Samsung has introduced it’s first laptops with new Hybrid HDD built in. The first to get this Hybrid HDD upgrade is 15.4″ Samsung R55 multimedia notebook.
The Samsung R55 includes a 80GB Hybrid HDD (5400rpm + 256Mb OneNAND Flash), nVidia GeForce 7400 Graphics card, 15.4" WXGA Widescreen TFT Screen with SuperClear Technology.
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Samsung R55 Hybrid HDD Laptop
Ion Technology Clothes Hanger Removes Cigarette Smoke
With ion technology, this portable device removes cigarette smoke in a convenient, timesaving and cost-efficient manner. It's gentler on clothes than dry cleaning and no more costly bills. It's ideal for freshening clothing after you leave a smoky bar or restaurant. It takes the ordinary clothes hanger to a completely new level - no more harsh dry cleaning to remove smoke or odors from clothing.
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Building with 7000 Solar Panels
The facade of this Manchester skyscraper (owned by CIS, an insurance company) was original covered with small mosaic tiles, but after only six months, they began to detach and go down. A solution was needed, and a company called solarcentury came up with a clever idea replacing the failing tiles with solar cells.
Not only do the solar cells provide a weatherproof barrier, they also generate about 390kW of power for the building. In total, 7,244 Sharp 80W modules are used to cover the entire service tower (but apparently only 4898 of these modules are "live" the others are "dummy modules" strange). The building also has 24 wind turbines on the roof, which provide 10% of the total power used by the building.
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Hands-Free Jump Rope Machine
Hands-free machine turns the rope automatically, so, parents will have more time for others things! Just tie one end to a stationary object, attach the other to the machine and jump! Kids can adjust the speed and timer to just the right setting; also you can even switch modes to spin the rope at ground level. Kids can use it as a skip-jumper, too. 45" tall. 6 “D” batteries not included. (6 years & up).
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Parrot Teaches four year old Boy To Talk
Dylan Hargreaves, four, is autistic and suffers severe learning difficulties. Until recently, he never uttered a single word. But several few months ago, his parents added a three-year-old blue-and-gold macaw to the family. They named him Barney, and suddenly, Dylan began to speak, repeating words that the parrot said.
After being tutored by Barney the parrot, Dylan says "Night, night", "Dad", "Mum", "Ta", "Hello" and "Bye".
"Barney has changed our lives. Before he arrived, Dylan would try to speak, but the sound came out as a noise," said Dylan's mother, Michelle.
Michelle believes that her son will soon be saying "Barney", because he loves his companion so much.
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Discover Islamic Art - Museum With No Frontiers
Discover Islamic Art is the most ambitious and exciting project conceived by Museum With No Frontiers (MWNF), within the first phase of the Euromed Heritage programme.
For the first time physical exhibition venues located all over Europe and the Mediterranean come together to create a joint virtual museum thus establishing an authentic museum with no frontiers of Islamic art in the Mediterranean where visitors will be able to discover more than 1,000 monuments and archaeological sites from the Umayyad period up to the beginning of the Ottoman Empire in Egypt, Italy, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey.
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Widescreen MP4 Player Watch with 1.8 Inch Display
The first ever MP4 video player watch made. This China Made 2GB MP4 Watch features a expanded 1.8 Inch TFT screen, MTV format movie player, built-in FM radio, built-in speaker, with 2GB Built in Memory, Lyrics Display, Photo Slideshow and much more.
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Barbecue without electric energy
Now you can barbecue without electric energy, only with sun energy.
With the Solar-Grill you can barbecue fish, chicken, vegetables, juicy steaks or other tasteful meals.
The Solar-Grill has a flexible mirror, which focuses the sun beams on the barbecue cup allowing it to heat up.
Your meal is cooked in the self contained barbecue cup an heated evenly from all sides, without direct irradiation by sunlight.
Solar-Grill is ideal for camping and spare time, in the garden, on the balcony, at the swimming pool, beach or lakeside resort. Anyplace where open fire is forbidden or clouds of smoke are not welcome.
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Titanic Passenger List Online and Free
The original passengers list of Titanic is now available on the internet!
Fully digitised images of the RMS Titanic's original 34-page passenger list are now available for the very first time online.
Its addition completes the set of passengers lists for the ships leaving the UK furing the decade 1910-1919, recently added to the ancestorsonboard.com collection. These images are available only at http://www.findmypast.com/, and are presented in association with The National Archives.
The original Titanic passenger list records the names, port of departure, occupation, nationality, age, class of travel, destination and country of intended future permanent residence of all who sailed on its ill-fated maiden voyage in 1912. Usually it costs up to £3 to view a single passenger list image (subscription access is available), but for a limited time only visitors will be available to view, print, save and download the Titanic passenger list free of charge. That's £100 worth of free images for all our visitors.
Marking the 95th anniversary of the ship's tragic loss, the online release brings the original documents together for the first time online and in print, as there are no images of the originals published in any media elsewhere.
Find out more:
You can read more about the Titanic passenger list here.
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Google buys DoubleClick for $3.1 billion
Google Inc. announced yesterday a definitive agreement to acquire DoubleClick Inc., a global leader in digital marketing technology and services, for $3.1 billion in cash from San Francisco-based private equity firm Hellman & Friedman along with JMI Equity and management. The acquisition will combine DoubleClick's expertise in ad management technology for media buyers and sellers with Google's leading advertising platform and publisher monetization services.
"It has been our vision to make Internet advertising better - less intrusive, more effective, and more useful. Together with DoubleClick, Google will make the Internet more efficient for end users, advertisers, and publishers," said Sergey Brin, Co-Founder & President, Google Technology. "
Read more here
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Pieces of Titanic transformed into luxury watches
Geneva watchmaker Romain Jerome has built a watch with steel and coal from Titanic.
Romain Jerome said it purchased a piece of the hull weighing about 1.5 kg (3 pounds) that was retrieved in 1991, but declined to identify the seller. The metal has been certified as authentic by the Titanic's builders Harland and Wolff.
To make the watches, which were offered for sale for the first time in Basel for between $7,800 and $173,100, the Swiss company created an alloy using the slab from the Titanic with steel being used in a Harland and Wolff replica of the vessel.
The gold, platinum and steel time pieces have black dial faces made of lacquer paint that includes coal recovered from the debris field of the Titanic wrecksite, offered for sale by the U.S. company RMS Titanic Inc.
The company will make 2,012 watches to coincide with the centenary anniversary of the Titanic's sinking in 2012.
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Bright Door Handle
Today I have found these attractive doors handle. They indicate if the room is occupied or not. These door handle can be very useful for toilets or any kind of rooms.
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IBEO Smart Car
This car has laser sensors that act as "eyes" linked to an intelligent computer brain controlling its movements and has designed to cope with frenetic inner-city driving.
The laser-scanner eyes feed the electronic data of what they "see" around them into an on-board "black-box" computer.
This is linked to satellite navigation software and maps out a picture of the car's surroundings in a 200 yard radius - including road conditions, buildings, other vehicles and pedestrians.
Scanning the road ahead and behind, it can brake, accelerate, change gear and steer itself around rush hour traffic and obstacles, even reversing to get out of a tight spot.
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Toshiba Qosmio G40
Shower with colored lights
This shower designed by Signorini Design uses ultra slim metallic blocks and attached lights to rain down the water in color, illuminating the streams in yellow, red, blue, or green.
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Website is selling four of Michael Schumacher's most significant F1 cars
Cars International website is selling four of Michael Schumacher's most significant F1 cars, they all fully restored and operational.
Jordan 191 / Ford HB chassis 01
The car that started it all – first Grand Prix
Benetton B191 / Ford HB chassis 05
First world championship points
Benetton B194 / Ford Zetec R chassis 05
First world championship
Ferrari F2002
The car that settled it – total domination
Price: $6,500,000 USD
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Rare Faberge miniature chair
A very rare Faberge miniature chair is seen at Sotheby's auction house, in New York, April 10, 2007, prior to going on public display tomorrow. The chair is being sold along with Russian paintings, sculpture, silver and porcelain at auction on April 16 and 17 and is expected to bring between $1-1.5m.
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Walt Disney's passport for sale
The Walt Disney's last passport just a year before he died, is up for bids on eBay.
Estimate:
US $14,400.00 - US $21,600.00
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Via boingboing
Sony Walkman NW-E
Sony has developed new series of MP3 players with 1GB, 2GB with capacity of upto 1300 tracks, direct USB plug for ease of use, Lithium-ion rechargeable battery with great Stamina of 30 hours, FM tuner, LCD Color Screen display for easy navigation and to see CD cover and ATRAC* , MP3 , AAC (non DRM) and WMA (non DRM) compatible.
*ATRAC
(Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding) ATRAC (Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding) is a data-compression process developed by Sony for MiniDisc use. Only the sound components detectable by the human ear are recorded, enabling a 64 mm diameter disc to store 80 minutes of high-quality stereo audio.
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Google Voice Local Search
Google Voice Local Search is Google’s experimental service to make local-business search accessible over the phone.
To try this service, just dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone.
And it's free. Google doesn’t charge you a thing for the call or for connecting you to the business. Regular phone charges may apply, based on your telephone service provider.
Using this service, you can:
- search for a local business by name or category.You can say "Giovanni's Pizzeria" or just "pizza".
- get connected to the business, free of charge.
- get the details by SMS if you’re using a mobile phone.Just say "text message".
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World's largest display size based on polymer organic light-emitting diode
Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology, has developed a 20.8-inch low-temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel to advance to the next-generation of flat-screen TV sets and monitors.
The newly developed panel demonstrates the world's largest screen size for polymer-type OLED display panels using LTPS technology, accomplished through the use of newly developed techniques for uniform coating of organic electroluminescent materials and the optimized combination of electrodes and organic materials.
Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology (TMD) has been concentrating its efforts towards the development of LTPS technology and OLED technology. Since the development of a 17-inch OLED panel in April 2002, which then was the world's largest screen size among OLED displays, TMD has been developing 2.0-inch, 2.2-inch, 2.5-inch, 2.8-inch, and 3.5-inch OLED panels ideally suited for cellular phones and compact mobile equipment and has been in mass production of 3.5-inch OLED panels.
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New Engine Valve Control Technology (VVEL)
Nissan has now announced a new method of valve actuation that delivers a balance of responsiveness and power, fuel efficiency and low emissions. The system combines Nissan’s new Variable Valve Event and Lift (VVEL) and continuous valve timing control (C-VTC) technologies to deliver significantly enhanced performance. A rocker arm and two types of links close the intake-valves by transferring the rotational movement of a drive shaft with an eccentric cam to the output cam. The movement of the output cam can be varied by rotating the control shaft within the DC motor and changing the fulcrums of the links. This makes a continuous adjustment of the valve lift possible. The advanced technologies will be made available initially through the Infiniti G37 coupe, scheduled to be unveiled at the upcoming New York International Auto Show next week. Nissan plans to install the VVEL system, which contributes up to a 10% reduction in carbon-dioxide emissions, on its products worldwide starting from FY07 under the Nissan Green Program 2010.
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Butterfly Cellphone
The "Butterfly" is a slider, but it slides out horizontally rather than vertically like most other slider phones, it was designed by a 15-year-old Korean student studying in Canada.
The whole package is an 3.5 inch AMOLED touchscreen and it includes all of the regulars like dialing, web browsing and videos camera and SD expandability.
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Mandriva Flash 4GB!- A 3D Desktop in your pocket
Mandriva Flash is a pre-installed Mandriva Linux distribution on a simple 4GB USB 2.0 Key.
Plug the key, start your Linux system everywhere, save and exchange your datas on the free space, up to 3GB!
Mobile: take it everywhere and make any desktop your own!
Handy: everything for your office work, Internet and multimedia... on a stick!
Keep your personal datas in your pocket!
Fun: spectacular 3D-accelerated desktop, only with Linux!
Safe: it doesn't make any changes on the host computer
Reliable: unmatched stability and hardware recognition
Fast: high data transfer rates with USB 2.0
Storage: up to 3GB available for user files
You can use the Mandriva Flash in the following languages:
English - French - German - Italian - Spanish - Bokmaal - Finnish (Suomi) - Nynorsk - Polish - Portuguese - Portuguese (Brazil) - Russian
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Flickr with new Tag Browser
I love Flickr, but sometimes I fell lost through the tags and pictures, Airtight Interactive built a little application with simple search field, typing a keyword, it brings up a nice view of pictures from Flickr archive. Check out this simple Flickr Tag Browser.
Songbird Serenade Clock
New way to wake up! It’s awful wake up with beep alarm, but now with Songbird Serenade Clock you will fell like waking up in the field. Just slip your choice of up to 27 optional Song Cards into the front panel, each containing actual digital recordings for 10 different birds.
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ExpressCard, up to 16GB
Transcend Information, is leading company in flash memory products, is announced its brand-new ExpressCard/34 SSD series. The ExpressCard/34 SSD (Solid State Disk) has a huge capacity (up to 16GB) and low power consumption, which makes it perfect for use as a mobile storage solution in notebook computers with ExpressCard slot.
Transcend’s ExpressCard/34 SSD is a smaller and faster plug-in module solution that supports USB 2.0 and PCI Express Applications, and perfectly matches mobile and desktop systems. The ExpressCard/34 SSD is compatible with Windows Vista and supports ReadyBoost function. Moreover, Transcend’s ExpressCard/34 SSD comes bundled with a portable USB adapter, which makes it work as a regular USB flash drive.
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Bibliochaise
Great chair for the people that love read books. It contains 5 linear meters (15feet) of books and thanks to a special fitting structure is easily disassembled.
The Home version, studied to perfectly fit in an apartment, measures 102x85 h.73,5 cm.
It cannot be disassembled and is finished with water enamel in six possible colours
This model is particularly suitable for grand spaces, hotels, entrances, living rooms, etc
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Load YouTube Videos Faster
SpeedBit Video Accelerator for YouTube makes your videos stream faster and play smoother by reducing buffering problems and video interruptions.
SpeedBit Video Accelerator is another groundbreaking product from the creators of Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) – pioneers of acceleration technology!
Download: SpeedBit Video Accelerator
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F-22-A Raptor
An Air Force F-22-A Raptor flies through the air as condensation clouds form around the aircraft during the 42nd Naval Base Ventura County Air Show at Point Mugu, Sunday, April 1, 2007, near Ventura, Calif. The aircraft is not flying supersonic. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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French TGV high-speed train breaks record
Flash Voyager - USB drives
The Corsair Flash Voyager family of USB drives is rugged, stylish, compact, and reliable, making them ideal for transporting MP3s, digital images, presentations and more. Flash Voyager drives are fully Plug and Play with most operating systems and are backward compatible with USB 1.1. Their durable rubber casing is easy to grip and water resistant.
The Flash Voyager has been shown laundered, baked, frozen, boiled, dropped, and even run over by a SUV in many third party reviews. After all the punishment it receives, the drive continues to work.
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The 20 most popular websites - downtime so far in 2009
Each site below links to its GIGRIB report page where you can examine their uptime and downtime more closely.
These are the 20 most popular websites in the United States, according to Alexa. Here you can see the downtime so far in 2007 for each of these 20 websites, as measured by GIGRIB.
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USB Piggy Card Reader with 4 slots
USB Piggy Card Reader with 4 slots for various memory cards. Its piggy-like design which is cute and its weight is light so that easy for storage and also as a decoration on working desk.
- Support SD, CF, XD, MS, Mini SD, T-flash/Micro SD
- Fully support USB 2.0
- Small and portable
- Size: 118x65x38mm
- Weight: 45g
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Google introduce the “Gmail Paper”
Google introduce the “Gmail Paper”, everyone write email but not everyone loves the new era of email, now for those people Gmail has the key. Gmail is bringing the stamps, filing cabinets and the mail man.
The cost of postage is offset with the help of relevant, targeted, unobtrusive advertisements, which will appear on the back of your Gmail Paper prints in red, bold, 36 pt Helvetica. No pop-ups, no flashy animations, these are physically impossible in the paper medium.
You can make us print one, one thousand, or one hundred thousand of your emails. It’s whatever seems reasonable to you. Gmail Paper is made out of 96% post-consumer organic soybean sputum, and thus, actually helps the environment.
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OCZ Trifecta Micro SD, SD and USB Drive in One
OCZ Technology Group, is a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high quality memories, they have released the most innovative Secure Digital memory solution on the market, the new OCZ Trifecta SD card series. This unique combination of microSD, SD and a USB key in one unit creates a new way of sharing files between your mobile phone, MP3 player, digital camera, and PC.OCZ Trifecta memory cards will be available in 1GB and 2GB capacities with high speed 66X read-rates. OCZ’s commitment to quality carries on into their flash memory series; all OCZ Trifecta Cards come backed with a 5 year warranty for unparalleled peace of mind.
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Electromagnetic photo frame
This is an electromagnetic photo frame. The photo frame comes with a magnetic field sensor on the top and a microprocessor and electronics in the base to carry on your photos always in the correct position by calculating the distance between the photo and the frame, and making the necessary adjustments.
The photo frame can hold up to two photos, one on each side, and since they react to even the smallest of winds, your photos will almost always be in movement, allowing you to see each one of your pictures at a time.
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Cellphone Code Reader
Software will let cell phones read bar code data on everyday objects from the Internet.
Media experts say that cellphones, are the Swiss Army knives of technology, are quickly heading in this direction. New technology, already in use in parts of Asia but still in development in the United States, allows the phones to connect with objects through the Internet.
“The cellphone is the natural tool to combine the physical world with the digital world,” that executive, Cyriac Roeding, the head of mobile-phone applications for CBS, said the other day.
In Japan, McDonald’s customers can already point their cellphones at the wrapping on their hamburgers and get nutrition information on their screens. Users there can also point their phones at magazine ads to receive insurance quotes, and board airplanes using their phones rather than paper tickets. And film promoters can send their movie trailers from billboards.
Read more on The New York Times.
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Wireless power and reality
Energy without wires has always seemed like one of those novel concepts that sounds terrific in theory, but remains a tad difficult to imagine hitting the commercial scene for some time to come. Apparently, all that is about to become nonsense, as a Pennsylvania-based startup is set to capture the wireless-loving hearts of, um, everyone when it tackles contactless power products.
Powercast has already "signed nondisclosure agreements to develop products with more than 100 companies (Philips, for instance), including major manufacturers of cellphones, MP3 players, automotive parts, temperature sensors, hearing aids, and medical implants." The firm's radio-wave-receiving miracle device trumps existing attempts by "adjusting to variations in load and field strength while maintaining a constant DC voltage," essentially ensuring that only low wattages (read: the stuff that garners FCC admiration) are flung around. The system basically consists of two parts, a wall-plug transmitter and a "dime-sized receiver" that handles the real magic, and energy is instantly transmitted whenever that disc comes within a yard or so of its tag-team partner.
Incredibly, the receiver only costs "about $5" to produce, yet the outfit has already secured upwards of $10 million in private funding, which translates into one less American that desperately needs to win the lottery. Get ready folks, if all goes well, Powercast will be shipping "many millions of units" by the end of 2008 and maybe even sooner.
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engadget the world's first open-source car
The world's first open-source car, was revealed at AutoRAI, the Amsterdam car show. The initiative and vision behind the c,mm,n (pronounced "common") comes from the "Stichting Natuur en Milieu" (The Netherlands Society for Nature and Environment) and the three technical universities of Delft, Eindhoven and Enschede.
The vehicle's technical drawings and blueprints are freely available online, and everyone is invited to add their own ideas and modifications, provided of course that these are shared again with the community.
Environmental sustainability was a key factor in the development of the c,mm,n: the vehicle is therefore a zero-emission, hydrogen-powered 2+2 family car. c,mm,n drivers can also easily share information on traffic conditions, route planning and parking availability.
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ProgDVB 5.05.04
ProgDVB, this Software allows you to watch SAT-Television and listen to Radio channels directly from satellite by using DVB-PCI cards with hardware decoders on the board, SAT-dish, and personal x86-compatible computers with MicrosoftR Windows98, 2000, XP Operating Systems properly installed. This software has options for working with network broadcasting and Audio/Video recording of the stream to different digital-media formats.Download: ProgDVB 5.05.04 (freeware)
Free Microsoft Windows Vista Wallpapers
Brajeshwar has uploaded many beautiful free Microsoft Windows Vista Wallpapers with high-resolution on flickr.
Here you can download the entire Windows Vista wallpaper collection
Here are the links:
- Vista Wallpaper Pack – Part 1
- Vista Wallpaper Pack – Part 2
- Vista Wallpaper – the missing ones
- Vista Wallpaper – another missing ones from Matt
- Vista Wallpaper from r5381
- Cool Black Vista Wallpapers
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Hidden Camera Wireless Signal Detection Pen
This versatile pen wireless signal detector is a perfect kit to help you stay away from intention spying, no matter where you in a hotel, dressing room or anywhere personal privacyneed to be secured. It utilizes the 4th generation RF broad-brand wireless detecting technology, it is a combination of RF and UV detection device, which allows you to detect wireless signals(brand between 100M-3000MHz), it is a very effective device to protect you from spying devices which required wireless signals transitions. It could automatic detect wireless signals and alerts with a colorful flashing light at the tip of the pen, according to signal strength the flashing will be more frequent. It also could be used as a bill-tester, push the button on the side of the pen to illuminate the UV light to check for fake currency by detecting the water mark. It is a smart device to secure your privacy no matter where you are.
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LEOTEC 300 K Pixel Webcam
Leotec presents the new Webcam with 300K Pixel Cube, The total solution for videoconference, with night vision to talk even in the dark.
This webcam's technology makes it unique: the VGA obtains very sharp and clear images through the advanced 300K pixel CMOS sensor. Real 640x480 pixel resolution, and in still images until 1.3 megapixel. It is supplied through the USB 1.1 port with Plug & Play technology.
Specifications:
· USB 1.1 and 2.0 compatible
· Optimized for instant messaging and video applications.
· Night vision (infrared light)
· Until 640 x 480
· 30 fps
· CRT / TFT and laptop display compatible.
· Built-in microphone
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Amoebalike Robots for Search and Rescue
Roboticists at Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, have developed a novel form of locomotion for robotics based on the way the single-celled amoeba moves. Unlike any other robots, the Virginia Tech ones are designed to use their entire outer skin as a means of propulsion.
This novel type of locomotion is particularly suited to search-and-rescue applications, says Hong: "They can squeeze under a collapsed ceiling or between obstacles very easily." Indeed, preliminary experiments show that the robots, with their soft, contracting bodies, are able to push themselves through holes with diameters much smaller than their normal width, Hong says. And because the robots are able to use their entire contact surfaces for traction, they can move over and through very uneven environments with ease.
The actual motion is generated by contracting and expanding actuator rings along the length of the robot's body. By contracting the rings at the rear of the robot and expanding them toward.
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Speed Gear Toilet Plunger
This funny toilet plunger comes with 6- speed is not only an appealing looking but a practical household item for the smallest room in the house. Using rubber pump to adhere firmly to the floor through suction, the racing enthusiast can keep busy by practicing gear changing (shift pattern is etched into knob). The knob and the shaft are made of CNC-machined aluminum billet and the total length is . This toilet plunger it's great for the racing fans to pratice gear chaging.
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Smart Sunglasses Change Color on Demand
New kind of sunglasses!
The lenses that the researchers have developed are made of a kind of electrochromic polymer, a material that can alter its levels of darkness and color in response to an electric current. The glasses only require power when they change hue.
So far Xu and her colleagues have developed prototype shades that resemble a pair of lab goggles with a dial attached onto the frame. Turning this dial activates the tiny watch battery powering the goggles and dials up the desired color. A single watch battery can power thousands of changes. The researchers presented their findings Tuesday at the American Chemical Society annual meeting.
In the lab, the researchers have shown their glasses can quickly switch from transparent to blue, plus various shades in between, at the flip of a switch, requiring minimal energy consumption. "We are working on a multicolored device as well, but no prototype is available yet," Xu said.
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