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Metroid’s Samus Helmet Replica Glows In The Dark

Posted: 20 Feb 2015 06:48 AM PST

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Prop shop Raptor With A Shotgun are giving you a chance to live your space bounty hunter dreams by selling an amazing replica of Samus Aran's helmet.

A defining part of her armor, Samus's helmet has always been one of the coolest things about the Nintendo protagonist. And on their part, RWAS has done a marvelous job in recreating it; they even added a glowing light to the green translucent visor that works superbly in both the day and night.

The helmet itself is made of sturdy, but light weight materials, weighing in at around 4-to-5 pounds and should be comfortable to wear for your long cosplaying sessions. The rest of Samus's get up isn't included though, but at least you'll be starting off on right Space Jump Boot.

Right now Raptor With A Shotgun is selling their replica Samus helmet – there’s only one of them for sale, so act now! – for $400 USD through their official Esty store.

Source: Raptor With A Shotgun

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Apple Cuts Healthcare Features From Apple Watch

Posted: 20 Feb 2015 05:00 AM PST

Apple Watch health and fitness

As the Apple Watch gears up for release, Apple is revealed to have cut the healthcare features from the device, although they were considered a selling point.

Back in September, 2014 Apple announced three products: the iPhone 6, the iPhone 6 Plus and the Apple Watch. Whilst their two flagship iPhones got off to a flying start (they quickly became the fastest selling iPhones of all time), people were rather sceptical about Apple’s wearable device. Pegged for a launch in ‘early 2015′ many feared that the Apple Watch is simply a gimmick and that there wasn’t enough time to fix it.

The scepticism stemmed from the fact the device’s two selling points were its ‘digital dial’ which allowed people to zoom in and out of the screen without touching the screen itself (and therefore obscuring the view) and apps such as an arm-wrestling game. Given that prices of the Apple Watch start at $350, they were perhaps right to believe that few people would want to buy it just for those features.

It has now been revealed, however, that that’s not the only reason why many were left felling disappointed. According to the Wall Street Journal, health sensors that originally featured in early versions of the Apple Watch were cut not long before the reveal, which is perhaps why the device looked so unappealing back in September.

In their report, the publication explains that some of these potential features were as complex as a sensor that could track stress or even blood pressure. In theory, those things are massively useful as they would help people make sure that they are living healthy lives and it would let them know when they need to see a doctor or simply just relax. The problem with the sensors is that some offered varied results that differed based on things such as the hairiness of the wearer’s arm or how tight the band on the Apple Watch was. Furthermore, some of those features would also result in government regulation which Apple wanted to avoid.

But even with the removal of these features, it doesn’t mean that the Apple Watch is destined for sales failure. The device has been gutted of a key selling point, true, but Apple still believes that it will sell incredibly well and the company has prepared around 6 million units in preparation. The Apple Watch is likely to launch in March or April so we’ll be able to see just how accurate Apple’s prediction was shortly after.

Source: 9to5Mac

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Sony’s Premium Sound microSDXC Card Is Tech World’s Snake Oil

Posted: 19 Feb 2015 12:45 PM PST

Sony Premium Sound microSDXC

Memory cards are about to get the Monster cable treatment thanks to Sony, who will launch a ‘Premium Sound’ microSDXC card next month in Japan, with the promise that this product will reduce electrical noise in the devices it’ll be used.

For those who don’t know, Monster is an American manufacturer of headphones and cables, among many other things. Its HDMI cables, in particular, caught the eye of the public, as they carried exorbitantly steep price tags. Probably people wouldn’t have revolted if they hadn’t found out that… whaddayaknow, all HDMI cables are basically the same, so a $12 one and a $1,000 one will have the same signal quality. Sony is following the same recipe with its ‘Premium Sound’ microSDXC card

“We aren’t that sure about the product’s potential demand,” stated a Sony spokesperson in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, “but we thought some among people who are committed to great sound quality would want it. [...] We figured we could make this and sell it for a ludicrously high margin and there would be people out there who would buy it because it says ‘premium sound’ on it, regardless of its actual efficacy.”

In the true Monster cable fashion, Sony’s ‘Premium Sound’ microSDXC card will have an unjustified price. More precisely, the company means to retail the 64GB card for the equivalent of $160 next month in Japan.

dmoore375, an analog circuit designer, pointed out on Ars Technica that “There is no SD card or cable in the world that will help improve digital transmission if all the data is already being successfully transmitted,” and that “It is conceivably possible that Sony actually did design an SD card which generates less electromagnetic interference (EMI).” However, people won’t be able to perceive that difference. Nevertheless, Sony’s card will appeal to a lot of wealthy snobs who will experience the Placebo effect head-on.

Redditors have already started to make fun of the Premium Sound microSDXC card, saying that it would work great with their HDMI Monster cables. The trend will surely continue on Amazon, once this card gets launched there, as reviewers have no mercy there for such inexplicably expensive products. Hope that Sony will realize what they’re doing before it’s too late, because I don’t think that the card will sell that well.

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