Los lentes de tu cámara, más seguros que nunca

Beta Shells are made for those of you planning on taking your DSLR beyond Christmas dinner centerpiece shots—say, a mountain, or in the snow. Each is made from super-tough polymer, sealed against the weather, and padded with foam.

The rundown of the Beta Shell's specs are full of brawniness—steel screws, adhesive-blocked seams, neoprene and visco-elastic impact foam—the point being that you can drop this sucker, have it rained on, and maybe have a wolf take a chomp at it, and the delicate lens inside will stand a decent chance of survival. The cases come in two sizes—for lenses with max external diamaters of 68mm or 87mm.

And here, in case you are skeptical, is a video of a Beta Shell being run over by a truck.

The truck run-over test settles all doubts.

Fuente: http://gizmodo.com/5715210/put-your-lens-in-a-bomb-shelter-with-this-rugged-case

Página oficial del producto: http://www.betashell.com/default.asp

Las mejores aplicaciones Android para mentes inquietas y curiosas

Wapedia

For those who need to know it all, even Wikipedia isn't enough. That's why Wapedia is perfect: it gives you all of Wikipedia, in a quick and easy-to-understand format, and offers more reference options to search through like wikiquotes, wiktionary, and even more specialized wikis (Call of Duty, Mad Men, etc) for the most specific information you can glean from in an app. You can go find information by searching (which mimics Google Instant-ify auto searches) or browse what's "in the news" or flip through random and popular articles. Basically, it's the perfect search engine to find user-generated information about as many topics as possible.Free, Android.

Trivia Burst

Sure, maybe your friends hate you for always correcting them, but they absolutely love you when you're on their team for trivia games. Download Trivia Burst, an Android trivia game, so you can show off your know-it-all brain in a more playful setting while still feeding your ego. There's 22,000 different questions in 22 categories, so you're bound to impress someone with that big brain of yours. Free, Android.

Howcast

Howcast gives you very useful how-to videos that teach you how to do something. Nothing beats watching someone show you how it's done. How to jump start a car, separate an egg, pick a lock…pretty much anything, really. Free, Android

OTHERS TESTED:
• Google Sky Map: Nothing quite shows off knowing it all as much as knowing everything about the sky, the stars and various constellations. Plus, it makes you look like a dreamer
• Factbook: Gives information about countries from the CIA World Fact Book and United Nations data and statistics. Knowing fun facts about the world is important, you know.
• Wikidroid: Does Wikipedia, quick and fast.
• Dictionary.com: Not only does it define words, it gives audio pronunciations so you'll never flub something again
• Wolfram Alpha: Another level of nerditude, Wolfram Alpha gives you expert knowledge and life understanding on the go. $1.99
• Urban Dictionary: Stay up to date with all the slang and internet lingo people say these days.

Fuente: http://gizmodo.com/5714773/the-best-apps-for-people-who-need-to-know-everything

Intel Sandy Bridge se adelantan y asoman la cabeza por Malasia

La nueva generación de procesadores Intel en rango medio, está más cerca que nunca…

A pesar de que ya se ha confirmado que los nuevos Sandy Bridge de Intel harán su aparición oficial en el CES 2011, no es de extrañar que esta nueva generación de procesadores comience a mostrarse de in fraganti en algunos próximos equipos de los fabricantes. Lo que ya sí que desconcierta un poco más es que los encontremos acampando a sus anchas y con precio listo para venta en algún distribuidor, algo que ha ocurrido en Malasia. En dicho país, algunos distribuidores como Compuzone muestran ya un listado completo de modelos y costes, encontrando un Core i7 2600 a 3,4 GHz por 939 ringgits malasios (301 dólares/227 euros al cambio), un Core i5 2400 a 3,1 GHz por 609 RM (195 dólares/147 euros), o un Core i5 2300 a 2,8 por 585 RM (188 dólares/141 euros). Si quieres ver la lista completa y hacerte una idea de lo que está por venir, tienes más jugosas capturas en el enlace de lectura.

Fuente: http://es.engadget.com/2010/12/20/intel-sandy-bridge-se-adelantan-y-asoman-la-cabeza-por-malasia/