Notebook Italia has turned up even more shots of Dell’s new XPS M1730 laptop, from a variety of different angles. What’s very clear from the new pictures is that this model has size “issues,” so if you don’t like chunky lappies, stay away. Still, those specifications — 17-inch screen, Core 2 Extreme X7800 chip, GeForce 8700M — do look mighty tasty. Ahh, decisions, decisions.
Archives for the day Sunday, August 12th, 2007
12 Aug
OLE pill bug robot concept could fight forest fires
Posted on 2007 under Other Gadgets | No Comment
German researchers at the University of Madgeburg-Stendal have developed a concept for a robot shaped like a pill millipede that could potentially detect and fight forest fires. Were the “OLE” a real robot, it would be able to scuttle around the forest floor at speeds of around 6 to 12 MPH, using infrared and “biosensors” to detect fire sources. If it gets into trouble, it can curl up just like a real pill bug and be fully protected thanks to a ceramic-fibre compound shell that can withstand temperature of 1,300 Degrees Centigrade. According to the researchers, 30 of these OLEs could protect a forest area as large as 2,700 square miles, whilst simultaneously freaking out hundreds of forest animals.
12 Aug
Dell continues to extol Latitude XT by pulverizing rivals
Posted on 2007 under Other Gadgets | No Comment
While we patiently await Dell’s highly-touted gift to the tablet PC universe, the marketing crew has apparently decided that obliterating yet another rival machine will keep the buzz alive until this thing actually launches. This go ’round, a team gathers around a blindfolded individual who takes his frustrations out on a piñata, er, tablet PC, and does a fine job of making sure it never boots up the same way again. Per usual, the video of the massacre is after the break, but we’re still not sure what all it proves about Dell’s forthcoming solution.