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Spray-on Liquid Glass

Posted on February 8, 2010 by admin

“The liquid glass coating is breathable, which means it can be used on plants and seeds. Trials in vineyards have found spraying vines increases their resistance to fungal diseases, while other tests have shown sprayed seeds germinate and grow faster than untreated seeds, and coated wood is not attacked by termites. [...]

Apple’s iPad Hands On Videos

Posted on February 6, 2010 by admin

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“User experience wise, it’s the iPhone at its core. Which is not a bad thing–as Jobs said, 75 million iPod touch and iPhone owners will intuitively dive right into the iPad. You touch something, and it responds. But look closer, and it’s the subtle tweaks like flipping [...]

Prefab LumenHaus: Responsive Architecture

Posted on January 31, 2010 by admin

“Where most energy-conscious houses are closed with strategic openings to resist heat transfer, LUMENHAUS has open, flowing spaces linking occupants to each other within the house and to nature outside….On the cutting edge of responsive architecture, LUMENHAUS can operate completely self sufficiently, responding to environmental changes automatically to balance energy efficiency [...]

Apple’s iPad Launch: Video & Specs

Posted on January 27, 2010 by admin

Display

9.7-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi)
Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

Wi-Fi
Digital compass
Assisted GPS (Wi-Fi + 3G model)
Cellular (Wi-Fi + 3G model)
16GB, 32GB, or 64GB flash drive”>>>>>>><Full Specs>

LG’s GW990 HD Smart Phone with 2 Cameras

Posted on January 27, 2010 by admin

Check out the video hands on <Here>
“As the first smart phone powered by Intel’s Moorestown processor, the LG GW990 definitely pushes the boundaries of smart phone capabilities–and their dimensions….One of the hallmark features of this device is that it plays 720p video. But as you’ll see in our video demonstration, it’s not only possible to [...]

Slideshow:Communications of Tomorow Circa the 1940s

Posted on January 24, 2010 by admin

Back in the mid-1940s, Seagram’s advertised its VO Canadian whiskey with a series of extremely manly magazine ads about “Men Who Plan Beyond Tomorrow” — unspecified futuristic thinkers who liked the fact that Seagram’s was patient enough to age VO for six years. They’re entertaining when they sort-of-accurately predict scenarios that eventually came to be, [...]

Slideshow: The Residential Architecture of Steven Holl

Posted on January 21, 2010 by admin

“For years I have been trying to write a manifesto, ” he says. “What is important today is the ’specific’. Each site and each circumstance are unique, and an architect must try to have his own style and (it) in different sites. To attain this style an architect has to understand the idea of the [...]

Pixel Qi: Epaper Screens with Color and Video

Posted on December 24, 2009 by admin

” These screens rival the best epaper displays on the market today but in addition have video refresh and fully saturated color. The epaper mode has 3 times the resolution of the fully saturated color mode allowing for a high resolution reading experience without sacrifice to super color fidelity for graphics. In addition [...]

Android Web Tablets From ICD

Posted on December 23, 2009 by admin

The Vega and Ultra Web Tablets from  Innovative Converged Devices (ICD) ” their first in a future line of Android products of low priced, full featured High Definition entertainment and information devices that feature 3G connectivity, a Tegra processor, full streaming media, and a touch interface. The 7-inch, 11-inch and 15-inch devices are scheduled for [...]

JooJoo (CrunchPad) Internet Tablet

Posted on December 12, 2009 by admin

From their Website” The African word “joujou,” means magical device. JooJoo is an entirely new consumer electronics device that defies categorization. It was built from the ground up to bring users into a magical, yet real world where everything on the Internet is just a single touch away. With JooJoo, the Internet is the application….
Specs:
12.1 [...]