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After a quick outting in its own mag, Nikon has gone and gotten all officially official on the D3X. The big boy DSLR sports a bone-crushing 24.5-megapixel CMOS FX format sensor, full resolution shooting at 5 FPS, ISO from 100-1600 (expandable to 50-6400), TIFF, JPEG or NEF (RAW) file formats up to 138MB, and a newly updated EXPEED image processing system. The top-tier digicam won’t come super cheap, hitting shelves at $7,999.95 — but if you need something like this, money probably isn’t much of an issue. The camera goes on sale this December, so you might want to get the piggy banks out. Check the gallery below for a full look at the magic.

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Nikon’s D3X DSLR hits the scene in official fashion originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We can only imagine that at least a few staffers over at Art Lebedev Studios get paid to do nothing but conjure up ideas, because this one is just marvelous. And marvelously simple, but that’s beside the point. The Luxofor traffic light concept improves upon a nearly archaic design that still relies on spherical fixtures when there’s really no need. Lebedev’s team asserts that using square lights backed with bright laser diodes would make better use of the available space and provide a more noticeable signal to drowsy motorists. The roar of “why didn’t I think of that?” being simultaneously stated is downright deafening.

[Via Electronista]

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Art Lebedev outthinks the room with square Luxofor traffic lights originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Although the third-generation Classmate PC looked completely unprepared for the real world comin’ out of IFA, Intel has clearly hit the books during the fall term. Now, the convertible Classmate has graduated to the FCC, where we’re shown a user’s manual, label ID and a smattering of pathetic images. If you’re thinking this bugger’s just on cruise control until diploma day, you’ve got another thing coming, but we have heard that it’s taking a job on US soil right after the holiday break.

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Intel’s convertible Classmate PC barely makes it to FCC class originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The chair is a tool of extreme simplicity and antiquity, and many would argue that it’s foolish to mess with something that obviously attained perfection with the advent of air conditioned seat cushions. Of course, those people have never seen Leopard, the high-tech “concept chair” that takes technology originally developed for Oki’s Robot Leg (an entire robot with design principles based on the human leg) and places it under your posterior for “seating comfort akin to being held in someone’s arms.” This is a chair that adjusts itself to your back, cradles your bum, and gives you a helpful little boost when it’s time to stand up. Sound wasteful? Extravagant? How about totally awesome? Hit the read link for more details, and feel free to check out the fun little picture of the Robot Leg after the break.

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Oki’s robot chair heralds a new age of robot-aided seating originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of alternate universes. I imagine various universes in which an Eric Franklin does not work for CNET in San Francisco, but instead still lives in his hometown of Chicago and owns an import video game/comic book/action figure shop.

Or maybe, …

I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of alternate universes. I imagine various universes in which an Eric Franklin does not work for CNET in San Francisco, but instead still lives in his hometown of Chicago and owns an import video game/comic book/action figure shop.

Or maybe, …

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