INTERNET ANYWHERE with MIFI 2200 Inteligent Mobile Hotspot

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  • Someday, they’ll build wireless Internet into every building, just the way they build in running water, heat and electricity today. Someday, we won’t have to drive around town looking for a coffee shop when we need to check our e-mail.

    If you want ubiquitous Internet today, though, you have several choices. They’re all compromised and all expensive.

    You could get online using only a smartphone, but you’ll pay at least $80 a month and you’ll have to view the Internet through a shrunken keyhole of a screen. You could equip your laptop with one of those cellular air cards or U.S.B. sticks, which cost $60 a month, but you’d be limited to 5 gigabytes of data transfer a month (and how are you supposed to gauge that?). You could use tethering, in which your laptop uses your cellphone as a glorified Internet antenna — but that adds $20 or $30 to your phone bill, has a fixed data limit and eats through your phone’s battery charge in an hour. Mobile Hotspot: Connect up to 5 Wi-Fi enabled devices to the 3G wireless internet. No contract.Wi-Fi Connect up to 5 Wi-Fi enabled wireless devices. One-touch connectivity.data usage per activity is based on an average. Bandwidth varies by website, video, email and other Internet application. Connect from 30-40 feet away.Password-protected connection. *Virgin Mobile customers have access to the Sprint® 3G network reaching more than 262 million people. Speed varies based on location and coverage with average downlink data speeds between 600 and 1400 Kbps. Virgin Mobile does not restrict your speeds based on data usage caps.

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latest ipod touch 2010

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Apple's decision to completely ignore the iPod Classic means that 2010 will be the first year in the iPod's nine-year history in which the Classic doesn't get even a slight upgrade. That fueled another round of what has become an annual tradition: rumors that Apple will completely do away with the iPod Classic once it sells through its inventory. 

A spokesman from Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) did not immediately return requests for comment. For now, the Classic is still available through Apple's online store and other sales channels. 

Some minor tweaks aside, the iPod Classic has basically been the same since October 2005. Sure, it's aluminum now instead of plastic, it has a slightly bigger screen plus lots more memory and battery life, and its menus have been improved. But the Classic hasn't gotten a major upgrade since video playback was introduced five years ago.

Update: It's worth noting that the back camera is clearly not the same 5 megapixel shooter present on the iPhone 4, as the specs on Apple's page for the touch list the still photo resolution at 960 x 720 -- a huge difference.

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Introducing the SAMSUNG EPIC 4G

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The Samsung Epic 4G marks Sprint's second 4G-capable Android handset and the first one with a slide-out hardware keyboard. The phone features a 4-inch, 800x480 Super AMOLED screen, Android 2.1, rear-facing 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, front-facing VGA camera, 1GHz processor, and 16GB of storage which is expandable to 32GB via microSD cards.

  • Hardware: The Epic may not have a 4.3-inch screen like the Droid X or EVO, but at 4 inches, it's close -- and for all practical purposes, it appears to be just as large. The slide-out physical keyboard doesn't add as much girth as we expected, though it still adds to the height of the phone. While the curved edges give it a similar look to the Galaxy S  we've seen overseas, it has four touch sensitive buttons along the bottom instead of those physical buttons. Oh, and about that physical keyboard, it's pretty glorious -- the keys are slightly raised and there's a bit of space between each of them. We have to admit it looks a bit odd to have a keyboard with such a big screen, but if anything it's a throw back to UMPCs or MIDs.
  • Screen: The Epic 4G has the same 4-inch Super AMOLED display as the Galaxy S and Captivate. But we aren't letting that diminish our love of it -- every time we see it we are pretty blown away by the crispness. Yet again, we didn't get to test the display in sunlight, but indoors it was seriously bright, albeit glossy. (Oh, and if you missed it, check out our head-to-head between Samsung's Super AMOLED screen and Apple's Retina display.)
  • Software: The Epic 4G will run Android 2.1 at launch, but Sprint tells us it will be rolling out the 2.2 update not too long after it hits the market. Just like the Captivate, it has the latest version of Samsung's TouchWiz skin, which isn't too distracting and actually polishes up Android a bit. It's also preloaded with Swype  and Qik as well as a few Sprint applications -- including the mobile hotspot app, notably. Speaking of Qik, we did confirm that the Epic 4G has a VGA front facing cam, while the one on it's backside will take 5 megapixel shots.
  • Performance: Unlike the early version of the Captivate that we saw, the Epic 4G's 1GHz Hummingbird CPU was zippy. As you will see in the video, scrolling was super snappy and there was no noticeable lag in opening applications like Amazon's Kindle app or firing up the camcorder. Video playback also looked super smooth. Sprint's still not giving out information on pricing or availability, though we're told the price will be aggressive and the handset will be available before the end of Summer.
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Welcome Barefoot running shoe: VibramFingers

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One of the most innovative and “best inventions” to come in years, the Vibram Five Fingers Barefoot Shoe was developed with comfort, balance and athletics in mind. The shoes gives you the capability to be in motion in a more natural, flexible and FUN way.
The KSO, named for its new feature is designed simply to “Keep Stuff Out”. The stretch mesh added to the top of the shoes prevents gravel, rocks and other substances from entering your shoe and potentially irritating or injuring your foot. The hoop and loop closure mechanism secures your foot and provides you with a flexible fit.

In 2007 the Vibram FiveFingers (VFF) shoe was selected as one of Time Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2007. Why? Vibram FiveFingers shoes give you all the health benefits of running or walking barefoot without the actual physical risks of going barefoot in a modern environment.Wearing Vibram Fivefingers allows your feet to move naturally which strengthens your feet and lower body and prevent injuries.

Benefits of Wearing Vibram FiveFingers Shoes
  1. Strengthens Muscles in foot and lower body.
  2. Improves flexibility and range in motion in ankle, foot, and toes.
  3. Improves balance and and body awareness.
  4. Helps align spine and improve overall body posture.
  5. Simply feels good since feet move naturally and freely.
 Dr. William Rossi in a 1999 article in Podiatry Management said it best with regards to going barefoot :
It took 4 million years to develop our unique human foot and our consequent distinctive form of walk, a remarkable feat of bioengineering. Yet, in only a few thousand years, and with one carelessly designed instrument, our shoes, we have warped the pure anatomical form of human walk, obstructing its engineering efficiency, afflicting it with strains and stresses and denying it its natural grace of form and ease of movement head to foot.


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Invisible Tree House in Sweeden, Coool..

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They said it couldn't be done. When we first wrote about the almost invisible tree house to be built in Sweden by Tham & Videgard, 899 commenters thought it was computer-generated eye candy, impossible to build, and death for birds.
But the architects built it, one of six units in a "Treehotel" which recently opened 40 miles south of the Arctic Circle in Sweden. The four-meter glass cube looks as spectacular in reality as it did in the rendering. Kent Lindvall, co-owner of the TreeHotel, has been quoted as saying: "Everything will reflect in this -- the trees, the birds, the clouds, the sun, everything. So it should be invisible nearly in the forest". And for the birds, According to Designboom, Lindvall says that a special film that is visible to birds will be applied to the glass. 

 The units are constructed from sustainably harvested wood and have electric radiant floor heating and "a state-of-the-art, eco-friendly, incineration toilet"
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Hottest Gadget: Autom Robot: help you to loss weight

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Losing weight is an uphill task for obese individuals, because the catch behind maintaining a diet schedule is to keep yourself motivated on not taking extra calories for weeks together. Lack of motivation is where the difficulty lies; it is here that people often lose control – but with the Autom, a robotic coach for your assistance, you’ll never think of extending your hand toward that extra bit of food. Autom is a tiny robot, and he's getting closer than ever to availability. His whole job? To coach you to lose weight... that's right, Autom is a dieting robot. You start off by entering the details of your diet, fitness level, and exercise into Autom's databank, and then he sits on your countertop and has daily 'conversations' with you -- which we assume are full of a lot of reassuring aphorisms and 'go get 'em' talk. Developed by Cory Kidd (who built the first iteration by hand) while studying at MIT, Autom is set to go into trials in the US sometime next year with a major insurance company. Now, we're all for healthy living, and everyone knows we love robots, but we're inclined to take a pass on Autom... if only because we can't stand to hear the truth 100 percent of the time. If you hit up the source link, you can see a video of the little guy in action. A video of an earlier version of Autom is after the break.
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Hottest Gadget July 2010 : Brother's AiRSCouter Head mounted display

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Brother has announced its latest head-mounted display known as the AiRScouter, where it is still not available for public consumption as it is currently in the prototype stage. This new AiRScouter is lighter than its predecessor, supporting corrective lenses in the process. Brother hopes to offer a unique user experience courtesy of its AR (Augmented Reality)-based software, where folks who wear the AiRScouter will be able to access selected information as well as "scout" around, obtaining unique information that is accessible only through this new head-mounted display. Everyone can start to look like a Borg now if this makes it big time.

 Head mounted displays still have something futuristic about them, and Brother’s offering, the so-called AiRScouter, is no exception. The company today unvieled [press release in English] the newest version of the HMD, which was first shown to the general public in 2008 (and once again in 2009). Back then, the AiRScouter was unnamed and had a different design. In fact, the device is still in prototype stage and labeled by Brother as “Retinal Imaging Display”. Brother expects the AiRScouter to be mainly used for augmented reality applications. The new version offers better image quality than the previous one and allows to attach a micro camera. The AiRScouter is expected to be ready to be tried out by attendees of the “Brother World JAPAN 2010″ expo that will be held in Tokyo in September. Brother says it will “launch” the device in fiscal 2010, which (in Japan) ends in March 2011.
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Latest Technology: BROTHER VIBRATION POWERED BATTERY

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As our demand for power intensifies with our need for better consumer electronics, companies such as Brother Industries Ltd need to develop a new power source that will last much longer. That’s where new vibration-powered generators come in – they look like normal batteries, all you need to do is shake them to charge.  The faux-batteries are from Brother Industries, and inside the AA and AAA-sized shells you’ll find a capacitor and an electromagnetic induction generator. Shaking them will charge the capacitor enough to juice low-power gadgets. The example given is remote control, which needs around 40 to 100mW of power. The battery can put out up to 180mW, so while you won’t be using these to power a camera-flash, a quick shake to get the TV remote going again would work just great. In fact, you could just build this in to a remote and forget the batteries altogether.  Preserving of environment is quite important nowadays and we have seen many gadgets that can help us with that. We already know that disposable batteries are a bad solution because they can be toxic for the environment. With these new rechargeable batteries, they may help us preserve the environment whilst at the same time creating power.
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1st ever Full HD 3D Camcorder: PANASONIC FULL HD 3D CAMCORDER

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Major Specifications (tentative)
-        Product Name: Twin-lens Full HD 3D camcorder (made-to-order)
-        Suggested Retail Price for Main Unit: $21,000
-        Available: Fall 2010 (made to order)
-        Power Consumption: Under 19 W (main unit only)
-        Weight: Under 3 kg (main unit only)
-        Recording Media: SDHC/SD Memory Card

*     As an integrated twin-lens Full HD 3D camcorder capable of recording Full HD 3D video to Memory Cards. As of January 2010 (based on our investigation)
**    The point at which the left and right-camera lenses’ optical axes converge


This Full HD 3D camcorder will offer the following core benefits:

Easier to Use


Current 3D systems are large-scale setups in which two cameras are fitted to a rig in parallel, or vertically intersect across a half-mirror. Separate recorders are also required. In Panasonic’s new Full HD 3D camcorder, the lenses, camera head, and a dual Memory Card recorder are integrated into a single, lightweight body.  The camcorder also incorporates stereoscopic adjustment controls making it easier to use and operate.




The twin-lens system adopted in the camcorder’s optical section allows the convergence point** to be adjusted. Functions for automatically correcting horizontal and vertical displacement are also provided.  Conventional 3D camera systems require these adjustments to be made by means of a PC or an external video processor. This new camcorder, however, will automatically recalibrate without any need for external equipment, allowing immediate 3D image capture.




More Flexible



The solid-state memory file-based recording system offers greater flexibility to produce Full HD 3D videos in more challenging shooting environments. The camcorder is lighter weight and smaller than current 3D rigs, while providing the flexibility of handheld-style shooting. Setup and transportation is simplified, making it ideal for sports, documentary and filmmaking projects.





Solid-State Reliability and Workflow



Right and left Full HD video streams of the twin-lens 3D camcorder can be recorded as files on SDHC/SD Memory Cards, ensuring higher reliability than on other tape, optical disc, HDD or other mechanical-based recording systems. This solid-state, no-moving-parts design will help significantly reduce maintenance costs, and the 3D camcorder will be better able to perform in extreme environments and be more resistant to temperature extremes, shock, and vibration.




And users will enjoy a fast, highly-productive file-based workflow, with instant, random access to recorded content; easy plug-in to both Mac and PC-based platforms; and longer recording capacity.  



Development Background
Movie companies and content producers are eager to produce more 3D content. 3D video is set to become a mainstream motion picture technology. In response to the resurgence of 3D movies, in September 2009, Panasonic proposed the world’s first 3D home theater systems, based around 3D-enabled Blu-ray Disc players and Plasma TVs (announced and exhibited at CEATEC 2008). In February 2009, the company established the Advanced Authoring Center (within Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory) – at which 3D movies are authored for replication on 3D Blu-ray Discs (announced at CES 2009). Currently, producing 3D movies is a painstaking process. Panasonic intends to promote the production of high-quality 3D video content by accelerating the development of 3D video production systems designed to boost production speed and efficiency.




Supplementary data:

Differences from conventional 3D camera systems:


Conventional 3D camera systems are built from two off-the-shelf film or broadcast cameras. Normally, the two cameras are installed horizontally and side by side, with the right and left camera axes approximately 6.5 cm apart – equivalent to the distance between the human eyes – to create binocular parallax. This can be done with small cameras, but broadcast or film cameras cannot be installed side by side since their bodies and lenses are too large. They must be installed vertically using half-mirrors, or mounted on metal frames called rigs, using prisms. This results in a bulky system that must be carefully adjusted to prevent the right and left cameras from going out of alignment before image capture. In addition, if the system is moved, the shock or vibration inevitably puts the cameras out of alignment, making frequent re-adjustment necessary.



In this fully-integrated Full HD 3D camcorder that Panasonic has developed, the two lenses, camera head, and memory card recorder are incorporated into a single compact housing. Unlike large 3D camera systems, this camcorder allows video shooting with greater mobility and from all angles; significantly reducing the time required for set up and adjustments, thereby leaving more time for creative activities.

Convergence Point Adjustment
The convergence point is the point at which the left and right cameras’ optical axes converge to produce 3D images. To take natural-looking 3D video, the convergence point needs to be adjusted to match that of a human’s eyes, whose convergence point varies according to the closeness of the objects being viewed. Panasonic’s new Full HD 3D camcorder adopts newly-developed twin-lens system that realizes convergence point control with its integrated design.

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Hottest Gadgets July 2010: Pandigital Portable Scanner

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Pandigital Personal Photo Scanner/Converter Digitizes
Images up to 8 ½ x 11-inches,

Pandigital’s award-winning line of scanners have been acclaimed for their ease-of-use and excellent performance. The scanner does not require any expensive or confusing software and employs a new twin-roller feeding system to ensure that the photos are scanned evenly each time. Further optimizing the quality, images are scanned at up to 600 optical dpi for resulting scans that have a crisp and clear 3800x7200 24-bit color depth resolution. In addition to being able to scan images onto the included SD memory card, the scanner accepts other popular memory cards (SD, MS, MS Pro, MMS, XD) and can also be connected directly to either a Mac or PC computer via its mini-USB port. Weighing in at less than a pound at only 13.79 ounces and measuring only 10.59(L) x 1.73(H) x 2.32(D) inches, the Pandigital Personal Photo Scanner/Converter is incredibly portable and can be taken nearly anywhere to quickly and simply preserve images. Pandigital is making it easy for consumers and business professionals to scan photos and documents as large as 8 ½ x 11-inches directly to an SD card with its new Pandigital Personal Photo Scanner/Converter. The scanner doesn't require a PC—users simply plug it in, insert their photo, and scan photos onto an included SD card with the touch of a button. The Pandigital Personal Photo Scanner/Converter can also be connected to a MAC or PC via miniUSB. The scanner supports other popular memory card formats including MS, MS Pro, MMS, and XD as well. The scanner is quite portable, weighing just 13.79 ounces and measuring 10.59 x 1.73 x 2.32 inches. Scanning and digitizing your photos and documents has never been fun.  Even with the advent of one-button scanning you still have to wait for the software to load, the hardware to do its thing, and then properly categorize and file away your precious digital memories.  However, Pandigital has found a better way.  Their new Personal Photo Scanner/Converter will write photos and documents directly to your portable memory without the “middle man” (software) getting in the way.

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Latest Inventions: ELECTRIC FAN WITHOUT BLADE !

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Dyson Air Multiplier™ - no blades, no buffeting 





Dyson Air Multiplier™ fans work differently from conventional fans. They use Air Multiplier™ technology to draw in air and amplify it – from 15 to 18 times, depending on the model. With no blades or grille, they’re safe and easy to clean. And they produce an uninterrupted stream of smooth air, with no unpleasant buffeting.

When it comes to the design of fans there hasn’t been much innovation or change for a long time. An electric motor turns some blades which then produces a flow of air. The design is simple, yet effective, and we use such fans in everything from keeping our PC components cool to keeping ourselves cool on a hot summer day.
Dyson, most well known for revolutionizing the vacuum cleaner market with its bagless design, has now started another revolution with fans. Its researchers have managed to create a fan that has no blades yet still manages to produce a strong stream of air flow.
The fan is called the Dyson Air Multiplier and resembles the design of a magnifying glass. In the base is an brushless electric motor which pushes air upwards into the loop where it is amplified 15 times. The air seeps out of the ring and is actually an extension of the AirBlade technology the company developed for its hand dryers a few years ago.
In terms of throughput the Air Multiplier can generate 405 litres of air a second, but is also highly adjustable allowing you to get just the right level of air flow unlike standard fans that usually just have a few preset  speeds. The other big advantages are it is much safer due to a lack of fast moving blades and is much easier to keep clean. Noise levels are also thought to be minimal when compared to standard fan designs.

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Latest in Gaming : RAZER !

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 Razer collaborates with gamers to develop, manufacture and market cutting-edge gaming peripherals utilizing proprietary technologies that give gamers the competitive edge. We reinvented the computer gaming industry by bringing this competitive edge to gamers when professional computer gaming was in its infancy. In the mid 90s, with the advent of networked gaming and competitive first-person-shooter (FPS) games, gamers found that their legacy peripherals were inhibiting rather than enhancing their gameplay.
In 1999, the Razer Boomslang™, the stuff of gaming legends, was launched after much research. Featuring an unprecedented precision of up to 2000 dpi when other mice maxed out at 400 dpi, the Razer Boomslang, powered by proprietary opto-mechanical technology, offered up to five times the accuracy of other gaming mice. It came as no surprise when professional gamers widewide such as Jonathon “Fatal1ty” Wendell and Sujoy Roy readily adopted the Razer Boomslang as their gaming mouse of choice. In just two years, more than 100,000 Razer Boomslangs were sold by Christmas.
The next quantum leap came with the unveiling of the Razer Diamondback™ in San Francisco at the Grand Finals of the World Cyber Games 2004. The Razer Diamondback™ was the world’s first 1600 dpi optical gaming mouse. Powered by Razer Precision™, the Razer Diamondback was the first gaming mouse ever to sweep all the major gaming awards available at that time. It also outclassed an entire genre of gaming hardware to be awarded the highly coveted Razer BoomSlangGamespot's Gaming Hardware of the Year 2004 accolade. The Razer Diamondback was considered the de rigueur gaming mouse of its prime with most of the leading gaming professionals adopting it as their weapon of choice.
Having led the technology arms race and overpowered competitors, Razer once again stamped its authority in gaming technology in the fall of 2005, by launching the Razer Copperhead™.
Sporting the world's first 2000dpi laser sensor in a gaming mouse, the Razer Copperhead scored another world first by being an “intelligent mouse,” possessing 32kb of onboard memory powered by Razer Synapse™. It is also the fastest mouse today, utilizing a full speed USB bus when other mice are still low speed USB devices, and is up to 8 times faster in terms of data polling.
Razer Tarantula Gaming KeyboardShortly after the Copperhead, the Razer Tarantula™ was launched. It is the first definitive keyboard created for Gamers by Gamers, featuring anti-ghosting capabilities, 32kb of onboard memory powered by Razer Synapse, 10 programmable gaming hot keys and an optimized Hyperesponse™ gaming key-top with fully replaceable keys. The Razer Tarantula was launched at CES 2006 (Las Vegas) and immediately was a finalist in the Best of CES Show.
   
The realization that gamers also need excellent positional audio and crisp acoustics led to the launch of the Barracuda™ HP-1 and AC-1, Razer’s initial foray into audio. Hot on the heels of the Barracuda, Razer unveiled the Razer DeathAdder™ towards the end of 2006. Featuring a 3G Infrared sensor, 1800dpi and easily 2.25 times faster than conventional mice, the DeathAdder also has a response time of 1000HZ/1ms and 5 customizable buttons.
Right about then, Microsoft and Razer decided to co-develop and co-brand Microsoft’s next generation of gaming peripherals, culminating in the Microsoft|Razer Habu gaming mouse, and the Microsoft|Razer Reclusa gaming keyboard.
Further diversifying the product line for gamers, it was in the Spring of 2007 when Razer and THX announced a partnership on Razer DeathAdder Gaming Mousenext generation audio products. With that, the Razer Mako™ was announced at CES 2007, Las Vegas, and garnered Wired Magazine’s ‘Most Innovative of CES.’ The Razer Mako is in a class of its’ own, with an  innovative downward firing design eliminating distortion from the ‘desk-bounce’ phenomenon, which creates a rich, omni-directional soundstage with a broad and uniform response pattern.
Undoubtedly, Razer is the worldwide leader in terms of professional gaming peripherals. While we are light years ahead of our competitors in terms of technology, design and ergonomics, we are not resting on our laurels but are developing other key products and peripherals with the gamer in mind to bring that competitive edge to gameplay that Razer is synonymous with.
Headquartered in Carlsbad, California, Razer collaborates with gamers to develop, manufacture and market cutting-edge gaming peripherals utilizing proprietary technologies that give gamers the competitive edge. Razer products have earned critical praise and won multiple awards from around the world for their precision, sensitivity, usability and distinctions in product design. Engineered to near perfection, Razer’s reputation of being the leader in gaming peripheral technology is embodied in every single Razer product.
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Latest Discovery: LIQUID ARMOR - BULLET-PROOF CUSTARD

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I've never thought liquids can be made as armor. But British scientists have, and they say liquid armor is better than ordinary Kevlar.
They're calling it "bulletproof custard" because once struck, its molecules lock together to create a denser surface. According to the scientists who've developed it, the liquid armor works by absorbing the force of the bullet strike and responding to it by becoming much thicker and more sticky.

Researchers at BAE systems claim that the lightweight material would eventually replace thick and heavy armors.Not only would it be bullet proof, but also reduce soldiers' fatigue in lugging around the vest.The armour is made from a combination of "shear-thickening" liquid and the existing material used in bulletproof vests - called Kevlar - and stops bullets by 'sticking' to them. But the idea behind liquid armor isn't to replace Kevlar but rather to complement it to create a sort of super armor that's lighter, more flexible, and of course, stronger. In tests, a 10-layer Kevlar and liquid armor vest outperformed a 31-layer ordinary Kevlar vest. Cutting out layers of Kevlar without losing any of that bullet stopping effectiveness is a win for everyone. I'm sure 50 Cent is happy.

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Latest Inventions: THE JETMAN

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Inventor and former Swiss Air Force fighter pilot, Yves Rossy, jumped from a plane over Calais, France and flew 200 mph crossing the English Channel in 13 minutes before landing in Dover, England.
Earlier this year he unfolded the wings on his back and flew 186 mph (300 kilometers) above the Swiss Alps.
new-invention Using four small jet engines attached to his carbon wings, he climbed at 200 ft per minute before executing a series of stunts for a crowd of reporters watching from a mountain top.
The spectacular demonstration was the first public revelation of his latest invention, which he spent five years developing.
airplane-invention"It is absolute freedom" says Rossy.
The inventor says his 120 lb Jetman suit will eventually be available to the public but it's still a few years away.
The flight over the English Channel was his second public demonstration. He is planning his next flight through the Grand Canyon. 
source: www.inventor-strategies.com
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USB Rechargeable Battery

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Introducing our revolutionary new rechargeable battery - the USBCELL. This NiMH AA cell can be used like a normal battery and can be recharged simply by plugging into a USB port. With over 15 billion Alkaline batteries made and thrown away each year - wasting resources, C02 and creating toxic Landfill - USBCELL offers a eco-friendly alternative as can be re-used hundreds of times as no charge adaptor or cable is needed, saving you money, hassle and waste. Buy USBCELL today. 

USBCELL re-usable batteries aim to help save you money, hassle as well as reduce battery waste. From Feb 1st 2010 in the UK it becomes law for stores to help more with collection and recycle batteries - and elswhere in Europe with the EU batteries Directive. Similarly in the US - RBRC and Call2Recycle are trying to help reduce global batterty waste - which amounts to over 15 billion batteries in landfill each year. That's enough rubbish alkaline batteries to create a column of batteries to the moon and back. USBCELL batteries help as can be recharged hundreds of times from USB ports on computers, laptops, games devices, hubs or in regular charger - so you don't need to find/carry one. 

Product Benefits

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Portability - Easy Energy on the Go ™ No need for a separate charger or cables when travelling. Built in intelligent USB charger
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Recharged Anywhere ™ Charge anywhere from any accessible powered USB.
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Swap and Play ™ Easily charge cells in your game station and just swap over to continue play
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Top-Up Charging for just a few minutes provides extra hours of instant use for most input devices.

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WEB Meets Phone : NEXUS ONE

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The genuine-article Google Phone is finally here. The Nexus One. In the modern climate of hyped (and over-hyped) smartphone launches, Google's official entry into the phone-sales game has excelled in a department where many find difficulty: generating legitimate excitement. Of course, long before the name Nexus One or the recent bounty of pictures and details existed, the very concept of a "Google Phone" had been ingrained in the public conscience, predating even the Open Handset Alliance and Android itself; the company dabbled in the concept of direct sales through its offering of the Android Dev Phones 1 and 2 (alias Ion), but this time, it's a public retail ordeal, not a couple of one-off developer specials. The device, a Snapdragon-powered, HTC-built phone looks -- on paper, at least -- like the ultimate Android handset, combining a newly tweaked and tightened user interface with killer industrial design. A sleek, streamlined phone that can easily go toe-to-toe with the iPhone 3GSs, Pres, and Droids of the world, powered by the latest version of Android (2.1 "Flan," if you're counting), and hand-retooled by Google.
 
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Hottest Tablet PC Coming this August 2010

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TOSHIBA LIBRETTO W100

This tablet has two touchscreens, each with LED backlighting and 1,024 x 600 resolution. You will note the virtual keyboard, and it is billed as “the world’s first dual touch-screen Windows mini-notebook PC”. It can be used both vertically and horizontally, thanks to a built-in accelerometer. The battery life is good for 2 or 4 hours with high-capacity battery. Other features include Intel Pentium U5400 CPU, 62GB SSD, 2GB RAM, WiMAX, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, Micro SD/SDHC slot, USB port, and Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit.

Dual-Screen Versatility

The new libretto® W100 ultra mobile PC multiplies your possibilities by offering dual 7” diagonal multi-touch screens that work horizontally or vertically—perfect for ebooks or enjoying movies, music and photos. It also offers easy navigation, along with different virtual keyboards plus a “soft” track pad that let you type, click and browse the way you want. 

Breakthrough Portability

Weighing in at under two pounds, the durable clamshell design of the libretto® PC makes even the lightest laptops seem heavy. Engineered for the ultimate in carrying comfort and handheld performance, it’s equipped with a spacious solid state drive for storing and sharing your files, along with music, photos and clips. And it’s encased in a black metallic finish.

Wireless Freedom

Carry the libretto® W100 PC and you’re done with wires. Wireless-N puts you in touch from any hotspot. A built-in webcam empowers you to chat face-to-face all over the place. And integrated Bluetooth® v2.1 lets you lose the cords when using headphones, speakers or a mouse.

Seamless Synchronization

This PC definitely plays well with others. Driven by Windows® 7, it lets you easily share, stream and synchronize your files and multimedia through your home network or cloud. It also comes with a USB port and built-in memory reader so you can transfer stuff to and from external hard drives and other popular gear.
 
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Hottest and Latest Gaming Desktop

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Acer has a spanking new gaming desktop for those who want to get their game on without losing out on frame rates, where their refreshed Predator AG7750 system will start from a dollar shy of two grand onwards, offering more than a decent gaming spec rig, with an Intel Core i7 930 2.8GHz processor running proceedings from within, aided by an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 graphics card with the ability to support another two 3D graphics cards thanks to additional slots that are available on the motherboard. You will find the tricked out specs include 12GB of 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM, a 1.5TB 7,200 rpm hard drive, a mechanized door for its front panel for that added touch of class, and a color scheme that will certainly appeal to those who are into hardcore gaming. If you have this as your gaming rig of choice and still lose your games, then we don't think that not having the right hardware is a valid reason anymore. Most avid gamers that we know of prefer to build their system straight from scratch as it gives them a greater degree of control over the parts within, so this is one for folks who want to be on par at least without going through the hassle of pulling a Build-It-Yourself job.
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FIFA WORLD CUP 2010: No. 1 England Footie Fan

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If you are England's number 1 fan, then you obviously  must got this pint-sized footie enthusiast. The very picture of your Eng-er-land obsessive, his merry chanting and dancing will have you in stitches. He's kitted out in an England shirt (of course) and fabric jeans, and when you press his button he'll wave his scarf back and forth while shouting out one of a variety of chants. Best of all is, he won’t be arrested for acting like a hooligan just in case the German tanks steamroll over the Three Lions, for we will look towards the 5-1 victory. 

      Amongst his vocal arsenal are 'God Save The Queen', the dulcet 'Ere We Go', and many other similarly terrace-worthy chants. It's a bit of fun, but still a nice way to show a little bit of patriotism as the World Cup dawns on us.
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PICO Solar Charger for gadgets and cellphones

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The Freeloader Pico is designed to power virtually any portable device for free! Using advanced solar cell and li-ion battery technologies Pico will deliver power in all daylight conditions. Simply connect Pico using one of the tips provided or using the USB sync / charge cable originally supplied with your device for instant power.

Performance
Charge up time from sun  = 10 hours
Charge up time from USB =  3 hours
Time to deliver power from Pico to a device  = 30 minutes
 Gives power as follows:
Mobile phone – 35 hours
Ipod – 14 hours
GPS – 1 ½ hours
MP3 – 2 ¼ hours
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Jaybird SB2 Sportsband Bluetooth stereo Headphones

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The Jaybird SB2 Sportsband headphones come in a range of funky colors and they are Bluetooth A2DP compatible.
 Jaybird SB2 Headphone is compatible with apt-X Bluetooth Audio Codec which is included in Apple’s Mac Mini. The headset works like charm with any Bluetooth A2DP audio device or devices having 3.5 mm Audio Jack via uSport Universal Bluetooth Adapter. Also if you want the headset to provide great quality audio experience with your iPhone, you need to shed an additional $50 for iSport adaptor.


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FIFA World Cup 2010 commemorative flash drives

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Amkette, the maker of digital storage and lifestyle peripherals, has introduced a special offer for soccer lovers, Amkette World Cup Series Flash Drives.  

The 4GB World Cup commemorative flash drives are suited up and ready to play, in the team jersey of three of the top soccer teams this year, Red for Spain, Yellow for Brazil and White for England are ready to score on your USB port. The jersey also has a lanyard for easy attachment with cell phones and keyrings. 

The USB flash drives have been designed in the shape of a jersey. The World Cup jersey shaped USB Drive comes with 4GB storage capacity. It features USB 2.0 connection, works like other USB drives which requires no driver, allows plug and play function to work on various Os including Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000 and Mac OS.
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Quantum Teleportation

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 Teleportation is the name given by science fiction writers to the feat of making an object or person disintegrate in one place while a perfect replica appears somewhere else. How this is accomplished is usually not explained in detail, but the general idea seems to be that the original object is scanned in such a way as to extract all the information from it, then this information is transmitted to the receiving location and used to construct the replica, not necessarily from the actual material of the original, but perhaps from atoms of the same kinds, arranged in exactly the same pattern as the original. A teleportation machine would be like a fax machine, except that it would work on 3-dimensional objects as well as documents, it would produce an exact copy rather than an approximate facsimile, and it would destroy the original in the process of scanning it. A few science fiction writers consider teleporters that preserve the original, and the plot gets complicated when the original and teleported versions of the same person meet; but the more common kind of teleporter destroys the original, functioning as a super transportation device, not as a perfect replicator of souls and bodies. 

In 1993 an international group of six scientists, including IBM Fellow Charles H. Bennett, confirmed the intuitions of the majority of science fiction writers by showing that perfect teleportation is indeed possible in principle, but only if the original is destroyed. In subsequent years, other scientists have demonstrated teleportation experimentally in a variety of systems, including single photons, coherent light fields, nuclear spins, and trapped ions.  Teleportation promises to be quite useful as an information processing primitive, facilitating long range quantum communication (perhaps unltimately leading to a "quantum internet"), and making it much easier to build a working quantum computer.   But science fiction fans will be disappointed to learn that no one expects to be able to teleport people or other macroscopic objects in the foreseeable future, for a variety of engineering reasons, even though it would not violate any fundamental law to do so. 
In the past, the idea of teleportation was not taken very seriously by scientists, because it was thought to violate the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics, which forbids any measuring or scanning process from extracting all the information in an atom or other object. According to the uncertainty principle, the more accurately an object is scanned, the more it is disturbed by the scanning process, until one reaches a point where the object's original state has been completely disrupted, still without having extracted enough information to make a perfect replica. This sounds like a solid argument against teleportation: if one cannot extract enough information from an object to make a perfect copy, it would seem that a perfect copy cannot be made. But the six scientists found a way to make an end run around this logic, using a celebrated and paradoxical feature of quantum mechanics known as the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen effect. In brief, they found a way to scan out part of the information from an object A, which one wishes to teleport, while causing the remaining, unscanned, part of the information to pass, via the Einstein- Podolsky-Rosen effect, into another object C which has never been contact with A. Later, by applying to C a treatment depending on the scanned-out information, it is possible to maneuver C into exactly the same state as A was in before it was scanned. A itself is no longer in that state, having been thoroughly disrupted by the scanning, so what has been achieved is teleportation, not replication. 

As the figure above suggests, the unscanned part of the information is conveyed from A to C by an intermediary object B, which interacts first with C and then with A. What? Can it really be correct to say "first with C and then with A"? Surely, in order to convey something from A to C, the delivery vehicle must visit A before C, not the other way around. But there is a subtle, unscannable kind of information that, unlike any material cargo, and even unlike ordinary information, can indeed be delivered in such a backward fashion. This subtle kind of information, also called "Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) correlation" or "entanglement", has been at least partly understood since the 1930s when it was discussed in a famous paper by Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, and Nathan Rosen. In the 1960s John Bell showed that a pair of entangled particles, which were once in contact but later move too far apart to interact directly, can exhibit individually random behavior that is too strongly correlated to be explained by classical statistics. Experiments on photons and other particles have repeatedly confirmed these correlations, thereby providing strong evidence for the validity of quantum mechanics, which neatly explains them. Another well-known fact about EPR correlations is that they cannot by themselves deliver a meaningful and controllable message. It was thought that their only usefulness was in proving the validity of quantum mechanics. But now it is known that, through the phenomenon of quantum teleportation, they can deliver exactly that part of the information in an object which is too delicate to be scanned out and delivered by conventional methods.

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