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What Are Your Top 5 Freezer Essentials?
A well-stocked freezer can spare a person a lot of late-night snack cravings or lazy days when you just don't feel like going to the store, and it's absolutely essential if you have friends who like to drop by for impromptu parties. (See our 8 staples for stress-free entertaining here, but be warned: the well-stocked freezer may cause this habit to develop in your friends.) But what constitutes "well-stocked" depends a lot on where we live, how we cook and entertain, and how big our freezers are. What are your essentials? Here are five of my own.
In a perfect world, I would have the following things in my freezer at all times:
• Cocktail ice — I love making fancy cocktails, and my favorite parties are cocktail parties. But a host always needs more ice than he or she thinks, so I like to keep on hand more ice than makes any rational kind of sense, just to be prepared. And of course I have to keep an ice ball or two around in case my father comes to dinner and wants one in his Scotch.
• Frozen fruit — Freezing summer fruit when it's in season is probably the only thing that gets me through the dark days of December, when the novelty of winter food has worn off and all I really want is a strawberry smoothie.
• Homemade stock — Homemade stock and broth makes such a difference in the way food tastes. I like to freeze mine in muffin tins (each muffin well holds 1/3 cup), then pop them out and store them in bags for later. And whenever we have meat, I like to store the bones in the freezer until there are enough to make a new batch of stock.
• Ground pork — My husband and I make a lot of Chinese food, and a lot of my favorite dishes, like dry-fried string beans, call for just a tablespoon or two of ground pork. Since I can't buy just a tablespoon of pork at a time, I like to freeze the rest in individual portions so it's all ready next time I need it.
• Frozen snacks — I am always happy knowing that there are single-serving pizzas or mini quiches or pork dumplings in my freezer, because it absolutely never fails that I will become suddenly ravenous at exactly the moment the very last delivery place closes, and that's not the time to start making a big meal. Frozen savory snacks are also good to have on hand when you have friends who like to drop by for cocktails. You have to have something to feed them, and this way you don't find yourself stuck in the kitchen making 12 grilled cheese sandwiches while there's an impromptu party going on.
What do you like to have in your freezer? Let us know in the comments.
Related: No Time To Shop? 8 Freezer Staples for Stress-Free Entertaining
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My 5:
Frozen Fruits/Veggies (does that count as two?)
Ezekiel Bread
The bowl for my Cuisinart Ice Cream maker.
Aside from frozen raw dog food? - frozen peas, corn and berries. Also individual portions of stews or soups I've made.
parmesan cheese! we never use a block before it goes bad, so we keep ours in the freezer and just grate it frozen!
walnuts and almonds. we buy them in bulk (SO much cheaper!) and we can never use them all before they get stale, so we freeze them to preserve at least a little bit of freshness.
frozen edamame. they make the perfect healthy snack when i'm craving something more than an apple. we buy our bags at trader joes, perfect for 2 people for a side or a snack, and they are only $1!
sliced, 2-person servings of flank steak. our favorite quick, cheap meal is beef and watercress stir-fry. we almost always have the beef in the freezer and ALWAYS have rice, so all we need to pick up is some watercress from the bodega around the corner and we're set... here's the recipe for anyone who's interested!
Hmm, if I had to narrow down to only 5...
- Dark chocolate chips (for a sugar fix on officially "no-dessert" days : )
- Bread
- Extra sticks of butter
- Bacon (to make a mostly veg meal acceptable to my husband)
- Peas (to quickly incorporate green veg side dish into meal for said carnivorous husband)
There are LOTS of other essentials I try to always have on hand (berries and bananas; caramelized onions; pesto; shredded cheeses), but the above 5 are probably the ones I'm almost never without.
Meat - beef, chicken, turkey, ham
Baked Goods - mini loaves of banana bread, granola, etc.
Apples, pesto, jam and other items I've preserved
Nuts - pine nuts, almonds, pistachios, walnuts, etc.
Flour - whole wheat, rye, cake, etc.
SmartOnes or Lean Cuisines for quick lunches
We aren't big fans of frozen veggies or fruit. We usually buy them fresh.
Stock and bones for making more stock
Peas and corn for quick vegetables
Ginger, since I can't use up any sort of quantity while it's fresh (just grate from frozen)
Blueberries and apples
Leftover stews, soups and chili
Ice cream is so important that it's considered a "super-essential."
We keep pint glasses for beer along the door shelf-probably have about a dozen wedged in. Insofar as food goes: frozen waffles, nuts, butter, flour, stock, various frozen fruits and veggies (raspberries, blueberries, peas, corn, artichoke hearts), a bag of frozen shrimp and meat (chicken, beef and pork).
Peas, tofu, strawberries, bananas and English muffins.
Bread: whole grain bread and brioche burger buns
Meat: local grass-fed ground beef burgers, locally made fresh sausages (Ital, Andouille, Polish...)
Grain: cooked (Ital or organic) pasta and/or (brown&wild) rice
Flax: whole flax seed (to grind and add to yogurt smoothies)
Seasonal: something seasonal (fall:smoked salmon)
Veggies and fruit? when not fresh/in season, mine are canned, dried, fermented...
Frozen boxed chopped spinach. I can use it to make a dip or to add to my spaghetti sauce or chickpeas or whatever.
Frozen home-made black beans.
Ground beef or chicken or sausage - The cooking possibilities of these are endless
Leftovers - more accurately food that was made in a large batch purposefully for the freezer.
Frozen peas and corn.
gnocchi, pizza dough, soups, fruit, ice, fish and quick breads
Ice, shrimp, homemade stock, veggie burgers, and peas.
Pizza Dough, pizza sauce, toppings, bacon, breakfast sausage in individual portions, butter.
Nuts, plus sesame and poppy seeds becuz they also go rancid quickly
chicken stock - or the bones to make it
wheat flour
Trader Joe's puff pastry (only stocked in the cooler months, fyi)
I keep sandwich baggies crammed full of baby spinach for smoothies in there. I prefer to use it fresh, but if I'm going away on business & have 1/2 box of baby spinach I quickly stuff it into the zip-top sandwich baggies for days when I'm out of spinach & don't have time to grocery shop. I'm sort of addicted to green smoothies ;)
Other essentials are:
Dog food (kibble, sealed well)
Bread Flour (pre-measured to fit our bread maker)
Frozen berries.
Not quite 5, but the other stuff all changes so often I can't say it's an essential.
1. Homemade vegetable stock
2. Veggie scraps (carrot peels, ends of onions) to make more stock
3. Parmesan rinds to throw in soups and sauces
4. Filo dough
5. Stuff that I bought in massive quantities when there was a good sale (currently Starbucks coffee, La Brea bread, and shredded cheese)
Ends of vegetables and fruits to take to composter every couple of weeks (I live in NYC apartment)
Chicken breasts when they are on sale.
Cookies (for some reason they taste better frozen)
Cooked beans and grains for ultra quick dinners
Hi, Brooklynnina. One question: how do you freeze caramelized onions? I mean, do they freeze well? I was just going to do a search on that because I have a jar of caramelized onions (well, it actually transmogrified into onion and green apple chutney because I used too much salt on the onions and tried to fix it with lots of sugar and apples... and a few raisins.) Thanks!
My staples are:
1) whole wheat tortillas, for quick quesadillas or tuna wraps
2) Pita bread or small pizza bread rounds for quick pizzas: tomato paste & cheese; salmon, cream cheese & red onion
3) Bananas (I usually buy lots, and when they start to get overripe I throw them in the freezer) and/or other fruits for smoothies.
4) Lately, coffee ice cubes. I freeze leftover coffee in ice cube trays. It's been a lifesaver these last few days, as I burned the roof of my mouth and cannot drink hot coffee at the moment. So, iced coffee = coffee cubes + almond milk + sugar. Yumm.
5) Skinless, boneless chicken breasts. I freeze them in small one-serving bags for easier defrosting. It's just me around here... so cooking for one. :)
We always have chicken breasts, butter, ice, and easy dinner night things (typically from Trader Joe's, I love their selection of frozen foods that can be a main or a side dish...). I also always seem to have ice cream, but the flavors somehow rotates out pretty frequently...
sliced bread, muffins, bananas, ice, and always a few frozen leftover meals!
Frozen vegetables, cut and packaged so when I want to make soup, I just toss the big frozen block into the pot. Chicken, beef, and pork. Phyllo dough for when I make pastries. Butter. Lots of butter.
I definitely have way more than 5 but my top ones are almonds, homemade pesto, focaccia and broth, frozen veggies, and some kind of meat!
Tess09, I actually learned about freezing caramelized onions on this site! So if you search here you should find a couple posts, about making them in big batches and freezing for later use. A lot of people talk about portioning them out with ice cube trays. But I find it easiest to put a bigger portion (once cooled) into a big ziploc freezer bag or two, smush it out flat, and freeze like that. Then it's really easy to break or slice off as much as I need. They freeze beautiful for months--toss in a hot pan for a minute or two and they're like fresh-made. Such a time saver. (I also like that when they're frozen it's easy to chop them up into really small pieces if you need.)
Edamame- for snacking
Rye Bread- for random grilled cheese moments
Chicken Thighs
Chocolate chips- hidden from chocoholic-husband underneath veggies.
Frozen peas...I can and freeze other vegetables but store bought peas are great. Yeast...we buy 2 pounds at a time and I keep an easy to use jar in fridge. Frozen fruit...I freeze enough blueberries and tart cherries and peaches to make a pie or cobbler or crisp of each every month. Extra butter...salted and unsalted...there is no substitute. The gel-filled insert for our ice cream maker to make ice cream or frozen yogurt. Frozen raspberries...I like them just to eat, frozen, and to sprinkle in a bowl of cereal. They make the ice all frosty. Freezer raspberry jam...like eating fresh raspberries.
Chicken broth, cookie dough, cherries, vodka, soup.
homemade stock
frozen raw shrimp, berries, spinach, and peas
"dinner in ten minutes for the kids" sloppy joes, chili mac sauce, pasta sauce, 2x beans, quinoa, brown rice
Wild Alaska Salmon, blueberries, butter, moose, filo.
My number one in the freezer is frozen chocolate chip cookie dough. It's been a dietary staple my whole life as my mother makes arguably the best chocolate chip cookies around. My boyfriend thought I was crazy at first and yes, I am aware of the salmonella risk but I eat it anyway, and now he is a total convert. Some days I just need a bit of something sweet and a spoonful of cookie dough is instant gratification. Boyfriend now refuses to eat it any other way than frozen.
My Freezer staples are:
* Tomato sauce/Marinara
* Crusty bread/Crostini
* Various Beans & Legumes: red kidney, black, chick pea, white & lentils
* Muffins
* Frozen fruits for my smoothies that I drink a few times a week.
I've tried repeatedly to get this to break out into paragraphs, and it won't do it in preview, so I do apologize if this is a revolting brick of text instead of something easier to read:
Meats — we buy when things are on sale, and package up in single serving portions. Chicken breasts, pork loin chops (cut from whole loins), beef rib eye steaks (cut from bulk meat), lamb chops (sometimes they actually are within buying range here!).
Veggies/fruit — we buy large 5 pound packs of peas, green beans and lima beans, and kernel corn when we can find it. We like bananas, but if we don't get to them in time I'll freeze them to turn into banana ice cream. (That's a new thing for us, but WOW did it take us back to our childhood!)
Stock — During the summer we cook chickens in the slow cooker for chicken salad and freeze the chicken stock.
"Leftovers" — Not really leftovers, but things like beef stew, spaghetti sauce or soboro that I'll make lots of and freeze in serving size containers.
Other — We also have a few Stouffer's things like mac & cheese, stuffed peppers and (EWWW, but The Man loves it...) creamed chipped beef. (You'd think that someone who had been in the Army way back when wouldn't want to have anything to do with shit on a shingle...!)
Chicken Stock
Dumplings (make a tray and freeze - great to throw into soups or boiled on their own)
Veggies - bought at their peak fresh, prepped (but not cooked), then frozen. Like English peas or favas, shelled, or flowery bell peppers chopped up and ready to use.
"Meals Packs" or single-serving spaghetti and meatballs, chili, etc.
Cookie dough - good for surprise guests and self-indulgence
Bread/bagels - we usually buy on special or when they have the 'two for $x' deals, and can't eat it fast enough before it gets mouldy. So, we'll keep some out and freeze the rest. Plus, pita goes bad waay too fast.
Frozen fruit - bananas to snack on all summer as a cheap/healthy ice cream alternative, and frozen berries are a lifesaver in the winter. When we get a Vitamix, we will make SO MUCH ICE CREAM with frozen fruit.
Convenience food - yeah, yeah, not the best, but it's good if you're in a can't-be-bothered mood! My favourites are Fry's products - mushroom pies, schnitzels, and we bought some not!chicken strips to try.
Fudge - melt a bit of coconut butter, add stuff to it, freeze, fudge.
Sorbet/soy ice cream - see that note on frozen bananas? It doesn't always work ;) We don't have that Vitamix yet!
At the moment, it's kind of hard to say, since the freezer is crammed with crap belonging to other people, mostly things like meat pies, lasange, various bits of meat, and huge tubs of ice cream that make my sorbet look kind of pathetic. As soon as they move out, though, I'm going to be making MUCH better use of it. Making and freezing huge quantities of pesto, perhaps? (Can't eat store-bought, it has cheese. Crave it year round. Basil NOT in season year round. This is a problem.)
Ah, thanks for the tip! :)
1. A batch of homemade pesto.
2. Pizza dough
3. Vanilla ice cream
4. Unsalted butter
5. Ckicken breasts
1. Whole wheat pita
2. Herbs/spices (cilantro/basil/chilies, primarily)
3. Frozen blueberries (for at-work snack)
4. Butter.
5. Edamame. Delicious.
1. chicken breasts
2. shrimp
3. peas
4. broccoli - we buy in bulk at Costco and freeze in sandwich baggies
5. frozen home made breakfast burritos - saves lots of time in the morning
1. Vegetable stock... and lots of it.
2. Vegetable trimmings in a ziplock bag for veggie stock. Once I get a couple large freezer bags worth, I add them to water to make said stock.
3. Tons of beans. I buy them dried and make large batches, that way there's always some on hand.
4. Left overs. Mainly soup, but I'll freeze most leftovers. My husband and I tend to have at least 2-4 servings of leftovers from every meal we cook, so by freezing them we're actually sure that they'll get eaten.
5. Frozen edamame- the only thing in my freezer that came from the freezer section of the grocery store.
My top 5:
1. 2 quarts of frozen red chili from Roberto's (for enchilidas or posole or whatever)
2. At least 5 lbs of Hatch green chili, roasted (can't live with out it)
3. 2 lbs hamburger 90/10
4. 1 container of my mother's posole, this is liquid gold and can be used for bartering in some parts.
5. Parmesan rinds...for soups and sauces
ground turkey
grass fed ground beef (when it goes on sale)
chicken thighs (for stock)
homemade dumplings
limeade (for margaritas :)
1) Vodka
2) cold compresses, ice cream maker tub,
3) unsalted butter
4) local, organic produce procured in season, and frozen such as:
-- frozen fruit - wild picked (by me) blueberries and cranberries, organic local strawberries
-- chopped up local organic peppers and onions to use in cooking
-- home made roasted applesauce from local organic apples
-- home made roasted tomato sauce from local organic tomatoes
-- local fish and meat
5) treats and quick meals
-- mini dark chocolate Dove bars
-- Luigis lemon ice
-- Trader Joes turkey meatballs, pizza, Indian Bread, Masala Burgers
6) And a growing number of loaves of my next door neighbor's home made bread because her freezer is broken, so I keep it for her.
Frozen Vegetables (corn, peas, cauliflower)
Frozen Fruits
Meats (ground beef patties, beef cubes)
Lemon/Lime/peeled and sliced ginger (for drinks and tea)
Ice packs and ice cubes
Candles (they burn longer when frozen :-) )
Meals portioned for one because its only me here :-)
1) Scallions, chopped up rings. (for ramen)
2) Milk, in 125 ml portions.
3) Ground meat in 4.oz portions.
4) Sliced Mushrooms
5) Bacon, in rolls of 3's.
Berries! My main freezer essential
Bananas (pre-sliced for a delicious banana soft-serve, I love mine with cocoa)
Brown rice tortillas/bread
Pre-cooked & portioned brown rice & legumes
Vegan burgers (I love Amy's, but why are they so expensive)
Veggie burgers, ice cream, bags and bags of the canned tomatoes left over from when I use partial cans, peas (why do we all keep peas?), frozen fruit for smoothies (including overripe bananas that I never seem to use but keep saving anyway).
our freezer is stocked for portuguese food!
small batches of red and wine wine
bag of chopped cilantro for cooking
bag of chopped parsley for cooking
bag of chopped onion for cooking
cut chorizo (or as we call it, chouriço)
Here are mine:
Frozen veg -- corn, peas, peppers, squash
Frozen fruit -- raspberries, blueberries, bananas
Chicken sausage -- both savory and sweet varieties
Gluten-free bread -- I like Udi's
Butter -- salted.
Those 5 simple ingredients cover breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They're super versatile when combined with a well-stocked pantry.
homemade pesto (minus the cheese)
roasted home-grown tomatoes
frozen home-grown melon and peach chunks
nuts and coffee beans
My problem isn't WHAT, its how to get it organized so I can find it!
Varies greatly since we mainly eat out, but these days, David's Cookies cheesecakes. Hey, at Costco they are ~$14 instead of $35 on those rare weekends when they are featuring them!
chicken and beef stock
frozen cherries when they are out of season
homemade sofrito frozen in cubes
olive oil and parsley cubes
Nuts. Whole chickens I buy on sale. Frozen fruit. That half cup of leftover wine I can throw into something. Sorbet.
Also, I wanted to pass on this tip: know those shelf organizers meant for kitchen cabinets? I use them in the freezer to organize items.
I don't entertain (too lazy and too selfish) so my freezer "musts" are just treats for me:
1. ground beef
2. garlic bread
3. sweet potato fries
4. cauliflower/broccoli mix
5. dulce du leche ice cream
1. meat (beef, chicken)
2. fish (fillets, cleaned shrimp)
3. vegetables (mixed, chopped spinach)
4. fruits (bananas, berries for smoothies)
5. pita bread (extra ones we can't finish)
1) cheese (I buy bulk and freeze big chunks of cheddar)
2) frozen fruit
3) ice cream
4) coconut milk
5) chicken stock
ice, vodka, mark bittmans' pizza dough, blueberries, homemade spaghetti sauce
Ice cubes
Vegies from my garden (peas, beans, tomatoes, etc.)
Homemade ice cream
Freezer pacs
Whole wheat flour
5. Vegetable soup/stew - made in large quantities for those days when no one wants to cook
4. Nuts/Nut Flours
3. Broccoli
2. Berries
1. Bananas - can't go without 'em!!
I only have two:
Fry's Vegetarian products - they have vegan chicken-style burgers, nuggets, beef-style burgers... all the tasty, "meaty" stuff I want to snack on when I can't be bothered cooking;
and frozen soy beans to make edamame.


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In response to the much anticipated reveal of the Apple Watch I did a bit of digging around to find out where we stand with wrist-worn wearable devices. I found over 60 different devices. The following list focuses on self-tracking tools, I intentionally left out those that work only as notification centers or secondary displays for your phone. I'm sure this isn't all of them, but it's as good a place to start as any. If you're using one of these devices to learn something about yourself, or you're just interested in these type of wearable tools we invite you to join us in San Francisco on March 13-15, 2015, for our QS15 Conference & Exposition.
(Thank you to all those who commented here, on Twitter, and on our Facebook group pointing us to additional devices to add!)
Adidas has two devices:
Fit Smart
Sensors: Accelerometer, Heart Rate (optical)
Smart Run
Sensors: GPS, Accelerometer, Heart Rate (optical)
Sensors: Accelerometer, Heart Rate (optical), Blood Oxygen, Temperature
Sensors: Accelerometer, Pulse Oximeter, Temperature
Apple Watch
Sensors: Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Heart Rate (optical)
Asus ZenWatch
Sensors: Materials state the ZenWatch houses a "bio sensors and 9-axis sensor." I assume optical heart rate, accelerometer, and gyroscope.
Sensors: Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Heart Rate (optical)
Sensors: Heart Rate (optical), Accelerometer, Perspiration, Skin Temperature.
(Note: Intel & Basis today also announced the new Basis Peak to be released this year.)
DigiCare ERI
Sensors: Accelerometer, Temperature, Pressure
Epson Pulsense Band/Watch
Sensors: Accelerometer, Heart Rate (optical)
Fatigue Science Readiband
Sensors: Unknown
Fitbit Flex
Sensor: Accelerometer
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Kiel Gilleade has been interested in measuring and visualizing physiological data for quite a while. In 2011, he presented his BodyBlogger project at the 2011 QS Europe Conference. In that talk he described what he learned from tracking and exploring a year of continuous heart rate data. This year, at the 2014 QS Europe Conference, Kiel returned to talk about a new project, Rhythmanalysis. Rhythmanalysis was a project centered on "visualising the biological rhythms of employees at different workplaces." In this short talk, Kiel describes his experience working on this project and some of the lessons he learned along the way.
If you're interested in learning more about this work I highly suggest you visit Kiel's website where he has additional videos of visualizations he's been working on that use data collected as part of this project.
Mark Drangsholt has been dealing with an issue with his heart since he was a young man. Since his early twenties, when he as diagnosed with paroxysmal atrial tachycardia he's had to deal with irregular heart rhythms. In this talk Mark explains how the transition into adulthood negatively impacted his health and then how he used self-tracking and a focused athletic program to help him reduce his weight and improve his health. Most show&tell talks would end there, but Mark still had the irregular rhythm issue to deal with. After what he describes as an episode that made him think, "This is it. I'm going to die." he decided it was time to apply his self-tracking process in order to understand his heart rhythm disorder and possible triggers. Mark also decided to go one step further and apply the principles of case-crossover design to his tracking methodology. Watch his talk below and keep reading to learn a bit more about why you might want to consider using case-crossover design in your self-tracking projects and experiments.
The following excerpt from the QS Primer: Case-Crossover Design by Gary Wolf provides a great background for his method:
Mark's self-tracking data didn't naturally fit with any of these approaches. To understand whether these triggers actually had an effect on his arrhythmias, he used a special technique originally proposed by the epidemiologists Murray Mittleman and K. Malcolm Maclure. A case-crossover design is a scientific way to answer the question: "Was the patient doing anything unusual just before the onset of the disease?" It is a design that compares the exposure to a certain agent during the interval when the event does not occur to the exposure during the interval when the event occurs.
Using this method, Mark discovered that events linked to his attacks included high intensity exercise, afternoon caffeine, public speaking to large groups, and inadequate sleep on the previous night. While these were not surprising discoveries, it was interesting to him to be able to rigorously analyze them, and see his intuition supported by evidence. "A citizen scientist isn't even on the conventional evidence pyramid," Mark notes. "But you can structure a single subject design to raise the level of evidence and it will be more convincing."
Today's QS Gallery entry comes to us from Bill Schuller. Be sure to check out his blog, Data Obsessive, to learn more about this visualization and other interesting self-tracking projects.
A driver made a left turn from a stright-only lane right in front of me as I was proceeding straight through the intersection from my straight or left lane. I have occasionally turned on the accelerometer and gyro logging in FluxStream Capture while I drive. This time around, I have even more data. You can see the massive deceleration and the associated spike in my heart rate and drop in my beat spacing (RR). I haven't pulled my GPS data yet, but I was able to spot this easily in the FluxStream graph. Those dips in the Acceleration data really stand out. Interestingly, my heart rate also reflects my mood afterward.
Initially relieved that I didn't get hit this time, then enraged that it had nearly happened again, calming slowly as I composed in my head a letter to the City of Addison imploring them to add more signage at that intersection.
A quick post here to highlight some interesting developments in the heart rate tracking space. Tracking and understanding heart rate has been a cornerstone of self-tracking since, well since someone put two fingers on their neck and decided to write down how many pulses they felt. We've come a long way from that point. If you're like me tracking heart rate popped up on your radar when you started training for a sporting event like a marathon or long distance cycling. Like many who used the pioneering devices from Polar it felt a bit odd to strap that hard piece of plastic around my chest. After time, and seeing the benefits of tracking heart rate, it became part of my daily ritual. Yet, for all the great things heart rate monitoring can do for physical training, there have been very few advances to provide people with a noninvasive method. That is, until now.
Thearn, an enterprising Github user and developer, has released an open source tool that uses your webcam to detect your pulse. The Webcam Pulse Detector is a python application that uses a variety of tools such as OpenCV (an open source computer vision tool) to "find the location of the user's face, then isolate the forehead region. Data is collected from this location over time to estimate the user's heartbeat frequency. This is done by measuring average optical intensity in the forehead location, in the subimage's green channel alone." If you're interested in the research that made this work possible check out the amazing work on Eulerian Video Magnification being conducted at MIT. Now, getting it to work is a bit of a hurdle, but it does appear to be working for those who have the technical expertise. If you get it working please let us know in the comments. Hopefully someone comes along that provides a bit of an easier installation solution for those of us who shy away from working in the terminal. Until then, there are actually quite a few mobile applications that use similar technology to detect and track heart rate:
Let us know if you've been tracking your heart rate and what you've found out. We would love to explore this space together.
Last week we brought you a look into some of the interesting Quantified Self tools that were debuted at CES. Here are a few more we noticed from the deluge of CES coverage. Thanks to MobiHealthNews, Gizmodo, Engadget and many QS friends for the tips.
Withings Smart Body Analyzer (WS-50)
The latest wireless scale from Withings adds some interesting new sensors: resting heart rate, ambient air quality (CO2) and room temperature. The combination of physiological and environmental monitoring, while simple in this case, opens many new possibilities for Quantified Self projects.
Measures: Weight, BMI, Fat Mass, Heart Rate, Room Temperature, Room CO2
The Zensorium Tinke is a small sensor and companion app for iOS devices dedicated to helping users understand their health and wellness. This is a really interesting variation on the emerging theme of Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability self-monitoring. The Tinke has no battery and no screen. Instead, the small optical sensor plugs directly into the iPhone.
Measures: Heart Rate, Heart Rate Variability, Blood Oxygen, Respiratory Rate
A similar approach is used by the Masimo iSpO2, where the focus is on blood oxygenation.
Measures: Blood Oxygenation, Heart Rate, Perfusion Index
Mio Alpha
The Mio Alpha boasts of continuous and strapless heart rate measurement. Using technology developed by Phillips, the Alpha uses optical heart rate sensing at the wrist and a soon to be released mobile app. What once seemed like difficult technical magic is on the verge of becoming commonplace.
The Mio Measures: Heart Rate
Sync: Bluetooth 4.0
I've been curious about tracking physical activity since I was an undergraduate. I remember traveling to a local middle school with a researcher interested in how physical activity was taught in low-income Native American communities. Back then, the best we could do was have the children wear simple electromechanical pedometers to count their steps during their physical education classes. Fast forward about ten years and I'm still working with pedometers and physical activity sensors – but much better ones. Quantified Self toolmakers are experimenting with many upgrades to the old digital pedometers, including new ideas about syncing, more fashionable design, and – of particular interest to self-trackers – integration of optical heart rate monitors. (No chest strap.)
Below are some of the notable Quantified Self tools recently announced at CES. Did I miss one? Let me know in the comments and I'll add it! I've also written a bit about what I think are some notable trends below.
Fitbit Flex
The Flex appears to be Fitbit's answer to the growing trend of wrist worn wearable activity monitors. Interestingly they've chosen to focus on the wireless syncing capabilities and eschew a traditional display; there is just a small glanceable LEDs to highlight goal progress.
Measures: Steps, Distance, Calorie Burn, Activity Minutes, Sleep Time, Sleep Quality
Sync: Bluetooth 4.0
Withings Smart Activity Tracker
In 2013 Withings is stepping in to the activity tracking space with their Smart Activity Tracker. While it appears to be just another accelerometer-based device Withings has also packed a heart rate pulse sensor into the small form factor.
Measures: Steps, Distance, Calorie Burn, Sleep Quality, Heart Rate
Sync: Bluetooth and Bluetooth 4.0
Omron Activity Monitor
Omron has long been a staple in the low-cost pedometer market. With the launch of their Activity Monitor they've shown up with a wireless activity tracker of their own. Omron is semi-wireless; syncing requires that you plug a USB accessory into your computer, then place the pedometer nearby.
Measures: Workout Time, Steps, Distance, Calories burned, Pace
Sync: NFC Plate (USB)
Omron Heart Rate Monitor
Integration of pulse tracking into activity monitors is a current trend, and we're very curious about what we'll learn from having continuous heart rate data. Omron's new heart rate monitor uses optical sensing on a strapless watch, with eight hours of storage capacity. The press announcement promises pace, calories, and distance, which means the watch probably has accelerometer-based actigraphy on board as well.
Measures: Heart Rate, Pace, Distance, Calories Burned
Sync: Micro USB
Fitbug Orb
The Orb is new small and sleek device that builds on their already released Fitbug Air wireless pedometer. The new pebble-like Orb is a screenless activity tracker that uses Bluetooth syncing to a mobile app in three different modes: Push for updates on demand, Beacon for timed updates on a regular interval, and Stream for real time updating. The Orb's small form factor works with a variety of different wear options, including wrist straps and lanyards.
Measures: Steps, Distance, Calories Burned, Sleep
Sync: Bluetooth 4.0
BodyMedia Core 2
The BodyMedia armband is known for its accurate activity tracking, which comes from integrating the data off multiple sensors. A new device, the Core 2, has the same measurements that are currently available (core temperature, heat flux, galvanic skin response, and tri-axial accelerometry) in a smaller package. A version with an integrated heart rate monitor will be also be available.
Measures: Temperature, Heat Flux, Galvanic Skin Response, Activity, Heart Rate (optional)
Sync: Bluetooth 4.0
Bonus Non-Activity Device
HapiLabs HapiFork
This last device kept popping up on my various feeds yesterday. The HapiFork is designed to help you understand how you eat by tracking how many bites you take and how long it takes you to eat your meal. It will also alert you when you're eating too fast. Will the first person to use this please give a Quantified Self show&tell talk as soon as possible?
Measures: Fork "servings", Eating Time
Sync: Bluetooth or USB
In my current work I'm really interested in how real time information about physical activity behavior can be used to help people change their normal patterns. In our little corner of the research world we understand that self-tracking devices are wonderful tools to help people change their behavior. But, what we don't know yet is how the data gathered by these tools can really help people in the moment. The newest crop of tools and devices may start to help us answer that question.
By now if you've seen one physical activity tracker then you've seen them all. At their core they use the same technology that's been used for almost a decade – actigraphy. That is, most devices are based on an accelerometer, a tiny little sensor that measures
gravitational force acceleration. These sensor pass data through an algorithm that used machine learning and pattern recognition techniques to determine a variety of data points. Steps, distance, activity intensity, calorie expenditure – you're probably familiar with all these. So what's new in this space? How are companies starting to differentiate themselves? While looking through some of the new offerings being showcased at this week's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). It appears that there are two major themes that I think are coming forth: Wearability and Syncing
Wearability. The pedometers we made kids wear 10 years ago? Utilitarian hunks of plastic and electronics. Nothing you would want to show off to your friend or coworker. Looking at the latest from Fitbit, BodyMedia, and others it's clear that companies are introducing real fashion where there used to be just electronics. Will they succeed in making activity trackers a fashion trend? A status symbol?
Syncing Capabilities. When Fitbit introduced their tracker a few years ago one of the biggest complaints was that it didn't sync to our phones. Now, nearly every new device offers Bluetooth syncing with paired mobile apps. The rise of Bluetooth 4.0 has made it easier for nearly everybody to wirelessly sync. I'm curious about the future of low power data sharing beyond the phone. Soon we may see myriad devices talking to each other directly. What happens when your fitbit starts talking to your fridge?
Steven Jonas discovered through an EEG assessment that he had a strong "freeze" response to stressful situations. This inspired him to use his emWave to monitor his stress levels, hack it to alert him whenever he got too stressed, and change his patterns at work. Check out Steven's open, inspiring story in the video below, filmed at Quantified Self Seattle, as well as his slides.
Steven Jonas from David Reeves on Vimeo.
At a recent QS-themed event at Stanford, 3-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond described the constant stream of new technologies that make bicycles lighter and more streamlined and that provide ever more detailed monitoring of the cyclists. In contrast, innovation in swimming seems limited to controversial bathing suits. Competitive swimmer Hind Hobeika aims to change that with Butterfleye, as she describes below and in her talk in Amsterdam last fall. She is also inspiring tech entrepreneurship in Lebanon, and is the organizer of the Beirut QS meetup group.
Q: How do you describe Butterfleye? What is it?
Hobeika: Butterfleye is a heart rate monitor for swimmers: a waterproof module that can be mounted on all types of swimming goggles and that visually displays the athlete's heart rate in real-time. Butterfleye has an integrated light sensor that measures the heart rate by reflection from the temporal artery (a ramification of the carotid artery that runs through the neck), and a 3 color LED that reflects indirectly into the goggle lens indicating the status relative to the target: green if the swimmer is on target, red if above target and yellow if below target.
Butterfleye is still in the prototyping stage, I am currently working on iterating the design to get to a market product.
Q: What's the back story? What led to it?
Hobeika: I used to be a professional swimmer during my school and university years, and all of the trainings were based on the heart rate measurement. As a matter of fact, in all professional trainings, there are 3 main target zones that are dependent on a percentage of the maximum heart rate, and that lead to different results from the workout: the swimmers try to stay between 50-70% of their maximum heart rate for fat burning, 70-85% for fitness improvement, and 85-95% for maximum performance. In every single workout, the coach used to combine different sets of each of the zones to make sure the swimmer gets a complete workout and works on different aspects of his body. The problem was that there was no effective way of actually measuring heart rate during the practice! What we did is count the pulse manually after each race. Other options would have been to wear the watch + belt or use a finger oximeter, but both of these were very impractical for a swimmer.
I built the first prototype during the 'Stars of Science' competition, which is kind of like the Arab version of the 'American Inventor' initiated by Qatar Foundation. Following a Pan-Arab recruitment campaign, I was one of the 16 candidates to get selected among 7,000 initial applicants to go to Doha for the competition. Once I got to the Qatar Science and Technology Park, I was able to combine my passion for swimming and my background as a mechanical engineer, along with the experts and the resources available in Education City to build the first concrete version of my idea. After four long months, I won the third prize, and got a valuable cash award that I used to file for a US patent, start a joint stock company in Lebanon, and hire an electronics engineer and an industrial designer to get started on the prototyping process.
Q: What impact has it had? What have you heard from users?
Hobeika: The product is not on the market yet, so the reactions I have been getting so far are from swimmers and athletes hearing about the idea or testing the first prototype.
Swimmers I have talked to have commonly agreed that there is a very big lack of monitoring tools for practice in the water, and that Butterfleye would be filling a very big gap. As for people who have tested it, they are surprised of how lightweight it is and how they don't feel it when wearing it in the water.
Here is my assumption on the impact Butterfleye will have: Swimming is a very solitary sport, and it is very difficult for athletes to get feedback on the performance if swimming without a coach or a team. It is the main reason why most people prefer practicing another activity. Having a practical monitor that can not only measure the heart rate but give all kind of information a swimmer would want to know (such as lap counting, stroke counting, speed, distance, etc.) will encourage more people to practice this complete sport and change its status of 'solitary'.
Q: What makes it different, sets it apart?
Hobeika: Butterfleye is innovative when it comes to its sensor design: it is the first heart monitoring tool that doesn't require wearing a chest belt, a finger clip or an ear clip, elements that would add a lot of drag in the water, and that would be cumbersome for the swimmer. Butterfleye's sensor is integrated in the module itself, and measure the heart rate from the temporal artery.
Butterfleye's design is also one of its competitive advantage: it is specifically designed for swimmers. It is waterproof, modular- it can be mounted on any type of goggles, light-weight and in the shape of a waterdrop in order to minimize the drag. It is also flat so it doesn't interfere with the swimming motion. It is designed to be perfectly compatible with the biomechanics and the dynamics of swimming.
Butterfleye also stands apart by comprising a waterproof heads-up display, where the swimmer can visualize his target zone on his lens. This way, the swimmer would not have to interrupt the motion of his arms (as he would do if he was wearing a watch), and could visualize the heart rate in real-time, compared to using a pulse ox right after the race.
Swimming technology, unlike all of the other sports, is widely unexplored to date, especially when it comes to monitoring and self tracking devices. Butterfleye is one of the first tools to tackle this market gap.
Q: What are you doing next? How do you see Butterfleye evolving?
Hobeika: My next target is to release a first version of the waterproof heart rate monitor in the market. After that, comes a series of other monitoring products for the swimmers, so they would be able to track calories, strokes, lap count, etc.
I am also planning on expanding this platform technology to models compatible with running, skiing, biking and diving.
Q: Anything else you'd like to say?
Hobeika: I participated in 'Stars of Science' when I was still a university student, and after winning the third prize I got a job at a renowned Lebanese engineering design firm. I was very scared of working full time on my project and giving up the sense of security I had, and was only able to do it a year down the line.
The entrepreneurship ecosystem is still very nascent in Lebanon and in the Middle East, and I am part of the first generation that is working on a hardware startup in the region. It is very challenging, simply because there aren't many (or any) resources available. I have to ship and prototype everything abroad, which makes the entire process more lengthy and expensive.
However, I am also part of that generation who will, through our projects, develop and nurture the right resources to make it easier for the next crazy change makers! I am already working on a website An Entrepreneur in Beirut, which is a platform for all the resources needed for hardware development in Lebanon.
Product: Butterfleye
Website: www.butterfleyeproject.com
Price: tbd
This is the 16th post in the "Toolmaker Talks" series. The QS blog features intrepid self-quantifiers and their stories: what did they do? how did they do it? and what have they learned? In Toolmaker Talks we hear from QS enablers, those observing this QS activity and developing self-quantifying tools: what needs have they observed? what tools have they developed in response? and what have they learned from users' experiences? If you are a "toolmaker" and want to participate in this series, contact Rajiv Mehta at email@example.com.
There is something really magical about taking data and turning it into a compelling visual image. Even though I've already written a bit about the importance of making data visual, I am consistently amazed at how data can be made more appealing and informative by creating eye-popping graphics. Today we are devoting this NFATW post to some amazing projects with beautiful data.
Tom MacWright is an engineer for MapBox and Development Seed and spends his time creating and using amazing visual representations of his data. Here are just two of many wonderful projects.
A New Running Map
Tom wasn't happy with the data visualization he was getting from his Garmin GPS and heart rate watch so he decided to build his own using tools he works with every day. What came out was a really interesting interactive website that visualizes his running routes along with his heart rate. Click on the image above to play around with him data.
He's also created a unique representation of the same time of running data (GPS + HR) that anyone can play with called Ventricle. Ventricle allows you to plot your own running data if you have .gpx files.
I've had a long standing interest in how I spend my time interacting with my computer. As a long time RescueTime user I've gotten used to having something watching my computer use and informing me about my habits. Tom was also interested in his computer use, but wanted something that had less functionality while still giving him information that was important. So, he developed Minute, a keystroke counter and visualization system that constantly records and displays the keystroke frequency over time.
By using a heat map he is able to better understand the pattern of his technology usage. Interestingly, he is also able to make inferences about his sleep and leisure time as he treats them as the inverse of his keystroke time:
Minute is an open-source application hosted on github so if you're interested in understanding your own computer use or want to contribute to the project go take a look at the source code.
We'll wrap up today with a quote from Tom's post on what he learned from developing and using Minute:
Tracking nearly anything you do is alarming and humbling. The aggregates of our actions are lost on us: we can watch hundreds of hours of television and write it off as a small time commitment. How much is too much? It's hard to make pretty charts without learning something and thinking about what they should look like.
Every few weeks be on the lookout for new posts profiling interesting individuals and their data. If you have an interesting story or link to share leave a comment or contact the author here.

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Mussawir Mahmood (Late) Lives on
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I am here to give you all a gr8 news of Mussawir Mahmood (Late).As u all must know Mussawir was amongst the first member of muziboo.com He was a very friendly person,a very talented composer,singer,lyricist & a part time director.He passed away on 1st January 2008 (May He rest in Peace) due to a hole in his heart which was there from his childhood.But i recently heard news tht a director Sean Ali from Toronto is making a film with Screen EYE Productions & John Jay Films,The film is based on Mussawer Mahmood's life.It's about how a man strugles for more than 30 years with a hole in his heart,in constant battle with life & death,His passion for music & his determination.It is based on actual events from Mussawer Mahmood's (Late) life.I am posting a link over here plz do visit it & show ur support for a great person & an unbelieveable talented musician & spread this message as much as u can.
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Regards Stay Happy
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Prateek Dayal said
I have joined the group already Ali. This is a great initiative.
For those new here, you can checkout Mussawir's music here
Radhika Nair (away) said
Really touching to listen to his Tou Mila and my eyes welled up when I read his last comment there-even though i wasnt around when he was active here. I too have joined the group.
George Kuruvilla said
Ali, its great that you are still actively exposing people to his work. Truly commendable.
Harshan Nambiar said
Sorry to hear this, I was not active on Muziboo during that time. I checked a few works of his …like Tou Mila ….it had a lot of soul in the composition. Life is like a song ….it begins , has its intense moments, some variations, some harqats, energy , pathos and then silence.
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From 2002 to 2003 the number of forged checks has gone up at least 30%. In 2002, there were more than 630,000 reported check forgeries. In 2003 that number jumped to almost 900,000. Police say procedures to lower those numbers are in place, but not all businesses use them and that leaves people like you at risk.
"Notices were coming in every week and it's pretty hectic," says check forgery victim, Justin Cruce.
Dozens of Cruce's checks were stolen right out of his own home last fall. And months later, he's still dealing with what has happened.
"It's just a nuisance I'm having to go everyday and take care of these checks, sign forgery affidavits, pay fees," says Cruce.
Many of his checks were written to local businesses but they've also shown up in Abilene, Plainview, even as far away as Missouri.
"A substantial number of businesses don't put out the effort to try to stop it. Even though it's somewhat preventable," says Lubbock Police Sergeant, Keith Woodard.
In 1998, Lubbock Police introduced businesses to a fingerprint system. Check writers simply place their fingerprint beside their signature. But Sgt. Woodard says many businesses have stopped that practice and criminals are taking advantage of their leniancy.
"If there was a fingerprint on that check that's proof the person that passed that check that's who it was and we can find out who that is rather rapidly," says Woodard.
Justin says businesses who don't check IDs from check writers are adding to the problem.
"It's taking away from the business because they're not getting paid. It's a problem for me because it goes on my credit sometimes and it's a nuisance and they get away with it," says Cruce.
NewsChannel 11 did our own unscientific experiment today and went to two businesses, neither one asked for our IDs. Police say when businesses were checking for IDs or using the fingerprint system the number of check forgeries declined 40%, so they are encouraging businesses to put that into practice again. Check forgery is a state jail felony. If you forge a check, you could pay a fine as much as $10,000 and spend two years in jail for each check you write.
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Solar hot water program expandingBy EVAN POPP
For the RUTLAND HERALD | July 29,2013Energy Co-op of Vermont has reported it is expanding a solar water heating program to cover Addison County.
In fact, the programs popularity is making it hard to keep up with demand, the co-op says.
The program currently serves Chittenden County as well as parts of Washington, Grand Isle, Franklin and Lamoille counties.
The co-op solar hot water program is designed to help Vermonters save money and energy through heating their water with solar power. The program is available to any home or business owner in Vermont. In 2012, the first year of the program, Co-op Solar assisted in installing more than 40 hot water systems.
Last year, the program was available only in Chittenden County, but it expanded into other counties in 2013.
U.S. Sen. Bernard Sanders said in a statement: What is particularly exciting about this program is that people can move in this direction without spending any more money on their fuel bills than they currently are, because theyre going to pay off their loan from the credit union by reduced fuel costs.
Support from high-profile officials such as Sanders was instrumental in getting this years program off the ground February, according to the co-op.
Other supporters included Andrew Perchlik of the Department of Public Service and the Clean Energy Development Fund, U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy and U.S. Rep. Peter Welch.
Locally, interest in the solar hot water program is high, the co-op said. Washington County was home to eight of the 44 systems installed in 2013, or 18 percent.
Other counties around the state also bought into the program because of the systems low prices, the co-op said. Joining with Sunward Systems, a local manufacturer of solar heating equipment, Co-op Solar was able to provide Vermonters with low-priced, locally made solar systems.
This collaboration between Sunward Systems and the Energy Co-op of Vermont is exactly the kind of story Peter Welch is planning to bring down to Congress, said Welchs deputy state director Jon Copans. The product is being assembled here in Vermont by Vermonters. Were saving people money on their energy bill and reducing fossil fuel use and our greenhouse gas emissions.
Solar hot water customers save additional money due to a 30 percent federal tax credit, as well as $900 to $1,200 state incentive. Combined, the federal tax credit and state incentive reduce the price of solar hot water systems by 50 percent and, according to the co-op, a typical four-person household can save $700 to $1,000 by installing solar hot water.
These new solar hot water systems will pay for themselves through energy savings, said John Quinney, general manager at the co-op. It may be the best investment you can make for your home and planet.
Benjamin Griffin of Energy Co-op of Vermont explained the environmental benefit of installing each solar hot water system as the equivalent of taking one car off the road in terms of carbon dioxide emissions.
Despite all the support, there is some concern that the solar hot water program will not continue in 2014. In the past Energy Co-op of Vermont has received a portion of its funding from the Clean Energy Development Fund. The fund had previously received money from Entergy Vermont Yankee, but due to Vermont Yankees state licensing issues, that money may not be available in the future.
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Who Protected and Why? Tariffs the World Around 1870-1938
AbstractThis paper uses a new database to establish a set of tariff facts that have not been well appreciated: tariff rates in Latin America were far higher than anywhere else in the century before the Great Depression; while lower than Latin America, tariffs were far higher in the European periphery and the Englishspeaking new world than they were in the European core; tariff rates rose everywhere in the periphery up to 1900, and then moderated a bit up to WWI; and the great anti-global leap during the 1930s in Latin American and the European periphery was not new policy territory since these two regions had plenty of previous experience with very high tariffs. These world tariff facts need an explanation, especially since economic historians have pretty much ignored them while devoting so much attention to Europe. As we search for the explanations, we find that modern endogenous tariff theory isn't quite up to the task. The paper uses this world wide sample of 35 countries as a panel to explore competing hypotheses as to what drove policy in the century before WWII: revenue motivation; optimal tariffs; strategic tariffs; deindustrialization fears; Stolper-Samueson forces; and many more. The world environment mattered. Trading partners mattered. Domestic geography, factor endowments, institutions and politics mattered.
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Small Island is a 2004 novel by Andrea Levy. It is set mainly in Britain in 1947-48, and examines the experiences of Jamaican immigrants dealing with an unfamiliar culture and a considerable amount of racism, as well as the relationship between British colonies and their 'mother country'. Notable for its multi-perspective, nuanced examination of racist attitudes and its detailed portrayal of post-war Britain, it was chosen by the Guardian as one of the 50 defining books of the last decade, and adapted into a BBC miniseries in 2009.The novel is written from the perspective of four main characters:
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Concrete expert Brent Anderson explains the code rules and structural issues surrounding foundation footings. Included are discussions of when and where to place rebar and what to do if a footing is poured slightly out of place.
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IFA Ultrabook News Roundup
It's been an exciting few days at IFA where we've seen a lot of great activity in the PC sector, mostly focused around Ultrabooks, hybrids, touchscreens, and Windows 8. Nils has been on hand at the event and has kept us thoroughly up to date on developments . If you're looking for a summary of all of the interesting news from IFA, this is the post for you!
Hands-on with the Fujitsu Stylistic Q702 Windows 8 Hybrid Ultrabook — This One Should Be on Your List
Posted by Ben Lang in New Products on August 31, 2012
Fujitsu is launching a transformer-style hybrid Ultrabook, the Stylistic Q702. The company has experience making tablets and it shows — the Q702 is probably the most well rounded hybrid we've seen launched thus far with a very good port set for the size, capacitive and active digitizer screen, and even a built-in stylus. Our man Nils is on the show floor at IFA as we speak and has a look around the upcoming Q702.
Toshiba Announces Budget and Slider Ultrabooks for Windows 8
Posted by Steve Chippy Paine in New Products on August 31, 2012
Toshiba formerly announced two new Ultrabooks this morning, taking their total number of individual designs to 5 – a figure that tells us that manufacturers are totally on board with the Ultrabook idea.
The Toshiba Sattelite U920T (U925T in the USA) is the slider device we previewed a few days ago. It's going to be available some time in the fourth quarter. The second is the Toshiba Sattelite U940 (again, expect U945 in the USA.) As you'd expect, both are WIndows 8 models.
HP Launches Hybrid Envy X2 PC With Detachable Keyboard
A number of companies are now betting on hybrid computers to be the next big thing with Windows 8. We've seen the Duo 11 from Sony, the Samsung ATIV, Asus TaiChi and Transformer Book — all hybrids — and now HP is announcing the Envy X2 with Windows 8 and touchscreen. The X2 takes on the familiar 'transformer' form-factor which is outwardly a standard laptop form-factor but the screen can be detached and toted around as a tablet. The question remains whether Windows 8 will provide a sufficient touchscreen experience, or if all of these hybrid devices will be used as standard laptops more often than not.
The Verge gets Hands-On with Acer Aspire S7
Posted by Steve Chippy Paine in News on August 30, 2012
If you're looking for a new 11" Ultrabook, the Acer Aspire S7 is probably on your list, especially if you're interested in driving Windows 8 with a little bit of touch. We're expecting the Acer Aspire S7 to be in the premium pricing category (i.e. not at the $799 that the Samsung Series 5 Touch could start at) but it will be much thinner and lighter than that. The Verge have taken it for a spin and are extremely impressed by the build and style. Unanswered questions remain though…
Pricing, battery size and availability are specifications we're working on adding to the database as soon as possible.
The video (which we couldn't get to embedd here below) is in the complete article at The Verge.
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HP Spectre XT TouchSmart Puts 15.6" Full HD IPS Touchscreen, Thunderbolt, and Windows 8 In an Ultrabook
Today HP is announcing a new variant of their premium Ultrabook, the Spectre XT TouchSmart. With the addition of a Thunderbolt port, a larger 15.6″ full HD IPS touchscreen, and Windows 8, HP is bumping the price up from the $999 Spectre XT to $1,399 for the Spectre XT TouchSmart. The Ultrabooks are nearly identical aside from the additions and change to the price. It would appear as though HP will be selling them concurrently.
Samsung Series 9 to get Windows 8 Updates – No Touch
Samsung just presented their new range of Windows 8 devices. You've already seen the new Series 7 Slate and the Series 5 Touch but Samsung also announced that the Series 9 will get WIndows 8. No surprises there. The disappointing news is that it won't have a touchscreen.
Samsung also say that the system has been re-optimised, something that you'd expect anyway when a new OS is available.
Samsung Series 7 Slate to Compete with Transformer Book
Update: The Series 7 and Series 5 Slates have been officially launched as the ATIV Smart PC and ATIV Smart PC Pro. [Engadget]
The detachable style 'Ultraslate' is going to be popular. The design has already been proven by ASUS with their Transformer range and many of us are already excited about the ASUS Transformer Book. The Samsung options – a Series 7 Slate with dock, is going to go head to head. We just spotted this video on Laptopmag's YouTube channel and we're expecting an article and official info to follow soon.
A version with Core i5 will sit alongside a slightly lighter version, the Series 5 slate, with an Atom CPU inside allowing you to choose between power and battery life/weight.
Take note that the keyboard is said to have quite a bit of travel, a result of most of the electronics being behing the screen.
Pricing – $1199. $749 for the Series 5 (Intel Atom) version.
We're on the lookout for official info.
Via Laptopmag
Samsung's Series 5 Ultrabook with Touch is Confirmed
Starting at $799 with a Core i3 Samsung have just set the a very competitive lower benchmark for touchscreen Ultrabooks. Based on the existing industrial design it's going to be a really solid offering.
Laptopmag don't have an article about this yet but we're expecting one soon. We might even hear details in the Samsung event that's just kicking off in Berlin right now.
Sony Vaio Duo 11 gets hands-on at IFA
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Revealing the optical track pointer and a design that's slimmer than I expected, the port locations, backlight on the keyboard and lots more. As a tablet it's 'pretty thin and light' says Johannes. It still weighs 1.2KG though so as a pure tablet, it's a complete bloater!
Full specs, price and other info available here.
My thoughts – Why aren't we seeing news about HSDPA/4G for the Vaio DUO? This is clearly an ultra mobile PC but without 3G, it's missing something in my opinion. Still, enough people have Android phones that can help out with a little hotspot love. I love the look of that track pointer! Personally, I'm more of a fan of detachable screens which is why I've got my eye on the ASUS Transformer Book. I'll bet it's going to be cheaper than 1200 Euros for a Core i3 too!
Video below…
ASUSPro BU400 More Specs, Price
Via the Gadgetjm YouTube channel we're looking at a hands-on with the very smart looking Business Ultrabook ASUSPro BU400.
This is obviously a business-oriented Ultrabook with a full set of ports and focus on touchpad and keyboard quality. Anti-glare HD/HD+ displays (options we assume) and..touchscreen. (not seen in the video, maybe it's an option.) Spill resistant keyboard and reinforced carbon construction. This is a VPro-enabled 'Ultrabook for Business' with encrypted hard drive, TPM module and Fingerprint reader. Ports: VGA, headset port, SD card, 3xUSB3.0, HDMI, LAN port. No Thunderbolt port.
Starting price is to be a surprisingly keen 899 Euro so we assume some of the specs above are optional.
It weighs 1.64KG (3.65lb) Availability is, like all Windows 8 Ultrabooks, October.
ASUS UX21 Touch Hands On Video–IFA 2012
Via TLBHD on YouTube a hands-on with the ASUS UX21 Touch
This 11.6" Ultrabook based on the Ivy-Bridge powered UX21A is obviously going to be more expensive than the UX21A which itself isnt the cheapest Ultrabook out there. $100-$150 premium over the UX21A price is to be expected. As for availability, expect end of October, when Win 8 is available. Video below.
Vaio Duo 11 Announced At IFA. 1199 – 1399 Euro
With less than 5 seconds of commentary, Sony just announced the Duo 11 at IFA. Luckily we have specs, images, prices and availability…
Update: Sony Vaio Duo now in the database here.
Toshiba at IFA. Satellite U920T is a new Slider Ultrabook
Toshiba will be showing their new convertible Ultrabook, the Satellite U920T, at IFA this week. This hybrid device isn't official yet but Mobilegeeks have some early specs and this image below is coming via Nomobile.ru, both at IFA.
Update: Some more info at ABCNews.
ASUS Vivo Tab. 11.6" is not quite the Ultraslate
It looks great and is likely to come at a great price but the ASUS Vivo Tab isn't quite the ASUS Transformer Book as although it runs a full WIndows 8 build, it's a low-power (and probably lower cost) Intel Atom-based tablet with docking keyboard.
Information on the ASUS Vivo Tab is coming in from all angles at the moment as it's just been announced at a press conference. There will be a "RT' ARM-based version too and there's talk of a pen-capable display.
More images at MobileGeeks.
We'll try and bring you more on the ASUS Transformer Book soon. It's a similar convertible with a 13.3"or even 14" screen that runs on an Ultrabook-like platform of Intel Core CPU.


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