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Hitachi New Style TV Is Only 0.75-inches Thin, Looks Retro-Amazing

This is the new Hitachi New Style TV, a 32″ LCD television that is not only ultra-thin at 0.75-inch (1.9cm) thick, but looks absolutely gorgeous. Unfortunately, it’s just a prototype of the final model, which will come in 2009. Sony better hurry up scaling up their new XEL-1. [Gizmodo Japan] https://gizmodo.com/sonys-3mm-thick-xel-1-oled-tv-finally-revealed-japanes-305470

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Mitsubishi Debuts a 140-Inch LED Display at CEATEC

Behold the Resolia, Mitsubishi’s 140-inch display that’s been getting Ooh-ed and Aah-ed in Tokyo this week. Full measurements are 120 x 70 x 5.9 inches, but after all the excitement of Sony’s OLED goodness yesterday, it leaves us wanting—well — less. [Gizmodo Japan] https://gizmodo.com/sonys-3mm-thick-xel-1-oled-tv-finally-revealed-japanes-305470

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Toshiba’s Demos SpursEngine-Equipped Qosmio, Uses Cell Broadband Engine Technology

Within the barrage of new and boring video players at CEATEC2007, Toshiba demoed today a Qosmio laptop equipped with their new SpursEngine. The SpursEngine is a processor loaded with four Cell Broadband Engine cores—called Synergistic Processing Elements—the same technology inside the PS3. The new processor, which also has MPEG-2 and H.264 encoding/decoding units, is designed…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Nokia Handsets to Get Direct Access to Video Content

Nokia has signed an exclusive deal with News Corp., Sony Pictures and CNN, allowing them to distribute content directly to Nokia handsets. That cuts the carriers straight out of the deal, and they are unlikely to be pleased by the arrangement. Apparently, Nokia has already begun embedding new N95s with the links required for direct…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Must See: Sleeper

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by Sherilyn Connelly. Title: Sleeper Date: 1973 Vitals: A Woody Allen-esque guy (played by Woody Allen) is frozen during an operation and awakened two hundred years…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Must See: Tron

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by Sherilyn Connelly. Title: Tron Date: 1982 Vitals: A roguishly handsome computer genius (it’s a fantasy, for sure), looking for evidence that his video game designs…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Must See: Galaxy Quest

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by Sherilyn Connelly. Title: Galaxy Quest Date: 1999 Vitals: The washed-up cast of the long-cancelled cult sci-fi teevee series Galaxy Quest are recruited into a space…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Sony Announces Updated Digital Book Reader

Sony pulled the cover off their new PRS-505 Reader today, which features a new body, a few new tricks, and a few dressed up old ones. Instead of black, the Sony Reader now comes in silver or dark blue. In addition to the color change, Sony is touting the redesigned button layout, claiming a more…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Mario Mushroom Lights, Fanboy Up

The Mushroom Lamp is a glowing feat of technology. But it’s not the power efficient LEDs that will stretch the life of the 4AA battery power supply that has us impressed. It’s the lawsuit-avoiding tech of unlicensed merchandise. Clearly reminiscent of the mushrooms floating around in Nintendo’s famous Mario Bros. franchise, buyer beware. These mushrooms…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Must See: Pi

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by Sherilyn Connelly. Title: Pi Date: 1998 Vitals: A mathematician is obsessed with finding a pattern of numbers which (according to his oft-restated assumptions) will unlock…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Must See: Total Recall

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by Sherilyn Connelly. Title: Total Recall Date: 1990 Vitals: A victim of memory-imlant technology gone awry, Schwarzenegger discovers that he may be a secret agent from…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Chuck Klosterman on Tulsa’s Time Capsule

The August 28, 2007 issue of Esquire ran a piece by Chuck Klosterman on the Tulsa time capsule we examined a few weeks back. An excerpt appears below and you can read the entire story here. In June of 1957, the community of Tulsa buried a Plymouth Belvedere in a downtown concrete bunker beneath the…

Tech News Matt Novak

Kaws Darth Vader Unboxed

Not all of you loved the Kaws Darth Vader when it was first announced, but for those of you that did, Toys R Evil dug up some great new shots. According to the toy blog, only 500-1,000 were made, and they were selling for $150 exclusively at Kaws’ Original Fake store in Tokyo. In any…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Must See: Darkman

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by James Rocchi. Title: Darkman Date: 1990 Vitals: A brilliant scientist (Liam Neeson) runs afoul of a crime lord — and, after an attempted murder, winds…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Must See: Hollow Man

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by James Rocchi. Title: Hollow Man Date: 2000 Vitals: Paul Verhoeven (of Robocop, Starship Troopers and Basic Instinct) updates the classic Invisible Man story for the…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Must See: Solaris

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Title: Solaris Date: 1972 Vitals:Andrei Tarkovsky’s adaptation of Stanislaw Lem’s novel called The Soviet 2001; some would argue it’s better as a movie. A group of astronauts…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Must See: Independence Day

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by James Rocchi. Title: Independence Day Date: 1996 Vitals: Big-budget, low-I.Q. ’90s take on War of the Worlds that made money hand over fist even as…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Red One Super Video Camera Unboxed

The Red One Camera, which we saw in person back in April at NAB, just got unboxed. Yes, it’s the same camera that Peter Jackson used to shoot the Crossing the Line short film proof-of-concept, but he seemed to like it enough that maybe, just maybe, he’s buying a crapload to shoot the Halo movie…

Tech News Jason Chen

Must See: Twelve Monkeys

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by James Rocchi. Title: Twelve Monkeys Date: 1995 Vitals: Reluctant draftee Bruce Willis is sent up and down the timestream, hurled out of a virus-ruined future…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Must See: The Abyss

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Written by James Rocchi. Title: The Abyss Date: 1989 Vitals: The crew of an experimental deep-sea drilling station is drafted to investigate the disappearance of a U.S.…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Hitachi New Style TV Is Only 0.75-inches Thin, Looks Retro-Amazing

Mitsubishi Debuts a 140-Inch LED Display at CEATEC

Toshiba’s Demos SpursEngine-Equipped Qosmio, Uses Cell Broadband Engine Technology

Nokia Handsets to Get Direct Access to Video Content

Must See: Sleeper

Must See: Tron

Must See: Galaxy Quest

Sony Announces Updated Digital Book Reader

Mario Mushroom Lights, Fanboy Up

Must See: Pi

Must See: Total Recall

Chuck Klosterman on Tulsa’s Time Capsule

Kaws Darth Vader Unboxed

Must See: Darkman

Must See: Hollow Man

Must See: Solaris

Must See: Independence Day

Red One Super Video Camera Unboxed

Must See: Twelve Monkeys

Must See: The Abyss

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