Two high-octane octogenarians rev up their wheelchairs and spin around the 10-piece track; individual controls keep the action going.
Monday, August 18, 2008
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The Solar Jacket
Researchers at North Carolina State University have found out a new concept to charge your gadgets on the go and the process is called digital textile printing. This allows the designers to put on solar cells into clothing or bags by printing fabric that matches the pattern of the solar panel. And the best of all, the scientist have also found out that the clothing caused no significant health risk to the wearer such as electric shock, after a five-day test. So do you think this concept will go into mass production? There still no info on that. But I think that designer should improve on the design to make it looks more stylish. A black color netting on it will look nicer but not sure if they can do that or not.
[via TechFresh]
[via TechFresh]
Microsoft Windows 7 features to be unveiled
It is without a doubt that Microsoft’s high hopes for Windows Vista has been dashed due to lackluster reception, and it is so bad that Microsoft even needs to push Windows Vista by quickly killing off XP. Now I love my XP, and Vista has been anything but tempting to me thus far, hence making me resist the next logical upgrade path until my current notebook decides to give up the ghost (touch wood). Hopefully in what could be Microsoft’s efforts to make up for its mistakes in Vista, it will be unveiling Windows 7’s features sometime next month. Hopefully Windows 7 won’t be the laggard that Vista is, what with the multi-touch user interface that seems to be all the rage these days considering the huge amount of iPhone owners worldwide.
These new Windows 7 features will be previewed at the coming developer and hardware conferences this October and a month after, and the Redmond, Washington company has gone so far even as to set up an official Windows 7 blog where senior engineers will discuss the operating system with users. OK, I do know that these engineers already have their hands full with work, so I’m not too sure whether they will have the extra time to cater to the service line in this case. I suppose this is where the benefit of the doubt comes in, eh? The two events where Windows 7 technical details will be released are its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) and the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) that are held in October and November, respectively.
Looks as though Microsoft is trying to gauge the interest level for the unreleased Windows 7 features so that they will be able to make the necessary amendments (if any) in order to play to the gallery. Take note that the blog won’t be that comprehensive, as it will “not set expectations around the release that end up disappointing,” like “features that don’t make it, claims that don’t stick, or support we don’t provide.”
These new Windows 7 features will be previewed at the coming developer and hardware conferences this October and a month after, and the Redmond, Washington company has gone so far even as to set up an official Windows 7 blog where senior engineers will discuss the operating system with users. OK, I do know that these engineers already have their hands full with work, so I’m not too sure whether they will have the extra time to cater to the service line in this case. I suppose this is where the benefit of the doubt comes in, eh? The two events where Windows 7 technical details will be released are its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) and the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) that are held in October and November, respectively.
Looks as though Microsoft is trying to gauge the interest level for the unreleased Windows 7 features so that they will be able to make the necessary amendments (if any) in order to play to the gallery. Take note that the blog won’t be that comprehensive, as it will “not set expectations around the release that end up disappointing,” like “features that don’t make it, claims that don’t stick, or support we don’t provide.”
Melting Ice Men by Nele Azevedo
Nele Azevedo, a Brazilian artist creates hundreds of sitting figures out of ice. All of them were put seated on the stairs - - the installation lasted till the last one melted in the heat of the day.
[via Neatorama]
EPIA N700 Mainboard
The EPIA N700 mini motherboard is the first board embedded with the company’s VX800 processor. The all-in-one VIA VX800 media system processor is a highly integrated digital media chipset featuring the latest video, graphics and connectivity performance in a single chip. It offers DirectX9 graphics core and video playback for MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV9, VC1 and DiVX video formats. The board is available with either a power-efficient 1.5GHz VIA C7 or 500MHz VIA Eden processor which supports up to 2GB of DDR2 system memory and comes with two onboard S-ATA connectors, USB 2.0, COM and Gigabit LAN ports. This 12cm x 12cm board is available this September, no words on pricing.
RM-92 Remote Control with Touch Screen
The RM-92 is a 6 in 1 multi-purpose remote control with touch screen display. It can be used to control many appliances including TV, VCR, DVD, SAT/Cable, AMP and other infrared remote facilities. It also has permanent memory, timer, alarm clock, musical punch key, glow-in-dark touch screen, sound and volume adjustments and battery meter. The RM-92 touch screen remote control is available at $35.94.
Rumor: iPhone 3G Unlocked via some Hardware Soldering
There’s easiest unlocking method is by using those iPhone unlock card. Rumors around that a Vietnamese website claimed to have unlocked the iPhone 3G through some hardware soldering like the picture above.
[via Slashphone]
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