling 550 miles from Stanford, California to CES in Las Vegas, with trained members of the press taking turns behind the wheel. Not that they’ll be doing much. The A7’s cameras, lasers and radar will let it control highway driving so long as it’s under 70MPH, and it’ll only hand over the reins in “city environments” and other situations where it reaches its limits. This is a marketing stunt, to be sure, but it could show that autopilot systems are capable of taking over during long, monotonous trips. Your pilot to #CES today is “Jack, ” an Audi A7 built with the latest automated driving technology. #DrivingNotDriving #Vegas A video posted by Audi (@audi) on Jan 1, 2015 at 9:46am PST Filed under: Transportation Comments Source: Audi USA

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Samsung’s first portable SSD packs fast storage for relatively little cash

You don’t exactly have a ton of options when it comes to portable solid-state drives. You can get fast performance or high capacity at a halfway affordable price, but rarely both. Samsung thinks it can strike that tricky balance with its first-ever external option, the Portable SSD T1. The USB 3.0 storage is based on the same speedy-yet-cheap V-NAND chips as the 850 EVO drive you might buy for your gaming PC, letting it hold a large chunk of your files without devastating your wallet or slowing down — it reads and writes at 450 MB/s, or just about desktop-level speeds. The line starts off modestly with a 250GB drive that costs $180, but you can opt for 500GB ($300) or 1TB ($600) if you have a lot of games or movies to carry around. That’s still expensive compared to spinning hard disks, but it’s a relative steal for the performance. Look for the T1 to hit US stores around mid-January. Filed under: Storage , Samsung Comments Source: Samsung

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The Smithsonian now lets you see 40,000 pieces of art online

The Smithsonian vowed that it would open up its digital collection by early 2015, and it’s clearly not wasting time as it delivers on that promise. Both the instutition’s Freer and Sackler galleries have posted over 40, 000 pieces of global art online, all of which can be used for non-commercial purposes for free. If you want an Egyptian relic for a class project or a fine Japanese painting for your phone wallpaper, you’re welcome to it. It’s relatively easy to sort the offerings, too, so you can look just for art from a given period or browse everything from a particular culture. The size of the digital collection is a bit daunting, but that’s a worthwhile tradeoff if it means that you can see classics that would otherwise stay locked up in a museum warehouse. [Image credit: Ito Sozan, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery ] Filed under: Internet Comments Via: The Verge Source: Smithsonian

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US Supreme Court moving to digital filing system in 2016

The Supreme Court of the US has stuck stubbornly to its ways. No cameras in the court room, a paper filing system, those robes… which are so last century. That may begin to change over the next couple of years however. In a year-end report released Wednesday night, Chief Justice John Roberts said that the court would begin accepting electronic filings as early as 2016. The court will have to first develop the system, then it will be rolled out in stages. At first paper documents will be used as the default, but those represented by attorneys in the court will also have to file the same documents electronically. Once that trial proves successful, digital documents will become the default for everyone. Though, paper filings will still be required. As Justice Roberts explained in the report, “Unlike commercial enterprises, the courts cannot decide to serve only the most technically-capable or well-equipped segments of the public… the courts must remain open for those who do not have access to personal computers.” Obviously, one of the biggest concerns for the new system will be security. The privacy concerns of the plaintiffs, defendants and those testifying before the court is of the utmost importance. This is one of the many reasons that Roberts gives for the seemingly tortoise-like pace at which the Supreme Court adopts new technologies. (It took 37 years for the institution to even consider pneumatic tubes for sending documents between offices.) But, while he admits that a guarded approach to new technology is often a necessity for the federal court system, he acknowledges that its ways can seem archaic and inefficient. And even admits that some are… you know, like this reliance on flattened dead tree pulp. Filed under: Misc Comments Via: New York Times Source: The United States Supreme Court

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Sticky sensors will monitor your body’s organs

Health sensors that attach directly to your organs to are potentially very useful, since they can measure miniscule electrical signals and other details that might otherwise fly under the radar. There’s just one problem: actually sticking those devices on to something that soft and squishy is tough. However, a team of Japanese researchers may have a solution. They’ve developed gel-based sensors that monitor electrical activity and strain while adhering to just about anything, including the gooey wet insides of your body. The key is the gel itself, which is made of the polyvinyl alcohol you might find in protective gloves or eye drops; it allows a grid of sensors to make contact without peeling or slipping off. Don’t expect to carry one of these sensors on your body any time in the near future. The scientists are only just experimenting on living creates, and it’ll be a while before it’s ready for human tests. However, there’s a lot of potential. You could have advanced pacemakers that know the smallest details about your heart’s palpitations, or plaster casts that make sure your limbs aren’t under too much pressure. You might not love the idea of having electronics that are virtually inseparable from your body, but it would be considerably more elegant than the implants you’d otherwise have to use. [Image credit: Sunwon Lee et. al.] Filed under: Science Comments Via: Popular Science Source: JST , Nature

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SyFy’s ’12 Monkeys’ will sync with your Philips Hue bulbs

Sure, Philips’ color-changing Hue light bulbs can give you calendar or weather reminders, but if you buy them for practical reasons, you’re doing it wrong. To bust out their fun side, SyFy has just announced that its 12 Monkeys series , based on the cult Terry Gilliam film, will sync in time with the home WiFi lighting. The cable channel first did the Hue trick with Sharknado , an experience we found to be hit-and-miss . You’ll need to install SyFy’s iOS or Android app , then set it up to work with your Hue Bridge and bulbs. From there, it’ll provide special effects that “enhance” the show in a way you’ll either find cool or cheesy, depending on your state of mind . Filed under: Cellphones , Home Entertainment , HD Comments

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