Tag: Chip
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iPhone 6S Tests Show Varying Battery Life
It seems really odd, but according to some tests by online outlets, iPhone 6S models may have differing battery lives based on which internal components have been used in the construction of the phone. As you may already know, the parts inside these phones are often not always made by the same manufacturer – […]
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CHIP the tiny computer you can pre-order for $9.00
Miniature electronics are all the rage right now, amateur hacking has led to the steep rise in popularity, the Raspberry Pi devices and Arduino boards are proof of that. There’s a new tiny computer on the block though that’s looking to dramatically undercut the competition. CHIP is the new device from Next Thing Co, and […]
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Drones May Soon Include Electronic ‘Brain’
Drone tech is getting increasingly more complicated and more accessible to users looking to get their hands on their own flying camera. Recent reports suggest that newer models are set to include their own thinking methods and automated flight using neural networks. This means in layman’s terms that the previously remote control devices could evolve […]
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Phones Have Unused FM Radio Chips
It may seem odd but older FM radio stations still remain one of the biggest ways listeners get their hands on music. Bands and artists still rely on radio as a big outlet for their music – digital and downloads might be huge these days, but they haven’t yet squashed the older format. FM radios […]
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Qualcomm Teases Sense ID Finger Scanner
For all intents and purposes Apple has held a monopoly on next gen fingerprint scanners ever since their Touch ID sensor made it onto the iPhone. However, Qualcomm has swooped in with their own product, known as Sense ID, in a bid to make the technology widely available as with their massive range of smartphone […]
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Camera Flashes Cause Raspberry Pi 2 Glitch
As far as glitches go, this latest glitch discovered for the Raspberry Pi 2 microcomputer is one of the strangest we’ve seen yet, but there is a very interesting explanation behind the problem. Apparently when a xenon camera flash is set off near the Raspberry Pi 2 the computer shuts down without warning. What causes […]
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New Samsung Chip Has RAM and Storage
Phones and mobile devices are dwindling in size and increasing in power lately – it’s all about portability, especially with the new breed of wearables we’ve been seeing. However, a lot of restrictions and hurdles are to be navigated when building one of these devices in terms of hardware. A unique new chip has been […]
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Qualcomm Details 2015 Mobile Partners
Chip maker Qualcomm are a big name in high end processors for mobile phones, with a lot of handsets currently on the market being powered by one of Qualcomm’s chips. The company’s Snapdragon range has proved the most popular. Now the latest iteration of Snapdragon, the Snapdragon 810 chip, has been announced to be included […]
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Intel Reveals Tiny ‘Curie’ Computer
Intel have stepped up their push into the wearable sector, providing what seems to be a challenge to mobile chip sector giant Qualcomm, with the announcement of a new chip, named Curie, which adds computational functionality to the smallest of devices with minimal power usage. Curie is also incredibly small – the size of a […]
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Raspberry Pi Model A+ is the smallest yet, cheapest too!
For anyone not in the know, the Raspberry Pi is a great piece of technology originally developed with the intention of promoting the teaching of basic computer science in schools, but has proven to be massively popular with general computer programming enthusiasts around the world who have used them to make some quite cool things […]
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Thinner Chips Could Lead to Slim Xbox One
The industry behind the processing and memory chips is gearing up for entire new generations of slimmer hardware – as we’ve seen from many manufacturers such as Intel and Apple, smaller, lighter, more power efficient chips are slowly leading to a bright new era of tech that’s just so unbelievably slim. Indeed, Intel’s super-slim chips […]
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New Mastercard Scans Fingerprints
We’ve been hearing a lot about secure wireless NFC payment methods lately, most frequently following Apple’s announcement of Apple Pay, a wireless feature which allows payment from multiple cards using the iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2. Also, we’ve seen multiple new services heading for both the US and the UK. Here in the UK […]