The MHF Tech Show Episode 21 Show Notes

This week’s Amazon Pick(link for UK listeners): JVC HAFX1X Xtreme Xplosives In Ear Canal Headphones

This week’s Amazon Pick(link for USA listeners): JVC HAFX1X Headphone, Xtreme-Xplosivs

The news:

Amazon announced a whole range of Kindle devices including the new Kindle Fire which will cost £129, the 16GB Kindle Fire HD for £159 and the 32GB for £199. All three of them will be coming to the UK on October 25th.

A group of hackers stole 1 million iOS UDIDs. To check if your iPhone or iPad is in the list click here and copy your UDID from iTunes.

Intel is also set to make an announcment. The CPU maker is set to announce a chip codnamed haswell at the Intel Developer Forum next week.

The government wants you go faster. They have added an extra £150 million on top of the preiously pledged £680 million pounds to created to super-connected cities with download speeds of up to 80mbps by 2015. At this speed it will take just 15 minutes to download a 90-minute hi-def film.

Feature – 3D Printers:

The idea of 3D printers is that you can print out actual things such as a toy car, lego, shoes or even toy hands(very handy then!). These 3D printers use a technique called additive manufacturing(AM). This means that the printer adds material to the object being printed layer by layer.

3D printers made their first appearance at the consumer electronics show(CES) in Las Vegas in the USA earlier this year.

They have also made a splash here in the UK. On the TV show “Home of the Future”, a family got to use a 3D printer to print out things such as a bedside lamp.

HP already makes two 3D printers, however if you want one right now then it will set you back about £15,300.

Companies in the aviation industry are already taking advantage of this technology. They are using 3D printing in conjunction with bespoke computer-aided design software to manufacture actual parts for their planes. In the future we could see 3D printers evolving to replicate pretty much anything you desire such as a car or a complete working aircraft.

HowStuffWorks has a great article on 3D printers and how they work.

Odd Box:

A guy in the USA made a flight simulator in his garage. He built it using an actual cockpit from a Boeing 737 plane. Just check out the videos and see it for yourself

Terrefugia(an US aviation company) has announced that it’s “transition street” airplane has completed it’s first voyage. The street-legal flying car will be available for purchase before the end of the year for $279,000 US(£174,000).

5 pieces of tech from start trek which have come true

1) the tablet computer
2) the communicator
3) video calling
4) replicators
5) holograms

Picks of the week:

Chris’ Pick of the Week – BlueScreenView(for power/advanced users)

Adi’s Pick of the week: Pixlr editor

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