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CERN CMS tests 64bit ARM Servers for worldwide grid scientific computing

Posted by Charbax – October 16, 2015
Category: Servers, Exclusive videos, Linaro Connect

David Abdurachmanov of Fermilab works in Geneva at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, testing all the latest different 64bit ARM Server platforms to measure when they may be recommended to be used by up to hundreds of computing centers around the world, potentially deployed to hundreds of thousands of servers to crunch large amounts of scientific data worldwide. The GRID of Computing resources analyses scientific data for experiments in high energy physics, to find proof that the Higgs Boson exists, at the core of understanding how the world is made. These scientific server grids must be built at optimal cost to consume the least amount of power as more and more scientific experiments require to analyse more and more data. CERN is where the Web was born, it might also be where the ARM Server will get kickstarted. As computing centers around the world have the requirement to use the least amount of power. David Abdurachmanov is eager to test and potentially to implement mass production ready ARM 64bit Server hardware.

You can also watch David Abdurachmanov’s keynote at Linaro Connect here:

In 2007, I filmed some videos at CERN LHC which you can see here: My 2007 CERN LHC Atlas tour
My 2007 CERN Grid computing video

$230 Google Glass by Shenzhen Topsky, Android 4.3, Kopin 640×400, Ingenic

Posted by Charbax – October 15, 2015
Category: Wearables, Smart Glass, Exclusive videos, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Android

Topsky is the only supplier of headmounted micro-display based devices that I have seen at Hong Kong tradeshows who may be able to provide a Google Glass like experience starting at $230 per unit for a 100-unit minimum order quantity. The only negative things about it is the Ingenic MIPS dual-core processor (instead of using Rockchip or Allwinner ARM solutions), and the software is “not yet” provided by Google, this doesn’t run Google Glass UI, it doesn’t run Android Wear UI, it runs Topsky’s custom UI on top of Android, which looks good, but is not quite the same as having Google’s support. What could happen though, is Google people watch this video and contact Topsky below, or maybe some hackers get it and improve it somehow. I look forward to try it out some more to see about the voice-control capabilities, if it hooks into Google Now yet or some other voice command Android app, and how in general it may or may not manage to use any other Android app that may work good for this user interface. My dream is still (since CeBIT 2005) to live-stream from my face and see a live chat from anyone watching about which questions to ask the people that I interview in 4K. Crucial for this “vision” is for affordable Google Glass type devices to become available. These need to be mass produced, the price can be lowered further, then the software platform should be open and fully supported by Google and by everyone! Let’s make headmounted computing happen!

You can contact Topsky here (thanks for telling them you watched my video!)
Sofia Huang, Sales Manager
sofia@hktopsky.com
Mobile: +86 15815527996
Skype: sofiatopsky

$49 Android Smartwatch platform on Intel/Rockchip RK6321 dual-core ARM Cortex-A5

Posted by Charbax – October 15, 2015
Category: Wearables, Smartwatch, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, Intel, Android

Rockchip shows the cheapest Android Smartwatch platform, can potentially run Android 5 Android Wear (depending on Google’s approval) for now it’s just running Android 4.4.4 with Rockchip’s custom Android Smartwatch UI. This is an ARM Processor with an Intel logo on it! (which previously I filmed at http://138.2.152.197/?s=6321) To compete with MediaTek MT2601 it’ll bring ultra-affordable Android Smartwatches to the mass market with built-in dual-SIM card slots with dual-standby possible depending on Smartwatch design (most of the Smartwatch designs will probably only have 1 SIM card slot) , with A-GPS, GPS, GLONASS, with 3G/2G quad-band, supports displays of up to FWVGA, can record 720p videos at 30fps or take 8megapixel pictures from the Smartwatch camera! Meizu is probably going to be one of the brands to release this Smartwatch platform at a good price. The smart tracking possibilities for Kids trackers, Old people smart heart monitoring, Advanced fitness watches and a whole Smartwatch category in general, Rockchip with Intel wants to have a big part in that!

To develop and bring this to market, distributors and brands can contact design houses who work with Rockchip to make this Smartwatch platform, one of them is T-Chip, the info is here:
T-Chip PCB Design House (I filmed them here http://138.2.152.197/2014/09/17/129-firefly-rk3288-development-board-release/)
West
Email: mqy@t-chip.com.cn
Mobile: +86 13723459415

You can click on these for full size:
RK6321Smartwatch3 RK6321Smartwatch2 RK6321Smartwatch1

BOE shows 110″ world’s largest 8K display, 5.5″ world’s smallest 4K for Smartphones and even 10K!

Posted by Charbax – October 15, 2015
Category: Displays, Exclusive videos, CEATEC

BOE is one of the largest LCD manufacturers in the world, they show the world’s largest 8K display at 110″, and they also show the world’s smallest 4K display at 5.5″ and 6.8″ for Smartphones and Phablets to come out, they also show a beautiful 4K display at 10.1″ and their transparent display for fridge concept. BOE also is the first to show a 10K display, shown here horizhontally and vertically, it’s like an 8K display but with a bit wider aspect ratio to add 2K more pixels on the side. Is it possible yet to get a 4K display at 65″ for sub-$1000? Maybe!

Sharp Free Form Displays, circular Smartphone, fancy car dashboards and no-bezel digital signage

Posted by Charbax – October 15, 2015
Category: Smartphones, Displays, Cars, Exclusive videos, CEATEC, Android

Sharp LCD IGZO cut into all kinds of shapes, and every pixel seems to work. They suggest an an all-round shaped Smartphone will be possible next year, in-car dashboards also with circular and curved designs, space for buttons, all using Sharp’s IGZO technology, could also be round displays for Nest type of smart thermometers, on Hi-Fi systems, all runs Android, customized for all these special LCD shapes!

E ink round Flexible Smartwatch display, dual screen, eBadge

Posted by Charbax – October 15, 2015
Category: Smartphones, E-readers, Displays, Smartwatch, Exclusive videos, MediaTek, CEATEC, E Ink, Android

E Ink shows their latest displays for Smartwatches, Smartphones and more. Here are some of the solutions that they show in this video:
1. UHF Tag with Information display (Reference product from Hitachi Maxell)
2. 1.54” 200×200 EPD evaluation kit
3. 5.83” Spectra B/W/Yellow EPD evaluation kit
4. 5.83” Spectra B/W/Red EPD evaluation kit
5. 1.43” E Ink Mobius EPD
6. 1.1” E Ink Mobius round EPD
7. 4.7” EPD dual screen solution
8. 2.9” NFC eBadge solution – Battery less
9. Visionect – Joan 6” Conference Room Assistant (Reference product from Visionect)
10. 31.2” Monochrome Signage
11. 31.2” Color Signage
12. 13.3” Color Signage

Aikun Morphus X300, Gaming Tablet on Allwinner A83 with Glasses-free 3D display

Posted by Charbax – October 14, 2015
Category: Tablets, Gaming, Exclusive videos, Allwinner, China Sourcing Fair, Aikun, Android

Aikun shows their new Morphus X300 gaming tablet, custom built on the Octa-core Allwinner A83 ARM Cortex-A7. It has gamepad controls over 2.4Ghz that are attachable on each side of the display, a rotating camera and a 8″ IPS 1280×800 glasses-free 3D display. The retail price is targetted at $299, ready for mass production in the next couple of weeks, distributors can welcome to contact Aikun for more information below.

You can contact Aikun here:
Mail : celia@aikun-china.com / master@atek-china.com / rob@aikun-china.com
Website : www.aikun.co
Contact information : http://www.aikun.co/html/about/contactus/
Tel.: (+86) 6110 2468 – 6110 2858
Factory Address:
A2 building, Lianhe Industrial Park, Fengtang Road,
Fuyong, Baoan, Shenzhen, China

Rotacaster wheels are 360-degree multi-directional for smooth moving Robotics

Posted by Charbax – October 13, 2015
Category: Robots, Exclusive videos, CEATEC

Australian company Rotacaster shows their 360-degree movement and multi-directional wheel for smooth moving Robotics, for robots on wheels that can turn and follow smoothly.

Sphericam 4K@60fps 360º video camera for VR

Posted by Charbax – October 12, 2015
Category: Cameras, VR, 4K UHD, Exclusive videos, IBC

4K recording of 360 video is very important for the recording of 360 video content for the VR video industry, as lower resolution 360 video content doesn’t look very good. Sphericam is the first fully spherical, 360º video camera that records 4K at 60fps that I have seen yet. It can film everything around with 6 image sensors, 6 lenses, 4 Microphones, 6 Micro SD Card Slots. It can do realtime stitching to internal memory at 30FPS in 4K, in 10 bit color, at 600 megabits per second. If you record to the 6 MicroSD cards it can record 60FPS 4K at up to 2.4gigabits per second. It can also live-stream the real-time stiched 360 degree 4K video or 6 unstiched videos at a bitrate of up to 100Mbit per second. All this sounds awesome, but the price is above $2000. Read more at http://www.sphericam.com/

3D Audio Standard: ECMA-407 by Swissaudec

Posted by Charbax – October 12, 2015
Category: Speakers, Exclusive videos, IBC

Smart transmitting of 3D audio up to unrestricted NHK 22.2 sound, a problem Swissaudec solved with ECMA-407: NHK 22.2 sound is built with 24 channels, 22 speaker channels and 2 subwoofer channels, consuming 28’800kb/s bandwidth in PCM. With ECMA-407 Swissaudec provides the solution to compress this amout of data up to 600 times – holding the world record in audio compression! By internally multiplexing additional 2kb/s, they extend any HD 5.1 or 7.1 carrier to transmit UHD audio up to NHK 22.2. Swissaudec showcases NHK 22.2 satellite transmission over an MPEG-4 7.1 network at 256kb/s together with SES and France Télévision. Contrarily to non-backwards-compatible standalone standards like MPEG-H or ATSC, Swissaudec invisibly extends existing 2D structure by ECMA-407 to work seamlessly with any existing audio codec. This is also the reason why streaming NHK 22.2 audio with ECMA-407 requires no network changes, as a most efficient, smart and easy UHD audio solution, broadcasters can consider this upgrade for their sound.

You can find out more about Swissaudec at:
http://twitter.com/swissaudec
http://www.swissaudec.com

MOTO X Style on Hexacore Snapdragon 808 with 5″ Quad HD display and fast charge

Posted by Charbax – October 12, 2015
Category: Smartphones, Exclusive videos, Qualcomm, IFA, Android

Moto X Style powered by Hexa-Core (Dual-Core ARM Cortex-A57 and Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A53) Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 (MSM8992), Adreno 418 GPU, 3GB DDR, 16GB/32GB/64GB Flash Storage, Micro SD support, Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, 21MP real camera and 5MP front camera with rapid auto-focus. Moto X style features a 5.7’’ Quad HD display, supports Turbo Power charge for an extra 10 hours of use in 15 minutes. It also comes on Motorola’s Motomaker customization system for users to customize style with Bamboo/Wood/Black/White/Silver/Gray and more.

Shoe warmer and in-shoe step tracker by DIGITSOLE

Posted by Charbax – October 12, 2015
Category: Wearables, Exclusive videos, IFA

DIGITSOLE is a water-resistant, heating and tracking insole that can be controlled via your smartphone. Supports Android and iOS, the dedicated DIGITSOLE app is equipped with Bluetooth 4.0 connection, it warms feet and tracks all steps in the day.

Sunchip 4K@15fps Sports Camera on Allwinner V3

Posted by Charbax – October 12, 2015
Category: Cameras, 4K UHD, Exclusive videos, Allwinner, IBC, Sunchip

Sunchip shows their 4K sports camera, based on Allwinner V3 ARM Cortex-A7, with 2GB RAM, records to MicroSD storage. The sports camera features a 170 degree lens and 2″ LTPS LCD screen, Support H.264 video recording up to 2160p@15fps, or 1080p@60fps. It with 900mAH battery with 90 minutes 1080p video recording.

Omron Ping Pong Robot wins against me!

Posted by Charbax – October 12, 2015
Category: Robots, Exclusive videos, CEATEC

I loose against the Omron pong pong robot. They are tuning and improving it, while claiming that this is to show Robots collaboration with humans, they focus on trying to see all slices and lifts and to beat real champions next. Omron also shows some of their other smart sensors, mechanics, for wearables, smart home, self-driving cars and more.

Sharp Robohon Robot Smartphone!

Posted by Charbax – October 12, 2015
Category: Smartphones, Robots, Exclusive videos, CEATEC

Sharp shows Robohon, a Robot Smartphone and perhaps your new friend. Put your LTE SIM card in this small humanoid robot and it walks and dances around and talks to you based on cloud language conversation learning, and you put it up to your face when you make a phone call. This is really happening.

Acer H7550ST 3000lumen Short Throw FHD DLP projector, built-in Chromecast/WiHD

Posted by Charbax – October 11, 2015
Category: Projectors, Exclusive videos, Texas Instruments

Acer H7550ST is a Full-HD DLP 3000 lumen projector with Contrast ratio up to 16,000:1, can integrate a hidden ACER wireless HD dongle (or Chromecast dongle) or any other HDMI Stick within the Projector. The Acer H7550ST measures 36x24x8cm (14.2″x9.4″x3.1″), weighs 3.4kg. Connectors include 3xHDMI ports including 1xMHL (1xHDMI with hidden wireless HDMI Stick), VGA in, S-video, Component and Composite, a 3.5 mm jack input and output. It also has built-in 10W stereo speakers with powerful DTS Sound.

INNOPIA Telechips for Internet of Things, Magic Home MagicCast HDMI stick, Smart Plug and Light

Posted by Charbax – October 11, 2015
Category: Internet of Things, Exclusive videos, Telechips, IFA

INNOPIA shows their own Magic Home devices include a MagicCast HDMI stick, a smart plug and a smart LED light bulb. The MagicCast dongle is based on ARM Cortex A5 Telechips SOC, Compared with other Miracast dongle or Chromecast dongle, The INNOPIA MagicCast HDMI stick support DLNA, Miracast, Airplay, Phone and PC Mirroring, it also support Cloud access and storage. The Smart plug and light bulb can easily be controlled by the MagicCast HDMI stick or APP via Mobile phone.

LG G4 on Hexacore 64bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 808

Posted by Charbax – October 11, 2015
Category: Smartphones, Exclusive videos, Qualcomm, IFA, Android

LG G4 features with a 5.5inch Quad HD IPS Quantum Display, powered by 64bit Hexa-Core (Dual-Core ARM Cortex A57 and Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 ) Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 Processor with X10 LTE, rear 10MP camera with Lase AF, Front 8M camera, Battery 3000mAh removable battery. 3G RAM, 32GB Internal Memory, micro SD card support up to 2TB.

MantaroBot TeleMe Telepresence Robot

Posted by Charbax – October 7, 2015
Category: Robots, Exclusive videos, Linaro Connect, Android

Wookey is testing out the MantaroBot TeleMe, he’s in the UK talking remotely to the people at the Linaro Connect in San Francisco. I filmed Wookey talking about Debian on ARMv8 64bit in my previous video.

Archos PicoWAN to cover the world with cheap bandwidth for IoT

Posted by Charbax – October 7, 2015
Category: Internet of Things, Archos

Archos unveils their plan to cover the world with cheap bandwidth for the Internet of Things using PicoWAN, Archos’s new ultra-low-cost long range IoT bandwidth adapter. People will get them for free by June 2016, to install in their own homes, and each PicoWAN has up to kilometers of range bandwidth for IoT devices into every neighborhood, worldwide. Archos estimates that 200 thousand of these units can cover the whole of Europe with connectivity for IoT.

– Is it on unlicensed 700mhz TV white spaces?

– Is there not enough bandwidth to also support a worldwide free broadband network for Smartphones and Tablets too?

– This is the future! I video-blogged FON wifi enthusiastically in last 10 years and their lack of range has been disappointing. As FON, anyone sharing bandwidth from their home should not only share 50% in revenue but also they should roam the world for free.

I possibly think it would be better for Archos PicoWAN to somehow provide free connectivity for everyone, free connectivity for every IoT device around the world, yet each device should be registered so they cannot use up all available bandwidth, some kind of throttling maybe is required within PicoWAN. Unlocking extra bandwidth should be possible for devices that need more bandwidth, but only if the bandwidth is available.

You can read more in Archos press release