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This Simple Wood Contraption Lets the iPhone 4 Film Both Sides of a Story [Video]

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Decide for Android Monitors Electronics Prices, Tells You If It’s a Good Time to Buy [Android Downloads]

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Quantum dots could increase fiber optic bandwidth up to 10 times (video)

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Nothing screams World of Tomorrow quite like quantum dots. Alongside the possibility of paint-on solar cells, the technology could also multiply optic fiber bandwidth by up to ten times. The Photonic Network Research Institute at NICT has been able to crank up the capacity of the data transmission system by combining a light source and photonic crystal fiber. The quantum dots act as the light source, and via the NICT’s new “sandwiched sub-nano separator structure” [above], they can be tweaked to work at 70THz — far in excess of the 10THz frequencies typically used. Aside from optical communications, the potency of these high frequencies allow it to pass beyond skin, opening up the use of quantum dots to medical scanning and high resolution cell imaging. Is there anything these dots can’t do? Catch a slightly more technical explanation in the video right after the break.

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Quantum dots could increase fiber optic bandwidth up to 10 times (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Pentax Optio VS20: hold it any way you want, as long as you love it

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Standing on the Hoover Dam, you’re trying to encapsulate the majesty of the engineering feat before you. Turning the camera on its side, you try and get a perfect portrait shot, but find the vagaries of evolution mean your fingers won’t stretch to the buttons anymore. If you’ve ever experienced such horrors, Pentax has the solution with its new Optio VS20 digital compact camera. The 16-megapixel camera packs an accelerometer (like Samsung’s QF20) which will flip your image to the correct orientation and a second shutter release and zoom lever on the topmost side of the body for easier snapping. The company also thoughtfully included a second tripod mount, so there’s no futzing with your stand required. Less exceptional features include a 3-inch LCD, automatic picture modes including fish-eye that’ll appeal to the young skaters and hipsters you see littering the streets. It’ll capture 1280 x 720 movies with its independent video button (also recording in fish-eye) and variable aspect ratio. It’s arriving next month for $250, so if you want to become a superstar of the board, you’d better get practicing your Ollies.

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Pentax Optio VS20: hold it any way you want, as long as you love it originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

How to Build a (Nearly) Hack-Proof Password System with LastPass and a Thumb Drive [Video]

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The BackJoy Adds Proper Back Support to Any Chair [Video]

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McDonald’s Is Spraying Robbers with an Invisible DNA Mist [Wtf]

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Clever 1-Minute Video Shows How Airplane Wings Really Work [Video]

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Report: Steve Jobs Met With Lytro’s Founder to Discuss Light Field Cameras in iPhones [Apple]

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Dolphin Browser releases Skitch and Evernote add-ons

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The folks at Dolphin Browser, one of the most popular third party browsers for Android devices, have unveiled two new add-ons today — Skitch and Evernote.  Both integrate seamlessly with the Dolphin Browser app, and look to be simple and elegant.  We love simple, especially when paired with elegant.  Using them is easy enough — when you come across a page you’d like to share you just tap the icon in the Dolphin Browser sidebar (Skitch is a big pink heart, and Evernote is the elephant profile we all know and love) to send it to the correct app.  You can either grab the screen and annotate before you share it with Skitch, or clip a block of text to send to Evernote.  If you don’t have the app itself installed, Dolphin will direct you to download it and get signed up.

The developers at Dolphin promise us a whole slew of great add-ons in 2012, and they’re off to a great start with these two.  When something looks and runs well, and is useful, we’re all for it.  Keep up the good work fellows!  We’ve got links to the Market for both add-ons below, check ‘em out.

Source: Dolphin Browser

Download the Evernote add-on

Download the Skitch add-on