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Cirrus Vision SF50 Personal Jet.

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:10:16 GMT

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OBJECT OF DESIRE: Cirrus Vision SF50

The Vision SF50 is Cirrus' latest VLJ, or very light jet -- a segment of the private aviation market that is growing rapidly as businesses seek to cut costs and carbon emissions. VLJs are single-pilot planes that weigh less than 10,000 pounds and typically fly at low altitudes, most often for trips ranging from 300 to 600 miles.

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Revolutionary Vision SF50 Personal Jet

Cirrus Aircraft announced a maximum initial price of $1.39 million for its single-engine Vision Personal Jet. Looking at it you can see why. What a stunning aircraft - it has A-list written all over it.

This price will be for a Vision Jet delivered in a well equipped configuration

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Cirrus Vision SF-50 cockpit in FSX

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Tags: airplane, jet, personal

Twoddler: Twittering Toddlers

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:46:46 GMT

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Toddlers on Twitter via The Twoddler?

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The Twoddler: A Bit Much, Don't You Think?

Answering Twitter's new question; "What's happening?" could lead to enough answers on its own, but now a team in Belgium has developed a way for babies to use Twitter. The Twoddler is just a prototype for now, but it combines a popular kids' crib toy with the social networking service. When the baby performs different actions, they're recorded via Twitter.

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Twoddler: Twittering Toddlers

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Twoddler Application

The twoddler application is basically a Fisher Price Activity Center enhanced with pictures of family members and friends, and an Arduino board inside. All activities are captured by sensors connected to the Arduino board and are processed in two different ways:

activities are translated into Twitter messages and posted on the toddler's personal Twitter account
activities are send to another Activity Center and will generate effects (e.g. colored lights that blink) on your friends activity center

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Tags: twoddler, twitter, toddlers

The World's Smallest Snowman

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:47:38 GMT

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Scientists create the world's smallest 'snowman'

The snowman is made of two tiny tin beads, normally used to calibrate electron microscope lenses, which were welded together with platinum

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Christmas 2009

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The snowman is 10 µm across, 1/5th the width of a human hair.

The snowman was made from two tin beads used to calibrate electron microscope astigmatism. The eyes and smile were milled using a focused ion beam, and the nose, which is under 1 µm wide (or 0.001 mm), is ion beam deposited platinum.

The techniques used to create the Nano scale snowman are employed by NPL:

To make and fine tune Atomic Force Microscope cantilevers for measuring surface topography.
To manufacture nano scale SQUIDs (Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices) for a wide range of future metrological applications including spintronics, single particle detection, NEMS and quantum information processing.
To measure magnetic properties of very small magnetic systems using quantum hall probes

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Tags: science, nanotechnology

Intel's Light Peak Technology

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:20:23 GMT

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Light Peak Technology

Light Peak Overview

Light Peak is the code-name for a new high-speed optical cable technology designed to connect your electronic devices to each other. Light Peak delivers high bandwidth starting at 10Gb/s with the potential ability to scale to 100Gb/s over the next decade. At 10Gb/s, you could transfer a full-length Blu-Ray movie in less than 30 seconds. Optical technology also allows for smaller connectors and longer, thinner, and more flexible cables than currently possible. Light Peak also has the ability to run multiple protocols simultaneously over a single cable, enabling the technology to connect devices such as peripherals, workstations, displays, disk drives, docking stations, and more.

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The Light Peak technology sends signals with infrared light over optical fibers.

This prototype PC has the Light Peak controller and optical connector that sends signals down a single white optical cable.

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Intel Light Peak Demo @ IDF 2009

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Tags: intel, light peak, technology, computers

Cisco's FlipShare TV

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:44:53 GMT

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Cisco confirms FlipShare TV wireless streaming device

Videos sent wirelessly between Flip and TV

Cisco Systems has officially announced the FlipShare TV wireless distribution system that had surfaced in FCC filings late last month. Confirming earlier speculation, the device transmits video signals between a computer and a TV. Like the company's Flip recorders, the system is designed with simplicity in mind. The package includes a USB key to attach to a computer, while a small box receives the feed on the TV side.

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Introducing Cisco’s FlipShare TV

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flipsharetv-rear

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flipsharetv-remote

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Sony's Mofiria Finger Vein Authentication Device

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:01:50 GMT

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Sony Goes from eReader to USB Finger Vein Reader

Sony's stretching into the security market with an alternative to the fingerprint scanner, the FVA-U1 USB Vein Authentication Device‏.

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Sony Develops Compact Sized, High Speed, High Accuracy Finger Vein Authentication Technology Dubbed "mofiria"

"mofiria" uses a unique method where a CMOS sensor diagonally captures scattered light inside the finger veins, making a plane layout possible. As a result, a small and more flexible design can be realized in building this technology into mobile devices.

Main characteristics of "mofiria"
1)		Compact size realized by "reflecting scattering light method"
2)		Fast data processing using a unique algorithm
3)		High accuracy and user-friendly interface with automatic correction of the finger position

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Sony hopes to attract businesses where security is key, hospitals, universities and information security specialists with this new product offering.

Aliens Living Among Us, Bulgarian Scientists Claim

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:01:36 GMT

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Aliens 'already exist on earth', Bulgarian scientists claim

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Bulgarian Academy Scientists Reported to Be in Touch with Aliens

Scientists from the Space Research Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) have been reported to be in touch with extraterrestrial beings.

The Bulgarian Novinar Daily has reported that the Bulgarian scientists are currently working on deciphering pictograms which are said to have come in the form of the so called “crop circles” with which the aliens answered 30 questions posed by the BAS researchers.

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Bulgaria: We Are in Contact with Aliens

Lachezar Filipov believes crop circles contain the answers to questions his team have posed to extra-terrestrials. Photo by metro.co.uk

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The dragonfly crop circle which appeared in Yatesbury, Wiltshire, this year

In all, his team are analysing 150 crop circles from around the world which they believe answer questions beamed into outer space.

Tags: space, aliens, science

Widetronix long life batteries

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:02:56 GMT

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A 25-Year Battery

Nuclear power: The package inside this prototype betavoltaic battery contains layers of silicon carbide and metal foil embedded with the radioactive isotope tritium. When high-energy electrons emitted by the decay of tritium hit the silicon carbide, it produces an electrical current that exits the cell through the metal pins. Such batteries are designed to last 25 years.
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Widetronix designs and builds low power, long life batteries for microelectronics.

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Widetronix batteries will replace traditional lithium batteries in several biological implants including devices used in neurological stimulators and cardiac rhythm management

Widetronix is working with the Department of Defense's prime contractors to incorporate its batteries in key government security systems.

Widetronix is exploring opportunities to incorporate its battery technology in active RFID tags and remote sensing devices.

Superhydrophobic Materials

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:39:13 GMT

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Superhydrophobe

Superhydrophobic surfaces such as the leaves of the lotus plant have surfaces that are highly hydrophobic, i.e., extremely difficult to wet. The contact angles of a water droplet exceeds 150° and the roll-off angle is less than 10°.^[1] This is referred to as the Lotus effect.

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The Physical Basis

To understand the physics behind the Lotus-Effect, one has to take a look the forces that act upon a drop of liquid on a surface.

A droplet on a hydrophilic rough surface seems to sink into the gaps

A droplet on a rough hydrophobic surface sitting on the spikes

Self-Cleaning Properties

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Left to right: Water on a lotus leaf; Surface microstructure of the lotus leaf; ORNL "Nano-
Cones" on glass.

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Super hydrophobic substances

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Axisymmetric droplet impinging on a hydrophobic surface

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Hydration Shell Dynamics of a Hydrophobic Particle

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Some insect wings, for example, are superhydrophobic, which is the combined result of their chemistry and the detailed nanoscale structures on their surface.

Tags: physics. chemistry, science

Kohjinsha - Dual-Display Netbook

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:57:35 GMT

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Kohjinsha - Dual-Display Netbook : DigInfo

DigInfo - http://www.diginfo.tv

KOHJINSHA

Dual Display PC

Related Links :
- http://jp.kohjinsha.com/
- http://www.ceatec.com/2009/... (CEATEC JAPAN 2009)

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Kohjinsha's dual-screen DZ Series laptop now for sale

Remember IBM's ThinkPad 701 with the butterfly keyboard? This isn't it, it's better... conceptually anyway. Instead of two halves of a keyboard magically jigsawing themselves together, Kohjinsha achieves a similar result with its DZ-series using a pair of 10.1-inch TFT displays with 1,024 x 600 pixel resolution (each) packed into an otherwise svelte 1.02 x 8.26 x 0.74~1.65 inches / 4.09 pounds (1.84 kg) portable.

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Tags: netbook, display

The Ostendo CRVD Curved Display

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:26:39 GMT

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Ostendo CDM43

This 41-inch-wide curved display can replace several computer screens or create wraparound views for gaming. Software inside splits data from your PC into four images, which are emitted by four miniature projectors and blended into one. (As eye-popping as the view: the price.)

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It's easy on the eyes.

The CRVD eliminates eye fatigue because the screen is curved and the user's focal distance remains constant across the screen. Learn more »

Increase productivity and reduce frustration.

With its 2880-by-900 resolution, the CRVD will expand your desktop and give you extra space to be more productive. Learn more »

Works with existing graphics cards and games.

CRVD displays work with existing graphics cards, drivers, and games, so there is no need for special hardware or software. Learn more »

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Car racing on 3 CRVDs

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CRVD on San Diego CW6 News

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Tags: displays, computers

Toyota's Driving Simulator

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:07:55 GMT

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Toyota's £30 million driving simulator review

Forget the latest video games – this is the most realistic driving recreation that ordinary money can't buy.

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Toyota Develops World-class Driving Simulator
Real-as-possible Environment to Aid Development of Active Safety Technology

Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today that it has developed a world-class driving simulator for effectively analyzing the driving characteristics of average drivers to aid in the development and verification of traffic accident-reducing active safety technology.

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Toyota's driving simulator: Not all fun and games

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The system features a real car inside a 7.1m-diameter dome with a 360-degree screen on its interior surface, onto which video that mimics real-world driving is projected. The whole lot is then placed on a computer-controlled platform that shifts on hydraulics to simulate the feeling of driving.

Tags: cars

Mood Chair

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:42:32 GMT

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Mood Chair
by Aether & Hemera

A limited edition, interactive chair from UK studio Aether & Hemera.

The Mood Chair is a piece of interactive furniture that changes color in response to the colors that its sensors perceive from the environment and the users.

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Aether & Hemera

'Mood Chair ' Interactive Lighting Furniture, responding to environment and people.

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Aether & Hemera are the ancient Greek god and goddess of brighter upper air and daylight. Aether is Claudio, the new media architect; Hemera is Gloria, the lighting artist. Aether & Hemera is interdisciplinary collaboration to research the aesthetic challenges of light and its power to trigger emotions and response, creating a sense of identity or setting a mood.

Hemera

Aether

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Mood lighting

The aim of our research is to develop a series of products in which light can be used to add new dimensions to colour, dynamics and interactivity.

Mood chair

Heart-bit Lamp

Silver Lining in a Box

Tags: design, lighting

RoboBuilder Xmas Dance Routine

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:23:17 GMT

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RoboBuilder Xmas Dance Routine

It's never too early to start the xmas marketing campaign, and RoboBuilder is an attractive and affordable hobby robot kit.
http://www.plasticpals.com
http://www.robobuilder.net/...

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RoboBuilder is a highly advanced DIY robotic KIT designed for robotizen’s value of Education and Entertainment. Any user can enjoy designing and building robots simply by plugging block-type robotic actuator modules. Various robotic platforms are designable with user’s creative ideas and skills. You can download fancy robotic motion files from Internet and play HUNO, DINO, DOGY the three Standard Robot Platforms.

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Tags: robotics, robots, toys, xmas

Blobo the squeezable game controller

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:57:31 GMT

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Clip Source: www.engadget.com

Finland unleashes Blobo, the squeezable, all-too-cheerful game controller, on an unsuspecting world

Blobo is a squeezable game controller roughly the size and shape of a golf ball that communicates with your PC or phone via Bluetooth. Currently available in a package with "six sporty fun and fit" games, it'll keep tabs on you as you run, jump, dribble, or karate chop your lonely nights away -- in the comfort of your own living room or wood panel rec room.

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Blobo

It connects via Bluetooth, is rechargeable and it measures following things: magnetic field, air pressure, spin, movement and acceleration, force of squeeze, steps and calorie burn. It’s 55euros with 6 games, so pretty cheap. The SDK is available for Windows, Symbian S60 and Java 2 ME (phones).

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Blobo Gaming Console Unveiled in Finland [Looks Like a Ball; Acts Like a Wii & Wiimote]

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Blobo from Ball-it!

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Ball-it demo

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Tags: gadgets, toys