Motion Computing unveiled the LE1700, the company’s latest flagship slate tablet PC. New technologies available on the LE1700 include Motion’s WriteTouch display option for dual-mode writing and touch-screen input; Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) integration; the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system; and Intel Core 2 Duo mobile technology.

Other enhanced features include: An SXGA+ LCD screen, up to 4GB of 667-MHz memory, New fingerprint reader technology that enables the biometric fingerprint reader to operate like a mouse, Available View Anywhere display option for high-quality display clarity and visibility at nearly all angles in nearly every lighting condition.

The Motion LE1700 Core 2 Duo offering is available from Motion’s network of more than 1,400 value-added resellers or at http://www.motioncomputing.com starting at $2,199. Motion also is selling a LE1700 base Core Solo offering starting at $1,999. In addition, a wide range of peripherals are available, including the Extended Battery, Convertible Keyboard, USB Mobile Keyboard, FlexDock docking station, CD/DVD drive, ergonomic digitizer pens and cases.

Scientists have created the world’s first human-sheep chimera - which has the body of a sheep and half-human organs.

The sheep have 15 per cent human cells and 85 per cent animal cells - and their evolution brings the prospect of animal organs being transplanted into humans one step closer.

Professor Esmail Zanjani, of the University of Nevada, has spent seven years and £5million perfecting the technique, which involves injecting adult human cells into a sheep’s foetus.

He has already created a sheep liver which has a large proportion of human cells and eventually hopes to precisely match a sheep to a transplant patient, using their own stem cells to create their own flock of sheep.

The process would involve extracting stem cells from the donor’s bone marrow and injecting them into the peritoneum of a sheep’s foetus. When the lamb is born, two months later, it would have a liver, heart, lungs and brain that are partly human and available for transplant.

Now scientists create a sheep that’s 15% human

Apple just dropped their TV for order on the Apple website. The Apple TV come with a remote in sleek apple style, power cord and quick start guide. The Apple TV is equiped with an Intel Processor, 40 gig HD (about 50 hours of TV). It syncs up with your PC or Mac and iTunes 7.1.

Apple TV connects to your TV via an HDMI port or component video and audio ports. Its built-in 802.11 wireless capability syncs your iTunes library from any Mac or PC in the house. The Apple TV stays in sync: Anytime you change your library in iTunes, it changes on Apple TV automatically.

Designed for enhanced-definition or high-definition widescreen TVs capable of 1080i 60/50Hz, 720p 60/50Hz, 576p 50Hz (PAL format), or 480p 60Hz.

Video Formats supported include H.264 and protected H.264 (from iTunes Store): Up to 5 Mbps, Progressive Main Profile (CAVLC) with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps (maximum resolution: 1280 by 720 pixels at 24 fps, 960 by 540 pixels at 30 fps). iTunes Store purchased video: 320 by 240 pixels or 640 by 480 pixels. MPEG-4: Up to 3 Mbps, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps (maximum resolution: 720 by 432 pixels at 30 fps)

Audio formats supported include AAC (16 to 320 Kbps); protected AAC (from iTunes Store); MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps); MP3 VBR; Apple Lossless; AIFF; WAV.

Photos formats supported include JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PNG.

The unit has Ports and interfaces as such; HDMI (video and audio), Component video, Optical audio, Analog RCA stereo audio, 10/100BASE-T Ethernet, USB 2.0, 802.11n wireless networking, Built-in IR receiver (works with included Apple Remote).

http://www.apple.com/appletv/

Tipster Matt Sparks informs us of a new patent that…well here read:

“Sticking to an exercise regime is always easier if there’s some sort of reward or punishment involved. Well, Sony Ericsson reckons that a phone or PDA could provide just the right incentive.

A wireless device could have a pedometer that set to a target - say 10,000 steps in a week. If the owner hits the target the device then downloads a ring tone, a music track or video clip by way of reward. Or, if the owner slacks off and misses the target, the device malevolently deletes a file from its memory.”

Hmmm…Sony’s new logo could be the carrot and stick.

http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn11308?DCMP=Matt_Sparkes&nsref=cell-treat