Only one to two times per year does a device so much capture the minds of the market that it warrants braving planes, trains, automobiles, sleet, snow, and dead of night to get our hands on it. via Chipworks – Teardown of the Apple iPad.
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Is iPad Stress Driving Factory Workers to Suicide? – Apple – Gawker
In one month, four workers have attempted suicide at the Chinese factory Apple hires to make products like the iPad. Why? It’s a mystery, but it’s also easy to make some educated guesses about what’s got workers going nuts. via Is iPad Stress Driving Factory Workers to Suicide? – Apple – Gawker.
Secret Military Space Plane Primed For Test Launch
The 29-foot-long, 15-foot-wide Orbital Test Vehicle arrived in Cape Canaveral, Fla., last month according to the Air Force. The OTV spaceplane was built at a Boeing Phantom Works facility in Southern California. via SPACE.com — Secret Military Space Plane Primed For Test Launch.
DARPA’s Voltron
“Form of — an aircraft carrier!” US Navy plans self-building floating fortresses • The Register.
Sagem Orga outs SIMFi, a SIM card/WiFi router hybrid
Sagem’s SIMFi is one of those ideas that you wish you had come up with yourself. The concept is pretty straightforward: they’ve created a SIM card with an embedded WiFi radio, so provided you have a suitable data plan, the card itself puts out a WiFi signal instead of relying on the phone. For anyoneContinue reading “Sagem Orga outs SIMFi, a SIM card/WiFi router hybrid”
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