Gizmodo: transporter

Logitech Buys Slim Devices, Promises Autonomy

gizmodocontributor — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:55:35 EDT

Late last night saw one of our favorite companies spring quite the surprise when Slim Devices announced that it had been bought by peripherals monster Logitech.

The company responsible for such streaming-audio goodness as the Transporter and Squeezebox is set to suckle from the Logitech marketing teat in a bid to bring its high-end audio technology to the unwashed masses, while remaining an independent unit within the larger group. According to a forum post by Slim Devices CEO Sean Adams, every last man jack on his staff has accepted the new gig and the offices are staying put in Mountain View.

Logitech's sheer size and brand strength is sure to result in more products being shifted at lower prices (a la Harmony Remote), but maintaining the Slim track record for quality is going to be a tall order.
– Jonny Hiratsuka

Press release [Slim Devices]

Beam Me Up, Scotty: Scientists Transport a Hunk of Matter 18 Inches

Charlie White — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:59:20 EDT

Scientists in Copenhagen took one more step toward the Star Trek transporter, figuring out how to teleport groups of billions of atoms from one place to another using light, quantum mechanics, magnetism and a concept they call "entanglement." Professor Eugene Polzik and his team managed to move an object about 18 inches, using an excruciatingly complicated process that amounts to some serious magic. Says the Prof:

"Creating entanglement is a very important step, but there are two more steps at least to perform teleportation. We have succeeded in making all three steps — that is entanglement, quantum measurement and quantum feedback."

Although the scientists admit that no humans are going to be teleported a la Star Trek any time soon, this technology might make it possible to transmit and process data at unheard-of speeds. Can't wait to see that. Energize. – Charlie White

Scientists teleport two different objects [Reuters] (Thanks, Mark!)

Transporter Video Tour

Noah Robischon — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:00:48 EDT

Slim Devices founder Sean Adams gave Gizmodo a video tour of his high-end streaming audio player that we first told you about in July. The overview is up top. Videos about the specific features after the jump...
—Noah Robischon

Slim Devices Transporter: Exclusive First Look At the Ultimate Audio Streamer

Brian Lam — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:37:22 EDT

Alright sound geeks, put on your bibs before you read any further. Slim Devices is soon to release this $1999 Mega-Super-Duper networked streamer that is chock full of audiophile goodness. The Transporter – no affiliation with crappy films – is loaded with what they claim is the best digital analog converter available, the cleanest power supply you can buy, and every digital input and output you could think of. Consider the aircraft aluminum chassis, and we've got what looks to be the nicest audio streamer ever made. More stat-blather after the jump.

-DAC: AKM AK4396 Multi-bit Sigma-Delta D/A, 120dB Dynamic Range, 120dB SNR (A-weighted), -106dB THD+N.
-Digital Outputs: 15 picoseconds intrinsic jitter (std. deviation), coax, optical, BNC S/PDIF, & balanced AES/EBU.
-Digital Inputs: Coax, optical and BNC S/PDIF, and balanced AES/EBU inputs can be used to drive the DAC, network streaming or pass-through.
-Display: Dual 320x32 grayscale vacuum florescent displays with multiple text, spectrum analyzer and VU views.
-Network: True 802.11g wireless, 10/100mbs ethernet.
-Decoders: WAV, AIFF, MP3, WMA, FLAC with 24 bit resolution, 44.1, 48 and 96k sample rates.

– Brian Lam

Spec Page [ Slim Devices ]