Apple has started to curb the amount of MacBook Pro laptops that it
currently has in stores with many nearly out of stock, which nearly
always indicated that a refresh of some kind might well be immanent. So
if you are thinking of purchasing a new MacBook Pro it might be worth
holding fire for just a little while longer.
Other indication that suggest a refresh is immanent is that new
references for all MacBook Pro models have appeared in Apple’s inventory
system for the 13 inch, 15 inch, and 17 inch screen sizes.
The references seem to suggest that
Apple will continue to supply 2 x 13 inch models, 2 x 15 inch models,
and 1 x 17 inch model of MacBook Pro. But rather than a huge overhall
the expected changes are thought to be fairly small and only upgrades to
their processors and the Bluetooth 4.0 technolo
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Today is the day future video game historians will mark as the apex of the battle over used game sales. It will take more than your online
passes and one use DLC codes to intimidate Gamestop, publishers? You
like single use codes packed in with new copies of games? Gamestop’s got
your single use codes right here. If by here you mean the inside of
every used copy of the game.
Yes, Gamestop is apparently offering the
same bonus Catwoman content which should theoretically be the sole
domain of mint copies with "pre-used” copies of Batman Arkham City,
essentially making the whole code thing an exercise in futility.
Questions such as where did Gamestop get the codes abound. Rest assured
though, it’s not like Gamestop would take them from new copies in order
to boost higher-margin used game sales. Then maybe sell those ga
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Computer scientists at the Sarland University have developed a new wireless braking system for bicycles, and instead of cables and levers to activate the brakes, it is all done with a range of wireless devices.
The wireless braking system for bicycles is made up of a a wireless transmitter
on the hand grip and a motorized disk brake caliper, when the hand grip
is squeezed, the data is transmitted to the caliper and the brakes are
applied.
The developers of the technology are testing
it out on bicycles, and intend to use it for something else when it is
fully developed, the idea is that the technology could be applied to
trains, cars and also planes.
You might remember last year we featured the CubeStormer a Rubik’s Cube solver that was built from Lego and became the Worlds Fastest Lego Mindstorms RCX Speedcubing Robot. Well the team are back and have now created a new design using a Samsung
Galaxy S II smartphone to process the calculations and has
now halved the record set by the original CubeStormer. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.
The next generation Lego CubeStormer II
has been built by Mike Dobson and David Gilday, and is capable of
solving Rubik’s Cube at amazingly fast speeds. Its been constructed
using four Lego Mindstorms NXT kits, and a Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone as its "brain.”
