Compact Outdoor Camera Nikon Coolpix AW 120 with Wi-Fi and GPS

The Nikon Coolpix AW120 with 16 megapixels and powerful lens with optical 5x zoom is waterproof to 18 meters, can withstand drops of up to two meters and withstand temperatures of up to -10 ° C. Thus, the model for versatile outdoor use even underwater suitable.

Integrated GPS and Full HD recording

Thanks to the integrated GPS , GLONASS, world maps and compass that helps Nikon Coolpix AW120  in the review of travel routes. About the built-in Wi-Fi can function just-experienced to be shared quickly via a mobile device, of course, filming in are full HD possible. The ultra wide-angle lens (24 mm, 1:2.8) with optical 5x zoom blur in low light - on land or under water - for optimum image brightness.

Clear picture even in low Light condition

With its advanced backside illumination CMOS sensor with 16 megapixels are even under low light conditions, such as in caves or in the rainforest, succeed clear images. The 7.5 cm (3-inch) OLED monitor with 921,000 pixels provides a crystal-clear playback with superb brightness values, even underwater or in direct sunlight. If an adventure to be recorded on video, the AW120 enables moving pictures in 1080/60i with optical zoom and autofocus. For explorers, the camera offers recording speeds with 15-240 frames per second.

Nikon Coolpix AW 120: Price & Availability

The Nikon Coolpix AW120 is available in four colors black, blue, orange and camouflage expected from the end of February 2014 for a suggested retail price of 349.00 EUR in trade.

Video: Underwater shooting Coolpix AW 120

Read More

An elevator to space, it is possible (and more convenient than the rocket)

The concept of the elevator into space has often been mentioned in various works of science fiction, but never really looked into reality. Yet it has aroused the interest of scientists from the International Academy of Astronautics, explaining that such a project is feasible.

In this 300-page report , scientists studying concretely so the possibility of setting up such a project.Better they even raise the question of whether such a solution does not present more benefits than the current system of rockets used to travel in space. Rockets have the drawback of being constituted 80% of the mass of a clean fuel, the rest generally becoming a new space debris once the mission is completed, and can not take a limited cargo . An elevator as that imagined by scientists system would free of these constraints and energy loading to some extent.

The true complexity of such a project obviously lies in its construction and implementation. The general idea would be to hang a cable carbon at the equator, it is down to a counterweight that would maintain a geostationary orbit. The cable shown in the example is nearly 99,750 kilometers, which involves many calculations regarding its mass to maintain the orbit and the tension of said cable. If this project seems crazy, the report take it very seriously. Of course, the idea is yet nowhere else in the imagination of its creators, but all the elements seem to be present for it to be feasible. In the late 90s, NASA had already presented a type of cable that could correspond to that required in the report.

Read More

Nokia X (Normandy): 75% of all Android apps will be directly compatible

Nokia is doing now on Android OS. So far so good - but the Finns make it exactly like Amazon with its Kindle tablets. Who can read the source code, recognizes Android (4.1 Jelly Bean), for all other presents on the surface of a completely different user experience.Apps are then also not over the Google Play anew Nokia X, but by manual installation or a store of Nokia / Microsoft. For users and developers there is now the question of the scope of the offer - the Play Store you can now at least be sure of a suitable for virtually all aspects of app to find. Nokia has been on the presentation in Barcelona promised that it would just fall developers to port their programs to the UI of the Nokia X. In the context of the associated SDK (Software Development Kit) is now the assertion in the room that at least 75%, that three out of four apps for Android, originally with the operating system of the Nokia X (as well as the X + and XL) are compatible. To test this, the Finns have even an appropriate tool provided. The adaptation of the remaining 25% should not each avail more than eight hours according to Nokia. Now, the developers just have the time to ship their apps into the new app display of Nokia. Who wants to try the Nokia X without abandoning his usual programs, so it has a good chance that its standard programs will run without major problems.

Read More

Gear Fit bracelet connected Samsung

Everyone thought that the news of Samsung would be limited to new smartphone Galaxy S5 and watches Gear 2 and Neo 2 (Light in France). There is nothing! Like what, you can still be surprised at the press conference and it is not worse. The Korean manufacturer has introduced its strap connected, Gear Fit . And the least we can say is that the surprise was total. If the principle is riding the current fashion of connected objects, the approach is a little further from a technological point of view. Indeed, the first singularity of the bracelet is a curved AMOLED touchscreen and color!Let's face it: this is clearly the most beautiful view on the subject, far ahead of any competition which is essentially limited to a few pixels. 1.84 inch screen offers a resolution of 432 x 128 pixels. That is enough to check the information provided, the number of steps to calories burned, through the heartbeat . For just as the phone Galaxy S5 , a special sensor is placed on the back of the bracelet in order to read the information in real time from the wrist or from a phone connected via Bluetooth 4.0 LE .

Moreover, during the conference, it was announced that twenty products of the Galaxy range is compatible with the bracelet. Is this a backdoor to announce that the bracelet reserves phones brand means?Hopefully not, because such a policy is certainly detrimental to watch Galaxy Gear first name. Another strong point is the Gear Fit is resistant to water and dust, certified IP 67 . The shower should not be an obstacle, its weight is particularly flattering: 27 grams only. Unfortunately, the battery is not sensational, Samsung evokes 3-4 days of autonomy under normal conditions or 5 days standby. On this point, the competition does not have to blush. Expect to be able to move the wrist, but so far no date or price have been announced.

Read More

Samsung Galaxy S 5 with optimized camera and fingerprint sensor

Samsung has announced the fifth generation of the Galaxy S series. The Samsung Galaxy S5 is equipped with a fingerprint sensor and an optimized 16-megapixel camera and comes in April.

The smartphone is equipped with a 5.1-inch Super AMOLED equipped Full HD monitor. The new Samsung flagship is water and dust resistant (IP67).

Faster camera

The 16-megapixel camera in the Samsung Galaxy S5 is designed to provide the fastest auto-focus speed of 0.3 seconds. A new selective autofocus to enable certain image sections highlight.

Biometric theft protection

A new fingerprint sensor to safely protect the device biometrically and can also be used for mobile payments. This fingerprint sensor hiding behind an elongated button, which simultaneously serves as a home button. In addition, one can power-saving mode set in which the display changes to black and white display and all the unnecessary features are switched off, the battery life increase.

Video: Samsung Galaxy S5

Read More

Wristwatch Arcade, an arcade wrist

A watch can be smart, futuristic or just original. Illustrates this model is intended as a nod to the terminals 80 arcades. Retro timepiece that displays the time like an arcade game.

The accessory allows the owner to carry a small arcade wrist. It is an analog watch with a design inspired by asteroids. On the dial is a small ship and two meteorites of different sizes instead of needles. Their respective positions and allows you to translate the hours and minutes easily.Equipped with a joystick as an ornament, it is provided with a fire button to activate a red backlight.It also triggers a specific sound effects. Only downside, watch arcade does not however make a real game play

Recently available on ThinkGeek , it is offered to the public for the modest sum of $ 60 .

Read More

Windows 8.1 update 1: new preview mop Web

Since the beginning of the month, several Prerelease Windows 8.1 update 1 is out and about on the web. If they are distributed without the consent of Microsoft, they still allow you to make a serious idea next steps of the OS. For a few hours, a new pre-release is still at large. It is always WZor , who had already announced the release of the previous versions, which again prevents users via his Twitter account the diffusion of this . This is called MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.8.1.2014.UPDATE.X86-64.ONLY.MSU.9600.17025.WINBLUE_GDR.140214-1706-WZT . It is therefore an update applicable systems 32 and 64 bits . She dated 16.02.2014 and as in the previous edition, we must "tweak" a bit before installing this new prerelease. If little new compared to previous pre-release have yet been identified, it seems that OS is faster in the light of the first comments of users who have installed this edition. It is also likely that Microsoft is well advanced and that the bulk of the work was done, though Redmond has not officially communicated on this issue. It will anyway wait until April before Microsoft unveils its schedule during the Build.

Read More

Apple shows interest in Tesla Motors

The U.S. technology company Apple shows a report in the daily newspaper San Francisco Chronicle on a purchase of the California electric car maker Tesla Motors is interested.According to the newspaper report, it was in the spring of 2013, a meeting between the CEO Elon Musk and the Apple manager Adrian Perica. With Apple's Perica is responsible for the area of ​​mergers and acquisitions.

About six months later Adnaan Ahmad, an analyst at Berenberg Bank in Hamburg had the former Apple CEO Tim Cook and the Board CEO Arthur Levinson recommended the purchase of the electric car manufacturer. The growth profile of Apple would, according to Ahmad change by buying and increase electric cars in the acceptance and made a comparison with the Apple iPhone.

Prior to the launch of the Apple iPhone's market share of smartphones in less than one percent have amounted to and 2016/17 to increase to around 100 percent. In addition to electric cars Apple should also show on Medical his interest and develop an acoustic sensor with the sound engineer Tomlinson Holman which based on the flow noise of the blood is to warn of a heart attack. Tomlinson Holman already developed the THX seal of quality and has been working at Apple for three years.

Read More

Google explains how not to fear with Google Glass

With the growing number of controversies surrounding the Google Glass , their manufacturer has decided to react. Google has published a number of tips, for users of its connected glasses, so that they are better seen in society .

So ten tips that are published , with such diverse examples as "ask permission to the people around you," or "do not be rude to the people around you." Common sense, then, but that does not necessarily come naturally to mind for all users. It is interesting to note that these tips are especially users themselves, with whom Google has collected opinions and impressions .

In the United States, the phenomenon of Google Glass has attracted much attention, and some complain of a particular category of users haughty and rude as they are their device on the nose.The term "Glasshole" even made ​​its appearance in the jargon surrounding the glasses, and became a real problem that Google is trying to address through this. Here are the different advice given by Google, 

• Explore the world around you
• Use voice commands Glass
• Ask for permission
• Use the screen lock
• Be an active user community
• Do not attach the screen too long
• Do not use the glasses for an extreme sport
• Expect to get questions
• Do not be scary or unpleasant

Read More

Facebook bought the WhatsApp app for $ 19 billion

Facebook has been offering mobile messaging application WhatsApp for approximately € 14 billion. Launched in 2009, the service has 450 million monthly users and wins a million every day. 

Facebook on Wednesday announced the largest acquisition in its history. He put on the table the enormous sum of $ 19 billion for the application of mobile messaging WhatsApp . This merger "will allow us, with new eye-catching mobile services even connect more people in the world" and "help strengthen both services," said CEO and founder of the world's largest social network, Mark Zuckerberg , presenting Operation analysts. 

Facebook will pay $ 4 billion in cash and $ 12 billion in shares to buy this popular application and growth. The remaining 3 billion will be paid premiums Facebook shares to the founders and employees of WhatsApp over the four years following the closure of the transaction, expected this year. The boss-founder January Kum also come to the board of the network. If the operation fails, WhatsApp will receive $ 2 billion in compensation. 

"The size of the transaction is really impressive, and it will be talked about a bubble," responds Greg Sterling, an analyst at Opus Research, noting that Facebook was taking a risk because "in social media, there is the thing to mode, and the following year, it may be another application. " At the NYSE, the Facebook share was also 2.57% to 66.31 dollars to 0030 GMT in electronic trading after closing. 

One million new users per day

"WhatsApp is going to connect a billion people. Services that reach this level all have an incredible value," replies Mark Zuckerberg, which boasts "an extremely high quality product" and "a very important communication network" very popular especially in Europe and Latin America. "Over time, people will pay for it," he predicts. CFO, David Ebersman , recalled that WhatsApp began to introduce paid subscriptions in some countries, even if "maximize revenue is not the short-term priority" for the application that is above all expand its network. 

For almost five years, WhatsApp is already claiming more than 450 million monthly users worldwide, and wins a million more each day as Facebook, which says it sends a message number "close to the entire volume of SMS global telecom operators. " 

The most expensive acquisition of Facebook, which recently celebrated its tenth anniversary, was previously the sharing app Instagram photos, paid $ 715 million in 2012. The social network expects to have the same approach with WhatsApp with Instagram: the application will retain its brand and continue to operate independently and in parallel to the implementation of existing messaging Facebook. 

Read More

The Apple iWatch would build (also) on health

Tim Cook , the boss' s Apple has promised new types of products this year. We are still waiting, but there is a good chance that one of these, there is a show connected . Some manufacturers are already tried, without much success, however: with Sony SmartWatch and Samsung with its Galaxy Gear . Apple is believed to work on for a long time, and the latest rumors suggest some uses of the watch.

The site MacRumors reported as a big name audio, Tomlinson Holman , was recruited by the brand there so many years. Inventor of THX , talents are not used only to flatter the ears , but rather to prevent malfunction of the c ody human . The sound of the heart and blood vessels would be combed to detect anomalies and prevent upstream problems. This interest in the health ofusers is in line with rumors suggesting that a specific application of the next iOS 8 is dedicated to health through various sensors, why not deported on an object connected to wear (at random, a watch). Recall that Apple introduced with its new A7 processor chip M7, which is responsible to track every move through a crowd of similar sensors that can be found in the bracelets online .

Read More

Samsung Galaxy S5- Update on the rumors

Less than a week of the announcement of the supposed new Samsung Galaxy S5 , writing Tom's Guide reported on the rumors.

• A bigger screen: Samsung Galaxy S5 would have an even bigger than the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen. While it offered a 5-inch diagonal, the Galaxy S5 adopt a format of 5.2 or 5.25 to believe such information to Bloomberg. Also in terms of resolution, Samsung would make a great step forward. While the S4 showed a Full HD resolution of 1920 pixels by 1080 S5 could adopt a display of 1440 by 2560 pixels , and from a ratio of 441 pixels per inch (ppi) at 565 ppi.

• A 64-bit processor: Samsung Galaxy S5 may be the first Android smartphone to feature a 64-bit processor , as is already the case for the Apple iPhone 5s. It could well be the processorExynos 6 . However, Samsung is expected to maintain its current policy and propose several models of the Galaxy S5 by country, with its Exynos chip or a processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 , including practical to take advantage of 4G networks.

• Available in metal or plastic: According to the website SamMobile, Samsung propose not one, but two different versions of the Galaxy S5. Long criticized for its smartphones in plastic , the Korean manufacturer could finally get to the aluminum as has already made ​​Apple or HTC.However, both versions are available at different rates, 650 euros for plastic and 800 for aluminum.

• A fingerprint sensor: This is one of the latest rumors to date. As HTC Max on One or Apple on the iPhone 5S, Samsung could add a digital fingerprint reader with its next high-end smartphone. Like Apple, it would be directly integrated into the home button . It would be possible to record up to 8 fingers different, each allocated to a different function to change settings or launch an application.

• A revised and updated Touchwiz interface: If Samsung had trouble with Google in recent years, the voltage should not fall with the Galaxy S5. According to screenshots published by the Twitter account @ evleaks, the Korean automaker indeed propose a new interface Touchwiz , far from the traditional office of Android, its future Galaxy S5. Somewhat similar in idea to Google Now, it would be organized in the form of tiles like Windows Phone and present the relevant information to the user based on the time or place where it is located.

Read More

Sony sells Vaio PC brand

The Japanese technology giant Sony has decided to sell its PC business and found with the investment fund Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) is already a buyer. The Vaio brand is to remain valid and the customer service are maintained. However, there will be in the future only notebooks and PCs from Sony only in Japan. Worldwide sales and manufacture of products Vaio is set. The decision means a layoff of 5,000 employees. The focus of the brand Vaio will in future only be the sale of PCs for the Japanese market.

In the current year, the company expects an amount ranging from 800 million euro loss. Its PC business launched the Walkman manufacturer in 1996 and recorded only one paragraph of 5.8 million units while weddings were still 9 million.The market share amounts to market research firm Gartner, the to just 1.9 percent, Sony ended up in ninth place among PC manufacturers.

The TV business is also going badly for years and so far recorded a total loss of the equivalent of 5.5 billion euros. A spin-off of TV wedding is to take place later this year. In the fourth quarter, however, Sony could reach its operating profit to EUR 660 million due to strong demand for the Playstation 4. The focus points will be in the future for game consoles, smartphones, tablets and games.

Read More

Cisco Systems - Mobile data traffic is increasing rapidly

In a recent study by the U.S. network equipment supplier Cisco Systems expects a Verelffachung global data traffic to 190 exabytes per year in 2018. Mobile data traffic is in Germany tenfold increase, as the study "Cisco Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast for 2013 to 2018 'reported.

The average bandwidth of mobile data connections the study authors expect an increase from 2.1 to 3.6 megabits per second and smartphones will be according to the data on the go with 15 megabits per second. Over the next four years, the number of mobile users will increase by 800 million to 4.9 billion and is estimated at 10 billion mobile devices. A year ago, the number of mobile devices has already amounted to 7 billion.

The smartphones, tablets and notebooks will are responsible for about 94 percent of mobile data traffic in the world by 2018.The mobile cloud traffic will increase 12-fold to the study result by 2018 and will be responsible for 90 percent of mobile data traffic.

Read More

BMW Gran Coupe 4- four door coupe of the upper middle class

BMW Gran Coupe 4-(Photo: BMW)

After BMW 4-Coupe and Convertible, the Gran Coupe is the third model in the new BMW 4-series, with their proportions longer, wider and more dynamic shows up as any mid-range series before. The 4-BMW Gran Coupe combines the optical qualities of the two-door coupe with the functionality of four doors and a large space under a wide-opening tailgate.

Split folding rear seat back (Photo: BMW)

Grown interior

The BMW  Gran Coupe 4-has 4.64 meters in length and a width of 1.82 meters the exact same dimensions as the two-door coupe. The BMW Gran Coupe 4-but the roof runs twelve millimeters higher and falls gently into a stretched by 11 centimeters line towards the rear from. This extended roof line emphasizes the elegance of the four-door coupe and has comfortable advantages: the headroom increased as well as the comfort. With 480 liters Also the boot by 35 liters presented larger than the two-door model and contributes to the high level of everyday qualities of the BMW Gran Coupe 4-in.

Four doors and automatic tailgate (Photo: BMW)

Intelligent tailgate

Four doors allow convenient entry and exit compared to the two-door coupe. Elegant doors are designed frameless. This elegance is carried round instruments with inside "Black Panel" look and the flat"iDrive monitor" underlined. The flap opens wide to facilitate access to the rear compartment. A split folding rear seat back allows for flexibility. The maximum boot capacity is 1,300 liters and marked at the four-door premium coupe the class figure. For a maximum level of comfort is the standard automatically opening and closing tailgate , also available with the Smart Opener by gesture control through a simple foot movement.

Powerful motors

For the launch of the 4-Gran Coupe are five engines to choose from.Top-of-the-line six-cylinder petrol engine in the BMW 435i with 3.0-liter displacement and 225 kW/306 hp. In the BMW 428i and the BMW 420i Gran Coupe two four-cylinder comes with two-liter in, they make 180 kW/245 hp and 135 kW/184 hp. Two four-cylinder diesel engines impress with smoothness, torque and particularly low fuel consumption.The BMW 420d Gran Coupe with 135 kW/184 hp has a fuel consumption from 4.7 to 4.9 liters per 100 kilometers (4.6 to 4.7 liters with sports automatic). The BMW 418d Gran Coupe, the engine develops 105 kW/143 hp and consumes 4.5 to 4.7 liters per 100 kilometers. All diesel and petrol engines comply with the Euro 6 emissions standard.

Read More

The Taranis drone passed his test flight

If the firm BAE Systems and the UK Ministry of Defense has always been secretive about the Taranis project, they reveal more about the evolution of their UCAV. According to its current stage, the stealthy UAV demonstrator has successfully completed the first flight tests. A feat that has exceeded all expectations according to the designers.

Taranis is named after the god of thunder in Celtic mythology. While the tests were carried out during the last months of 2013, the news was revealed recently. Thus, during the inaugural flight of 15 minutes, the British fighter drone has achieved a faultless from takeoff to landing, through some moves. All controlled remotely by Bob Frase, a former pilot. Further, Taranis has also managed other flight tests during which he was able to fly for an hour at altitudes and speeds.

These results should allow its creators to develop an unmanned stealth fighter capable of choosing and precision strike over a long distance. Funded by the UK government, Scotland the Taranis has cost so far, nearly 185 million pounds (about 220 millions euros).

Read More

Snail Speaker- Snail shaped speaker

The speakers are available in different styles, shapes and sizes, but some definitely stand out.Such is the case of Snail Speaker, a model that stands out for its design inspired by the snail.

Use of this snail-speaker would be a way both practical and original to amplify the sound of a smartphone. Moreover, the audio gadget is compatible with any type of media devices such as Windows Phone, Android devices and iOS, in addition to other mobile gadgets. Just that they have a headphone jack 3.5 mm on which the widget is connect. The Snail Speaker boasts a battery with good battery life since it can operate for three hours in playback mode. Regarding the load, it can be done by using a USB cable. It is therefore always possible to immediately connect to a computer for charging when the battery is in serious decline.

Available, the Snail Speaker is sold price $ 8 almost 5 euros.

Read More

The Samsung Galaxy S5 could be presented Feb. 24

Samsung has announced Tuesday the presentation of a new device on 24 February at the Mobile World Congress . In all likelihood, it could be the future Samsung Galaxy S5 .

As every year, we suspected that Samsung would announce its next high-end smartphone and seas between February this year. The date is now confirmed, it will be on February 24 next in Barcelona, ​​during the Mobile World Congress . This is the first time since the S2 Samsung sees the first international exhibition on mobility to present one of its flagship smartphones. For the last two models, the Galaxy S3 and S4 , the Korean manufacturer had indeed privileged announcement with great fanfare at events dedicated.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 could be available in metal or plastic release depending on the choice of the user, with Touchwiz interface review , a fingerprint reader fingerprint as the HTC Max One or iPhone 5S and a 64 processor bits .

Read More

Chinese researchers invent water jet printer

Chinese researchers at Jilin University are able to develop a new kind of printer. Finished using inkjet, instead they opt for a natural element simply: water. Ecological and inexpensive design that would reduce waste significantly.

The prototype was developed by the team of Sean Zhang Xiao-An. It is a standard printer ink cartridge which has been replaced by water. It works with the paper specially designed for this purpose. With invisible dyes carefully integrated, the paper may reveal its contents in contact with water, as a developer. Once dry, it returns a blank page, reusable several times. Thus, printing is legible obtained during 22 hours. Beyond this period, the writing evaporates and it is even possible to remove the sheet by heating to 70 ° C in less than 30 seconds. According to tests, the method works up to 50 print / erase cycles and with the ability to print the texts in four colors (blue, magenta, yellow, purple).

In the future, designers hope to improve the life of their paper and eventually develop a full-color model that is beneficial to society and the environment.

Read More

The best and worst of Facebook in 10 years

In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg put online a site that would become the most popular social networking site: Facebook. It is celebrating its tenth year, and we return to the occasion on the most significant events. Creating the Thefacebook billion users through the acquisition of Instagram or IPO, relive 10 years of Facebook in a few key dates.

Read More

Compact Powerhouse: Volkswagen donated the Golf R 300 PS

300 hp and all-wheel drive are also in ice and snow a weapon (Photo: Volkswagen)

Volkswagen launches the new Golf R is one of the sportiest compact models of the world the world on the road. Under the hood lies a newly designed turbo direct injection petrol engine (TSI) with an output of 221 ​​kW / 300 PS.

The new four-cylinder 30 hp more, but it should be up to 18 percent more economical than its predecessor. 300 horsepower from a four-cylinder sounds spectacular, but the same performance also draws the Audi S3 Sportback from a four-cylinder. Like its predecessor, the new Golf R has a permanent all-wheel drive . For pure dynamics should provide a re-blank, Lowered sports suspension.

Spurtstark and economical

After just 5.1 seconds the manually shifted Golf R will be 100 km / h (previous model: 5.7 s), with automatic double-clutch transmission (DSG) defines the sports car to sprint even in 4.9 seconds back. The electronically limited top speed of 250 km / h Despite the sporty performance and the increased power consumption of the Golf R compared to the previous 8.5 was to 7.1 l/100 km are reduced.

In the interior the aggressive appearance continues. (Photo: Volkswagen)

LED light and leather sports steering wheel

Standard bi-xenon headlights with a newly designed LED daytime running lights, dark-red LED tail lights and an exhaust system with four chrome-plated tailpipes give the Golf R also visually recognizable as aggressive sports car. In the interior, the Golf flagship sets with sports seats in the material "substance-Alcantara", a three-spoke leather sports steering wheel , an ambient lighting, climate control and aradio-CD system with touch screen in scene.

Video: VW Golf R - Driving Report

Read More