Magneto-Inductive Untuk Menghidupkan Gadget Tanpa Kabel

Peneliti dari Universitas Oxford saat ini tengah mengembangkan teknologi yang memungkinkan perangkat digital seperti handphone atau kamera digital untuk dihidupkan tanpa menggunakan kabel dan tanpa batere. Penelitian ini dikembangkan dari penelitian sebelumnya terhadap metamaterial, yaitu materi yang dapat digunakan sebagai permukaan magneto-inductive power yang bisa mentransfer daya pada perangkat lain di sekitarnya dalam jarak tertentu …

New Jersey Memperbolehkan Warganya Memilih Lewat Email atau Fax

Pemerintah kota New Jersey di Amerika mengumumkan akan memperbolehkan warganya yang terkena badai Sandy untuk memilih dalam Pemilu 2012 ini melalui email atau fax. Hal yang sama juga berlaku untuk relawan yang terlibat dalam pemulihan pasca bencana yang pada saat Pemilu berlangsung tanggal 6 November nanti masih berada di New Jersey. Mekanismenya sederhana. Warga yang …

Don’t Break Your iPad Mini: iFixit Finds That It’s Hard To Repair

The iPad Mini launched a while ago and iFixit has posted its teardown of the iPad Mini. The team found the iPad Mini to not be easily repairable. They gave the iPad Mini a score of two out of 10. They note that the iPad Mini does get some things right, like the glass and …

Make an HTML5 & CSS3 Flipbook with Turn.js

Turn.js is a JavaScript library that will make your content look like a real book or magazine using all the advantages of HTML5. The web is getting beautiful with new user interfaces based in HTML5; turn.js is the best fit for a magazine, book or catalog based in HTML5. It works on most browsers and …

Hong Kong has the fastest broadband in the world at 49.2 Mbps

If you want the fastest Internet connection right now, at least the fastest possible average connection, you should move to Hong Kong. With an average peak connection speed of 49.2 Mbps, Hong Kong is a few megabits per second faster than South Korea in the number two spot. This is all according to Akamai’s State …

Newsweek will stop print publication, the latest casualty of digitalization

As reported by WSJ, Newsweek will stop print publication this year, and on 2013 they will publish only in digital format. Apparently people don’t want to wait a whole week to get information on what’s going on in the world, the news become irrelevance anymore, Newsweek’s print edition has been losing relevancy over the years …

Ramadhan on YouTube and Google+

Ramadhan is a special month for muslims around the world. In this month muslims are obligated to do shaum (fasting), make more charity (shadaqah) and read qur’an. And this year, YouTube wants to make the experience a little more digital. This Ramadhan, YouTube has devoted a channel to streaming the Mecca prayers live. For Muslims …