SanDisk’s 512GB SD card will hold all the 4K video you can handle

If you’ve been dabbling in 4K video recording, you probably know that most SD cards won’t cut it; you’ll be thankful if you have enough space for a wedding video, let alone a magnum opus. SanDisk may have a solution for that space problem in its new, extra-capacious 512GB Extreme Pro SDXC card. It’s fast enough (95MB/s) to shoot interruption-free 4K, but also has more than enough storage for a day’s worth of movies and high-speed photography. Capture 60Mbps video on Sony’s AX100, for example, and you could theoretically keep going for almost 19 hours. You’re going to pay dearly for all that headroom, though. The 512GB card sells for a whopping $800 — unless video production is your bread and butter, you’re probably better off “settling” for the Extreme Pro’s 128GB or 256GB variants.

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Vest translates sound into vibration for the hearing impaired

When we think about gadgets to aid the hearing impaired, cochlear implants usually come to mind — but these devices are expensive and require invasive surgery. Neuroscientist Dr. David Eagleman and graduate student Scott Novich have another idea: sensory substation clothing. The two are developing a hearing device that you wear on your torso. It’s called the Vibrotactile Extra-Sensory Transducer (or simply “Vest” for short) and it translates sound into tactile feedback. Eaglman says that with training, the brain can actually learn to translate Vest’s vibrations into useful data — meaning that wearers could potentially “hear” through their skin.

It sounds insane, but Eagleman says it’s not all that different than from how hearing works naturally. The brain, he explains, can’t actually hear — it’s just interpreting electrical signals and presenting it to your consciousness as perception. Cochlear implants work in the same manner, but Eagleman’s research is trying to accomplish a similar effect without surgery. If your body can interpret electrical signals from the ear as sound or data, why can’t it do the same with sound-based electrical signals that originate from the surface of your skin?

Right now, the Vest is focusing on restoring hearing, but eventually Eagleman wants to use the same system to augment human perception in new ways. What if you could absorb weather or stock market data naturally through your skin? Eagleman believes it’s possible, and your brain would natively introduce the Vest’s data into human perception as if sensing the weather was a naturally evolved trait.

Well, that’s the hypothesis, at least. The team is trying to raise $40,000 on Kickstarter to refine and build a better prototype, initiate behavioral testing and study the brain mechanisms that make sensory substitution possible. Interested? Check out that Kickstarter link below to learn more.

[Image credit: Scott Novich and David Eagleman]

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Kia’s electric Soul will cost you a semi-reasonable $33,700

Kia’s reputation for low-cost cars is extending into the electric realm… well, sort of. The company has announced that the Soul EV will start at $33,700 when it reaches in the US this fall. That’s more expensive than the Nissan Leaf ($28,980) and well outside of budget car territory, so it’s not exactly a trivial purchase at first glance. However, that doesn’t include the $7,500 federal tax break — the $26,200 you’ll ultimately pay is pretty reasonable for a people-hauler with decent space, a smartphone-savvy infotainment system and (most importantly) very low running costs. The catch is availability. You’ll have to wait until the fall to drive a Soul EV off the lot, and it will only be available in a handful of California cities at first; it’s going to be a while before you can wander into any old dealership and pick one up.

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