iPro: the ultimate concept between iMac and Mac Pro

A designer and Apple fan offers his vision of the ultimate workstation of the brand. Halfway between an iMac and a Mac Pro, the concept focuses on an all-in-one, combining design and performance.

Called iPro, the workstation has been designed for professionals who wish to have at hand a powerful and practical tool, responding to their needs. The concept thus attempts to add the Mac Pro, a large movie screen. Thus, the user is entitled to a base being about the size of two Mac Pro lying. The latter has an ingenious foot, in addition to maintaining the 35-inch OLED screen, can tilt to 20 °, forward or backward. We also note the presence of 8 USB 3.0 ports and 4 Thunderbolt on his back. Finally, all dressed in a monocoque aluminum structure and the OLED panel is protected by two layers of glass.

IPro this concept must be the designer Kurt Merki Jr , KMJ Studio, located in Switzerland.

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iPhone 6 release before the summer ?

Usually held in early autumn, the release of the iPhone 6 could be advanced in June by Apple, evidenced by the 90 million copies ordered for 2014. 

And if the iPhone 6 coming out in June? It is rumored that runs from the Chinese newspaper Commercial Times , taken by the Taiwanese daily reference Digitimes reported that Apple has ordered 90 million units in the Foxconn factories. 

Each butterfly wing flapping at Foxconn causing a rumor on the iPhone, why observers have made more credit to the latter? Sites more or less specialized went there of their calculations and analyzes. 

Traditionally, the new version of the iPhone is on sale in September. But as pointed Menly , Apple iPhone elapsed 153 million in 2013. If the firm launched its new product as usual in September, it would sell 30 million copies per month. Almost impossible. Saud if the release date is advanced. The high-tech U.S. sites BGR , ValueWalk and Tuaw support this reasoning, recalling that everything depends on the assumed command 90 million units. 

Another argument that is consistent with this hypothesis, Apple has already released three versions in the period from June to July, the iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4. And "Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which takes place during the second week of June could be a window of opportunity," notes the Huffington Post . 

In addition, the Commercial Times also announced that the Taiwanese TSMC began producing chips for the iPhone 6. 

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The next Nexus 6 is based on the LG G3

The Mobile World Congress is an opportunity to discover new constructors, but conversations can sometimes lead to indiscretions on future products. This is for example the case of our German colleagues Gizmodo , who has learned from a source that the next Nexus smartphone is always produced by LG. Most importantly, the Nexus 6 could be simply derived from the next high-end phone from the Korean company, the G3 .

The continuity of the partnership between Google and LG has nothing surprising, since the last two models of the Nexus range have proved to be very good surprises. As for the choice to take a model of the LG range to fit into Google phone, it is not new: it is precisely what was done for the Nexus 4 , a G Optimus exempt certain features (sensor Photo less efficient and no 4G). Still remains to be seen what will be the LG G3 . So far, little information is available. Only rumors, citing a 64-bit processor, a qHD display (2560 x 1440) or a photo sensor 16 megapixels. The same kind of information that has not always proved true on the Galaxy S5 for example. But even more interesting, Google could also offer a clock connected to its product catalog. And guess what manufacturer would be considered to deal with the hardware? LG. We must now wait until June, during the developer conference Google I / O , to see if they are accurate or not.

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A 30-meter asteroid came close to Earth

The NASA has published a rating rather unexpected: an asteroid with a size of about 30 meters rose this week near the Earth, that is to say, a distance of 350,000 kilometers at its furthest point close, or about 35 000 km less than our Moon . Named 2014 DX110, its passage was held this morning at 10:00 (French time).

If this kind of phenomenon is not very common, there is nothing exceptional, according to NASA, which indicates that its instruments detect "about twenty per year" , which graze the earth without causing hazards. However, the announcement came very late from the space agency, just hours before the passage of the asteroid. I must say that if the instruments for detecting objects of NASA are performing, they are not foolproof. In February 2013, a meteor had fallen over the city of Chelyabinsk, 1,500 km from Moscow, Russia. It was an asteroid having disintegrated at 5000 meters below the surface of the Earth, and causing heavy damage and many without NASA could react upstream injured.

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Facebook wants to swallow drones Manufacturer

According to a report by the well-informed online magazine Techcrunch.com the social network Facebook is to be interested in a takeover of the drones manufacturer Titan Aerospace. In space, a purchase price of 60 million U.S. dollars to lie but could not be confirmed so far. The company specializes in solar-powered drones that can stay up to five years in the air and fly at a high altitude.

According to the report Facebook wants to use the drones for the Internet supply and the first in Africa. See the plans, according to Techcrunch for the construction of 11,000 drones of the model Solara 60 for this application. Titanium Aerospace was founded in 2012 by Max Yaney and so far has two drone models in the program.

The model Solara 50 can carry about 32 kg payload and 100 kg are at the aircraft Solara 60th The altitude of the drone amounts to approximately 20,000 meters. The provision of Internet access is to be improved with the high-flying drones, especially in rural areas not easily accessible.

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An e-cig connected to vapoter while listening to music

Even electronic cigarettes set up their share of connectivity. After Smokio , another model made ​​its debut in the world of connected objects. In addition to contributing to smoking cessation, it acts as functional Bluetooth speaker.

Called SuperSmoker, this electronic cigarette connected focuses more of its audio capabilities.Thanks to built-in speakers, it can stream music from an iOS or Android smartphone. Just pair it with a Bluetooth device. Further, the vapoteur can be used to directly answer an incoming call, the image of a hands-free kit call. Powered by a battery, it is equipped with a tank e-liquid and has three settings buttons. A to activate the Bluetooth and two to increase / decrease the volume.Finally, it sounds and emits slight vibration during a call.

Recently available, the SuperSmoker is priced at a price of 84.90 euros. Available in black, silver and gold.

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USB key to the future will be fine and sticky

And if the USB key was sticky? This is suggested by a design duo concept, reinventing classic support storage and data portability. Like the post-its, the next generation of USB key will be fine, self-adhesive and removable.

Baptized DataSTICKIES , these storage devices can be stacked together for easy storage. Each USB drive is made ​​from graphene sandwiched between two layers of protection. Designed to be practical, it is repositionable and can be stuck on any surface when it is not used.

Beyond its special shape, it is distinguished by its mode of operation. Indeed, instead of plugging into a USB port, each key is attached to a panel of data transfer, to install on a part of the computer or TV. A specific conductive adhesive allows it to adhere to the surface while facilitating data transfer. Once recognized, the edges of DataSTICKIES light.

Available in several colors and with different storage capacities, the ultrafine USB key has an upper part that the user can write to reference data. Designed by Aditi Singh and Anand Parag, the concept is the winner of the Red Dot Award competition.

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