Back in the 1990s , Ben Shneiderman invented the treemap as a means of visualizing the hierarchical contents of his hard drive. Now, he’s taking inspiration from famous artists to make his data look pretty . Really, very pretty. Read more…
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Visualizing Data in the Style of Famous Artists
cold fjord writes “ZDNet reports, ‘Seagate on Monday took the wraps off a hard drive designed for tablets that brings 7x the storage capacity of a 64GB device with the same performance as a Flash drive. The drive, the Seagate Ultra Mobile HDD, uses software to boost performance. The idea is that Android tablet manufacturers will use the Seagate drive, along with the company’s mobile enablement kit and caching software, to up the storage. The 2.5-inch drive is 5 mm thin and weighs 3.3 ounces. As for capacity, the drive has 500GB—enough for 100, 000 photos and 125, 000 songs.’ More at The Wall Street Journal.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Big Jump For Tablet Storage: Seagate Intros 5mm Hard Disk For Tablets
It was predicted that computer graphics would one day give everyone the ability to create their own blockbuster film. But the software used for modern visual effects is still pretty complicated for the average user. At least until this magical software that can almost instantly turn a still photo into a 3D model is available. Read more…
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This Impossible Software Can Make 3D Models From a Single Photograph
The Evasion jailbreak for iPhones running iOS 6.x was patched up real well by Apple in iOS 6.1.3—but now, a dev has managed to finally crack version 6.1.4 on the iPhone 5 . Read more…
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iOS 6.1.4 Is Finally Jailbroken
There have been rumors for about a month that the iPhone 5S home button is going to be ringed in silver. Clayton Morris even told This Week In Tech that he was “unequivocally” sure about the change , and that the home button would otherwise have the same concave design. Other leaked photos have supported the rumor, though as usual their authenticity is somewhat questionable. Read more…
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Will There Be One Ring To Rule the 5S Home Button?
Zothecula writes “When offshore oil drilling rigs are being installed, serviced or dismantled, the workers typically stay in cabins located on adjacent floating platforms. These semi-submersible platforms are towed into place (or travel under their own power) and then their hulls are partially filled with water, allowing them to remain somewhat stable in the pitching seas. Now, a ship is being built to serve the same purpose, but that will be a much more mobile alternative. It will keep from rolling with the waves by generating its own waves, inside its hull.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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New Ship Will Remain Stable By Creating Its Own Inner Waves
jjslash writes “CPU cooling units are an often-overlooked but always important side of PC building, whether you’re looking to overclock or you simply want a cool-running, silent system. It’s also easy to get lost if you aren’t an enthusiast who keeps tabs on the best options. TechSpot has rounded up 10 high-end CPU coolers (read: huge heatsinks) including top units from Noctua, Thermalright, Xigmatek, Silverstone and Thermaltake. If you’re willing to spend the cash, they rate the Noctua NH-U14S as the best overall pick. For a tighter budget, the Thermalright offerings provide the best bang for your buck.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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High-end CPU Coolers Reviewed and Compared
This is what a Virgin Galactic supersonic flight with the SpaceShipTwo looks like, up close and personal. It’s not quite space, but it’s still damn gorgeous to watch. Read more…
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Watch a Virgin Galactic Test Flight from Onboard the Engine
This week, Sony unleashed a battery of expensive audio gear that claims to support “high-resolution audio” which, like “ultra high-definition” in the video world, sounds pretty snazzy. But what does high-resolution audio mean? And will HRA really make the music sound better? Read more…
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What Is High-Resolution Audio?
New submitter Zyrill writes “The German company Stuttgarter Struktur AG has released a free and open source implementation of the H.265 codec, also termed ‘High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)’ which is now available on Github. At the same video quality, H.265 promises roughly half the bitrate as compared to H.264. Also, resolutions up to 8K UHD (7680 × 4320 px) are supported. The software is licensed under LGPL. Quoting from the homepage where the software is also available for download: ‘[This software] is written from scratch in plain C for simplicity and efficiency. Its simple API makes it easy to integrate it into other software. Currently, libde265 only decodes intra frames, inter-frame decoding is under construction. Encoding is planned to be added afterwards.'” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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LGPL H.265 Codec Implementation Available; Encoding To Come Later