Month: May 2016
Velohub Blinkers: Blinker und Laserabstandhalter fürs Fahrrad
Im Dunkeln ist das Handzeichen beim Abbiegen mit dem Fahrrad nur schlecht zu sehen. Studenten aus Zürich haben daher Blinker zum Nachrüsten entwickelt. Ein eingebauter Laser zeichnet sogar einen virtuellen Radweg auf den Boden. (Smart Bike, Technologie)
Core i7-6950X im Test: Mehr Kerne für mehr Euros
Xeon E3-1500 v5: Intel bringt gesockelte Skylakes mit On-Package-Speicher
Xeon-CPUs mit einem kleinen, aber extrem schnellen Zusatzspeicher und der flottesten integrierten Grafik am Markt: Bisher waren Skylake-Chips mit EDRAM dem AiO- und Notebook-Segment vorbehalten. Die neuen Desktop-Varianten takten dank bis zu 65 Watt TDP höher – setzen aber spezielle Mainboards voraus. (Xeon, Prozessor)
Standby-Modus: iPad Pro 9,7 Zoll mit Akkuproblemen
Tri-Radio-Plattform: Qualcomm bringt das Dreifach-WLAN
Qualcomm introduces Snapdragon Wear 1100 chip for wearables
There are an awful lot of smartwatches using Qualcomm’s processors, but most of them are using the Snapdragon 400 family of chips that were originally designed for phones.
Earlier this year Qualcomm introduced a new chip designed specifically for wearables, called the Snapdragon Wear 2100. And now the company is adding a Snapdragon Wear 1100 system-on-a-chip to its wearable lineup.
As you probably guessed from the name, the new chip is less powerful than the Snapdragon Wear 2100, and it’s targeted at devices that are more affordable and/or which may offer longer battery life or smaller size.
Continue reading Qualcomm introduces Snapdragon Wear 1100 chip for wearables at Liliputing.
There are an awful lot of smartwatches using Qualcomm’s processors, but most of them are using the Snapdragon 400 family of chips that were originally designed for phones.
Earlier this year Qualcomm introduced a new chip designed specifically for wearables, called the Snapdragon Wear 2100. And now the company is adding a Snapdragon Wear 1100 system-on-a-chip to its wearable lineup.
As you probably guessed from the name, the new chip is less powerful than the Snapdragon Wear 2100, and it’s targeted at devices that are more affordable and/or which may offer longer battery life or smaller size.
Continue reading Qualcomm introduces Snapdragon Wear 1100 chip for wearables at Liliputing.
Brain infections may spark Alzheimer’s, new study suggests
While still speculative, new hypothesis offers some sensible explanations to the disease.
The protein globs that jam brain circuits in people with Alzheimer’s disease may not result from a sloppy surplus, but rather a bacterial battle, a new study suggests.
Previously, researchers assumed that the protein—beta amyloid—was just a junk molecule that piled up. And efforts to cure Alzheimer’s focused on clearing out clogs and banishing beta amyloid from the brain. But a new study conducted using mice and worms suggests that the protein clumps are actually microbial booby traps, sturdy proteinaceous snares intended to confine invading microbes and protect the brain.
The findings, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, suggest that Alzheimer’s may result from the brain’s effort to fight off infections. While that hypothesis is controversial and highly speculative at this point, it could dramatically alter the way researchers and doctors work to treat and prevent the degenerative disease.
Internetwirtschaft: Das ist so was von 2006
Die richtigen Fragen, nur zehn Jahre zu spät: Das “Grünbuch Digitale Plattformen” des Wirtschaftsministeriums zeigt den Abstand der deutschen Netzpolitik zur Realität. (Netzpolitik, Internet)
NVM Express und U.2: Supermicro gibt SATA- und SAS-SSDs bald auf
Wenn es um Rechenzentrumshardware geht, sind traditionelle SSDs für Supermicro viel zu langsam. Das Unternehmen wechselt von SSD All Flash auf All NVMe Flash. Helfen soll die breite Verwendung von U.2 alias SFF-8639. (NVMe, Speichermedien)