If you’ve been paying attention you should know that the iPhone 3GS currently features a Samsung Cortex A-8 processor running at 600MHz. Well, Samsung has come along to show Apple what could have been.

What you see above is Samsung’s latest Cortex A8 core which the company is currently touting as the world’s fastest at 1GHz. Of course, since it’s apparently the world’s fastest, Samsung had to give it the ridiculously appropriate code name of “Hummingbird”.

Perhaps we will see these appear in future smartphones thus blurring the line between smartphones and computers even further.

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It seems that students over at MIT have been hard at work for the past 2 years on what would go on to become WiTricity. You know, WiFi + electricity = WiTricity?

If you haven’t figured it out by the name, WiTricity is brand new technology that uses magnetic induction to wirelessly power peripherals. This means that you’ll theoretically be able to charge your phone (or laptop/any other rechargeable device) by just having it within the station’s perimeter.

There are currently no working prototypes that WiTricity Corp. is willing to share but they are hopeful that the technology will see primetime sometime within the next 18 months. Count me in.

via Engadget

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It seems that Kopin Corporation have managed to create what they are calling the world’s smallest VGA LCD display. At just 0.27-inches, I’m not arguing, but the fact that this little guy has a resolution of 600×480 makes this a true breakthrough.

But why? Well, prior to this manufacturers haven’t been able to cram that many pixels into such a small display. In fact, the pixels used are about the size of a human’s red blood cell, now that’s small! Kopin also noted that they are working towards creating a 2048×2048 display no larger than a postage stamp.

Why you would ever need such a small display to display such a high definition picture, I don’t know, but it sure is cool.

Read (Gizmodo)

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Computer and home entertainment giants are planning to promote an even faster wireless technology to transfer large files. WiGig is approximately 10 to 20 times faster than Wi-Fi and capable of transfers at 6 gigabits per second which is fast enough to send the contents of a DVD in 15 seconds. WiGig uses the 60-gigahertz frequency band, an unused space in the airwaves that permits extremely high transfer speeds at short ranges. Its range is shorter than Wi-Fi, about the distance of a room and its adjoining areas, but would do away with many of the cables currently used to connect home consumer electronics.

Many technologies, including UWB (Ultrawideband), WirelessHD and WHDI (Wireless Home Digital Interface), have already attempted the task of in-home wireless video transmission but none have held. A WiGig standard should be finalized by the end of this year, with testing to begin shortly thereafter to ensure it works properly in mobile phones, computers, and other gadgets. Manufacturers, such as Dell, Noklia, Intel, LG, Microsoft, Samsung and others, are not expected to begin making devices with WiGig until successful testing is accomplished.

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In the UK, researchers are aiming to develop a technology which would let us use our mobile phones as mouse for public displays. The idea is to use the phone and control the PC screen via moving the phone itself or using a style via touch screen phones. With the new technology, people will be able to scroll screens even in public places to check out air plane tickets or movie schedules, for example. The technology would work as follows: via Bluetooth, the cell phone would relay its coordinates to the computer. The computer then establishes the coordinates and thereby, lets the phone control the interface by knowing exactly what the phone could see. As of current, researchers have already developed the software for Windows Mobile and Symbian phones, although it is still in its infancy. It’s interesting what would come off of this technology in the future. Of course, this increases the chance for pranksters randomly scrolling public displays. But that’s a price the technology has to pay.

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