Tuesday, May 19, 2009

World's Smallest Personal Computer


CompuLab introduces fit-PC2 – the smallest, most power-efficient Intel Atom PC to date. fit-PC2 architecture is what sets it apart from other nettop PCs - fit-PC2 is designed around the Intel Atom Z530 1.6GHz and the ultra low power Intel US15W system controller hub, rather than the Atom N270 and 945G used in other nettop-PCs, thereby reducing power consumption by more than two thirds. US15W incorporates hardware video acceleration. This allows fit-PC2 to run Windows XP or Ubuntu Linux at just 6W and to play full HD 1080p H.264 video using less than 7W.

Is Everything Made of Mini Black Holes?

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Could All Particles Be Mini Black Holes?:
May 14, 2009

The idea that all particles are mini black holes has major implications for both particle physics and astrophysics, say scientists.

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/23530/

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Is Everything Made of Mini Black Holes?:

May 14th, 2009

In 1971 physicist Stephen Hawking suggested that there might be “mini” black holes all around us that were created by the Big Bang. The violence of the rapid expansion following the beginning of the Universe could have squeezed concentrations of matter to form miniscule black holes, so small they can’t even be seen in a regular microscope. But what if these mini black holes were everywhere, and in fact, what if they make up the fabric of the universe? A new paper from two researchers in California proposes this idea.

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/05/14 ... ack-holes/

My First Promotion of Legos, EVAR!


This Maniac t-shirt shows that even Legoland has its deviants; Jason never was the same after someone switched his head, but thankfully it’s relatively easy to reassemble his victims.