Review: Get Your Game On With Sony's Xperia Play Android Phone
Where most slider phones have a keyboard, Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play sports Playstation controls. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com.
Mothers, lock up your gamers. The PlayStation phone has arrived.
And while it’s a bit on the chubby side, we think that, for Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play, big is beautiful.
You could almost call the Xperia Play the shorter, fatter cousin to the svelte Xperia Arc, which Sony Ericsson once described as the “world’s thinnest smartphone.” At .62 inches, the Play looks positively bulky compared to its Xperia-line relatives — a veritable Jan Brady to the Arc’s Marcia.
WebBuzz du 13/02/2014
Les logiciels libres sont souvent critiqués car ils n'offrent rien de concret. Voici un petit exemple de ce que l'on peut faire en détournant une imprimante 3D et l'utilisation des logiciels open source. Si l'aventure vous tente, voici la notice de montage.
Free software is often criticized because they do not offer anything concrete. Here is a small example of what can be done by diverting a 3D printer and use of open source software. If you're feeling adventurous, here are the installation instructions.
The 990FX Chipset Arrives: AMD And SLI Rise Again
AMD is laying the foundation for its Socket AM3+, Bulldozer-based Zambezi processors with the 990FX chipset, functionally identical to 890FX. The big news is that motherboard vendors are licensing SLI again, and we want to compare performance to Intel.
WebBuzz du 19/03/2015: Manteau disco pour chien-Disco dog goat
Voici un projet qui va donner un air de disco à votre petit chien. Il s'agit d'un manteau pour petit chien constituer de plusieurs leds de couleurs et contrable avec votre smart phone. Il existe déjà plusieurs type d'animations et lorsque le manteau n'est plus en communication avec votre smart phone, le manteau indique alors "chien perdu", ce qui peut être utile...
Here is a project that will give a disco look to your little dog. This is for a small dog coat be more leds colors and contrable with your smart phone. There are already several types of entertainment and when the coat is no longer communicating with your smart phone, coat then shows "lost dog", which can be useful ...
Appsfire lève 2,5 millions d’euros et dépasse les 2 millions de téléchargements
WebBuzz du 25/02/2015: Demande en mariage en selfie-Incredible selfie proposal
Les demandes en mariage sont toujours surprenantes, certains les préparent et organisent pendant des mois éclipsant presque l'événement lui-même. Mais la meilleure façon de faire n'est elle pas celle de cet homme et d'être capable de vraiment surprendre sa future femme ?
Marriage proposals are always surprising, some prepare and organize for months almost eclipsing the event itself. But the best way to do it is not one of this man and to be able to really surprise his future wife?
WebBuzz du 10/02/2015: Robot quadrupède tous terrains-All road four legged robot
Robotics lab Boston Dynamics est heureux de vous annoncer la naissance de spot. C'est un robot quadrupède totallement indépendant et capable d'affronter n'importe quel terrains. Il se déplace tout seul et sait garder l'équilibre. Impressionnant.
Robotics lab Boston Dynamics is pleased to announce the birth spot. It is a quadruped robot totally independent and able to tackle any terrain. It moves by itself and knows how to keep the balance. Impressive.
WebBuzz du 12/04/2016: Premier test de la flyboard-First test of the flyboard
Pour une fois, une avancée technologique a été faite par la France, la Flyboard est une invention française de la société Zapata Racing. Voici les premiers tests très concluant. Après les soucis de réglementations avec les drônes, voici un nouvel engin dans les airs ...
For once, a technological breakthrough was made by France, is a French invention Flyboard company Zapata Racing. These are the first very successful tests. After the worries of regulations with drones, here's a new machine in the air ...
WebBuzz du 22/09/2017: Programmation de robots en réalité virtuelle-How to program robots in VR
A part les jeux, la réalité virtuelle n'avait pas vraiment d'applications industrielles, mais ce n'est plus le cas. Dorénavant, il sera possible de programmer les robots de fabrications en utilisant cette technique ce qui simplifie grandement les coûts d'installation ou de modification d'une chaîne de production.
Apart from the games, virtual reality did not really have industrial applications, but this is no longer the case. From now on, it will be possible to program the manufacturing robots using this technique which greatly simplifies the costs of installation or modification of a production line.
Burning Question: Why Do DVDs Still Have Region Codes?
While vacationing in France, you find a DVD of Ishtar. Score! (It’s never been released on DVD in the US). But when you get home, you discover that you’ve purchased a Region 2 disc, which, in your Region 1 player, is as useful as a coaster. This raises two questions: Why do you want to watch Ishtar? And why do we still have region codes?
The answers: taste and money, respectively. Though there’s no accounting for the former, those codes may soon be gone.
Regional restrictions began in 1997, as DVD technology was rolling out. They have nothing to do with the NTSC and PAL...










