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The bundle pack, of which its rumoured only 77,777 will be made, will appear in Japanese stores a week earlier than the official slim PSP in Japan and retail for around ¥25,890 (£103/€153/$212)
The 17g TV Tuner was announced this week, following last week's unveiling of the thinner PSP. The device will only be available on Sony's home turf because it tunes into 1seg, Japan's mobile terrestrial digital audio, video and data broadcasting service. It's only compatible with the PSP-2000, not the original console, the PSP-1000.
Sony also announced that it will release its new PSP model in an additional "Bloom" colour series, which includes rose pink, lavender purple and felicia blue.The PSP TV tuner is due to hit Japanese stores this September, around the same time as the slim PSP's launch, and will cost ¥6980 (£27/€41/$57).
Japan will also take stock of a limited, numbered edition Final Fantasy slim PSP, for the game's tenth anniversary. This will be sold as a bundle pack that includes the Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII game, a silver PSP emblazoned with Final Fantasy logos, and a key-ring.
The 360 was a significant boost in power over the original Xbox and was very popular from the start. It made Microsoft a serious contender in the video game market. (Image courtesy of Microsoft Corporation.)A video game console system produced by the Microsoft Corporation. The original Xbox was designed to support single-player and multi-player gaming using handheld-controllers, along with Compact Disc (CD) games. The original Xbox also supported an Ethernet controller to connect to home networks and the Internet for extended multi-player activities. The Xbox was the first game console including an Ethernet port, and with this feature, users could link two Xboxes directly simply by using a crossover Ethernet cable (generally sold as a System Link Cable).The Xbox has been a prime target for crackers looking for a low-cost computer. With minor hardware modifications, this nice device can be turned into a moderately powerful computer running the Linux operating system software.
In November 2005, the Xbox 360 was released and cost about $300. It lets users play games interactively and take music, photos, and videos from their PCs.Another interesting feature of the Xbox 360 is that it supports high-definition television, known as HDTV. HDTV is capable of displaying 720 lines, whereas traditional televisions display only 480 lines. The implication is that information on a PC monitor will be displayed with the same high visual quality on a bigger HDTV screen connected to the Xbox 360. Presently, HDTV adoption is relatively low in the consumer marketplace because of its high price and a limited number of digital broadcasts, but U.S. regulators have ruled that TV stations must move to digital broadcasting by 2007.
In the fast-paced world of technology, after media headlines appeared announcing that the Xbox 360 was on its way, competitors began to peddle their high-tech wares. For example, the Nintendo Co. Ltd.’s Revolution and the PlayStation 3 began making headlines in May 2005. The Revolution is marketed as being the tiniest of the next-generation consoles—approximately the size of three stacked DVD cases. It will have wireless Internet access and be compatible with Nintendo consoles and games going back to 1983. The PlayStation 3, or PS3, as it will be called, will display high-definition games using a Cell processor, which is marketed as being ten times more powerful than processors found in current Personal Computers.
See Also: Computer; Ethernet; Internet; Linux; Network; Operating System Software; Wireless.
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XboxA video game console from Microsoft that was designed to compete with Sony's PlayStation and Nintendo's GameCube. Introduced in 2001 with a 733 MHz Pentium III CPU, 5x DVD drive and custom-designed graphics processor, the Xbox also includes four game controller ports, Ethernet networking and Internet connectivity.
Xbox 360Introduced in late 2005, the Xbox 360 dramatically increased the Xbox's gaming power with a three-core 64-bit PowerPC CPU from IBM, each core running at 3.2 GHz. Its ATI graphics card more than quadrupled rendering speed, and wireless networking was also added. An HD DVD drive is also an option.
Changing from a white to a black case, the "Elite" model, introduced in 2007, added HDTV connectors, wireless capability and increased the hard disk from 20GB to 120GB.
Xbox LiveXbox Live is Microsoft's multiplayer gaming service that is available to Xbox players for a subscription fee. Introduced in 2002, numerous Xbox games are Xbox Live enabled. See video game console and MMOG
Hot on the heels of news that Sony’s PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 3 Slim would soon become available for $299.99, Microsoft has responded with a body blow. Redmond’s popular high-end gaming console is currently available in three different versions: Xbox 360 Arcade for $199.99, Xbox 360 Pro for $299.99 and Xbox 360 Elite for $399.99. While the Arcade will continue to sit at its already-attractive price point, beginning tomorrow Microsoft will drop the price on the Pro from $299.99 to $249.99 and the Elite will drop from $399.99 to $299.99. Ouch, Sony. The Pro will stay at its new $250 price point until current inventory is burned through and it will then get the axe, leaving just the $200 Arcade and $300 Elite to man Microsoft’s fort. The company claims that this move has been planned for months but we find it a bit too convenient considering Sony’s aggressive moves of late. So gamers, which sounds the most attractive at the $300 price point — Sony’s PlayStation 3 80GB, the PS3 Slim or Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Elite?
Wii was designed by a team led by Takeda Genyo, the head of development, along with Takamoto Jouji, Ashida Kenichiro, and Shiota Kou - engineers who work in Nintendo’s various design departments. They reported directly to Nintendo's president and CEO – Iwata Satoru, due to the importance and scale of the product and its “playability”.
Takeda Genyo.Takeda Genyo was previously a leader of “Nintendo Research & Development 3” group that was often described as “a band of otakus" and “computer hackers and nerds” who worked in isolation from other teams. Their motto was: “There are no limitations, no boundaries; since we're on our own there's nothing we can't do; when you start with nothing you can do everything." Wii team atmosphere is probably informal and very friendly.
It is hard to estimate how they spend their work hours, for every team has its own methods to achieve their goals. Based on rumors about the specifics of the designers’ practices in general, it is probably similar to a typical student's preparations for exams – designers spend most of their time thinking and brainstorming and then start working only when a deadline approaches.
Design ProcessWork on Wii started in 2001, right after the GameCube went on sale. At that time Wii was codenamed “Revolution”. The engineers' goal was to build a console more accessible to a wider audience, with lower power consumption, but still competitive with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, in terms of CPU performance. Initially, engineers believed that they would be able to create a console that would cost around US$100. But the relatively high cost of flash memory, customized chips, and wireless technology forced them to increase the retail price. In fact, one of the greatest challenges they faced was adding wireless technology to the console. It took them two years to create a controller, and they spent an entire year on an infrared pointer that would work accurately in rooms of all sizes and in different lighting conditions.
Designing the CaseAnother challenge was the size of the console. Nintendo Wii is only 44 mm wide, 157 mm tall, and 215.4 mm deep without the included stand and weighs only 3.84lbs. This makes it the smallest Nintendo's home unit ever. As Iwata Satoru recalled: “I stacked a few DVD cases and said: I want something about this big." Despite the small size, Wii had to be durable enough to resist all the possible abuses from children or overly enthusiastic adults during play, so engineers had to equip it with additional metal support plating. Designers were instructed to create casing which would not look like a toy, due to fact that Nintendo Wii is also aimed at older gamers.
Name of consoleDuring the design process, the name of product was also changed. The codename, “Revolution”, was replaced by “Wii”. This change was explained as follows: “Wii sounds like "we," which emphasizes that this console is for everyone. Wii can easily be remembered by people around the world, no matter what language they speak. Wii has a distinctive "ii" spelling that symbolizes both the unique controllers and the image of people gathering to play” (quoted from the official Wii website).
Takeda Genyo's team created a ground-breaking console. Due to Nintendo’s strict confidentiality policies, there is no information available on the team members’ income or work conditions. The only official information about salaries is that the team wages depend on experience. Average salaries for IT engineers and designers in Japan vary from ¥6 million to ¥8 million, while a typical salary for a computer hardware engineer in the US is approximately $84.000.
Raw Materials and PartsNintendo Wii Core IBM Broadway Chips, from Techfreep.com.Without a doubt, the heart of the Wii is the IBM-made PowerPC 'Broadway' CPU, manufactured in East Fishkill, New York. This IBM factory produces chips using 300mm silicon wafers, in a fully automated 14000m2 facility controlled by more than 1700 microprocessors with over 110TB of data storage. The entire facility employs about 1000 workers and has top production of about 600 wafers per day. IBM cooperates with many hardware makers, providing them with customized versions of their chips. 'Broadway', capable of running at 729Mhz, is only one of them, made with 90nm Silicon-on-Insulator technology.
Silicon is the second most abundant element in the Earth's crust, making up 25.7% of its mass. It does not occur freely in nature. It mainly occurs in minerals consisting of silicon dioxide in different crystalline forms such as quartz, and as silicates.
Silicon is commercially prepared by the reaction of high-purity [silica] with wood, charcoal, and coal, in an electric arc furnace using carbon electrodes. At temperatures over 1900 °C, the carbon reduces the silica to silicon. Liquid silicon collects in the bottom of the furnace, and is then drained and cooled.
The silicon produced via this process is called metallurgical grade silicon and is at least 98% pure. In 2005, metallurgical grade silicon cost about $ 0.77 per pound ($1.70/kg).
Raw silicon dioxide.To be used in the microelectronic industry, silicon must then be chemically purified and melted in large quartz buckets. When it is melted, the first seed crystal is inserted into the melt by a wire in order to create a single crystal.
Then an ingot of silicon is created, 200mm or 300mm in diameter, using a very slow rotation. After that, ingots are cut into very thin wafers, which are then polished checked for possible defects. Those wafers that pass the inspection are doped to create semiconductors.
The last part of preparation is covering the wafer with photo-sensitive, chemically dissolving substance. Using photolitographic masking techniques, the chip's structures are created on the surface of the wafer in layers. The cost of a single chip depends on the technology used in the process (usually it is either 90nm or 65nm), wafer size and the number of chips produced. Unfortunately, there is no available data about the cost of a single IBM “Broadway” chip nor the specific issues concerning its creation.
According to a new study by research firm In-Stat, Intel's CPU manufacturing cost per die is around US$40. This probably is roughly comparable to what the Broadway chip costs.
HowStuffWorks.com article ‘How Microprocessors Work’ by Marshall Brain
Graphic ChipThe GPU for Wii is provided by ATI and is codenamed 'Hollywood'. The GPU works at 243MHz, uses 3MB of embedded texture memory, 24MB main console 1T-SRAM and 64MB of external GDDR3 RAM. It seems that this GPU does not provide vertex and pixel shaders.
Data StorageThe main data storage of the Wii is 512MB of standard Flash-RAM, expandable with typical SD cards up to 2GB of storage memory, and a built-in slot-in DVD-ROM drive. Most disks are produced at Panasonic Disk Manufacturing Corporation of America. Located in California, the facility has 35577 m2 of area and operates in compliance with the state's environmental policy.
Wii RemoteThe most unusual part of the Wii is the Wii Remote, the console's controller. It resembles a classic TV remote, rather than a typical game pad. The Wii Remote is equipped with a 3D motion sensor, a force feedback mechanism, and a built-in speaker, which create an immersion experience. It also contains an infrared emitter combined with a special infrared sensor array. The entire design is theoretically able to fully replace a mouse in strategy and FPS (first person shooter) games – which is impossible with a classic game pad.
The Wii Remote has one port for extensions; currently Nintendo only offers one extension, the 'nunchuk', which is equipped with an analog stick and motion sensors of its own. It allows the player to use both hands in a game.
The force feedback mechanism is based on a simple principle: when you hit something you should feel it. This effect is created using (1) tiny electric servos to provide different resistance levels from the analog stick, depending on the in-game situation, and (2) engines powering concentric wheels to provide so-called “vibration feedback”. Wii Remotes also include another, unique kind of feedback: sound feedback. It is created by a built-in speaker creating player-specific sound effects near the player's hand. Another important part of the Wii Remote is its motion sensor. It probably works using two devices: an inertial sensor to measure acceleration and deceleration in 3D, and an infrared bar sensor that measures the delays between detecting impulses from the Wii Remote.
Other important partsWii has a built-in 802.11b/g Wi-Fi chip provided by Broadcom, two standard USB 2.0 ports, and a Dolby Pro-Logic II analog audio output.
Manufacturing processNintendo has its main branch in Kyoto and five subdivisions, located in:
Redmond, Washington, USA Richmond, British Columbia, Canada Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Grossostheim, Germany and Suzhou, China. Although we can be sure that the Nintendo Wii is assembled in factories in USA and in Japan, there is no information available for the European and Australian divisions.
Factory AssemblyAerial photo of the Nintendo Wii manufacturing plant in Redmond, Washington.
YouTube video of the Nintendo production line.
The company states that “since we are entrusted with the business secrets of our various licensee companies, we do not offer factory tours or company tours.” Before launching the Wii in the United States, Nintendo released a short film showing people working on the assembling line and packing the Nintendo Wii into its packages. Workers speak in English, so the pictures were doubtlessly taken in Redmond. There is no data concerning the wages for workers or detailed information about their working conditions. But based on the statements found on Wii's dedicated forums, they are similar to those in other US-based computer hardware factories. What's even more interesting, it is impossible to find information about the size of the plant or number of employees – such information is treated by Nintendo as an industrial secret.
Average wages in similar factories in the US are approximately:
US$50,000 for first line supervisors US$32,000 for inspectors, testers and sorters US$20,000 - $25,000 for assemble line workers. Production totalsNintendo plans to ship 4 million Wii in the 43 days before the calendar year end (2006). This is, of course, is only the beginning of Nintendo Wii sales.
Distribution, Marketing, and DisposalPackagingThe Wii made in Redmond is packaged in a 380,000 square-foot facility located in North Bend, Washington. The facility hires 120 employees and has a daily throughput of 20,000-plus packages.
For environmental reasons, Nintendo uses at least 80% recycled paper in shipping packaging. The console (together with accessories, manual and a game, “The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess”) comes in predominately white paper packaging.
After leaving the packaging facility, the Nintendo Wii is distributed to retailers across the country into 25,000 retail locations. Due to fact that Nintendo Wii has been introduced only in United States so far, there is no information available on distribution in other countries.
MarketingNintendo has spent about US$200 million on advertising, which includes video clips, Internet ads and last-minute gamers' parties. TV advertisements were directed by Academy Award winner Stephen Gaghan and the music in the ads is from the song “Kodo” (Inside the Sun Remix) by the Yoshida Brothers. It is Nintendo's first large-scale advertising campaign. This was probably prompted by the competition's popularity, the PS3 and the Xbox 360.
The main campaign slogans are “Wii would like to play” and “Experience a new way to play”. The campaign is aimed mainly at older gamers, so the spots are aimed at whole families, not only a single age group.
So far there is no information concerning specific wages and contracts related to the campaign.
A Nintendo Trade Show Booth Tour:
This portable 7-inch Nintendo Wii monitor allows you to play your Wii games wherever you are. Simply attach the device to the back of your console.
All of the ports on the back of your unit are cloned (barring the AV connection as it goes to the screen) so you can simply plug in your Nintendo power cable and keep all of your USB accessories. A ventilation hole is even cut in to the unit to provide correct ventilation to the Wii’s OEM fan. Extra AV ports are provided if you wish to hook up a DVD, Media player or another console and a car cigar lighter adaptor is provided for in car use.
The screen is made on a ball and socket design to create freedom of movement an allow for an incredible array of viewing angles, a reverse/up/down picture control is available to for fixing the picture if you plan to mount your Wii in the roof of a car and have this unit fold down instead of up for example. When not in use your monitor is protected by folding perfectly flat against the wii.
Features:
Screen: 7inches TFT LCD Resolution: 480(W) X 234(H) Colour System: PAL/NTSC (auto switching) Perfect Portability for the Wii Clean White Finish Aspect Ratio Adjustability Adjustable Picture Settings -contrast, brightness etc. Fan Grill Hole so your Wii Won’t Overheat.Nintendo Wii Direct AV connection Auxiliary Stereo AV Connection (3 x RCA) 2 x USB for Nintendo Wii Built-In Stereo Speakers Power Source: 12 VDC (Car Cigar Lighter Adaptor Included Dimension: 258×62x156mm (LxWxD)

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Panasonic 3D CamcorderPanasonic’s 3D plasma sets get just as much credit as the other 3D TVs at the show, but we chose their 3D camcorder for our Best of CES round up simple because nobody else has shown one yet. While production-quality 3D cameras have been around for a while (see: Avatar), Panasonic will be one of the first to bring 3D video to the consumer level when this camcorder launches in fall 2010 for $21,000.

Asus NX90We never would have predicted that the perpetually budget-minded crew at Asus would team up with the no-expenses-spared audiophiles at Bang & Olufsen, but the lovechild of their oddball relationship is one to be admired. The 18-inch notebook features an extra-long form factor with side speakers that totally overlap the keyboard, a clean metallic design, and – for some reason – duals touch pads. Don’t laugh – they’re more fun and practical than you think, and Asus claims that eventually software will allow you to use them as turntables.

Scanner: NeatReceipts Mobile Scanner Copying receipts to fill out expense reports can be a real drag. The one-pound NeatReceipts portable scanner captures the key information on receipts — as well as business cards and other documents —and organizes it in a digital filing system that you can search from your computer. The data can also be exported to Microsoft Outlook, a feature that should save you lots of time sorting through business cards after your next trade showprice $199

Handheld: Apple iPod Touch Apple’s iPod Touch is more than a fancy music player. It’s an iPhone without the phone — a 3.5-inch portable computer, with the capability for handling both personal and corporate e-mail (it connects via wi-fi), headline news from the Wall Street Journal and New York Times, stocks and personal finance apps such as Mint, which can track your cash and help you budget. It’s a one-stop productivity shop.
Price: $183-$199
Here I thought that the Pyramat Sound Chair was the ultimate gaming chair, but I was wrong. Very wrong.
That title definitely goes to the Ultimate Game Chair. The name really gets the point across, eh?
This chair is packed with features. To start off, there are 12 vibration motors throughout the chair that are synchronized with the games action. Nerdy and cool.
As far as sound goes, you can use your stock headphones from a MP3 player etc, or plug the chair into your home stereo system to get full surround sound. There are adjustable 3D stereo speakers built into the chair as well.
Any type of gaming accessory will probably work with the chair, including steering wheels and custom controllers.
Comfort was definitely not overlooked when this chair was designed. It’s all leather material, has an adjustable headrest, leg rest, and even a beverage and remote controller holder. Oh, and I forgot to mention that this chair will give you a nice massage, too. Seriously.
Quite a few game consoles are compatible with the Ultimate Gaming Chair, including the PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC, Mac, PS1, and Xbox Live. For audio only, you can use all those and your iPod, DS, PSP, or generic MP3 player.
Just to recap, you get a massage chair, beverage holder, stereo sound, vibrators synced to the game, and a remote holder. If you’re a serious gamer, price means nothing, but if you’re not, the $400 price tag might give you some second thoughts.
Some of you may remember when we reported on the IDVault, a device that kept all your passwords in one convenient USB thumb drive. I believe the creators of that particular device wanted to insure that user personal data was kept safe, so that he or she would not have to worry about entering
Baby video camera: I bought this in ebay. I searched for a baby cam with pan and tilt and infrared. It is a key thing. You could do with audio alone, but isn’t it nice to see you baby? even in the most absolute black?. In our house the audio has some interferences, not 100% happy, but it is a house. During the day they told us that the baby should stay in his room rather than in the living room with all the noises, so we put him there with the camera, on the first floor of the house.
Lean, mean and sometimes even green, concept motorcycles often make us want to head out on the highway and look for adventure. These bikes may not be quite ready to tear up the road as we zoom into the wind, but we wish they would move from concept to reality very soon! As we take a look at concept motorcycles, here are 20 of the most bad-ass bikes to hope for in 2010.
Lamborbiker Inspired by Lamborghini
(image credits:tuvie)Flavio Adriani took his inspiration from two great names in invention, engineering and design, Nikola Tesla and Ferrucio Lamborghini. Flavio has created some stunning motorcycles from his concept. We want this bad boy to become reality soon!
Nuclear Fusion Motorbike 2050
(image credits:The Design Blog)Romain Herment has a motorcycle concept that uses nuclear energy as a power source. He calls it “Motorbike 2050 version 2.” This futuristic bike uses two inexhaustible natural elements, deuterium and tritium, allowing a sustainable ride in the days to come. The motorbike consumes 1 liter of water for a 100 km drive.
Mad Max Aitu Motorbike
(image credits:coroflot)The Aitu seems to be rough and rowdy, ready for Mad Max to take it for a spin. Designer Renato Gschwend is hoping to attract adventurous souls who want to make heads turn if this bike ever hits the street. It features a powerful V-twin 1800cc engine and non-silent exhausts to ensure you’re heard roaring down the highway.
Electric Motorbike: ZEVS
(image credits:www1.uni-ak.ac.at)Three designers Bernhard Ranner, Anders August Kittilsen and Rudolf Stefanich, worked to make ZEVS, “The first electric motorcycle for the “real biker.” It’s designed for “real men” and dusty roads, in the spirit of Harley Davidson, Custom Chopper culture and the good old Route 66 romance.
Carbon Fiber For Fast, Light Cruise
(image credits:The Design Blog)Designed by Julian Silva, this concept motorcycle is covered in carbon fiber for a fast and light ride. The framework is made of aluminum and wrapped with carbon fiber panels that store the mechanical systems. This motorbike was designed to encapsulate the pilot´s arms, legs and back through the secondary red panels and to keep the driver safe in case of a fall.
Super Green Super Dangerous Super Bike
(image credits:Yanko Design)Designer Pierre Yohanes Lubis thinks if you would like a very fast, very dangerous, very tiny motorcycle, then the Halbo might be for you. If it gets beyond concept and hits the main highway, let’s just hope you don’t hit the pavement too because it could be much worse than road rash. However, it does have a BMW stamp on it and is electric powered.
Super Skinny Swordfish & Stalker
(image credits:coroflot)Designer Alexander Kotlyarevsky peered into the future and then created both these concept motorcycles. He molded their alloy frames into a minimalistic design. The sleek silver hotrod is called Swordfish while the metallic pink bike is called Stalker. This futuristic duo is like his and hers for a rebel ride.
Harley Davidson Circa 2020
(image credits:Yanko Design)Will the Harley Davidson Hog of the future resembles this beast? Designer Miguel Cotto believes so. The large 883cc engine is coupled with a Tron-like body. The wheel hubs are actually giant bearings.
STRIDER – Super Hero Motorcycle Concept
(image credits:Industrial Design Served)Designer David Gonçalves has created more than one futuristic motorcycle. This project, however, started with a request from one of his clients who needed a bike for a cartoon superhero. A female superhero at that. Inspiration struck him and the concept of Strider was born.
Sleek Sci-Fi Superbikes
(image credits:The Design Blog)Designer Matt Williams created a superbike called KTM Motorbike. Vroom must have been the mantra playing while creativity blossomed. KTM looks ready to leap forward, looks fast even when parked. The V-twin engine is hidden within the frame. Its hub-center steering system provides a more usable steering angle than telescopic forks while the center is a more stable and predictable ride.
Icare Bike Concept
(image credits:hypebeast)Conceptualized by Enzyme Design, the Icare motorcycle is meant to be the Aston Martin of the two-wheeled world with a six-cyclinder 1.8 Honda engine. It looks like a muscle motorcycle of the future, ready to rip up the road and outrace the cops in hot pursuit.
Jaguar M-Cycle
(image credits:m-cycles)This roaring jaguar is the result of interior designer Lee J. Rowland teaming up with motorbike fanatic Barend Hemmes. Jaguar concept motorcycle has only been taken up to speeds of 55 mph, but you better believe heads turn as fellow bikers drool. The big cat is powered by 1200cc Harley-Davidson V-twin engine. The shape of this sleek cat is not suitable for anyone under 6 feet, meant to have feet propped far up front on the pedals as a real drag-style riding machine.
The Bull Concept
(image credits:m-cycles)Designer Lee J. Rowland was struck again with inspiration after the Jaguar and tackled this shiny bull. He had to think hard and long to figure out how to get the bull’s horns positioned on this bike. Red, loud, and shiny, the Bull concept motorcycle will surely call to some bike lover to be made into a reality.
Ghost & Devil Motorcycle Concepts
(image credits:En Derin,En Derin)What does a ghost and devil have in common? They’ve been turned into slick speed machines, or at least concept motorcycles. Designer Muhammad Imran designed Ghost while keeping a flying falcon in mind. He was also inspired by the bike tribute of “Ghost Rider.” Ghost calls out to the young and reckless and will hopefully offer fantastic future fun to those who really have a need for speed. Designer Robert Liddell aimed to give his motorcycle features fitting for the name Devil Bike. He created it with V-twin engine, so this shiny black bike will fit the personality of the young with a passion for speed and style.
2015 Honda CB 750
(image credits:Yanko Design)Designer Igor Chak came up with this concept bike, 2015 Honda CB 750. The brains of the bike is the on-board computer that can be controlled through a 5” OLED multi-touch display positioned right on the fuel tank. There are 3 menus: GPS, drive modes, and diagnostics mode. CB 750 gets its power from a four-cylinder liquid hydrogen engine. Ready, set, rocket outta here!
Speed Racing Motorcycle Inspired By Aliens
(image credits:Tuvie)Designer Daniel Bailey was inspired by two things, making them clear in his concept motorcycle. Speed and the alien characters in “Alien.” This speed racing bike is rugged yet sleek. The design is aerodynamic and based on Kawasaki ninjas stats (height, wheel base etc…), so will future road ninjas or aliens be seen riding it?
Magic Tricycle
(image credits:Car Design News)Iranian designer Javad created the Magic Tricycle to drive on all three wheels for normal highway use, but can rotate around a longitudinal axis running from the front to the rear right wheel with the left wheel elevated into the air so the vehicle can be ridden as a motorcycle in more congested areas. To facilitate this, the seats rotate to keep the occupants sitting upright and the airborne wheel opens up blades which work like a helicopter tail propeller to aid stability.
Ferrari V4 Superbike Concept
(image credits:autoblog)Designer Amir Glinik conceptualized this Ferrari V4 superbike. He created his design around the theoretical application of the Ferrari Enzo’s V12 engine, chopped down to four cylinders and modified to drive in a motorcycle frame. Hopefully this hot puppy will be hitting the highway soon. It’s lean and mean
You cannot be serious, it's designed for hobbits!"
Not at all. The seating is much lower, in order to reduce the cross sectional area (to lower drag). It's also a 2+2, as there are two rear-facing seats for children in the back.
It's not a big car, though it really shouldn't be, as big cars got us into the problem we have now. Slow incremental changes in fuel economy won't help whatsoever. So either we're driving vehicles like this (when not biking, walking, or taking mass transit), or our driving will be sharply curtailed when the decline deepens. I'm 6'2", and the Loremo is one vehicle I am considering for my next purchase (after the Honda Insight expires).
The entry into the vehicle is via a flip up front end for the front passengers, and hatchback for rear passenger

smartmotorbikeYou've spelled out why we should build wind turbines in Detroit and I heartily agree. I'll add coal mining areas (West Virginia, etc) to the list of locations, and I'd also throw in solar thermal and geothermal power equipment manufacturing.
EV conversions are certainly possible, and I've had them under consideration for some time, though my vision is now for something in the 3-wheeler category to obtain a very high mpg equivalent, noting that a 3-wheeler is considered a motorcycle and does not have the same crash protection requirements. There are lots of 3-wheeler projects underway right now, and I'd like to note that the GM Lean Machine achieved 200 mpg in 1981 (and leaned into corners like a motorcycle).

mobile are good

At the beginning manufacturers released MP4 watches and they were seen as futuristic gadgets. The watches are small portable music and video media player. Most of these kind of devices are actually digital watches with multimedia features. Usually these devices have LED or OLED color display and speakers, but also small jacks for earphones or maybe Bluetooth protocol in order to connect with Bluetooth stereo headset using the A2DP profile. The first commercially available MP 4 watch was manufactured by Shenzhen Adragon Digitek in September 2006. MP 4 watches usually have in their design metal, plastic and leather straps. The screen size varies between 1" and 2". These devices are marketed as ultra portable multimedia players.

you see this mobile it;s so sensetive and smart.it contains many functions e.g it has keyboard function and many other

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Just occasionally a product comes along that simply blows us away. We get to see a lot of crazy and sometimes brilliant inventions, but Laser Cosmos is without a doubt the most superb one we've seen. There is no product out there that comes even close to the sheer excellence of this galactic wonder - sorry to sound quite so effusive, but really, it's staggering.Imagine lying in your room, and having the ceiling whipped away to reveal the vast outreaches of the cosmos whirling overhead, complete with misty blue nebulae (which you can turn on and off!) and the occasional shooting star. Fully adjustable and requiring no set up, this super powerful space projector scatters a random panoply of sparkling green stars that will fill any room from the tiniest bedroom to the largest warehouse with a crystal clear animated star display. What's so clever about this (apart from everything of course) is that it seems so three-dimensional, the varying brightness of different stars makes some seem close and others to come from distant galaxies.
Created from powerful green laser and holographic technology, a display this bright and clear has never been available before. It's utterly mesmerising, and had us transfixed for hours (literally). Whether you're zoning out to music, throwing a party or just chilling, this stunning cosmic light show is like nothing we've ever seen before. Truly one of the most amazing light shows you will see anywhere.Features
* Romantic, mesmerising star and cloud projector.* The Laser Cosmos will fill any room, no matter how big or small with a carpet of stars, blue clouds (optional), and even shooting stars.* The Laser Cosmos itself is shaped like a funky 3D star.* The Laser Cosmos can be pivoted to any angle.* A Laser Stars projector lens.* A cloud formation projector lens.* A cloud brightness control.* The projector is self-focussing.* For best results use in total darkness.* Use for no more than four hours at a time (the On/Off switch is helpful here).* Suitable for ages 8 years+.* Requires a mains adaptor (UK adaptor included).* Size: 29 x 25 x 20cm.
Never touch the lens or try to adjust it!

Star Finder Telescopes
Meade, the premium makers of telescopes, have surpassed themselves with this stunning range of automated scopes. They've brought the vastness of space within easy reach of the non-pro stargazer with a remarkably clever gizmo.
Each of these very slick looking telescopes comes with an Autostar controller. This works with the telescope to find stars for you! You simply type in where you are (ie London, Glasgow, Paris, Nether Wallop - whatever), what the time and date is, and the telescope then knows where you are, and what stars, constellations, planets, comets - you name it - are visible to you. Pick your planet, star etc, and the on-board computer kicks in and the telescope whirs away to point at whatever you asked for! Not only that, but it will also tell you how far away it is, how big it is, the atmospheric conditions, and population (well, perhaps not). Not only does it find your celestial favourites, but it locks onto them and tracks them, so you don't have to keep moving the scope.
If you're not sure what you want to look at, it will take you on a tour of the night sky as it knows what is best viewed for your time, date and location. The three scopes have different powers and tech specs all of which are below, but the joy of these scopes is that despite being very high-end, you don't actually need to know how the things work to have a fantastic star-gazing time. They quite literally open up a new world to you.
X UFO toy, RC toy
The X-UFO is out there (much like the truth) in a deeply wacky and immensely fun way. Hot off the press from the States, this ground-breaking remote controlled UFO is the latest crazy flying thing around. With full three-dimensional control, the innovative X-UFO incorporates the latest miniature technology, utilising four powerful electric motors, with two pairs of contra-rotating propellers and an electronic gyroscope, for incredible stability.
The X-UFO features four channel proportional radio control, with a range of up to 100 metres, and includes individual trims to finely balance each function for optimum performance. It has a lightweight carbon fibre frame with extremely durable poly foam ring body, and a high capacity flight battery which will give you about five minutes' flight time, and will recharge in 25 minutes using the supplied UK mains charger, or the convenient portable car charger. You can fly it both inside and out (under calm conditions), and it incorporates one red and three blue flashing LED lights, that not only assist orientation and indicate when the gyro is up to speed, but also make it look just like a real UFO when flown in the dark!
It's immense fun, and the perfect flying gizmo to really scare the wits out of your neighbours.Features
* High-impact durable construction* Four propeller flat design* Unique gyroscope module for flight stability* Mains and in-car charger* Powerful NiMH rechargeable battery* 3 hour recharge time (with a 25 minute quick charge function)* 4-5 minute flight time* Suitable for indoor and outdoor use* Flying distance of up to 100 metres* Proportional speed control* Clockwise and anti-clockwise propeller rotation for balanced flight* Comprehensive instructions and flight guidance (please read thoroughly!)* Hovering ability* Three blue flashing LED lights and one red, to assist orientation and show when the gyro is up to speed* Requires 4 x AA batteries (not included)* Buddy box facility will enable an experienced pilot to assist a new pilot via provided link cord Contents:
* X-UFO* 12V NiMH battery* 4 x spare propellers/fixings* Remote control - 27MHz* Power charger* Automobile adaptor* AC adaptor* Transmitter link cord* Size: 59 x 59 x 10cm* Suitable for children 14+
Vectron UFO - a remote control saucer.
Our favourite find of this year! The wireless radio controlled saucer can fly 10m high and is controlled by a sensitive 'Variable thrust transmitter' allowing the pilot to precisely command lift off and hover flight. The Charging Launch Platform charges the Vectron in minutes for 10 minutes of flight. Safety 'auto-stop' is activated if anything gets in the way of the propeller blades. Supplied with mains adaptor, requires 2 AA batteries, not supplied. Age 10 and above.
Simkey Simcard Backup
Yet another great idea to protect us from our dependence on the electronic world. Losing your mobile, or worse - having it swiped, is annoying enough, but losing all your contacts can be downright catastrophic. This neat gadget is a wonderfully easy to use back-up system for your SIM card. It will back up all your phone numbers from your card (simply stick it in the slot on the back) and once in the micro PDA you can add phone numbers that will of course automatically transfer to your phone when you replace the card.
The PDA (complete with mini pen) can hold up to three SIM card directories, has local and world time, a scheduler, a memo function, a 12 digit calculator, a currency converter (so we can get to grips with Euros, no doubt) and a daily alarm. All those functions are frankly just the icing on the cake - the greatest joy is the peace of mind knowing that your telephone numbers are safe, because entering them normally (if indeed you have them written down anywhere anyhow) is a right royal pain in the neck.
The Mini PDA and SIM back-up system - an end to neck pain, if you see what we mean.Features * SIM Card data transfer* Backs up from your SIM card to PDA and visa versa* 3 SIM card directories* Local and world time 42 cities* Business and Personal phone book* Scheduler & Memo* 12 digit calculator* Metric and currency converter* Daily alarm* Password lock* Available in seven languages (English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, and Portuguese)* Has a key ring and touch-pad pen attached.* 2 x CR2025 batteries included* 7 x 4 x 1.5cm* WARNING: This product is not waterproof - do not use it or store it near fluids. Fluids will cause the databank to malfunction* This product is compatible with most GSM and 3G simcards except for the operator '3'.
Projector Keyboard
No words can adequately describe quite how breathtakingly cool this i.Tech Virtual Keyboard is. Bluetooth enabled, it uses infrared to project a clear and crisp keyboard onto your desktop, and then transfers your keystrokes via wireless networking to your PDA, Pocket PC or smart phone - it sounds far too futuristic to be true. But it's very much for real, and it's awesome.
This 22nd Century gadget is about half the size of your average deck of cards, sits wirelessly on any flat surface, and projects a red standard QWERTY-layout keyboard on any flat opaque surface. Using detection technology it "watches" your fingers hit the key locations it has projected, and then sends the keystrokes through to your PDA, smart phone or pocket PC via Bluetooth. The projected keyboard is highly visible even in strong light (though it does of course look spectacularly cool in the dark). It's highly portable as well, though it will make you look a bit of a lunatic at the local, as you will look like you're typing on nothing more than the pub table (which also raises some serious health and safety concerns), and you will of course be interrupted every fourteen seconds with someone coming over and wanting to know where they can get one.
There is no cooler keyboard in the known universe.
Please note, this product is exempt from all special promotions and discount offers.Features
* Infrared Projector Keyboard - projects a keyboard template onto any non-reflective, flat opaque surface.* Highly portable thanks to compact dimensions.* Runs off mains or battery (5 hour run time per charge).* Windows Mobile - Pocket PC & Smartphone devices (device must have Bluetooth enabled!).* New functions available in current version: 8 Hot Keys and Mouse Function (this functionality is subject to operating system support).* Main unit has sound effects control, intensity of projector keyboard, time out settings (to conserve battery life), key sensitivity.* Requires an internal Bluetooth device or external Bluetooth Dongle (not included).* Remote off and on feature (from host device).* Change key sounds (from host device).* View battery life (from host device).* Project full size QWERTY keyboard.* Unique Mouse functionality.* Size: 9.3 x 3.9 x 3.75 cm.
N.B.: This product does not include a Bluetooth Dongle.
Compatible Operating Systems:
* Windows Mobile Pocket PC & Smart Phone edition.* PC Windows 2000/XP or higher (future-proof compatibility) required for installation of drivers.* Click here to download drivers for up to Symbian 6 compatibility and Blackberry Compatible 71/72 series
Specifications:
* Keyboard drivers for PDA or other handheld device will be transferred from your PC.* Visibility - Thanks to the stronger laser light keyboard's projection is visible in 1000 - 5000 lux ambient light.* Illumination - Visible in incandescent light of 1800 lux or more.* Detection Rate - Up to 400 characters per minute.* Effective Keystroke - Approximately 2mm.* Battery Capacity - 3.5 hours continuous usage.
Contents:
* Infrared keyboard projector (including integral lithium ion battery),* Carry case for projector,* Mains adaptor,* A CD-Rom for driver installation,* Instruction manual/quick start guide.
Warning:Please avoid extremely hot and arctic conditions for storage of the product (below -20 or above 50°C).
Not compatible with Blackberrys
mac book
The new MacBook Air was announced by Steve Jobs of Apple at MacWorld. The MacBook Air is now the world’s thinnest notebook, and sure the be the hottest laptop of 2008. The laptop features a very smooth design, hidden ports, backlit keyboard (sexy but useless) and it’s small and light weighing in at 3 pounds. In fact, the MacBook air is .16 to .76 inches thin, making the profile a wedge shape. The size is bout 13 inches wide by 9 inched deep.
Eco lovers will be happy that the MacBook Air uses mercury and arsenic-free glass and less packaging.
Technical specs
• .16 to .75-inch thickness on top• 12.8 x 8.94 inches• 3 pounds• 5 hours of battery life with everything running• Intel Core 2 Duo Processor at 1.6 or 1.8GHz, motherboard the length of a pencil.• 800MHz frontside bus.• 2GB RAM 667MHz DDR2 standard.• 13.3-inch screen, LED backlit.• 1,280 x 800 pixels• Micro-DVI adapter (for DVI, VGA, composite and S-Video output)• Intel GMA X3100 Graphics processor with 144MB RAM shared• 1.8-inch 80GB HD or 64GB Solid State Drive (no moving pieces, but for a stunning $1,300 price increase!)• Multitouch trackpad with gestures. Pans, zooms, rotates, etc.• 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1.• Optional external HD for $99, USB-bus powered.• Full backlit keyboard.• One USB 2.0, one audio port, one Micro-DVI
MacBook Air is ultrathin, ultraportable, and ultra unlike anything else. But you don’t lose inches and pounds overnight. It’s the result of rethinking conventions. Of multiple wireless innovations. And of breakthrough design. With MacBook Air, mobile computing suddenly has a new standard. (apple)