UNPRINTER

Researchers at the University of Cambridge in the UK have developed a method for removing laser-printed text from paper. It could mean devices used for security, recycling or both.

The technique worked by using the laser beam to apply the right level of heat for a mere four billionths of a second. It isn’t a case of the words dropping off the page: the heat vaporized the toner, with the resulting gas being captured in a filter. Allwood says the technique worked on a range of toners and does not damage the paper or leave it unable to “receive” toner in the future.

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Playstation 3

CPU: Cell Processor

• PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
• 1 VMX vector unit per core
• 512KB L2 cache
• 7 x SPE @3.2GHz
• 7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
• 7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
• 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS

GPU: RSX @550MHz

• 1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
• Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
• Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

Sound: Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-base processing)

Memory:

• 256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
• 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz

System Bandwidth:

• Main RAM: 25.6GB/s
• VRAM: 22.4GB/s
• RSX: 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
• SB: 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

Storage:

• HDD
• Detachable 2.5” HDD slot x 1

Input/Output:

• USB: Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
• Memory Stick: standard/Duo, PRO x 1
• SD: standard/mini x 1
• CompactFlash: (Type I, II) x 1

Communication: Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x3 (input x 1 + output x 2)

Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g

Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller:

• Bluetooth (up to 7)
• USB2.0 (wired)
• Wi-Fi (PSP®)
• Network (over IP)

AV Output:

• HDMI: HDMI out x 2
• Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
• Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1

CD Disc media (read only):

• PlayStation CD-ROM
• PlayStation 2 CD-ROM
• CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW
• SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD
• DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)

DVD Disc media (read only):

• PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM
• PLAYSTATION 3 DVD-ROM
• DVD-Video: DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW

Blu-ray Disc media (read only):

• PLAYSTATION 3 BD-ROM
• BD-Video: BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE

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HTC One X

2G Network:            GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network             HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Dimensions               134.4 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm
Weight                      130 g
Touch-sensitive controls
Super IPS LCD2 capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.7 inches
Multitouch
Corning Gorilla Glass
HTC Sense UI
Alert types                Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker             Yes
3.5mm jack               Yes
No Memory Card slot
Internal Memory        32 GB (26 GB user-available) storage, 1 GB RAM
GPRS, EDGE
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP
NFC
MicroUSB (MHL) v2.0
Camera                      Primary      8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
                                  Secondary  1.3 MP, 720p
Camera Features        Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, face and smile detection
Video                         1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec., video stabilization
OS                             Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Chipset                       Nvidia Tegra 3
CPU                          Quad-core 1.5 GHz
GPU                          ULP GeForce
Sensors                      Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging                  SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
Browser                     HTML, Adobe Flash
Radio                         Stereo FM radio with RDS
GPS                          Yes, with A-GPS support
Java                           Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors                        Gray, White
MicroSIM card support only
Beats Audio
Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
SNS integration
MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
Document viewer/editor
Voice memo/dial/commands
Predictive text input
Battery                          Li-Po 1800 mAh
Contrast ratio: 1410:1 (nominal) / 2.158:1 (sunlight)
Battery life                     37h

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