Is 4K the new 3D? – The Networked Society Blog
Good insights from CES: Is 4K the new 3D? – The Networked Society Blog.
I’d love to own a 4K screen, the more lifelike the images the better it’ll be for movies. I’d imagine filesizes are 4x as large as HD also, which will be an issue that might kill off optical storage (and require better broadband). It’s a shame the author tried to compare it to 3D (which objectively is still a flop) but he mentions the issues in that technology (namely: field of vision).
Disclaimer: I work for Ericsson.
Nuke support in UK hits record high
via The Register – Nuke support in UK hits record high.
If only we had such sense here in Ireland, we can’t meet our commitments and it will hurt the economy in the long run not to go nuclear. The ESB has said “sometime in the 2030′s we will need to look at it” – why not look at it now? These projects take 10-15 years at least to implement properly.
Air France 447 Flight-Data Recorder Transcript – What Really Happened Aboard Air France 447 – Popular Mechanics
Incredibly well-written article. Just shows the power of human misunderstanding and lack of clear judgement.
Why Are Android Smartphones Bigger Than the iPhone?
via Daring Fireball ★ Why Are Android Smartphones Bigger Than the iPhone?
tl;dr It’s because LTE chipsets are very large and power hungry right now.
