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Stephen Wolfram reveals the personal analytics of his life Mar 9th 2012, 13:02 Stephen Wolfram may now be best known as the creator of Wolfram Alpha, but he's been involved with data in one way or another for decades, and it turns out he's been collecting plenty of data about himself all that time. Now, he's taken things one step further and made some of that data public, offering a detailed analysis on his blog of his daily email and phone use, and even things like steps, keystrokes, and the occurrence of years in the 230,000 odd pages of documents he's scanned. What's perhaps most interesting, though, is that Wolfram only sees this as the beginning of personal analytics. He eventually hopes to be able to ask Wolfram Alpha all sorts of things about his life, with it not only able to "act as an adjunct to my personal memory," he says, "but also to be able to do automatic computational history -- explaining how and why things happened -- and then making projections and predictions." Interested in doing the same thing yourself one day? Better start hanging onto all that data. Stephen Wolfram reveals the personal analytics of his life originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  Stephen Wolfram Blog  | Email this | Comments FujiFilm's $1,700 X100 Black Edition now shipping, limited to 10K units worldwide Mar 9th 2012, 12:34 We somehow missed this retro-styled gem at back at CES, but no matter -- Fujifilm's X100 Black Premium Edition is now shipping and available for purchase. This is exactly the same 12.3-megapixel camera that's been pleasing photographers for nearly a year, albeit in a darker, single-tone finish that's limited to a run of 10,000 units worldwide. Priced at $1,700, the black X100 is 500 more bones than the standard-issue variant and features the same 23mm fixed lens, but it comes with a lens hood, leather case, clear lens filter and an adapter ring; all of which are all painted to match. We'd say this blacked-out shooter gives the NEX-7 a run for its money in the dapper looks department, but you can decide for yourself at the source link below. Full press release past the break. Continue reading FujiFilm's $1,700 X100 Black Edition now shipping, limited to 10K units worldwide FujiFilm's $1,700 X100 Black Edition now shipping, limited to 10K units worldwide originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  Fujifilm  | Email this | Comments Lenovo ThinkCentre PCs recalled over fire hazard defect Mar 9th 2012, 12:17 Lenovo is recalling more than 50,000 of its PCs due to a possible fire risk. The 2010 ThinkCentre M70z and M90z both house a defective component in their power supplies that can overheat. Worse still, the power units are embedded within these all-in-one models and so are not readily replaceable. The manufacturer is arranging appointments to fix the power supply problem. Fire-averse customers can double-check all the details at the source below. Lenovo ThinkCentre PCs recalled over fire hazard defect originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink PCWorld  |  Lenovo  | Email this | Comments Parrot AR.Drone joins forces with Epson Moverio BT-100 (video) Mar 9th 2012, 11:55 Let's say you've explored all the abandoned cathedrals in your hometown and have decimated all comers on the virtual battlefield -- if your interest in the Parrot AR.Drone has begun to wane, then take a gander at this bit of handiwork from Thomas Sohmers and dream of what could be. Essentially, he's taken the popular UAV from Parrot and has combined it with a transparent, head-mounted display that allows one to simultaneously view the AR.Drone and an overlay of its video feed. More than just a set of glasses, the Epson Moverio BT-100 was ideal for the task as it also features a handheld controller that just so happens to run Android. While Sohmers has met with good success in combining the two devices, the product isn't quite ready for mass consumption -- for example, it's said the AR.Drone can only rotate and move vertically at this point. While you'll have to use a bit of your imagination for the heads-up display component, you can find a demonstration of Sohmers' creation in a video after the break. Continue reading Parrot AR.Drone joins forces with Epson Moverio BT-100 (video) Parrot AR.Drone joins forces with Epson Moverio BT-100 (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  Thomas Sohmers  | Email this | Comments Sky Store replaces Sky Box Office in the war against everyone else Mar 9th 2012, 11:31 In the face of increasing competition from movie services like Lovefilm, Knowhow Movies and iTunes, Sky has reportedly decided to reinvent Box Office as Sky Store. Rather than the limited number of pay-per-view titles each month, it'll be repositioned as an online movie library with over 1,000 titles to view on your set-top-box, desktop or mobile device. New releases will be priced at £3.50 in standard-definition or £4.00 ($6.30) in HD. Back-catalogue titles will be priced at £1.99, with discounts on that figure on an infrequent basis. Sadly the service is only available to the five million or so subscribers with Anytime+, those who currently remain using SD services will get to keep the old-school Box Office. Sky Store replaces Sky Box Office in the war against everyone else originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:31:00 EDT. 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