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Gadgets

The Zoom H2n Will Record Warfare Five Times Better

5:20AM July 13, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Zoom’s recorders have always been pretty solid, but their latest seems like it was made for action. With its five onboard “studio quality” microphones, the Zoom H2n can hone in on the timidest of interviewees even under heavy fire. More »


Entertainment

Zoom R8: A Recording Studio For The Travelling Minstrel

12:20PM June 2, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

The Zoom R24 is well known as a sturdy and robust portable four-function music production system. The new R8 provides that same functionality in a form factor small enough to fit in a guitar case. More »


Gadgets

Like Zooming In Using Multitouch But For Print

12:00PM January 16, 2011 | Casey Chan

Ever wanted the text of your local newspaper BIGGER? Reading glasses don’t always cut it. But this reading magnifier can! It zooms in 2.2-3.4x without distorting the text. It’s like zooming in with a DSLR lens. Or using multitouch on print. More »


Watch The Fantastic Voyage Into A Computer’s Brain

8:30AM November 13, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

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The people at Sciency Stuff got a dead Intel processor, tore it apart and made an autopsy using an electronic microscope. They zoomed in 3160 times. Play the video while you shout “ENHANCE!” in your brain. More »


Cameras

Zoom Q3HD Pocket Cam Shoots 1080p, Has Stereo Mics To Match

12:40AM October 5, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

While pocket cam video quality has improved incrementally from good enough to really actually pretty damn good, audio quality has largely been ignored. The new Zoom Q3HD combines 1080p, 30fps video with stereo mics for the full pocket cam package. More »


Gadgets

Zoom H1: Studio-Quality Audio Recording On A Stick

8:00AM June 2, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

The Zoom H2, an ice cream sandwich-shaped portable audio recorder, has long been a favourite for its sturdy build and studio-quality mics. Now there’s the H1, its smaller, popsicle-shaped brother; it still sounds great, and now it looks great, too. More »


Science

Stanford Hospital Shoots Human Tissue Around In Pneumatic Tubes

1:00PM January 13, 2010 | Adam Frucci

Seven thousand times a day, the staff at Stanford Hospital launch a sample or some other vital object through their 6.4km of pneumatic tubing. Because the internet is good at sending emails, but not chunks of stomach lining. More »


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Sony’s High-Res Image Enlargement Engine Gives Infinite Zoom

12:20AM September 9, 2009 | John Herrman

Imagine Google Maps for individual images. Or Gigapan, without loading delays. Or Silverlight Deep Zoom, for Sony products, with video. Or, or, or…just watch Sony’s High-Res Enlargement Engine on video, because a moving picture’s worth a million words, roughly. More »


Cameras

Ricoh CX2: 10.7x Zoom Compact With A CMOS Sensor

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10:58AM August 20, 2009 | Nick Broughall

Not content to let Canon steal all the camera news glory today, Ricoh has today released the 10.7x zoom CX2 snapper. More »


Cameras

Panasonic’s New Lumix Range Zooms Into Australia

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5:22PM August 13, 2009 | Nick Broughall

Panasonic today announced local release details for that trio of compact snappers we saw last month plus they’ve snuck in a new model – the FX65. More »