More WANTS!

Coming soon...cool technology which would change how we use our computers.
My company was supposed to develop something similar, but looks like this would be easier adoption.
I wish they can work with Command and Conquer or StarCraft games!

Asus support

Getting another firmware update for my Asus tablet as of now... awesome! And the new waiting android is so cool! The irony of updates... fixing a flaw or putting in new features? Go for vanilla or a popular device which will have support due to a huge user base?

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New Gadgets for 2012?

Just watched Asus's Chairman Shih released the 2012 line of products for Asus at ASUS press conference on February 28th during MWC 2012 in Barcelona. Having bought 2 of their 2011 cool products last year, one being Transformer TFT101 tablet and the other is the Zenbook ultrabook. They have been rather great with support and rather well made devices. After watching the below videos, it does get one more excited about what is to come but yet I am hesitant to jump into getting more gadgets till the house is done. Wanted to get the new slimmer Transformer Prime but got my colleague to get it instead, just to play with it. Wondering who else I can convince to get the PadFone!

Go watch the crazy Asus chairman...though he does seem a bit cool and passionate but he ain't Steve Jobs, the marketing guru in delivering product announcments.

This is an awesome invention

I look forward to my return to cycling soon!

Technology Cannibalism

In my earlier post on Steve Job's influence in today's well connect world, we see his wildly popular gadgets slowly killing off many other devices and businesses.

Here's an article talking about the end of digital compact cameras akin to the end of photo developing studios, or CD shops and bookstores. Perhaps one day, everyone will be working for Apple as its shares continue to grow and outstrip Dow Jones.

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/9890146101/how-smartphones-are-changing-digital-photography

For now I am staying on the dark side - as much as I love to adopt and go with the norm, my mind always sticks to David, and silently cheering on the underdogs or those who support open-source. Like all my political post goes - Transparency at the end of the day, is the only real truth.

Here is more alternative news of late on the dark side of Steve - not everyone thinks he is visionary.

http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/10/06/the-dark-side-of-steve-jobss-dream/
http://www.thedrum.co.uk/news/2011/10/08/26940-the-other-side-of-steve-jobs-how-he-neutered-the-free-press-/
http://gawker.com/5516149/the-dark-side-of-steve-jobs

Stay white!

Please stay white everyone else...I wanna be the non-conformed cool geek.

Sometimes technology is dangerous

You know the saying "Fire can be a good servant but a bad master"; well this applies to technology too. Remember the scene in I, Robot starring Will Smith who wears his old school Converse kicks and swear off technology? We all need to be constantly aware of the dangers of people with the knowledge to turn good into bad. For now beware of identity thefts...I am going to leave my Visa Wave card at home for now.

Almost bought an iPad after watching this

This is ultimate coolness.

A big hint

Sometimes technology of being connected on the move makes us even more disconnected. Perhaps we should all cancel our data plans, lose the smartphones and just revert back to pagers and snail mails. Perhaps being so connected or contactable makes one more liable to forget the people around us? Well, of late, I had fun doing the simple things of carrying lanterns and flying layangs.

Google TV

With Starhub having no updates on NBA TV, one can only suck thumb. Well, I can't wait for Google TV to come soon.



NBA app on Android market!

Even if it's only for 30 seconds

Where can I get one of these jetpacks?



The packs are fuelled by the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, providing the thrust/propulsion but also cool exhaust gases. In total, you get about 30s of awesome flight. Hope in the near future, these jetpacks can be a mode of transportation - 30s might get me to my convenience store down the next block!


Never owned an Xbox, and always thought Halo might enter into PS3 platform...but is the game really that good? Can't afford another console at home...

Wiiiiii

Wiiii...got my Wii back today from my engineering friend. He helped to bring it to a local shop near his place and though it took 2 weeks, they troubleshoot it like a typical failure analysis engineer. Taking apart part by part before isolating and determining the root cause thus not warrant any unnecessary repair charges.

Anyway,  my console died on me after I tried playing Raving  Rabbids 2 after a year hiatus and somehow it hung and had some sort of power surge, I took it apart and ended in a 2-hr futile attempt to fix it. Anyway my ex-colleague saw my cry for help on Facebook status and recommended a place near his home where they fix all game consoles, Wii, X-Box, PS3, PSPs etc, and at reasonable prices.Easily X0% off the cheapest quote I found online or called. My ex-colleague was an early adopter, getting game consoles on launch/release dates and at high prices, so his recommendation for this place is highly credible.

If you need, give Supreme Power House a call or go head down -  Info found on my receipt here:

Supreme Power House 

Blk 505 Tampines Central 1 #01-349

Singapore 520505

Tel: (+65)  6788 4644 

This is not an advertorial, just think they did a great job and "improved" my Wii at a reasonable price, and since I couldn't find many sites on game consoles repair which does not have some form of biased feedback, thought it will be good to share. Only problem is I have couple of Wii  days before I leave for work and vacation. I won't be back in Singapore till after National Day! Majulah...Singapura!

Apparently the hottest Toy last Christmas

Finally here in Singapore and found even in NTUC, 7-Elevens and Toys "R" Us. Will this get as big as Tamagotchi was? Since this Zhu-Zhu Pet was sold out in USA when launch Black Friday...

Now no more smelly hamsters...

Get ready for Swype

Sick of having fat fingers on small touch screen keypads, creating typos? Get ready for a new wave in text messaging or typing uber quickly on mobile phones.



vs iPhone...apparently Apple doesn't want it in their products. Well the new Motorola Droid X will have it, thus hopefully on Android "Market" soon.



All the tips on how to Swype - videos.

Geeks rule!

This is absolutely hilarious. 2 of the biggest honchos in our technology world having a conversation.

Apple does it again

Just when I switched out my iPhone 2G to an Android, Steve Jobs did it again. Damn you Apple!
FaceTime looks really good...this will be good for late night calls to catch me dozing off!!

Can't wait for Google to launch something even better, but seriously Apple streamlines everything from product design to manufacturing...their control over a product launch is not just an OS.

Cheap Plastic Flash memory

Throughout my semiconductor career, I have always been dealing with Non-volatile memories (NVM or widely popularly known as Flash). And my basics were from a Japanese fabrication plant under a pupillage of a great boss who had 16 years of Flash experience when I first met him. A team of Japanese researchers from University of Tokyo recently have a new breakthrough - cheap, disposable, flexible plastic Flash memory. The basic technology behind it is using an plastic substrate consisting of polymer and metal oxide. Without the need for silicon, it is cheap to process.

Right now I am thinking of the wonderful possible applications it will hold for consumers in the future like OLEDs in time to come. But also thinking of the amount of waste it will generate and hopefully, the material can be biodegradable. Check out the pictures from the Tech Review website linked earlier.

Air Multiplier

A child friendly bladeless fan! Wind is created through inducement and amplification of air flow.

Power efficiency in mobile computing

24 hour battery life laptop? HP claims it.

Tweet to God

Never used Twitter or Plurk before..not sure what the fuss is about..already think my life is an open book, anyway now you can tweet your requests/prayers to God.