Month: January 2022

Acer’s new Chromebooks for education & commercial markets include the Chromebook 512 with a 3:2 display and Intel Jasper Lake

Acer is launching four new Chromebooks for the education and commercial markets with an emphasis on durability thanks to features like mechanically-anchored, spill-resistant keyboards, reinforced ports, and shock-absorbent bumpers. Most of the new Chromebooks also incorporate post-consumer recycled plastics and they all have “OceanGlass” touchpads made from abandoned, ocean-bound plastic waste. While most of the […]

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Acer is launching four new Chromebooks for the education and commercial markets with an emphasis on durability thanks to features like mechanically-anchored, spill-resistant keyboards, reinforced ports, and shock-absorbent bumpers. Most of the new Chromebooks also incorporate post-consumer recycled plastics and they all have “OceanGlass” touchpads made from abandoned, ocean-bound plastic waste.

While most of the new models have the usual entry-level 1366 x 768 pixel screens we’ve grown used to on budget Chromebooks, there is one model with a 14 inch full HD display and another with a 12 inch, 1366 x 912 pixel screen, making it one of the first Chromebooks for the education market with a 3:2 aspect ratio display.

Acer Chromebook 512 (C852/C852T)

The Acer Chromebook 512 (C852/C852T) may have the same number of horizontal pixels as most entry-level Chromebooks, the extra vertical pixels should give students a little extra screen space for viewing website, documents, and web apps.

It’s an IPS LED-backlit display that should also have wide viewing angles, and Acer says there’s optional support for a touch panel. Other features include support for up to an Intel Pentium Silver N6000 processor, up to 8GB of LPDDR4X memory, and up to 64GB of LPDDR4X memory. The laptop also has a “flare-reducing HD webcam with temporal noise reduction technology,” a feature shared by other new Acer Chromebooks with Intel Jasper Lake processors.

Acer’s new Chromebook 511 (C734/C734T) has an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display (touch optional) and otherwise similar specs, but this model tops out at an Intel Celeron N5100 processor.

The Acer Chromebook 314 (C934/C934T) is a 14 inch model with a 1920 x 1080 pixel display (touch optional), up to a Pentium Silver N6000 processor, and up to 128GB of eMMC storage.

Acer Chromebook 314 (C934/C934T)

And rounding things off is the new Acer Chromebook Spin 311 (R722T/R723T) 11.6 inch HD convertible with a MediaTek MT8183 processor, touchscreen display, 360-degree hinge, anti-microbial Corning Gorilla Glass on the screen, 4GB of LPDDR4X RAM, up to 64GB of eMMC storage, and an HD webcam with an 88-degree wide-angle lens and HDR support.

Here’s an overview of key specs for each of the new Chromebooks:

Chromebook 512 (C852/C852T) Chromebook 511 (C734/C734T) Chromebook 314 (C934/C934T) Chromebook Spin 311 (R722T/R723T)
Display 12 inches
1366 x 912 pixels
3:2 aspect ratio
IPS LCD
Touch optional		 11.6 inches
1366 x 768
16:9 aspect ratio
IPS LCD
Touch optional		 14 inches
1920 x 1080
16:9 aspect ratio
IPS LCD
Touch optional		 11.6 inches
1366 x 768 pixels
16:9 aspect ratio
IPS LCD
Touch standard
360-degree hinge
Antimicrobial Corning Gorilla Glass
Processor(s) Intel Celeron N4500
Intel Celeron N5100
Intel Pentium Silver N6000		 Intel Celeron N4500
Intel Celeron N5100		 Intel Celeron N4500
Intel Celeron N5100
Intel Pentium Silver N6000		 MediaTek MT8183
RAM Up to 8GB LPDDR4X Up to 8GB LPDDR4X Up to 8GB LPDDR4X 4GB LPDDR4X5
Storage 32GB or 64GB eMMC 32GB or 64GB eMMC 32GB / 64GB / 128GB eMMC 32GB or 64GB eMMC
Ports 2 x USB 3.2 Type-C (full function)
2 x USB 3.2 Type-A
MicroSD card reader		 2 x USB 3.2 Type-C (full function)
2 x USB 3.2 Type-A
MicroSD card reader		 2 x USB 3.2 Type-C (full function)
2 x USB 3.2 Type-A
MicroSD card reader		 1 x USB Type-C
1 x USB 2.0 Type-A
Wireless WiFi 6
Bluetooth 5.1		 WiFi 6
Bluetooth 5.1		 WiFi 6
Bluetooth 5.1		 WiFi 6 / BT 5.2 (R723T)
WiFi 5 / BT 4.2 (R722T)
Audio Stereo speakers
Dual microphones		 Stereo speakers
Dual microphones		 Stereo speakers
DTS Audio
Dual microphones		 Stereo speakers
Dual microphones
OceanGlass Touchpad Yes Yes Yes Yes
Post-consumer recycled plastics Yes Yes No Yes
Keyboard hinge 180 degrees 180 degrees 180 degrees 360 degrees
Mechanically anchored keys Yes Yes No Yes
Dimensions 11.65″  x 8.98″ x 0.83″ 11.65″ x 8.11″ x 0.83″ 12.85″ x 8.86″ x 0.79″ 11.65″ x 8.2″ x 0.83″
Weight 2.87 pounds 2.87 pounds 3.2 pounds 2.87 pounds
Starting Price $350 $350 $430 $400
Availability (North America) January 2022 February 2022 Second half of 2022 March 2022

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Lehrer vs. Youtube-Star

Gute Lehrer zu finden ist schwer. Unter den Abiturienten interessieren sich nur elf Prozent für das Lehramt. Genauso viele wollen Influencer werden

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After 7 years, a spent Falcon 9 rocket stage is on course to hit the Moon

The impact could offer scientists a peek at the selenology of the Moon.

On February 11, 2015, a Falcon 9 lifted off from SpaceX’s Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, carrying the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite on SpaceX’s first deep space mission.

Enlarge / On February 11, 2015, a Falcon 9 lifted off from SpaceX’s Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, carrying the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite on SpaceX’s first deep space mission. (credit: SpaceX)

SpaceX launched its first interplanetary mission nearly seven years ago. After the Falcon 9 rocket's second stage completed a long burn to reach a transfer orbit, NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory began its journey to a Sun-Earth LaGrange point more than 1 million km from the Earth.

By that point, the Falcon 9 rocket's second stage was high enough that it did not have enough fuel to return into Earth's atmosphere. It also lacked the energy to escape the gravity of the Earth-Moon system, and so it has been following a somewhat chaotic orbit since February 2015.

Now, according to sky observers, the spent second stage's orbit is on course to intersect with the Moon. According to Bill Gray, who writes the widely used Project Pluto software to track Near-Earth Objects, asteroids, minor planets, and comets, such an impact could come in March.

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