CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Microsoft Helps HP Design New Convertible Spectre x360

Monday, at the Mobile World Congress, HP unveiled a new “premium” convertible PC in its high-end Spectre series. The Spectre x360, which has been a project 1 ½ years in the making, is an exciting collaboration design with none other … Continue reading →

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
One Laptop per Child Unofficially Announces New Hybrid Device

One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is an affordable eduction project supported by the One Laptop per Child Association in Miami, and the One Laptop Per Child Foundation in Cambridge (Wikipedia). Originally funded by a large group of organizations, including AMD, … Continue reading →

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
VAIO Hasn’t Gone Anywhere, Welcome the Z and Z Canvas Hybrids

Early last year, due to a drop in demand, Sony gave up on its VAIO PC business, and sold its entire division to Japan Industrial Partners (JIP). That didn’t stop the Tokyo-based computer manufacturer from manifesting a couple of VAIO … Continue reading →

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Meet the PlayBox: a PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Combo Housed in a 22-Inch Hybrid Laptop

“Well guys, I did it… I managed to cram a PlayStation 4 and an Xbox One into a 22-inch Laptop form factor”. That was the headline yesterday on edsjunk.net, the website of self-proclaimed “hacker/prototyper” Eddie Zarick. Some of you may … Continue reading →

 

CES - CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW
Lenovo’s LaVie Laptop Series Are Lighter than You’ll Believe

Since its reveal at CES 2015 this week, everyone is talking about the oh-so-light Lenovo LaVie HZ550. At just 1.72 pounds, Engadget calls it “stupidly, record-breakingly compact”. There’s nothing wrong with that. I know I sure wouldn’t mind having a … Continue reading →

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Lenovo’s New Hybrid Laptop – the Yoga 3 Pro

Chinese tech giant Lenovo Group Ltd. has released their newest, convertible-hybrid laptop, the Yoga 3 Pro. Sporting a sleek, extremely thin, fanless design, the Yoga 3 Pro is slimmer and lighter than Lenovo’s previous Yoga models. The Yoga 3 Pro … Continue reading →

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Dell Launches Their Latitude Rugged Extreme Notebooks in India

Dell, the “world’s fastest-growing IT company”, launched two new ruggedized devices this week to the Indian market. The Latitude 14 Rugged Extreme notebook and Latitude 12 Rugged Extreme convertible notebooks are targeted at customers in fields such as military service, … Continue reading →

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
The New 8-Bit Heroes: Mystic Searches Puts a New Twist on the Old Gray NES Cartridge

Yesterday we paid homage to “Throwback Thursday” with Polaroid’s new take on their old classic, the Socialmatic. Keeping in that same vein for “Flashback Friday”, we’re taking a closer look at a project that has taken Kickstarter and the vintage … Continue reading →

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Intel’s Core M Processors, Fanless Game Changers

Intel’s Core M, the company’s brand new processor which has awaited an announcement for the better part of 2014, will finally be seen in Intel M-based convertible notebooks expected to ship this holiday season. The Core M processor line, announced … Continue reading →

 

BATTERY & POWER TECHNOLOGY
Dyson Made a Smart Robotic Vacuum, the Eye 360

Dyson, the British company known for making very futuristic looking hand dryers, room fans, and vacuum cleaners, has finally created a Roomba-style robot vacuum. The reason the company waited so long? It claims the technology wasn’t there to make a … Continue reading →

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Dell Announces New Inspiron 2-in-1 Hybrid Laptop Series

“We’re not fun”, says Director of Global Consumer Messaging at Dell, “Seventy percent of family computer-buying decisions are driven by high-school and college kids. And their perception is that Dell makes the products that they use in school or that … Continue reading →

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
The Internet Of Things: Positives, Negatives, And Suspicions

I read this somewhere recently: “Sensors, sensors everywhere, and plenty of bytes to think”. Despite how incredibly scary it sounded to me, it involuntarily made me re-think this whole “Internet of Things” (IoT) concept. Excuse me while I correct myself. … Continue reading →

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
Turn Your Galaxy S3 Or S4 Into a Tablet or Laptop With TransMaker TR10

There is truth in tablet tension. You know, when you seem to be at a bit of a crossroad when it comes to deciding whether to carry your tablet, phablet or smartphone while on-the-go? You can’t always be certain which … Continue reading →

 

CONVERGENCE & CONVERTIBLE HYBRID PCS
MIT Researcher John Romanishin’s Self-Assembling Robots With a Surprisingly Simply Scheme

These little robots are not only simplistic in their appearance but in operation. Built to be in cube form, with magnetic sides and corners, they are hollow and have no external moving parts. That does not stop them from their most admirable traits; climbing over and around one another, rolling around on the ground, leaping into thin air and even moving while suspended upside down. The one thing contained inside the cube is the flywheel, which can spin at speeds of 20,000 revolutions per minute!