What could be 50% faster than iPhone 3G? The new iPhone 3G S! However this could be just a rumor and some good guys decided to have a look inside. On the outside seems pretty much identical to its older brother. To open the case you still need to get passed those two screws at the bottom and to use a suction cup for the front panel. You must be careful again to remove it nice and easy not to damage the connectors. There is one more connector in the lower right corner.
Detaching the LCD from the front panel is done like in the iPhone 3G, you must remove the screws and use a sharp tool to release it. On the other half the main board is shielded from EMI. First the board comes off with the shields, then you must remove the two shields to look at the chips. Once the iPhone shows its intimate parts we can see that the rumors are true. Instead of S3C6400 now there is a S5PC100 Samsung microprocessor running at 600Mhz instead of 412Mhz like the older 3G.
This PCB alone is some piece of layout engineering. The other big chip next to the microprocessor is a 16GB Toshiba flash memory. Under this PCB hides a 3.7V/ 1219 mAh battery just slightly higher than older one.
In the end, with the new microprocessor the 3G S is definitely an upgrade and it seems this new iPhone will be able to face bigger gfx challenges so that’s good news for gamers.
Under Surgery: iPhone 3G S: [Link]
Here we are one step closer to a future that’s starting to look more and more like Sci Fi movies. After I’ve seen Johny Mnemonic for the first time, i was wondering when will we be able to type or surf the net just by moving our fingers in the air on a invisible keyboard. Seems that day is closer than i thought thanks to the research done by Dr. Masaaki Fukumoto Executive Research Engineer at Docomo.
Dr. Fukumoto is researching ways to interface the human body and machine and he managed to brake one barrier with a headset capable of reading the movement of the eye and use it to control other devices or applications. The headset measures the electrical potential of the cornea and tracks the eye’s movement. This is called electrooculogram in the medical field.
Using common electronics components in building this headset, Dr. Fukumoto can control the functions of a media player just by moving his eyes or making a camera focus on whatever his eyes are looking at. Although more research must be done before this technology becomes reliable, Dr. Fukumoto says we could see this technology on the market in a few years.
Wearable Computing: [Link] – [Via]
Measuring just 8.5-mm thin, you’re looking at what Samsung claims to be the slimmest CMOS camera module of its kind. The 8 megapixel module is expected to supplant the 5 megapixel job found in todays top-end cameraphones sometime in the second half of the year. Fortunately, this isn’t just a case of megapixel marketing as the module also features anti-shake, a 1-cm macro, and face tracking technology. It also packs a smile shutter feature to snap that picture just as soon as a smile, or vinegar, is detected.
The world’s first ultra-thin 8.5mm camera module by Samsung: [Via]
Yes they’ve done it, the most expensive iPod Shuffle is an iPod Shuffle made from solid 18 karat white and pink gold and with 430 diamonds on it. Personally I’m not a fan of the bling bling industry and i would never buy something like this, but we need to consider that this iPod Shuffle will be sold for charity in an action in London. This is just an estimated price, while the real selling price could go much higher. Who know maybe the iDiamond will be bought by 50cent or some full of money rapper, i dont care as long as the money go to charity.
Bling Bling $40000 iPod Shuffle: [Via]
Imagine being able to track anyone, anywhere in the world almost instantly. Scary, eh? Well, not if you’re looking for a low-cost turnkey system for managing your small fleet of trucks, planes, trains, boats, kids—you get the picture.
The $450 UberTracker from SparkFun Electronics is a complete cellular/GPS/e-mail hardware package that can continuously email its GPS coordinates from anywhere in the world via a cellular data connection, and it’s a snap to set up.
DIY Worldwide GPS Tracking System: [Via]
