Archive for ‘October, 2010’

Corps of Asgard and Asgard II from XIGMATEK a window on the side of the

Corps of Asgard and Asgard II from XIGMATEK a window on the side of the

Economy computer enthusiasts company XIGMATEK Co., Ltd. addresses a slightly modified version of their computer cases and Asgard Asgard II in the form factor Mid Tower. from its predecessors differ only in the presence of new items on the side of the transparent window in the form of big capital letter «X», which will allow [...]

Honda ASIMO robot celebrates 10th anniversary

Honda ASIMO robot celebrates 10th anniversary

Today, October 31, 2010, the brainchild of the main robotehnicheskoe Honda celebrates anniversary. It would seem like only yesterday for the first time ASIMO has shown an astonished audience, and today humanoid robot for a decade. The eyes of all the robots of the world doling out oil welling tears of emotion, which they resemble [...]

The new tower in Seoul, uses energy efficient “solar” facade

The new tower in Seoul, uses energy efficient “solar” facade

In recent years, architects and building designers are paying more attention to various “green” ways to ensure the facility with electricity – with the development of photovoltaic cells manufacturing technologies is played not only on the image, but also for economic efficiency. For example, in the Twin Towers in Abu Dhabi external photoelectric coating produces [...]

The bus tunnel will appear in the U.S.

The bus tunnel will appear in the U.S.

In the crazy ideas usually specialize in Asia, while Europe and America is more restrained in innovation and dispense with the outrageous, wherever possible. If the bus tunnel, which proposed the idea in August, the Chinese company Shenzen Huashi Future Car-Parking Equipment, normally would have looked on the streets of any Asian metropolis in America [...]

Screen from Liquavista is flexible and “very strong”

Screen from Liquavista is flexible and “very strong”

next generation of screens for electronic “chitalok” in no hurry to go beyond the laboratory. Liquavista company for quite some time shows the screen, using technology electrowetting (electrowetting) – development provides a color image, a high refresh rate, good visibility in all lighting conditions and low power consumption. And now all of these advantages adds [...]

The Japanese appear to increase the reliability of automotive electronics

The Japanese appear to increase the reliability of automotive electronics

Japan Society of Information Systems (Information Systems Society of Japan, ISSJ) issued addressed to the Japanese government and the national carmakers a suggestion for improving overall vehicle safety and reliability of embedded electronic control units (ECU) cars. This document is far more important than it seems at first glance – let’s see why. The proposal [...]

Atrio Special Edition – in-ear headphones with the care of hearing

Atrio Special Edition – in-ear headphones with the care of hearing

Many parents worry that their children listen to music on headphones too loudly, which negatively affects hearing. Manufacturer of professional headphones for stage and personal use Future Sonics has decided to present his solution to this problem by announcing ear Atrio Special Edition. The device uses a proprietary dynamics can play a purely low frequencies [...]

Brits develop medical body scanner

Brits develop medical body scanner

After 10 years of development, the UK-based Select Research presented a body scanner that actually deserves the name: 16 sensors and 32 cameras illuminate a patient in his underwear. The sensors are not looking for firearms, but to point out where to sit medical problem areas. Bacon, Hüftröllchen or double chin – nothing remains hidden [...]

EKING S700: 7 “tablet for office tasks

EKING S700: 7 “tablet for office tasks

Chinese manufacturer of mobile devices, the company is China Shenzhen Guangxuntong Communication Technology recently introduced 7-inch tablet EKING S700. New office is positioned as an electronic notebook for office tasks with color touch screen and many additional features. device is equipped with a resistive touch panel that supports data entry using a stylus and finger, [...]

AMD Cayman will be the new R300?

AMD Cayman will be the new R300?

We already published pictures of tests and results of the first rumors of a new single-chip accelerators AMD’s flagship codenamed Cayman, which should reach the market under the name of Radeon HD 6950 and Radeon HD 6970. Resource Fudzilla notes that the Cayman is a hot chip, and the area it will be the largest [...]

Cosmonauts together in superhero costumes

Cosmonauts together in superhero costumes

Soon the astronauts can dress up in costumes similar to the one that is Spider-Man. These dresses are not scientists trying to get into the hall of fame of world fashion. Nevertheless, the experiment is practical. New costumes will allow people working in space for a long time, keep fit and healthy. Clothing, developed by [...]

Portable Speakers iMainGo X resemble a cassette player

Portable Speakers iMainGo X resemble a cassette player

Production cassette players come to their happy ending, but their memory will live forever, for example, in devices such as portable speakers iMainGo X. The manufacturer of this product – Company Portable Sound Laboratories – implemented them in a non-standard form factor, but unlike most non-standard portable speakers, here go beyond the norm is of [...]

PandaBoard released a platform for Cortex-A9 for developers and enthusiasts

PandaBoard released a platform for Cortex-A9 for developers and enthusiasts

PandaBoard decided to take care of the developers of mobile applications and launched a system based upon the Cortex-A9. board is equipped with dual-core processor from Texas Instruments OMAP4 1 GHz, 1 GB of RAM and supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1. On this platform, application developers can test their creations to the operating system Android, [...]

Oxford PV will give “photosynthesis” glass windows

Oxford PV will give “photosynthesis” glass windows

The company has developed Oxford Photovoltaics Photovoltaic cells, which can be printed on the glass window systems for generating electricity. The creators have received the top prize of $ 100 thousand pounds at auction Disruptive Solutions Competition – the money will be spent on commercialization of technology. in the competition were presented different ideas – [...]

Buffalo HD-LEMU2: HDD with LED-indicator and up to 2 terabytes

Buffalo HD-LEMU2: HDD with LED-indicator and up to 2 terabytes

Buffalo Technology company soon will launch a new line of external hard drives, HD-LEMU2 Series. New items are equipped with LED lights that warn the user of low disk space. drives can be installed both horizontally and vertically. Inside the housing secured a special layer that reduces vibration. Also provides space for additional fans. Hard [...]