Unmanned combat plane prototype

The Ministry of Defence has unveiled its prototype unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV)…
Defence Minister Gerald Howarth said it was a “truly trailblazing project” and featured “the best of our nation’s advanced design and technology”. The aircraft is due to begin flight trials early next year.
Named after the Celtic god of thunder, Taranis is the first step in the development of unmanned strike aircraft, capable of penetrating enemy territory. Unmanned aircraft carrying weapons are already used in service, such as the MQ-1 Predator which carries Hellfire missiles, although these are only suitable for use where the airspace is under allied control.
“This is the next generation of combat aircraft and flight trials will begin next year,” Sqn Ldr Bruno Wood told BBC News. “It’s a technology demonstrator that could be used as a testbed which may form further potential solutions to the RAF,” he added.
The issue of “writing the pilot” out of the aircraft equation has long been a controversial topic, more so since the first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) went into active service…
Peter Felstead, editor of Jane’s Defence Weekly, told BBC News that the development of UAVs paralleled the development of the first manned aircraft during World War I.
“First they were used for reconnaissance, then they were armed for bombing and ground attack missions and they eventually became air-to-air combat craft,” he said.
“This is the first step for the UK. This isn’t an aircraft that will go into service, it’s a tech demo, but it will prove technologies, demonstrate capabilities and inform the direction we [the UK] are going in.”

Mazda Reveals Next-Gen Engine And Transmission Technology

So far Mazda has taken a somewhat unconventional route to improving fuel efficiency of its vehicle fleet, focusing on lighter materials and new designs instead of rebuilding its powertrain lineup. It has done the company well, but to move to the next level of efficiency the automaker is also planning on upgrading its engine and transmission lineup.
At next month's 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda will reveal its next-generation of powertrain technologies, which include two new engines and an advanced automatic transmission.

Grouped under the ‘SKY' family of technologies, the lineup will include the new SKY-G direct injection gasoline engine, SKY-D clean diesel engine, and SKY Drive high-efficiency automatic transmission.
The engines and transmissions are due to be introduced from 2011 onward.
The engines use conventional technologies but by improving thermal efficiencies and reducing mechanical friction, Mazda engineers have managed to curb fuel consumption.

For the SKY-G direct injection gasoline engine, Mazda has managed to improve fuel economy over its current 2.0-liter gasoline engine by approximately 15%. The SKY-D clean diesel engine, meanwhile, improves the fuel economy over Mazda's current 2.2-liter diesel by 20%.
Finally, there is the new SKY-Drive automatic transmission. It improves fuel economy by approximately 5%, due to a complete redesign that significantly reduces mechanical friction, a revised torque converter and clutch with minimized slip, and an optimized lock-up mechanism. A rapid clutch action was achieved by identifying the minimum amount of fluid necessary, making shifts feel almost like a dual clutch transmission.
Also on show in Tokyo will be Mazda's Kiyora minicar concept, first seen at last year's Paris Auto Show. The Kiyora is a preview of Mazda's next-generation minicar and promises a fuel economy of 75 mpg.

Honda Develops Advanced VTEC Combining High Power and Environmental Performance

Honda has further advanced its VTEC (Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control System) technology with the development of the Advanced VTEC engine, which achieves high performance along with outstanding fuel economy and lower emissions. The new engine combines continuously variable valve lift and timing control with the continuously variable phase control of VTC (Variable Timing Control). Honda plans to release a production vehicle equipped with the new engine within three years.

This new system permits optimum control over intake valve lift and phase in response to driving conditions, achieving improved charging efficiency for a significant increase in torque at all engine speeds. Under low to medium load levels, the valves are set for low lift and early closure to reduce pumping losses and improve fuel economy.

In combination with optimized intake components, these advances in control technology result in world-class dynamic performance along with approximately 13 percent* improvement in fuel economy. The new engine is also exceptionally clean, with exhaust emissions that meet both U.S. Environmental Protection Agency LEV2-ULEV regulations and Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport requirements for Low-Emission Vehicles, with emission levels 75 percent lower than those required by the 2005 standards (based on Honda calculations).

samsung digital camera online from dpreview

Got a chance to try the new samsung cameras out in the market… I black  sleek look and solid feel of this camera.. it actually got me thinking that I should carry a small point and shoot with me for unexpected photo opportunities. The NV3 and NV10 are slim enough to keep in your front pocket… These cameras are best decribed as a fusion of Technology and Style with portability of the user in mind. The only thing that stopped me from getting one of these cameras is that it uses an APS sensor..  like any APS sensor, noise sets in once enlargements are made…  hoping that in the near future the fix this sensor issue for the compact cameras.

Swann’s New USB Security Surveillance System for PCs

Swann Security, the global leader in “Plug & Play” security monitoring solutions, has announced their latest innovation: USB 2.0 DVR Guardian™.
This compact, portable system turns any PC or laptop into an advanced surveillance system, capable of monitoring home, office or retail space.
The system is easily installed by simply plugging it directly into the computer’s USB port. The DVR supports up to four channels, so the user can choose to display and record live video from one to four cameras.
With an easy to use graphical interface, the USB 2.0 DVR Guardian™ can be programmed for recording at a specified time, set for motion detection, or set up to auto e-mail a notification to the user’s e-mail account upon motion activation.
The Swann Security USB 2.0 DVR Guardian 4 Channel USB Surveillance System is a great basis for a home security system:
Provides viewing and email alerts from anywhere in the world 24/7. (Requires broadband Internet connection).
Record up to 4 cameras on your PC’s hard drive, ideal for notebook computers.
Set for email alerts when motion is detected, so that you always know if there is activity.
This surveillance system is a cost-effective solution to replace a VCR tape recorder; it also provides a digitised video image, which can be viewed on your computer and manages the recorded data with an index of date and time stamping.
Use the USB 2.0 DVR Guardian™ with your existing security cameras, or purchase additional cameras from Swann’s extensive range.
Be protected, monitor loved ones and deter thieves – be safe!
The USB 2.0 DVR Guardian™ has a RRP of £89.99 and is available at Maplin Electronics stores in the UK and online at:

New PenCam DVR-421 Mini Video Camera From Swann

Swann Security has launched the latest addition to its range of covert security devices, the new higher spec PenCam DVR-421.
This latest model features a higher quality design, combined with higher image resolution and better sound recording.
Ideal for undercover surveillance and discreet monitoring, or as a fun gift.
The PenCam cleverly conceals a Video camera and DVR inside a real, working quality ballpoint pen.
With the PenCam, you can shoot colour videos and upload the files to YouTube™, MySpace™, Facebook™, Photobucket™ and other social networking sites. Perfect for lawyers, sales people, law enforcers, mystery shoppers, covert surveillance or just Internet fun.:

• Simply click the top of the pen and it begins recording.
• Wear it innocently in your shirt pocket, place it in your desk organiser, or use it like an ordinary pen, whilst at the same time recording your own videos and storing on to the built in 2GB memory stick.
• The PenCam DVR-421 features time and date stamping and easy back up; it is possible to record over one hour at a time then upload to your PC.
• The built-in battery lasts for 90 minutes and is rechargeable via a PC’s USB port in approximately 60 mins.
• The PenCam DVR-421 is compatible with Windows XP/Vista, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer and QuickTime Player.

Other features include:
Operating System: Windows XP, Vista.
Internal Memory: 2GB.
Backup Type: USB.
Battery Type: Rechargeable Lithium-ion.
Recording time per charge: Approximately 90 mins.
The perfect business-person’s accessory and a cool gift idea!
The PenCam DVR-421 has a SRP of £89.99 inc. VAT and is available from Maplins in store or online:

D-Link Launches Wireless N Network Camera

D-Link’s new DCS-1130 camera provides fast and easy remote monitoring of security video from anywhere in the world.
D-Link has begun shipping their new 802.11n Wi-Fi network camera that enables users to remotely monitor live streaming video via the Internet.
Offering plug and play connectivity, the new D-Link network camera features easy installation and set-up, mobile 3G and Web monitoring, 16x digital zoom, motion detection, integrated microphone and multiple profiles.
The DCS-1130 connects to the home or small business network using 802.11n Wi-Fi with WPS support.
With 3GPP mobile surveillance, users can view a live feed from the cameras using a 3G-enabled cell phone, PDA or any compatible RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) device.
Users are offered a flexible and convenient way to remotely monitor their homes or offices in real time, from anywhere within a customer’s mobile network, by simply using a common 3GPP-compatible player on the mobile device.
“Our new network camera offers an ideal solution for the home or small business, providing many features found in more costly surveillance systems,” said Andrew Mulholland, Marketing Manager, D-Link UK & Ireland.
For advanced users, the DCS-1130 also comes with D-Link D-ViewCam™ management software.
D-ViewCam comes with a host of features including, the ability to record directly from the camera to a local hard drive, trigger motion detection, set recording schedules, set e-mail alert notifications, and even support up to 32 cameras.
It also allows you to upload a floor plan of your home or small business and create a realistic layout of where your cameras are located, providing you with better access to your cameras.
For even greater flexibility, you can record video directly to a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device, eliminating the need for a dedicated computer to store video.
The DCS-1130 is available now for a recommended retail price of £189.99 inc. VAT.

Digital Guardian Camera and Recorder Launched

International security monitoring and do-it-yourself video surveillance specialists, Swann Communications have launched the next generation in wireless security, the ADW-400 Digital Guardian Camera & Recorder.

The ADW-400 Digital Guardian Camera and Recorder introduces real affordability, for people who require a solution that not only allows them to see what’s going on but also records footage.

One of the biggest inhibitors to effective wireless camera performance in past years has been interference from nearby Bluetooth devices, Web routers, microwave ovens and cordless phones.
Swann’s latest Advanced Digital Wireless cameras are truly Wi-Fi friendly, with an encrypted point-to-point signal, providing a 100 per cent secure signal that cannot be intercepted.
By combining this high quality wireless camera with a neat, compact SD card receiver and recording system, Swann have created a fantastic do-it-yourself solution that provides genuine protection for homes and businesses:

• Just mount the day/night ADW-400 camera in the area you want to monitor and connect to power. Connect the digital receiver to your TV using the RCA cable and then to power.
• Once set to the same channel the camera and receiver will find each other, or “pair up” to create a secure and private, encrypted point-to-point wireless signal.
• The latest Advanced Digital Wireless technology means you get clearer video picture and better sound.

Protect the people you care about and your property with motion triggered video recording . The ADW-400 allows you to easily record over 3 hours continuous footage to a 2GB SD card (included in the pack).
You can also upgrade to 32GB for over 2 days continuous recording; From there, it’s easy to transfer the video to your PC for storing, emailing or uploading to the web.
The pack includes the camera, receiver, SD card, mounting screws and plugs, 4 theft deterrent stickers and everything you need to get started. It’s wireless security for today’s world!
The new ADW-400 is now available at SRP £199.99 inc.

Jabbakam Your Online Security Camera Network

A new UK technology called Jabbakam, aims to give power back to the public by making security camera networks as easy to use as Facebook.
Jabbakam removes the complicated knowledge and technology barriers that have traditionally stopped ordinary people from setting up their own security surveillance systems.
The system enables communities to link personal or public cameras up and monitor the footage via the Internet, or be alerted of activity via email or SMS.
In time, the new breakthrough application will permit users to aggregate themselves into online groups that can share information to create a virtual neighbourhood watch, so that communities can feel safe again.
The success of privately owned CCTV is being witnessed across the country and images captured by members of the public have been used on numerous occasions to identify and convict offenders.
But the cost of CCTV for the majority of us is not a realistic option – Jabbakam is.
Jabbakam entrepreneur James Wickes on BBC Surrey Breakfast Show said: “I think CCTV is great, although there should be less monitoring by the state and more by the people, monitoring what they want to be monitored, and a more organic approach. The statistics show the frustration women and men feel when it comes to protecting their homes”
People obviously take pride in their possessions, as often it is a reflection of what their hard work has achieved.
Where general CCTV has come under scrutiny for invasion of privacy, it must be understood who is Big Brother in these situations, as video monitoring is only an invasion of privacy when it’s not you who is in charge of the footage in which you star.
The National Crime Survey states that properties without basic home security measures, are more likely to become victims of burglary than those that have taken precautions. A statistic backed up by the Neighbourhood Watch Trust.
Jabbakam, is a pay as you go system and can cost as little as 10p a month  to run.
About Jabbakam
Founded in November 2009, Jabbakam is a unique system for the remote management and networking of IP cameras. A Jabbakam network can be formed by two or more users monitoring a single camera, or an international community sharing footage across the globe.

Free Halo iPhone App Available To Download Now

Putting control of your home in the palm of your hand.
Following the successful launch of its Halo self-install IP home security product & service, Intamac Systems Ltd has announced the availability of the supporting Home Halo iPhone® application.
Available now as a free download from the iTunes® store, Home Halo provides iPhone users with the ability to easily monitor, manage and control their connected home devices from anywhere in the world, directly using their handset.
Key features of the Halo Home iPhone app include:
• The ability to view the current status of, and recent events from, connected devices in your home.
Remotely control your home, switching the Security system on and off.
• Set the order of nominated Contacts who will receive messages via voicecall, SMS, email and even Twitter, if an alert is triggered.
• Track ‘trigger’ events, raising alerts if specific events do / do not occur.
• The ability record and view video from connected Halo IP cameras.
Featuring a slick and easy to navigate user interface, the app allows users to remotely control a range of Halo devices in their home directly from an iPhone, and provides real time information via a variety of services including SMS, email and Twitter.
The Halo home monitoring service can also be accessed via a PC, and can be tailored to a broad range of useful applications, specific to individual needs including:
• Home security – automated monitoring & messaging service, collecting real time data from a wide variety of sensors including intruder, fire, flood, panic and much more.
• Video – view live streaming images from connected Ip cameras via PC or smartphone, or capture and save recorded clips to be viewed at a later date.
• Caring for your family members – including emergency alarms, daily activity tracking, and user definable alert triggers to allow you to passively monitor and care for loved ones from afar and at all times.
Kevin Meagher, CEO, Intamac Systems, the award winning platform service provider behind the Halo range, commented;
“With Home Halo now available on the iPhone, our customers have control of their homes in the palm of their hands, whenever and wherever they are in the world. Whether the end aspiration is to have a fully integrated smarthome, or simply a burglar alarm that offers a bit more, Halo products and services give customers real choice and flexibility, and help make the connected home a reality.”
Launched to the UK consumer market last month, Halo comprises a complete range of wireless, simple to use and affordable devices, including a wireless camera, key fob, movement detector, door contact, smoke detector, external siren, external dummy siren, water / flood detector and keypad

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Technology to Day & Night Secure Your Home and Office

Compro Technology announces the professional Compro IP540 network camera with advanced IR technology, Pan/Tilt/Digital Zoom, Megapixel and high-quality H.264 for the highest level home and office solution. Compro IP 540 is a high-performance network camera featuring the 4X digital zoom and Pan/Tilt functionally. Compro IP540 offers an advance 340-degree panning with 100-degree tilting mechanical design for continuous movement, at the same time, IP540 features an unique design of its class integrating a professional class of light sensor IR solution for 24 hours / 7 days surveillance under any lighting condition, ideal for live monitoring locations need to follow a person or objects such as home, warehouse, small business or restaurant lobby area.
Utilizing Megapixel/HD technology enables IP540 to view detail and identify people and objects at least three times better than the conventional CCTV camera. Combining with dual H.264 and MPEG-4 or MJPEG streams to enable optimization of different bandwidth of networks and various image size of devices from PC to mobile phone. With the Compro’s exclusive free iDDNS dynamic domain name service offers users to easy control the situation through the iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Mobile phones or network devices, while users are away from home.
In addition to pairs of two-way audio support and mobile connectivity, IP540 provides up to 6 alarm Inputs/Outputs function with an optional external digital I/O expansion box. And Compro IP540 has built-in MicroSD memory card slot that allows you to make images stored, and can be up to support MicroSDHC memory card. Even Compro IP540 is able to provide 802.11 b/g/n wireless transfer function via Compo WL150 USB wireless upgrade module with a simple and easy wireless network installation process.
The newly released V1.4 WebVuer further enhances the camera’s web interface by making the camera compatible with Mozilla, Safari and Chrome, adding in 16x (4x4) channels onboard viewing, real time recording to PC, and a brand new user interface for a more intuitive control.
This Compro IP540 bundles a full range of applications to provide an intelligent surveillance total solution. Also, the Compro’s smart installation software, iWizard teaches users to set up the network camera step by step to turn the complicated network camera installation to a simple and fast process. The exclusive multiple channels management and mobile device PTZ control software, WebVuer is an intuitive IE based video management software includes all the key features for trouble-free monitoring home surveillance. ComproView supports 32 channels for business surveillance. Compro IP540 with a full range of real-time high standard feature must be the best choice for securing locations such as home, small business, hotel, shop or restaurant!
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• 1/3" CMOS Megapixel progressive scan sensor
•  Pan, Tilt, 4x digital zoom (Pan of 340 degrees, Tilt of 100 degrees)
•  Day and night functionality with mechanical IR cut filter switching
•  Built-in IR lamps
•  Supports real-time H.264, MPEG-4 and MJPEG compression (Triple Codec)
•  Supports dual streams simultaneously
•  Image frame rate is up to 15 frames per second at 1280x1024 resolution
•  Smart motion detection
•  Two way audio with built-in MIC (External speaker required)
•  Easy and smart installer --- iWizard IP camera utility
•  Support UPnP (Universal plug and play)
•  Support 10/100 802.3/Ethernet
•  Upgradable WiFi USB module to 802.11 b/g/n wireless LAN
•  Supports local storage (MicroSD and MicroSDHC)
•  Exclusive multiple channels viewing and installation-free mobile phone PTZ control --- WebVuer
•  Web browser support via MJPEG mode (video only) on wide range of iphone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Mobile and PDA devices to view the IP camera live video anytime, anywhere, anyplace
•  Remote monitoring from 3G mobile or phone with web browser
•  Bundled with powerful 32-channel IP video management software --- ComproView
• Optional Digital I/O box for External Sensor and Alarm (3 In/3 Out)

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Memory cooler to improve life and performance of the memory system

Some functions of memory cooler heatsinks to incorporate material (aluminum), this is the size of the heatsink has goes for both DDR memory modules and SDCRAM. This helps improve the lives and achievements of GDR and SDCRAM. Very easy to install in the shortest possible time.

There are several forms of memory cooler that you can choose. Some of them are Ultra Copper Memory Cooler with Heat pipe. This coolant can be used for memory-sided or two sides to get rid of the high temperature of the RAM in the best possible in the air. It’s really easy to set the memory cooler that the efficiency of your PC in no time can improve. High temperatures usually accumulate in your machine and consequently affect its function. It is important to keep this as a way to warm your PC back to a fast and effective work-rate fee. PCs better in optimal conditions.

Are the considerations you should look when you can buy more memory is cold! This is necessary to not require a lick from the CPU or HS. This should have the right dimensions. There are different types of memory coolers and a variety of sizes. The best measure is one that fits your RAM slots for easy access. You should position with the cooling, whether it might be your access to the RAM slots influence.

Will or can not be connected to the energy method for the proper functioning. This gives you the possibility of obtaining one that fits the position of each source of your energy. This should also enable great machine based on the use and size of the machine. This is necessary for reasons to produce an effective cooling effect to your machine works well on the temperature.

Some other forms of memory cooler that you can only get in the market involves memory Corsair Dominator airflow fan. It works by adding a flow of air in your memory subsystem. This is a design that matches the heat sink dominator more heat permission to be removed from the DHX XMS2 Dominator modules. It functions as a specially designed airflow unit, three fans, trachometer controlled for differences in speed and memory mounted is used to clip on the socket.

Another type is DDR memory Spreader Vantec ICEBERQ high temperature. This makes improving operational efficiency in your RAM to the system to prevent crashes caused by the heat that is not needed. This effective size that easily fits on all motherboards. It really made of aluminum and copper.

The Ram VGA heatsink Zalman ZM-RHS1 really a great memory cooler that provides your VGA card. It works by increasing the surface is used for temperature.

the Blackberry Torch continues the brands tradition for excellence

RIM has a new model to a variety of their BlackBerry devices, it impressive “Torch”. This model is very different than previous devices because it combines the familiar physical buttons with capacitive touchscreen of the modern, that is sure to win many new fans.

A common complaint with previous Blackberry Torch models are difficult to use very slow and they launch a web browser. The torch comes with a new browser based on Webkit decor. In terms of use, the new system supports pinch and zoom favorite method, useful for reading small text, but for those familiar with the double tap method, it works well. Almost all sites work well with new browsers, so fire up the handset complies with the likes of HTC and Apple. Regardless of how big this browser, connectivity needed to return to the top, and the torch offers many possibilities in this field. Regarding the use of mobile phones, the fastest speed 3G data transfer, so that would leave the room, this provides the most satisfying experience. Of course this depends on the coverage, so you should find yourself in an area not under, GPRS and EDGE to make sure you can still get information about your business is disrupted. The torch also supports wireless LAN, and this gives the highest speed, so when connected to a router or a public network, WiFi: through the internet on your laptop speed. A plus side to this choice is very good, that functions as “social feed” may be entered. Intended for users of social networking sites, it allows you to monitor the status and tweets, and see all the upload information from multiple sites in one place.

Torch Blackberry brand continued the tradition of excellence in e-mails and messages. An important factor in this is a physical button, which in this model is a slider design is revealed when the screen slid up. 35 keys are responsive and feels well made, not as a cheaper alternative. The phone sports 3.2 “capacitive touch screen, so you want, a virtual keyboard options are available that take advantage of an excellent dictionary that helps predict the words you need before you finish the Blackberry Messenger. Installed on the phone types. It allows the user to post a time of Blackberry users worldwide for free. If you choose a different system, the MSN and Google Talk will also be used.

Thing about this model is how manufacturers seem to have learned what people are looking in the phone, and well delivered, even if it means moving in a slightly different direction with what the brand is used. The main proof was the inclusion of a large touchscreen and a new web browser is excellent.

High quality printing capability from monochrome laser

Say you’re a small company a monthly average of 20 prints, 000 pages text. At the level of printing text, you do not have to invest in high-end devices to get the job done. With mid-range monochrome laser printer, you can easily to meet business requirements of your text is printed for half the cost of expensive laser printers. Although the price range, type of printer can be purchased with the tray input and output with a higher capacity. However, some companies offer this as an option for buyers.

In addition to the possibility of high-quality prints, monochrome many built-in Ethernet networking. Some are even able to automatically duplex to another network. There is also a model of a compact monochrome laser printer. In fact, some even easy on the desk. If your business tends to do the work in-house printing with more frequency, you can choose to have your little black and white printer upgrade through increasing input tray. You can also upgrade your monochrome laser printer with duplex. With the upgrade, black and white printer is simple and inexpensive to state of the tasks normally performed by high-end printers and more.

For simple jobs, such as printing text pages, black and white laser printer is the best choice. Types of laser printers produce clean production and exceptional color laser sharp. Moreover, black and white printer operation is much faster and more cost effective than inkjet printers. This is why a lot of monochrome laser printers and inkjet multifunction printer worn on the market.

With the best information available for monochrome laser printer is the best way to make a model or a selection that best suits your needs and of course your financial capabilities. It is recommended that the assessments of the sites listed below provides a review of the black and white printer to read. Make sure you choose to focus thinking in the short term needs and long-term and compare the characteristics of each model and price it. In addition to comparing the price of black and white printer is strongly recommended for their speed, print quality, reliability, and system safeguards to consider. Several important consideration is to buy the quality of the interpolated resolution of a particular model, patterns and paper path.

It is a monochrome laser printer efficiently and cost effectively will be essential to the smooth edges of your company. For small businesses, the prospect of printing thousands of printed text on a monthly basis a nightmare, especially if the printer is not performing well. Investments in high quality monochrome printer is a must if you aim for professional high quality text prints for office and inter-office. Poor text quality prints can be a bad idea to leave your business to potential customers and business partners. In addition, black and white printer purchase of high quality for your business no more than inkjet printers will be charged.

An amazing quality and sharpness from laser printers

The printer is a very important part of everyday lives.When most people come to choosing a new printer, you find yourself tired of all the possibilities out there. One of the best is a wireless laser printer, but you may be wondering exactly how the printer can produce documents without cables.Well, Wireless Laser printers work in much the same way as Wi-Fi Internet. The data sent electronically from a computer, laptop or other compatible device to the printer, which he converted into the king kits best picture of the type of printer that you do not have to clutter your floor to have.

We all know that the cable your home or office will be more messy. Wireless laser printer is the same as their wired counterparts. Even the only real difference apart from cost, is the absence of a protracted cables.These type printers have exceptional quality and sharpness that looks like a template you get from professional shops. Not only laser printers much faster than all other forms of personal printers, but also those who are higher in quality when it comes to sharpness image.You can make posters, newsletters and books, all at once to the printer.

The XBOX 360 60gb was an upgrade of an earlier version

No doubt, Microsoft technology made big time with a swim in the console gaming community. Their first entry is the Xbox and its success helped to improve the technology of the game console. His successor, the Xbox 360 also met the same success, although its fair share of it. After the first release in 2005, box 360 to upgrade the hardware that allows more data to store to place and receive better and faster than ever before, one of the model, which was released in 2008, the Microsoft 60GB Xbox 360, also known as an Xbox 360 Pro or Xbox 360 Premium.

The Xbox 360 60GB is an upgrade from previous versions of Microsoft Xbox 360 Pro / Premium with a 20GB hard drive. New improved version of its long-awaited by many gamers around the world, but because of problems with the first release of the Xbox 360, the number of voters was expected was not fulfilled.

However, Microsoft XBOX 360 60GB received major improvements in the internal aspect and get a good position not only as an excellent game console, but also multi-media center for both entertainment center in the living room or bedroom. This is because the Xbox 360, despite the fact that many Internet content available, is also integrated with an online streaming service from Netflix. But again, this 360 is highly dependent on the speed of the internet for quality, thereby providing the high quality of current DVDs do not provide for large file sizes generally

Blackberry smartphone features

BlackBerry is a smartphone that can handle all the tasks of your busy talking on the phone with GPS to create a restaurant for the scheduling of important meetings to find. Everyone has one these days, and why not, he has hundreds of skills. The following is a summary of why you should have one.

What is a BlackBerry

Blackberry is the smartphone with different functions. To begin with having the phone with other capabilities of email, SMS, instant messaging and social networks. This application helps you in touch with friends and family.

The deeper we dive into the phone, we are aware of a browser, organizer, GPS, maps and the tethered modem. Here the world is within reach. You can make an appointment with the commission when trying to find a company using a GPS or even surf the Internet looking for supplies.

There are a lot of custom made apps for the Galaxy tablet

Anyone who can provide information about the IT world every day knowing that IPAD is the best tablet this year. Technology that this feature is also one of the best out there. But this does not really say that there is only one tablet to choose from like many other manufacturers have announced the release date of the launch itself in a similar tab. Some of them have promised to increase the iPad has done and the race for the highest title of the best tablets out there will soon be claimed by another competitor for sure.

Right now, my thoughts revolve around Samsung Galaxy Tab which is scheduled to be launched in November. Yes, there are other tablets that will be released, but what I seek here is to compare the two tablets together in the market and see how they will accumulate in terms of features of each. With this thought in mind, within minutes after we will see the comparison between Apple and Samsung Galaxy iPad Tab.

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F-CELL Roadster blends classic looks with modern technology

Expanding their line of “F-Series” concept vehicles, Daimler has popped up with an alternative-energy prototype vehicle that not just supports the environment but also presents a classic look. Hailed as the “F-CELL Roadster,” the latest F-Series vehicle deriving inspiration from different automotive eras is an ideal blend of traditional elegance and modern technology. Generating power from a 1.2 kW emission-free fuel cell system located at the rear, the F-CELL Roadster with hybrid drive is capable of reaching a top speed of 15 mph, while the conventional steering wheel is replaced with a joystick and drive-by-wire technology to control the vehicle. The fiberglass front and carbon-fiber bucket seats with hand-stitched leather covers brings Formula 1 racing oomph to the vehicle. The Benz F-CELL Roadster touting sustainability is a joint venture of more than 150 trainees of Daimler AG under their topic of sustainable mobility, an integral part of their vocational training, which took about a year for completion.

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STABILITY 66 Hybrid SWATH LUXURY MODEL

Stability Yachts introduces the Stability 66 Hybrid SWATH Luxury Model, with an un-paralleled level of comfort and stability coupled with Power Catamaran hull performance. Our hybrid Yacht - SWATH design is a combination of military technology and luxury. You now have a hybrid boat design that opens up the potential for yacht ownership to 90% of the population who get seasick, according to the latest CDC estimates.

This is more than just another fancy power catamaran. It is a hybrid vessel that transforms from wave piercing catamaran to SWATH Yacht in a matter of minutes. The lower twin hulls submerge making the vessel as seaworthy as a much larger vessel. At this point since the lower twin hulls are now under water, waves can easily pass through the hull limiting side to side jarring and dangerous upward motion.

On the other hand, if there are light seas, you can raise the hull to an 18-inch draft, somewhat unheard of in any power catamaran or mono hull designs. At the same time, the boat is very light weight needing only a small engine , making it truly fuel-efficient. Stability 66 can cruise at 8 mph getting 4.0 mpg or 20 mph getting 1.8 mpg. Want to go somewhere quicker? It tops around 30 mph. The efficiency and lightweight of this vessel will allow for future solar power add on option to the existing diesel electric powered configuration.

What's the use of having a luxury interior, if the seas around you are rough? Stability 66 can please the demanding yachtsman and his seasick clients, friends and/or family. This 1000+ sq. ft. interior allows for one master Stateroom and it's huge bathroom, three staterooms with two communicating interchangeable bathrooms, a captain quarters and accommodation for up to 2 crew members and their shared crew bathroom. The spacious salon with 2 sofa sleepers can accommodate 4 more guest and wall-to-wall glass windows for a beautiful panorama. An adjacent fully equipped home like galley that has an enormous pantry and storage area and two full size fridge/freezer combos. The state-of-the-art helm station has good docking visibility. A 450 sq. ft. upper sun deck and fly bridge offer a perfect setting and ideal place to have the best sky bar for a one of a kind exceptional party.

To enable everyone to meet sea challenges with dignity and ease, the designers placed a full width elevator at the stern. This elevator goes two feet below the water allowing a fully geared diver or the disabled to float on to it and be elevated to deck level in seconds. The docking is effortless by lowering the elevator to dock level. Loading supplies and boarding from other vessels also becomes effortless.

There are presently no other hybrid SWATH luxury type motor yachts offered anywhere in the world. This is the first ever with its hybrid hull form and modern styling. Unlike most new hull ideas this one is already built full size and can be visited in Southwest Florida offering prospective clients a walk-on experience. Also a significant styling effort was made to meet the expectation of the sophisticated yacht market clientele.

The Engineer unveiled the cutting edge capabilities of this hull design with the Stability 60 Sport Model and perfected it by skimming across the flats in South West Florida for more than 4 years, to give the new Stability 66 hybrid yacht top performance. Besides the stability it offers, you can take this yacht just about anywhere on the water. Imagine how this liberates you: you can be a lot more relaxed while operating the vessel since you don't have to worry about running aground if you stray slightly from a charted course or the channel. You can also ignore crab traps while cruising. There are no propellers to foul. You can beach the vessel and let your guests enjoy their own private resort. The design offers shade for your passengers in the water, whenever they want it."

Marco L. Capparelli, Stability Yachts Interior Designer has been focusing on using the lightest materials, like Carbon Fiber, Kevlar and Honeycomb panels to design Stability 66 interiors. Capparelli said "This is one of the most innovative Hybrid SWATH Yacht designs ever, but very challenging to keep it lightweight and have a rich luxury feel at the same time." The Italian interior designer stated, "Stability 66 is well ready for green boat requirements of the 21st century. This hybrid Yacht will accommodate 365 days a year of pure fun and joy, on any given sea around the world without any compromises.”

U.S. navy inspecting Boeing-made Hornet jets after finding fatigue 'cracks'

WASHINGTON - The U.S. navy says it will inspect fighter jets made by Boeing after discovering "fatigue cracks" on more than a dozen aircraft deployed overseas.

The service says it plans to complete inspections of all 636 Hornet aircraft within the next two weeks.

It will then decide whether to ground planes or restrict flights.

The first crack was discovered during a routine flight inspection.

The navy says there are 112 Hornets deployed on carriers worldwide.

The planes affected have flown between 5,000 and 7,500 flight hours.

SolidWorks Enterprise PDM 2011

SolidWorks Enterprise PDM 2011 SP0.0 (x32/x64) | 1.10 GB

SolidWorks Enterprise PDM 2011 - software solution for safe storage, management and access project data, enabling you to create new products faster and with better quality. It is specially optimized for companies with geographically extensive network of offices, subcontractors and suppliers. DBMS is based on technology Microsoft SQL Server. Being fully integrated with Microsoft Windows Explorer, the system of SolidWorks Enterprise PDM 2009 can be implemented in the workplace for a very short time with minimum staff training.

An effective product information delivered at the right time for production costs to meet the needs of your customers. SolidWorks Enterprise PDM allows members of your organization work effectively together, to more quickly to market quality products.

Improve data management with best in class system

Improving the product development process by providing direct access to the most current versions of all documents and data using an integrated interface with Windows Explorer. Effective data management enables engineers, manufacturing, and marketing service to avoid mistakes, such as those dealing with the wrong versions of documents or accidentally overwrite a version of the document. In addition, SolidWorks Enterprise PDM allows intelligent database, re-use, store and amplify. Using a powerful, yet easy to use, the product designers can quickly find your documents and avoid unnecessary data.

SolidWorks Enterprise PDM capabilities are well proven in various
industries, including machinery, electronics and medicine.

SolidWorks Enterprise PDM simplifies changing products and information exchange, as well as providing access to the Internet and the ability to integrate
with other systems in the enterprise, such as MRP / ERP, using industry-standard XML and other features.

Rapid implementation and scalability

With SolidWorks Enterprise PDM, you can implement effective PDM solution
much faster than other solutions in its class. Start with a small working group
and increase productivity, and then scale your solution, including hundreds of users from different locations. With support for any file Microsoft ® Windows, your organization can more effectively manage and share all kinds of information about the product and the data from engineering documents and specifications to the specifications of the marketing order. To improve data management and workflow, through a structural duplication of jobs, SolidWorks Enterprise PDM
allows the integration of widely dispersed corporate divisions, departments, customers and suppliers. With automatic data replication to a set of arrangements, users can reduce the importance of time when downloading large assemblies.

Streamline processes with workflow automation.

Built-slotting in SolidWorks Enterprise PDM can help your organization automate approval processes for documents and reduce the number of errors while improving efficiency. For example, many operations can be executed automatically at a standard release of a new version of the product, such as automatic control, data entry stamp in the drawing, a neutral file format and issue various notices, such as project management and sales.

Dual electronic signature certificate is supported FDA CFR Part 11 and other industry requirements.

The audit work to improve standards compliance and quality

SolidWorks Enterprise PDM monitors and records every event, every movement of the instrument and each version. Instrument audit records - who did what and when, how and why each change was made, simplifies the preparation of reports to internal quality, as a necessary requirement of the supervisory bodies and ISO auditors. Audit activities more effectively and earlier can help identify potential problems and continuously improve processes, increasing the ability to compete in your organization.

Sharing information with your customers and suppliers

With SolidWorks Enterprise PDM, you can extend the benefits of data management and workflow, stepping up the involvement of customers and suppliers. SolidWorks

Enterprise PDM can provide the right level of access to information for each member of your team, improving efficiency without compromising the confidentiality or security. Dissemination of information about the product to customers and suppliers with SolidWorks Enterprise PDM reduces the product development process.

100 Orbs of Light Float in the Schuylkill River

This past weekend in Philadelphia, 100 orbs of light floated in the Schuylkill River, glimmering and changing color in response to the activity of passers-by on shore. The installation, designed by Howeler + Yoon Architecture, is enabled by RFID tags—when a visitors sit on the landed orbs, the floating ones respond by changing the pattern of light spanning the river, without any physical tether between land and water

Lexus' wickedly huge driving simulator, "Lexus' wickedly huge driving simulator, "World's most advanced""

This 56-foot-diameter pod sits on a tiltable turntable resting on tracks that can move in both axes, like a huge CNC router; but it's not a manufacturing device, it's Lexus' insanely complex new driving simulator, billed as the world's most advanced. Full 360-degree projections inside the dome provide a convincingly immersive environment, and as the dome pitches and yaws the driver inside can be fooled into thinking he's turning, braking and accelerating at speeds of up to 186 miles per hour!

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Follow Core77 Twitter Facebook RSS Photo Galleries Dutch Design Week DUTCH DESIGN WEEK1,000 events by 300 designers.97 images Vienna Design Week VIENNA DESIGN WEEKInternational and local design in Austria's capital city.171 images Valencia Disseny Week VALENCIA DISSENY WEEK 2010Making its mark on the design map.147 images MAKER FAIRE NYC MAKER FAIRE NYCCelebrating DIY and open-source processes.75 images Technology The Core77 Design Blog send us your tips get the RSS feed blog authors Making Globes Posted by Frank Bonomo | 12 Nov 2010 | Comments (0) Because you love how stuff is made and the planet Earth. facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Object Culture | Technology • Comments (0) Construction innovations: MEM's plug-and-play elevator system Posted by hipstomp | 12 Nov 2010 | Comments (0) 0memelev001.jpg In a bid to reduce expensive construction downtime--specifically, the delays required in submitting elevator design and engineering plans for safety approvals and inspections, and the back-and-forth this can entail--a company named Modular Elevator Manufacturing makes pre-fab elevators integrated into their own shafts that show up on-site on the back of a truck. Installation of a MEM system, which can go up to seven stories, typically takes less than a day. 0memelev002.jpg The pre-built elevator systems are pre-inspected and approved, so it's more like a plug-and-play component than, say, building a cinderblock hoistway from scratch and filling it with gear. Another neat feature of a MEM is that it can be retrofitted inside a building, provided you've got the space inside, or added to the outside of a building (with a Reverse Entrance option if you want to go from ground-floor sidewalk to second-floor interior). 0memelev003.jpg facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Object Culture | Technology • Comments (0) Stache Tags: Movember goes Twitter Posted by Sam Dunne | 10 Nov 2010 | Comments (0) The clever people at Blast Radius, in collaboration with UK illustrator and facial hair connoisseur Simon Cook of Made In England, have put together Stachetag.com (or alternatively Tachetag for the Brits/Aussies)—a brilliant little live feed of Movember mug-shots uploaded to Twitter to show their support of this year's Movember men's health month. Apparently, the inspiration for the site came from a chance stuttering mix-up of the words "hash tag". Get online and get social with your mo! facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Graphic Design | Social Design | Technology • Comments (0) Electrolytic Fluid Antenna replaces metal with jets of water Posted by hipstomp | 10 Nov 2010 | Comments (5) 0fountant001.jpg The U.S. Navy is reportedly experimenting with replacing their bristling shipside antennae arrays with another material: Salt water, shot up into a fountain. The Electrolytic Fluid Antenna, as it's called, is apparently workable and the Navy is even seeking to commercialize it. Sea water is pumped from the ocean into a stream and the width and length of the stream determine the frequency capabilities. An 80-foot-high stream could transmit and receive from 2 to 400 mHz with a relatively small footprint. The Sea Water Antenna is capable of transmitting and receiving VHF signals and has been tested at a receiving range of over 30 miles. The antennae needs of a typical Navy vessel with 80 metallic antennas could theoretically be replaced with only 10 Sea Water Antennas of varying heights and streams to cover the same frequencies. The technology could potentially be used on land with salt-supplemented water, replacing large unsightly antenna towers with fountains. Another use could be as a solar- or battery-powered emergency antenna system for watercraft. Pretty wild. If this takes off, it could turn The Bellagio into a major broadcasting center. It would also be awesome if they could adapt the technology to replace cell phone towers in those towns where nobody wants the ugly tower in their backyard, and they instead replaced them with picturesque geysers. 0fountant002.jpg facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Object Culture | Technology • Comments (5) 3D Printed Bespoke Booties Posted by core jr | 9 Nov 2010 | Comments (0) bespokeshoe.jpg Marloes ten Bhömer is an experimental shoemaker who is exploring new possibilities in fabrication and fitting provided by 3D-printing. Rapidprototypedshoe, shown here, is breated through sintered plastic plumer, into the shape of one's foot. A fantastic solution if, like many, you're two feet aren't exactly the same size. If 3D shoe printing takes off, we wonder other materials could be used to create a shoe that can stretch, bend, and be repaired? Bhömer has just started to address that by designing a shoe that comes apart in layers, allowing for different material properties and easy replacement of worn-out parts. bespoke-shoe-fabrication.jpg via ecouterre facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Fashion Design | Object Culture | Technology • Comments (0) CFLs, LEDs, now ESLs: Yet another lightbulb technology Posted by hipstomp | 9 Nov 2010 | Comments (8) 0eslbulb001.jpg Looks like we're getting spoiled for choice when it comes to replacements for the venerable incandescent lightbulb, which is due to be phased out in America by 2012. Following in the footsteps of curly-fry CFLs and Philips' steampunk-looking LEDs, the latest bulb tech to pass UL certification is the ESL. 0eslbulb002.jpg The Electron Stimulated Luminescence bulb, by Seattle-based Vu1 Corporation (whose CEO is ironically named Philip Styles) uses "accelerated electrons to stimulate phosphor to create light, making the surface of the bulb 'glow.'" Vu1 claims their ESL is as energy-efficient and long-lived as CFLs and LEDs, but boasts superior light quality (see photo above) and is dimmable, unlike its cousins. Far as price, the bulbs will go for less than LEDs but more than CFLs: Twenty bucks a pop. facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Technology • Comments (8) Simplicity and the Future of Software Learning Posted by Willem Van Lancker | 3 Nov 2010 | Comments (1) EEScreenshot.png This past weekend, I was exploring some of the also-rans of the recent Cooper-Hewitt People's Design Award when I stumbled across a curious nominee with some interesting implications beyond its specific function. The product, Excel Everest, is a fully interactive MS Excel tutorial used for in-the-product training. I know mentioning the dreaded word "Excel" here to an audience of designers might seem off topic but the concepts of an interactive, self-grading, "in-product" tutorial complete with embedded videos and a scoreboard is very compelling. The product itself isn't a visual designer's idea of beautiful (it is still an Excel tutorial living inside of an MS Office product after all) but it solves the challenge of teaching a complicated software in a novel, simple way. Today, learning new software programs either falls in the "learn by doing" or the instructor/classroom based model. The latter often causes painful workarounds and the former is often time/cost prohibitive. While companies like Google and Apple strive to provide simple to use, intuitive systems; as designers we all know that not all software systems are best boiled down to one button and two clicks. Some programs, like Excel or the Adobe Creative Suite, are complicated for a reason and in all circumstance will formidably challenge even the most simplicity-focused designer. continued... facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Education | Technology • Comments (1) MUJI Launches Three New Apps for the iPad and iPhone Posted by Lisa Smith | 3 Nov 2010 | Comments (3) Who needs iCal when Muji Calendar promises more legibility? Or Adobe Ideas, if MUJI Notebook picks up the slack with handwriting recognition and different paper grids? Or a calculator, clock, weather display, or a currency converter, when you've got MUJI to GO? Yes, MUJI, the darling of design lifestyle brands, has just launched three apps for the iPad and iPhone. We haven't had our hands on them for very long, but if they're anything like all the other Muji products we own and love, we won't be disappointed. The launch is timely; we were just wondering how the famously "non-branded"brand's simple treatment of everyday life would translate to the consumption and production of digital information. These apps may provide a partial answer, though like any new product, there will be kinks. No biggie&mdashlin true MUJI form, the apps are free or very nearly—the Notebook app coming in at $3.99. continued... facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Object Culture | Technology • Comments (3) Today's sensationalist headline: The future of our planet depends on chickens! Posted by hipstomp | 2 Nov 2010 | Comments (5) 0chickengreen.jpg Chickens have lent their name to a funky dance and a contest of nerves in which James Dean drives his car directly at you, and next they may contribute to saving our planet, as seen in two recent posts at Inhabitat. The first points out that "eggshell membranes can absorb almost seven times their weight in C02, making them an ideal sponge for absorbing harmful greenhouse gases." I know it sounds crazy, but: Thinking of how many eggs are consumed around the world - India, for example accounts for about 1.6 million metric tons (or 2,305 pounds) of eggs annually all by themselves - if everyone was to leave their shells out after usage, they have the potential to absorb a considerable amount of Co2. A research team at the University of Calcutta is working on a way to extract the membranes from the shells, which could then presumably be used to create filters of some sort. The second post looks at the usage of chicken manure as a source of biogas, plans for which are now underway in the Netherlands and the U.K. The plan is for local farmers to collect and contribute chicken poo (among other animal waste) to nearby powerplants that will use "anaerobic digesters" to convert the stuff into biogas, which will in turn generate electricity. A question I've got about this latter one is, How the heck do you collect chicken manure? The convenient patty shape of cow manure seems it would lend itself to harvesting, but chicken waste seems challenging. I hope they're not cooping them up in a Matrix-like structure where all they do is eat and poop. facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Technology • Comments (5) Bloom laptop designed with e-recycling in mind Posted by hipstomp | 1 Nov 2010 | Comments (2) 0bloomlapt.jpg Back in July I posted a video of the laborious process of e-recycling, and posited that most product designers probably don't consider how the things they design are eventually going to be taken apart for recycling. But a group of Stanford grad students, recognized by Autodesk, are doing that very thing. Autodesk's Inventor of the Month award for October goes to the Stanford group's Bloom laptop, which is designed to be disassembled for recycling in just two minutes, and using no tools! "We used Autodesk Inventor software often during the ideation phase to experiment with the design," said Aaron Engel-Hall, a Stanford student and team member. "We created 3D shapes to represent the hardware we had to design around, and the parametric design of Inventor software let me put in different parameters so that all the model dimensions would update immediately. I was also able to experiment with various thicknesses for the case enclosure, making it as thin as possible while maintaining structural integrity." ...Beyond recyclability, Bloom delivers other benefits for consumers. The team used the easy-to-disassemble modularity of Bloom to develop a keyboard and track pad that detach and allow for improved ergonomics. The ease of disassembly also makes it easier to repair and upgrade components over the lifetime of the product, so that buying a computer is no longer a singular investment, but a longer-term relationship between the consumer and the service provider. Check it out: facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Object Culture | Technology • Comments (2) Video visualization of a new type of traffic-improving intersection Posted by hipstomp | 28 Oct 2010 | Comments (13) 0ddinte.jpg When I used to have a car in Manhattan I considered myself an expert at navigating the traffic sprawl, as I knew the city like the back of my hand and could usually work my little five-speed VW to the front of any pack. I'd often joke to my friends that Manhattan, due to all the one-way streets and congestion, was a place where you could often get to your destination faster by initially moving in the opposite direction. (No one ever laughed.) The concept of going the wrong way to reduce overall trip duration can also be seen in the "diverging diamond interchange," a new (to the U.S.) form of highway intersection that reduces "conflict points" by asking drivers to temporarily switch to the "wrong" side of the road. It's kind of complicated, but see if you can follow along: ...The diverging diamond interchange allows for two-phase operation at all signalized intersections within the interchange. This is a significant improvement in safety, since no left turns must clear opposing traffic and all movements are discrete, with most controlled by traffic signals. Additionally, the design can improve the efficiency of an interchange, as the lost time for various phases in the cycle can be redistributed as green time; there are only two clearance intervals (the time for traffic signals to change from green to yellow to red) instead of the six or more found in other interchange designs. Still confused? Perhaps this visualization will help, where the little intersecting red lines signify traffic lights: Pioneered in France, the first U.S. diverging diamond interchange was constructed last year in Springfield, Missouri. facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Technology • Comments (13) Working Better in 3D? The New Axsotic Spheric Mouse Posted by core jr | 28 Oct 2010 | Comments (12) We just caught wind of a new kind of 3D-Interface Controller, the Axsotic 3D Spherical Mouse, which allows a user to rotate objects in modelspace as though you were holding them, while drawing and clicking with your other, an experience likened by the designers to working on a 3D tablet. In the video above, the mouse is demonstrated in a character design scenario. We'd love to hear your initial thoughts. Would this change the way you work for the better? Let us know in the comments. 1.jpg 2.jpg facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Technology • Comments (12) Canadian electric car made from hemp biocomposites to significantly reduce tooling costs Posted by hipstomp | 27 Oct 2010 | Comments (5) 0kestrel-copy.jpg One of the reasons cars cost what they do is because they're made with a lot of stamped steel and aluminum, and those materials, not to mention the tooling they require, ain't cheap. So Canadian designer Darren McKeage and his company, Motive Industries Inc., are attempting to skirt those manufacturing costs by building a car from biocomposite materials derived from hemb fiber. Called the Kestrel, the car was unveiled to the public last month. The car's design features bio-composite materials and innovative tooling and part-molding techniques that Motive says will permit profitable manufacture of the Kestrel at smaller initial volumes than traditional stamped-steel or aluminum vehicles. "The cost to tool a traditional vehicle is in the hundreds of millions [of dollars]," explains company president Nathan Armstrong. "The techniques we are using will allow us to scale up the tooling and manufacturing process as demand increases, with ramp-up costs affordable for a new company...." ...Composites also will increase impact absorption and rust resistance. "Composite materials have been used in advanced applications for many years because of [their] relative light weight and ability to absorb impact loads," says Armstrong. Designed to run on a lithium-ion battery, the lightweight car (under 2,000 lbs) is slated to see production in 2012. via composites world facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Technology • Comments (5) DARPA/Boeing's DiscRotor: A 'copter with retractable rotors Posted by hipstomp | 26 Oct 2010 | Comments (1) 0discrotor.jpg Check out this nutty video of DARPA/Boeing's DiscRotor concept, a flying craft that combines the VTOL (vertical takeoff/landing) capabilities of a helicopter with the long-range capacity of an airplane. It starts off looking like a normal 'copter, but once it hits speed the rotors retract into a low-drag disc atop the machine; then forward momentum coupled with vertical propellors or turbines mean the conventional wings can keep it aloft. Pretty darn inventive. facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Object Culture | Technology • Comments (1) Movirtu's Cloud Phone is "Mobile for the next billion" Posted by hipstomp | 26 Oct 2010 | Comments (0) 0nigelwaller.jpg CNN has an interview up with Nigel Waller, the CEO of Movirtu Limited and the man behind their Cloud Phone. Waller dropped the surprising statistic that worldwide there are one billion people who use cell phones--but don't own one; instead they share, borrow or rent them. The Cloud Phone was intended to serve this market. At first Waller tried to create a cell phone that could be manufactured for just $5 so that everyone could afford one, but he couldn't pull it off: ...There are three key components in every mobile phone today, which cost about $5 or $6. There's the display, the keyboard and there's the RF [radio frequency] chip. Despite the hundreds of millions of dollars of phones that are manufactured, they still don't seem to be able to reduce the price of those three key elements. You add up those elements and you've got $18 or whereabouts. You add $1 for the battery, $1 for the SIM-card holder and you've got $20, $25. Instead Waller went with a $25 phone, but designed it so that a village of users could share it while still maintaining individual phone numbers accounts on a single phone. Activation cost? Just 10 to 20 cents per person. Read the full interview, which is filled with interesting insights on how the other half uses their phones, here. facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Business | Object Culture | Technology • Comments (0) Video illustrating Nokia Research Centre's "Morph" concept in action Posted by hipstomp | 25 Oct 2010 | Comments (0) Earlier this month we mentioned the Nokia Research Centre's efforts in developing a stretchable electronic skin, and now an NRC concept video reportedly from 2008 suddenly makes a lot more sense: (The video feels a big long, so if you feel like skipping around, the coolest thing they show you is the morphable form factor in the very beginning, which they come back to at 3:42; the "context dependent" haptic surfaces at 4:42 are a close second in terms of tech we'd like to see developed.) via gadgetlab facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Object Culture | Technology • Comments (0) PHOLED technology: A breakthrough for flexible displays Posted by hipstomp | 18 Oct 2010 | Comments (4) 0UDCLG.jpg Right now one of the things holding back the possibility of flexible or even rollable screens is the juice required to power them. But a company called Universal Display Corporation has recently developed a display technology called PHOLED, or Phosphorescent OLED, that's reportedly four times more efficient than a regular LED display. They were able to build a 4.3" PHOLED onto a thin metal foil, in turn built by LG Display, making a flexible wrist-mounted screen that can display full motion graphics and has reportedly been ruggedized (in an unspecified way); the reduced battery requirements of the technology should lead to truly wearable displays. Unsurprisingly, the U.S. Military is getting first crack at the devices, as eight of them have just been submitted to an Army R&D branch for evaluation and testing. Presumably, soldiers will be able to use the tech to help save or take lives, depending on the situation, then down the line you'll be able to use it to Tweet that the guy next to you on the bus doesn't smell so good, or you can take us all out of suspense and finally Facebook Update on what you had for lunch, et cetera. Can't wait! facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Object Culture | Technology • Comments (4) 100 Orbs of Light Float in the Schuylkill River Posted by Lisa Smith | 18 Oct 2010 | Comments (2) lightdrift-rendering2.jpg lightdrift-overhead.jpg This past weekend in Philadelphia, 100 orbs of light floated in the Schuylkill River, glimmering and changing color in response to the activity of passers-by on shore. The installation, designed by Howeler + Yoon Architecture, is enabled by RFID tags—when a visitors sit on the landed orbs, the floating ones respond by changing the pattern of light spanning the river, without any physical tether between land and water. Sadly, the installation was only three days long, but we did find this fantastic video of what it feels like in person, peppered with some local Philadelphia perspective. continued... facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Object Culture | Technology • Comments (2) Shape Changing is Real: Blob Motility by the Wakita Lab Posted by Lisa Smith | 15 Oct 2010 | Comments (1) A friend of ours loves to joke that the future will have no hard edges; experience will be defined in pastel-colored gels, foams and mists that deliver your voicemail and bring you milk. Probably to his dismay, this new project from the Wakita Laboratoray at Keio University may one day prove him right. Blob Motility is an early phase of a new "actuated shape display using programmable matter." With it, A gel substance can be programmed to a specific geometry and topology, resulting in organic shape-changing in real space—not unlike a "metaball" in computer graphics, as the lab points out. continued... facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Object Culture | Technology • Comments (1) SolTech Energy integrates solar, beautifully Posted by hipstomp | 14 Oct 2010 | Comments (8) 0soltechen.jpg Nothing says "afterthought" like a rectangle of solar panels slapped onto the roof of a house with no visual relationship with the rest of the structure. Swedish company SolTech Energy brings solar in a different direction with their roofing tiles, made from ordinary glass in the shape of (gasp) ordinary roofing tiles. Why has no one thought of this sooner? The attractive tiles--which heat pockets of air that in turn heat water--were named "Hottest New Material 2010" by a Swedish construction industry magazine that, frankly, you've never heard of, but the proof's in the pudding; stack these up next to any other roof-based solar system and tell us which looks better. via inhabitat facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Object Culture | Technology • Comments (8) Dario Jandrijic's KLEXL lets your kids go Sistine Chapel on the walls Posted by hipstomp | 14 Oct 2010 | Comments (8) Before there was "Shit My Dad Says" there was "Shit My Kids Ruined." More than a few parents have discovered that a few minutes of divided attention is all it takes for their tyke to blaze a graffiti burner across the living room wall. Junior's gotta express himself, so what to do? University of Wuppertal ID student Dario Jandrijic's KLEXL Interactive Painting concept is for a projector that allows digital wall painting by means of an IR tracking camera. 0jandrijic.jpg Light pens take the place of crayons, light pixels take the place of those Neo-Expressionist smears, and plugging this thing into the wall'd be a damn sight easier than laying down a tarp and rolling over your child's masterpiece. Plus you can presumably save the images, and reproject them years later when you want to humiliate your child, now in design school, for his poor sense of composition and line quality. facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Object Culture | Technology • Comments (8) Lexus' wickedly huge driving simulator, "World's most advanced" Posted by hipstomp | 12 Oct 2010 | Comments (1) 0lexusdrivingsim.jpg This 56-foot-diameter pod sits on a tiltable turntable resting on tracks that can move in both axes, like a huge CNC router; but it's not a manufacturing device, it's Lexus' insanely complex new driving simulator, billed as the world's most advanced. Full 360-degree projections inside the dome provide a convincingly immersive environment, and as the dome pitches and yaws the driver inside can be fooled into thinking he's turning, braking and accelerating at speeds of up to 186 miles per hour! continued... facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Technology • Comments (1) This Just Inbox: Patrick Hyland's Copper Phone Uses Heat for Power Posted by Lisa Smith | 8 Oct 2010 | Comments (24) ecu-radiate.jpg Patrick Hyland is working on creating a "charger-free cell phone future." This means that, in addition to lowering electricity consumption, we won't have to mess with annoying chargers anymore and can stop throwing them away (because we won't have them in the first place). According to Hyland, discarded chargers produce 51,000 tons of waste annually. To address this problem, he's proposed a cell phone that charges with heat. A conductive copper skin transmits heat to a thermogenerator inside, producing electricity when the phone is placed on a radiator or inside a pocket. The skin is engraved with small heatsinks, mimicking a sun-baked, dry earth pattern. ecu-2.jpg continued... facebook delicious stumbleupon digg More: Object Culture | Technology • Comments (24) Whipsaw-designed Pano Device (computerless computer) is smaller, greener, and award-winning

The Pano Device is like a computer with nothing inside it. You plug your monitor, keyboard and mouse into the back, but it contains no CPU, no memory, and no software; all of that stuff resides on a Pano Manager server, which hosts the OS and virtualizes it to the Pano Device.
So what's inside the thing? Damned if I know, I think if you dropped it and it shattered there'd be little leprechaun bodies all over your floor. But the bottom line is this two-inch tall device is projected to cut business computing costs by 70%; "compared to a PC it consumes 3% of the energy, uses 4% of the material to make it, and is one hundred times smaller."
Designed by ID consultancy Whipsaw, the Pano Device has won a 2010 Green Good Design Award, which is conferred by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. (Sadly, the Good Design website was not working properly at press time so no direct link is available.)

More: Object Culture | Technology • Comments (0) PHOLED technology

Right now one of the things holding back the possibility of flexible or even rollable screens is the juice required to power them. But a company called Universal Display Corporation has recently developed a display technology called PHOLED, or Phosphorescent OLED, that's reportedly four times more efficient than a regular LED display. They were able to build a 4.3" PHOLED onto a thin metal foil, in turn built by LG Display, making a flexible wrist-mounted screen that can display full motion graphics and has reportedly been ruggedized (in an unspecified way); the reduced battery requirements of the technology should lead to truly wearable displays.
Unsurprisingly, the U.S. Military is getting first crack at the devices, as eight of them have just been submitted to an Army R&D branch for evaluation and testing. Presumably, soldiers will be able to use the tech to help save or take lives, depending on the situation, then down the line you'll be able to use it to Tweet that the guy next to you on the bus doesn't smell so good, or you can take us all out of suspense and finally Facebook Update on what you had for lunch, et cetera. Can't wait!

Bloom laptop designed with e-recycling in mind

Back in July I posted a video of the laborious process of e-recycling, and posited that most product designers probably don't consider how the things they design are eventually going to be taken apart for recycling. But a group of Stanford grad students, recognized by Autodesk, are doing that very thing.
Autodesk's Inventor of the Month award for October goes to the Stanford group's Bloom laptop, which is designed to be disassembled for recycling in just two minutes, and using no tools!
"We used Autodesk Inventor software often during the ideation phase to experiment with the design," said Aaron Engel-Hall, a Stanford student and team member. "We created 3D shapes to represent the hardware we had to design around, and the parametric design of Inventor software let me put in different parameters so that all the model dimensions would update immediately. I was also able to experiment with various thicknesses for the case enclosure, making it as thin as possible while maintaining structural integrity." ...Beyond recyclability, Bloom delivers other benefits for consumers. The team used the easy-to-disassemble modularity of Bloom to develop a keyboard and track pad that detach and allow for improved ergonomics. The ease of disassembly also makes it easier to repair and upgrade components over the lifetime of the product, so that buying a computer is no longer a singular investment, but a longer-term relationship between the consumer and the service provider

Electrolytic Fluid Antenna,

The U.S. Navy is reportedly experimenting with replacing their bristling shipside antennae arrays with another material: Salt water, shot up into a fountain. The Electrolytic Fluid Antenna, as it's called, is apparently workable and the Navy is even seeking to commercialize it.

Sea water is pumped from the ocean into a stream and the width and length of the stream determine the frequency capabilities. An 80-foot-high stream could transmit and receive from 2 to 400 mHz with a relatively small footprint. The Sea Water Antenna is capable of transmitting and receiving VHF signals and has been tested at a receiving range of over 30 miles. The antennae needs of a typical Navy vessel with 80 metallic antennas could theoretically be replaced with only 10 Sea Water Antennas of varying heights and streams to cover the same frequencies. The technology could potentially be used on land with salt-supplemented water, replacing large unsightly antenna towers with fountains. Another use could be as a solar- or battery-powered emergency antenna system for watercraft.

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Nokia: Losing the Smartphone War One Ugly Pink Handset at a Time

Earlier this year, Rick Simonson, outgoing head of Nokia’s mobile phone business, set an ambitious goal for the company: “By 2011…we will be at par with Apple and RIM in smartphones,” he said. “Not only [will] we draw level with them, we will also win the war.” Evidently, pulling ahead of Apple (AAPL) and Research in Motion (RIMM) is proving quite a bit more difficult than Simonson or Nokia (NOK) imagined. This morning, the company slashed its second-quarter financial guidance, and among the reasons cited: The beating Nokia is taking in the smartphone market.
“Multiple factors are negatively impacting Nokia’s business to a greater extent than previously expected,” the company said in a statement. “These factors include: The competitive environment, particularly at the high-end of the market, and shifts in product mix towards somewhat lower gross margin products. In addition, the recent depreciation of the euro affects Nokia’s cost of goods sold, operating expenses and global pricing tactics.”
So when Nokia reports second-quarter earnings on July 22, expect handset revenue and margins to be “at the lower end of or slightly below” the range of its previous forecasts. And expect the same of the company’s mobile device value share for the year.
An ugly admission for Nokia, but with smartphone designs like that of the new X5 (pictured above, further details here), hardly a surprising one.

JBL speaker dock gives Nokia a boost

 

Amazingly enough, not every bit of technology products involve Apple. There's this other company we've heard of called Nokia, which apparently also makes a few phones too, and some even play music like an iPhone.
Even JBL recognizes that last feature and has created a system to support Nokia's new "5310 Xpress" to maximize the music phone's sound with Odyssey speakers, an equalizer and a built-in amp. JBL's "On Call 5310" also serves as an all-purpose station for the handset with a recharging dock, according to OhGizmo, which says it will be available in November though its price isn't known.
The stand can even be mounted on the wall for easy access. That way, when the handset rings, you can answer it just like your grandparents probably still pick up the kitchen phone.

OnStar expands smartphone control over entire 2011 GM lineup

It's safe to say that General Motors is struggling for relevancy these days and, while the Chevy Volt could be a huge step into the modern era for the company, that still leaves every other car looking a bit -- traditional, technology-wise. OnStar is going to help, expanding its Volt-specific controls to the entire 2011 lineup of GM cars. When we saw OnStar's Volt app earlier this year we loved how it not only let you control recharging but also unlock the doors and monitor system specs from anywhere. While monitoring recharging status obviously won't be much good if you're rocking a good 'ol ICE vehicle, you will still be able to start the car remotely, unlock doors, and also monitor stats like tire pressure and oil level from your iPhone, BlackBerry, or Android handset, as demonstrated in a video after the break. Yes, you'll need to be an OnStar subscriber to use the app, with rates currently starting at a somewhat steep $18.95 per month. Now, if only there were an app that could help us to afford a new ZR1.

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The Acer Liquid E Ferrari edition has been officially released in India today. The device, which carries the Acer-Ferrari collaboration into the smartphone arena (they have been seen on notebooks earlier), runs on Android, and apart from having the legendary prancing horse logo on it, also comes with Ferrari content such as wallpapers, images, videos and a special set of ringtones. Built with “exquisite detail and quality materials,” to quote the press release, the device has some very good hardware specs, such as a Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile processor, 512 MB RAM, a 5MP camera capable of recording high-definition video, a 3.5 inch touchscreen, and an Elite Bluetooth headset which has the Ferrari logo on it. The handset is going to be available initially from Croma stores at a price of Rs 29,999.
Which we think is a bit on the high side, if we consider the fact that the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S, the Motorola XT 720 and the Motorola Milestone are priced in the same zone. Yes, there is the exclusiveness of owning a Ferrari phone but on the other hand, there is the fact that the device comes with only 108 MB onboard memory, which is a tad on the lower side; runs a Snapdragon processor at 768 Mhz; and has Android 2.1 under the hood (an upgrade to 2.2 is expected later this year). We also felt that the device did not LOOK exclusive – if anything, it looked like a Liduid E with a coat of red paint on it. Still, we are sure there must be F1 fans who would love nothing better than a smartphone which sounds like a Ferrari when it starts up (yep, you can activate that feature). We, however, are less than impressed.