The birth of the Apple tablet, there is another touchscreen device which may have more impact technologically. US-based Notion Ink has announced that Adam, an Android-based tablet PC, will ship in June 2010 for around US$325. However, what is really exciting is that this machine may be the first to sport the new 10.1-inch Pixel Qi display. What’s the big deal with Pixel Qi technology? While it can perform like a standard LCD display, the Pixel Qi panel has a low-power transflective display, which allows ambient light to illuminate the screen, and an epaper mode. The latter resembles a black-and-white eReader and is meant to be used under bright environments. This allows the Nvidia Tegra machine to consume 90 percent less power than conventional panels.
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Epson’s new PictureMate Show compact photo printer brings images to life with a dual purpose: You can also use it as a digital photo frame. The Show works as both a digital photo frame and a compact photo printer thanks to its small size and 7-inch WVGA tilt screen that beautifully displays hi-res photos. Transferring pictures to the viewer is made easy using the 270MB of internal memory, but there’s also a media card reader and a USB port on the side for downloading images from any digital camera. Once you have the photos loaded, you can perform simple edits like cropping or resizing, but you can also set the device to automatically correct your photos before printing. Unlike other portable dye-sublimation printers, the Epson PictureMate Show uses the company’s own proprietary “Advanced MicroPiezo” technology, optimized for photo printing.
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Flickr user dark orange has posted a set of images documenting and teaching interested readers how to make their own film-making machine. Being a film user myself, one advantage I can think of for having such a piece of hardware is the ability to create the type of negatives I like. This is especially important as I’m not sure when Kodak will stop producing its Tri-X black-and-white negatives, considering it has halted Kodachrome earlier this year. Instead of making this a solo project, why not gather a few friends to make this machine? Who knows, you may even be able to sell a couple of rolls for a decent profit.
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