Tuesday, January 10, 2017

SpaceCast Notes - 1/7/2017

Notes 1/7/2017


CES 2017


HP makes a laptop thicker to add 3 hr battery life
  • Didnt write notes here cus #lazy


Razer unveils triple monitor laptop
  • Razer unveils Project Valerie at CES this week
    • Design is essentially a Razer Blade Pro
    • Two extra monitors slide out from behind the primary monitor


Zotac shows off their tiny new GTX 1080
  • Zotac has a new GTX 1080 with a tiny cooler shroud that is on display at CES
  • Full desktop grade 1080 GPU in a miniature form factor
  • Intended to bring lots of power into small form factor pc’s


Moar Linkz


SpaceX RTF? Hopefully?


  • Targeting January 8 RTF from Vandenberg AFB
    • Will be carrying the first “batch” of Iriduim Next satellites
    • Part of a series of 10 launches
  • The hold-down firing of the Falcon 9 has been successfully completed
  • The FAA has approved the RTF


Clothing designed to fool facial recognition
  • The project is called Hyperface, and consists of printed patterns on textiles
    • designed to emulate mouths, eyes, and other patterns a computer can detect
  • A previous project involved using makeup and styling to try to fool facial recognition
  • Modifies the environment around a person’s face, overloading the recognition algorithm with potential hits
  • Researchers can discern around 47 data points from a 100x100 px image
    • Includes traits such as “calm” or “kind”, or demographics
    • This facial data would probably be used for advertising/marketing


KabyLake CPU Overclocket to 7GHz????


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