Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts

Friday, April 29, 2011

Latest Android Tablets Archos Arnova 2011

French electronics manufacturer, Archos introduced Tablets Android with affordable prices. Tablets Archos Arnova was given the name, with prices ranging from Euro 99 to 249 Euros.
Foto Archos Arnova

Internet tablet is claimed to have multimedia features are fairly complete. "Equipped with full multimedia features and easy to use, Arnova is a tablet that is very affordable" Archos spokeswoman said, as quoted MediaTren from Pocketlink, Monday (02/28/2011).
Archos Arnova offers a wide choice of 3 screen, there are 7 inches, 8 inches, and 10 inches. All models are equipped with Android OS 2.2 Froyo, with a screen resolution of 720p so it is quite convenient to enjoy movies high definition (HD). Not only that, all models also have 2 types of touch screen options, namely the capacitive and resistive.
Archos Arnova 10 (10-inch screen) has a USB socket that can be connected to an external keyboard, mouse or hard drive. While Arnova 8 (8 inch screen) has a 4:3 screen format and Arnova 7 (7-inch screen) is a version termurahnya.
Arnova current 10 already available in European markets with a price range of 199 Euro, while the other versions like Arnova 8 became available in March with the price of 149 Euro, and Arnova 7 version became available mid-2011 with a starting price of 99 Euro.
But unfortunately, all three are not equipped with SIM card slots, which means not be used for the call. In the near future, the three tablets that are rumored to be available in Indonesia market.

Unique Lamp Design, Creative and Cool

1. Coin Lamp

This lamp was designed by Jethro Macey. As the name implies, these lamps require a new first Coin can flame. Hmmm's also unique as Game Ding-Dong who must use coins.




2. Mushroom lamp

Looks like a mushroom. This lamp is energy efficient because it only uses 4AA batteries efficient. Prices are set around $ 12. Who want to buy?




3. Titanic Lamp

The author, Charles Trevelyan inspired by titanic movie, so the lamp is similar to that titanic ship began to sink.



4. Torn Lighting


Designed by Billy may, very well to hide the lights on the wall. In the design unique enough to blend with the wall so that the bulb is not visible directly.



5. Alien Abduction Lamp

The designer is Lasse Klein. From the name alone was plasticity of this lamp made similar scenes of aliens kidnap / take the objects of life on earth to the plane. But unfortunately, this new light on the concept stage and has not been produced.



6. Abyss table lamp

This lamp is very unique, designed like a tortuous colon. Use of white lights that seemed to shine brighter and more make a lamp look elegant. Suitable to be placed on the table beside the sofa. This lamp is worth about $ 500.




7. Sliced-Lamp

These lights are designed to cut a long table lamp (the former) and enter more than 40 perspex plates (plates) between cuts. Designed by Studio Mango (Netherlands).



8. The colgao

Creepy lamp was designed in Studio Enpanza in Spain. The design is such as hanging or a person who hanged (In spanish = The colgao) from the top horizontal pole hanging lamp. Unique but also scary.



9. Chain Lamp


Designed by Iliara Marelli which functioned as a desk lamp. Made of aluminum and is equipped with 4 pieces of bright white lights (1-watt), lamp that connects with shape of folds flat as a point of light weight when used.

When the lamp is closed / folded full, just 2.75 inches tall. Meanwhile, if fully opened, the high reached 22 inches. The price is quite expensive, ie $ 592.




10. Lighting hurdle

Designed by Koreans Lee Suk Woo and which Byeon Dong Jin, they were awarded a Special Mention in 2007 Lightouch Design Competition in Singapore.

Lamp has a structure similar to this goal in the design of light both horizontally and vertically like a desk lamp. A sensor detects how the light is positioned and operates the light in accordance with his position. Suitable for reading books, comics or magazines are focused.




11. Stacked Rock Lamp

The stones piled regularly on a pole that supports the lamp, resulting in a spout of light toward the bottom of the right like a waterfall. They cost $ 119.



12. Troja arc lamp


This lamp is quite large and provide light with high quality. The design is simple but modern. It takes a fairly large room if you want to have it. But what do you same Trojan?



13. The Ociu Light

These lights are large due to have a diameter of 185 cm. Available in 2 colors: white and black. The meaning of the word "OCIU" is "Pay attention (attention please)" as a warning so you do not ignore this great stuff.



14. One Man Shy Lamp

To turn on this light switch is Mr.P. Lights that shine in describing the shape of human heads, but is covered by a lamp cover. The high 13-inch and use a powerful 15-watt lamp. The price of this lamp for about $ 99.



15. Desktop Grenade Lamp

The name and model of this lamp is pretty cool. Who has never held a grenade, ya it's time to buy these lights. Grenade trigger button functioned as a switch to turn on and turn off the lights. The price range of $ 139.



16. The Nymph

This lamp is quite extraordinary luxury in the form of insects. For a lamp, Having a lot of foot like insects in general, making his own appeal for the viewer. Designed by Brooklyn-based interior and furniture design company, this lamp at a price tag of $ 2600.



17. Fiat Lux Lamp


These lamps are the latest designs from Cate Hogdahl & Nelson Ruiz-Acal and is still in the stage production, will soon be marketed.

Fiat Lux has the meaning "let there be light", but the picture does not show features as a source of light that illuminates with strong, because this lamp is destined for a friend read a book or as a light sleep.




18. The Light Drop


Designed by Rafael Morgan is a Brazilian who has new ideas in designing the house lights. Like water falling from the tap. Faucet knob function as a regulator of light.



19. Gilda


Designed by Arturo Alvarez. The material used is quite unique and relatively new is "italian glass tiles," or Italian glass tiles. Making light in design with 2 layers of glass cover that is white or black square. There's a deluxe version, with added to the form of 24-karat gold lights.



20. Good Night Eileen

Designed by Christine Birkhoven inspired by old-fashioned hand lamp can be taken anywhere. Using LED technology, the lamp energy saving electricity. Power is applied to the lamp through the magnetic induction.



21. Memento lamp

This lamp was designed by Hiroshi Yoneya and Yumi Masuko. Shaped beams and decorated or intentionally designed with a series of numbers so that if the light is turned on will form a unique shadows around him. This lamp is only marketed in Japan.



22. Lull

Name of the lamp is quite short but unique. This lamp is in the flower-like design that can be shut and broke. If the casing of the lights at night are shut, but if the early morning of the lamp casing is open and the lights are shining with the light intensity high enough to be able to awaken those who sleep, as shown. Well Suitable for the love  wake up late reply.



23. Blow Table Lamp

The author quite creative. The process of lighting is right on the light bulb. His head was like a small flashlight. For the direction of light, can be arranged by a magnet on the outside.



24. Mini-tape Casette Lamp

Designed by a group of people who work at a company "Transparent House". This lamp is made from recycled cassette tapes of unused tracks.

Then the set of tapes were made in such a way as to become like a cube. Inside the cube is given a lamp whose light makes the shadows around it looks unique.




25. FlapFlap

This lamp was designed by Hopf & Wortmann from Germany. Without described, you all must have known his uniqueness. Deain this light like floating. This light limited edition since its launch in 2001 ago.



26. Wiener Dog Lamp

This lamp is shaped sculpture dog but the center of the body in different designs. For the body to use amber colored glass and in it there is a light bulb, so that the light produced is not high intensity.



27. Lamp Bulb

Lights that one is also quite unique because it was made and designed in such a way with a number of bulbs used. Can be seen in that light generated images derived from a lamp which is surrounded by the lights of the former. Light the lights shine into a set of other former and a nice light effect.


28. The NOD Light

This lamp is used as a desk lamp or light sleep. In the box-shaped design like shelves of goods shelves of books, because it also functioned as a bookcase or rack doodads. It costs about $ 220.


29. Tall & Tiny

Designed by Alice Rosignoli. This lamp is pretty efficient place because it's 2D shape and thin. This lamp is made of 2-lamp stickers Vinyl foil so as to make the lights this one is quite unique.



30. Corner Lamp

As the name implies, this lamp is intended for the corner. It can be seen in the figure that the design is tailored to the corner of the room. It costs about $ 195.



31. Honeycomb


Designed by Kyouei Design Studio in Japan. 100% made with paper "denguri", product of Shikoku region of Japan.

Honeycamb Named because it is a lantern or lanterns made to resemble a beehive. This lamp is quite easy to carry anywhere because it is easily dismantled pairs. It costs about $ 56.




32. The Clear Reading Lamp

Designed by Bureaudebank from the Netherlands. This lamp is particularly suitable for light reading lamp bed, because the light is divided into 2 sections as a space for bookshelves.


33. Cord Lamp

This lamp was designed by Nicolo Taliani of Italy. The advantages of this light lies in cable management for not scattering light. It can be seen in the figure that the wires neatly arranged in a glass tube which also functioned as a buffer lamps.

This lamp consists of 4 colors: red, white, orange, black, color cable while also following the light color.




34. Butterfly Lamp

Designed with elegance by Japanese design studio Vinta. In the image is clear that the design of the lamp can be opened (such as butterflies fly) and then open with a flat (horizontal). Suitable for a room like the dining room, living room and so forth.



35. Bird-on-Wire-lamp

This lamp was designed by Javier Henriquez and Sebastian Lara who was inspired when he saw the beautiful scenery the afternoon there are some birds that rests on an electric cable. As in the picture, there is light produced in the vicinity of the bird's body and leaves a nice light effects.

Magdeburg Water Bridge, the splendor of the river in the Upper River

Magdeburg Water Bridge is water navigation channel in Germany which connects the Elbe-Havel canal to the Mittelland canal and allow the ship to cross over the River Elbe as high as 918 meters. Magdeburg Water Bridge is the longest navigation waterways in the world.


Elbe-Havel Canal and the Mittelland canal near Magdeburg previously met but on the opposite side of the Elbe. Ships from the Elbe-Havel canal to the Mittelland canal must first take a detour along the 12 kilometers, down from Canal Mittelland through Rothensee giant water elevator to lift the boat into the Elbe, then sail against the current.

Before entering the Elbe-Havel canal had to go through Niegripp Lock. Receding water levels in the Elbe often make the ship loaded cargo crossings can not do this, and this takes much longer to load and unload ships.












Development of water channel was started since 1930 but because of World War 2 and the subsequent division of Germany, the work was delayed until 1997. Water channel was finally completed and opened to the public in 2003.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Flying Carpet

Classic tale of Aladdin has worldwide for decades. Aladdin's magic lamp story addition also features a magic carpet that can be used to glide in the sky. The children who first heard the story of Aladdin is usually fascinated with the flying carpet. So cool to fly on the carpet around the world! Aircraft can not give us satisfaction that want to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the sky and wanted to feel the fresh air in space. Blimp also seemed too cumbersome and limiting us. Flying carpet does offer its own preoccupations. Then if we can get as well as Aladdin's flying carpet?

The laws of physics indicate that a rug like that might not be able to fly high around the world unless there is a storm that flew out of control. If we sit on it the carpet was even less able to float because of the huge gravitational pull of the earth (gravity caused by our body mass). Carpets do not have engines like an airplane that can get the thrust (thrust) So that can go quickly and eventually the wing produce lift (lift) Is enough to lift the aircraft from ground level. Carpets are also did not like birds that have wings so can not be packed-kepakkan to produce the styles adopted. So, for now flying carpet is still a mere fairy tale fantasy.

In 1989 the launch of Hollywood science fiction movie, Back to the Future II. The film shows something similar to the flying carpet. 'Carpet' fly in the movie was not really a carpet that can fly, but it is a form of skateboard (Sled) without wheels that can hover in the air (glide without touching the ground surface). The film was referred to it as Hoverboard (Kite board.) This kite board does not like flying carpet in Aladdin's story, but its pretty close, even kite board is a form of 'carpet' fly the most likely to have. Its size is not as big as Aladdin's magic carpet that can be used as a cushion while flying across the sky. These boards are sized like a sled so that only a pair of legs can carry us only. We must continue to stand up when using this board, we can not sit like Aladdin on his magic carpet was. In addition, this kite board can not really fly high like Aladdin's carpet. As the name implies, this board can only hover (hovering) A few inches above the soil surface. But we still can feel the sensation of floating in the air that we've dreamed of. What is the secret behind the 'carpet' fly this mini?

As we take a walk to the mall and past the electronics shops that sell fans, we often see the shops that install the fan horizontally so as to produce a swirling wind on it. To show the amount of wind generated electric fan is the vendors usually put a small ball or balloon over the fan so that we can see for yourself balloon 'flying' or rather, float, on top of the fan is playing it. The balloon can float with stable not because around the balloon there is no force of gravity, and it's not as if by magic! We can all immediately understand that the balloon can float because of air spray coming from the fan earlier. Gravity forces (gravity balloon) countered by the lift force generated from the fan air is sprayed so that the balloon can rise up and float to the stable. Kite boards apply the principles that are similar to this. Kite board can float because of the wind which is also produced from a small fan located in the inner space of the board.


At the bottom of the board, there is an empty space called a plenum chamber (plenum chamber.) Inside this room there is a strong enough fan to generate air flow (a wind), which then meets the room. Indoor air pressure is greater than the outside air pressure. When the room was already filled with air, some air will be sprayed out through a small hole located below the fan (on the bottom board). Air Spray gives the action on the ground (floor) so that the soil gives the reaction of the lift force from the land board. As a result, boards can hover as high as several centimeters from the surface.

In addition to flying, kite board has other advantages compared to the sled. Kite boards are always floating in the air is never in direct contact with the surface (never touching the surface) when it is sliding (that's why this board does not need wheels like on the sled.) This means there is no friction between the board with the ground / floor that must be resisted when gliding. Therefore, this kite board can glide at high speed even if only to get a little thrust (thrust.) To control the direction and velocity we only need to adjust your body position on the board. How 'driving' kite board is no different from the sled is so commonly used around the world.

Since the release of the film Back To The Future 2 which is then followed again by Back to the Future 3 many toy company that receives a request to produce kite board similar to that shown in the movie. Of course, kite board used in the film was just a regular board that can not be floated. Flying scenes were the result of camera tricks because at that time hoverboard not yet invented. But in the games world, the Olympic summer of 2000, there are companies that have managed to create hoverboard and show it off in a festive opening ceremony of the Olympics. Hoverboard was named Airboard and not shaped like a board that is used in the film Back to the Future 2 and 3. The size is large and very thick, and having a control device which is driven by hand. Whatever its form, Airboard really can float! This proven technology is kite board can actually be realized in real life.

Other companies began to compete to produce the kite board simpler and more practical to use. The technology used varies. Some use magnetic force (using the repulsive force between magnets mounted on the bottom board with the earth's magnetic field), there also are using repulsion between similar electric charges between the surface of the base board with the surface traversed (electrostatic Repulsion.) But the most promising technology and the simplest is the technology FAT (Forcefield Air-cushion Technology) That use air spray earlier. All this technology can produce kite boards that can be used on any kind of surface, can be ground (wet or dry), stone floors, grass, snow, and ice. Although this kite board can still be used to float above the wet surface, this board can not function properly when used on the surface of deep water because of the limited amount of wind (air flow) that can be produced. In a dirty surface (eg a lot of waste paper) meluncurnya speed is reduced because these impurities can be easily lifted (carried) the wind that is created at the bottom of the board. Kite board can function optimally when used to float above the surface smooth and flat.