Rovio WowWee Telepresence Robot

Evolution Robotics unveiled its NorthStar 2.0 system, which enables robots to be truly aware of their environment and perform everyday tasks with complete autonomy. The first product to use NorthStar will be WowWee Group Limited’s new Rovio telepresence robot.

WowWee, an Optimal Group company (NASDAQ:OPMR), is a leading designer, developer, marketer and distributor of innovative hi-tech consumer robotic and entertainment products.

NorthStar works like a combination GPS, RADAR and autopilot system rolled into one. It’s designed to operate in everyday places like a home or office. So instead of showing you what exit to take on the highway, it guides your robot along a route that you establish, i.e. from your living room to a specific location in the kitchen. The system also represents a major breakthrough in price, coming in at 1/100th to 1/1000th the cost of equivalent systems used in research and industrial applications.

The list of new products in development includes:

– a new generation of intelligent floor care robots that clean better, faster and far more efficiently than any product currently on the market

– super smart toys that interact with kids at blazingly fast speeds and bring video game action to life into the real world

– telepresence robots (such as the new WowWee Rovio robot) that allow the user to connect to the home or office while away and check if everything is ok

With NorthStar, Rovio robot will be able to:

– let you drive the robot with shortcut “go-to” commands, (i.e. go to the kids’ room) to make it easy to control the robot remotely over the web or from your mobile phone

– operate in “patrol mode” and automatically send you pictures of specific locations you want to check, such as making sure your dogs have food in their bowl each morning, or that they weren’t sleeping on the living room couch again

– autonomously guide itself back on course if your kids pick it up and move it

– navigate to its charging station from anywhere in the house, and dock with pinpoint accuracy, when its batteries run low

Rovio telepresence robot will be available in the second half of 2008, at a retail price of $299. For more information and to see the latest WowWee products, please visit http://www.wowwee.com.

The World’s First Pocket-Sized DJ System

Swedish tech company Tonium Laboratories unveil the Pacemaker, the world’s first professional pocket-sized DJ system, first of its kind anywhere in the world.

For the first time in history, everyone can have the power to create their own music. Imagine walking into a party with every record you own in your pocket, stored on the huge 120GB Pacemaker hard drive, plugging into the nearest sound system and DJ’ing like a professional. Envision the next time you’re on a bus or subway, instead of simply listening to your music you can completely interact with it, creating mixes of your favorite tunes, beat matching and using effects; the possibilities are only limited by your own imagination.

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CityCenter Releases Last of Luxury Residences

MGM MIRAGE today released the last of CityCenter’s residential offerings with the sales launch of The Harmon Hotel, Spa & Residences. Recently accepted as a distinguished member of The Leading Hotels of the World, The Harmon will be one of the most luxurious, high-quality boutique hotels across the globe with approximately 207 elite condominiums and an exceptional array of amenities.

The Harmon’s dynamic curving 47-story facade will provide residents with sweeping views of the world’s most dynamic boulevard when it opens in late 2009. With 400 hotel rooms and suites, and approximately 207 luxury condominiums, The Harmon will be a cocoon of comfort for stealthy chic insiders, those who are intimate with the good life, yet know better than to flaunt it. Luxury residences will range from nearly 1,000 to 3,700 square feet and be available as one- and two-bedroom flats and penthouses.

The Harmon’s modern, reflective exterior will give way to a world of indefinable sophistication that delivers the precise mix of privacy and profile to make it a classified, unambiguously stylized haven. Residents will have full access to all hotel amenities including the newest creation of international cultural icon Michael Chow with his first and only MR CHOW restaurant in Las Vegas, a stunning hair salon by world-renowned hair stylist Frederic Fekkai, a private lobby lounge for residents, other dining offerings, the most elite retail offerings in Las Vegas, a luxurious spa (with in-room services available), pool deck, valet parking and much more. The hotel’s pool deck will be perched 100 feet above The Strip providing full views of the world’s most dynamic boulevard below.

Residents will be cared for by a professional staff of experts whose primary goal is to remain one step ahead of the needs and desires of a discerning clientele. This superior commitment to service recently earned the boutique-style property a place among the world’s finest hotels and resorts as a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. To be selected for the coveted membership, The Harmon passed a meticulous inspection covering 1,500 separate criteria that define first-class service as a norm rather than an exception. In 2006 alone, more than 600 hotels applied for membership in The Leading Hotels of the World and a mere 42 were accepted.

CityCenter will feature a soaring 61-story, 4,000-room hotel/casino; two 400-room, non-gaming hotels; a 500,000-square-foot retail and entertainment district; and approximately 2,650 luxury residences.

Play Real Music on a Real Guitar

Allegro Multimedia unveiled the prototype of Guitar Wizard. Forming a strategic partnership with US Music Corporation’s SoundTech Professional Audio Division, the two companies have combined to develop a gaming package that can teach aspiring rock stars how to play real music on a real guitar.

The product will include both the SoundTech Ediface Digital Guitar Interface and the patented Guitar Wizard software, allowing people to play and learn on their PC or Mac with their existing acoustic or electric guitars. The SoundTech Ediface technology converts the guitar sounds to digital for live interactive video game play. Virtually any guitar can be used with the SoundTech Ediface and virtually any song will be able to be used with the Pro software package, unlocking a universe of fun.

Guitar Wizard, unlike other popular guitar video games, is a video game that uses a real guitar with real music files, so kids and adults of all ages can play the music they love, and even read music.

The SoundTech Ediface Digital Guitar Interface and Guitar Wizard Software will be available nationwide in early 2008.

Contact lenses with circuits

Researchers at the University of Washington unveil a stunning contact lenses with … circuits. They declare that there are many possible uses for virtual displays like:

Drivers or pilots could see a vehicle’s speed projected onto the windshield. Video-game companies could use the contact lenses to completely immerse players in a virtual world without restricting their range of motion. And for communications, people on the go could surf the Internet on a midair virtual display screen that only they would be able to see.

“Looking through a completed lens, you would see what the display is generating superimposed on the world outside,” said Babak Parviz, a UW assistant professor of electrical engineering. “This is a very small step toward that goal, but I think it’s extremely promising.”

The results were presented today at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ international conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems by Harvey Ho, a former graduate student of Parviz’s now working at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, Calif. Other co-authors are Ehsan Saeedi and Samuel Kim in the UW’s electrical engineering department and Tueng Shen in the UW Medical Center’s ophthalmology department.

The prototype device contains an electric circuit as well as red light-emitting diodes for a display. The lenses were tested on rabbits for up to 20 minutes and the animals showed no adverse effects.

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180,000 Euros for one fountain pen

Montblanc unveil a 180K Euros fountain pen. Montblanc Limited Edition Boheme Papillon is crafted in the solid white, yellow or rose gold and is studded with 840 flawless diamonds totaling 4.35 carats and 591 sapphires of 3.87 carats. Not bad… not bad.

The price is scary for me and I wonder if I still know how to use a fountain pen. Best, show me a 180K Euros keyboard. We are in 2008 not in last century!

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HackerGuarded

If you run an ecommerce business, privacy must be one of main concern for you. You should permanently search how to improve your web site’s performance and conversion rates. Are so many tools on the Internet tried to help you but many of them are so expensive. GuardedSite is one of affordable way to ensure ecommerce privacy and best of all it is available in a free 90 day trial program (no credit card needed and no contract).

On the GuardedSite is a graphic which show how much GuardedSiteSM helps to Increase conversion rates for a professional services company that added the GuardedSiteSM seal to one of their web pages during a two month trial.

All sound good for me but how does GuardedSiteSM work? It is quite simple: after you submit a form, ProtectedShop.com will perform an automated security scan of submitted web site. GuardedSiteSM will look for known vulnerabilities. After that, the submitted web site will be tested at random intervals to ensure it remains secure and protected.

As long as submitted web site is secure, the GuardedSiteSM security seal it place on the submitted web site will link to a page clearly identifying the submitted web site as secure and protected. If any vulnerability is found by GuardedSiteSM, the owner of the submitted web site will be notified before any changes to the security seal take place in order to allow the webmaster to fix the security issues.

Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression

St. Jude Medical will begin enrollment in a controlled, multi-site, blinded, clinical study of deep brain stimulation for major depressive disorder, a severe form of depression.

In the U.S., more than 21 million adults suffer from some kind of depressive disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Of these, only about 80 percent can be effectively treated with currently available therapies, according to the National Advisory Mental Health Council. Unfortunately, that means approximately 4 million adult Americans live with depression that does not respond to medications, psychotherapy and, in certain cases, electroconvulsive therapy.

The BROADEN (BROdmann Area 25 DEep brain Neuromodulation) study will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of deep brain stimulation in patients with depression for whom currently-available treatments are not effective.

The Libra Deep Brain Stimulation System, which is being evaluated in this study, is designed to deliver mild electrical pulses from a device implanted near the collarbone and connected to small electrical leads placed at specific targets in the brain.

“Major depressive disorder is severely disabling,” said Dr. Lozano. “Currently, there are no widely-accepted treatment options for patients with this condition once multiple medications, psychotherapy and electroconvulsive therapy have failed.”

AMD LIVE! Ultra

AMD has unveiled AMD LIVE! Ultra, a new PC brand.

AMD LIVE! Ultra PCs will be packed with more computing power plus cutting-edge visual performance to meet consumers’ demands for increasingly rich, HD digital entertainment.

AMD also introduced AMD LIVE! Explorer, an application designed to deliver entertainment on AMD LIVE! PCs.

AMD LIVE! Explorer offers an immersive, 3D approach to browsing a digital media library while also enjoying a video or Internet access in the same window.

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Firefox 3 Beta 3 ready to download

One more step to Firefox 3: Firefox 3 Beta 3 is available for download.

You should know that installing Firefox 3 Beta 3 will overwrite your existing installation of Firefox on Mac OS X and Linux. On Windows, Firefox 3 Beta 3 installs in a new folder. For all systems, you won’t lose any of your bookmarks. Anyway don’t panic if some of your extensions and other add-ons might not work. The programmer should work to updates for them… at least we like to believe that

Firefox 3 Beta 3 download for Windows Firefox 3 Beta 3 download for Mac OS X Firefox 3 Beta 3 download for Linux

So, happy surfing with Firefox 3 Beta 3!

ASUS at CeBIT 2008

ASUS Lamborghini VX3: ASUS has expanded its Lamborghini notebook range with the new 12 inch model. The new sub-notebooks blend together the characteristic yellow and black hues with those attributes associated with the world of Lamborghini sports cars – flat, fast, beautiful, innovative and state-of-the-art technology. From whatever angle you look at this little runabout PC, you will always be captivated by the exclusive design of the chassis.

The ASUS-Lamborghini VX3 is made from an aluminum-magnesium alloy and has a metallic keyboard. The notebook cover of the black model is designed with a carbon look whilst the cover of the yellow model comes with high-grade finish. Based on the latest Intel processor technology, integrated drives, large memory capacities and the latest communications and safety features, the VX3 is sure to become the powerful companion for all those trend setters.

ASUS presents its new ASUS G70 notebook featuring powerful dual-graphics based on the highly acclaimed NVIDIA SLI technology, as well as the support of dual hard drives and up to 8 GB of system memory for optimal frame rates. The ASUS G70 is designed for the serious computer enthusiast, and is also aimed at users who want to enjoy high-definition video on their notebooks. Armed with a stunning 17″ HD widescreen display with a native resolution of 1920×1200 and a pair of powerful NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT graphics processing units with 1 GB memory. The ASUS G70 is able to maximize long-term entertainment value and advanced visual quality to provide an uninterrupted thrill-packed adventure. Preloaded with a robust array of multimedia features including a pair of built-in stereo speakers, a subwoofer, an embedded TV tuner and an integrated webcam the G70 is usable for movie pleasure too.

Highlights from the Desktop PC, PC Components and Displays sectors: ASUS will present its first Desktop Gaming PC: the ARES CG6150 which offers performance in a menacing armor-cladded case

ASUS Essentio CS5110 and Nova P22: highly compact, low-noise mini and slim desktop PCs in attractive cases

The luxurious LS221 design LCD display, the VW223B USB monitor and the MK221H and MK241H multimedia monitors with integrated webcams

ASUS EAH3870X2 graphics cards with Dual ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Rinspeed sQuba in the water

sQuba is not only able to drive on roads autonomously with a push of a button, but can also transform into an amphibious vehicle which can be submerged in water up to 10 meters (33 feet).

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World’s Largest Solar Plant

Abengoa Solar has signed a contract with Arizona Public Service Co. (APS), one of Arizona’s leading energy utilities, to build, own and operate what would be the largest solar power plant in the world if operating today.

The plant, scheduled to go into operation by 2011, is located 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, near Gila Bend, Arizona. It will sell the electricity produced to APS over the next 30 years for a total revenue of around $4 billion, bringing over $1 billion in economic benefits to the state of Arizona.

The solar plant has been named Solana, meaning “a sunny place” in Spanish. The Solana Generating Station will have a total capacity of 280 megawatts, enough to power 70,000 homes while avoiding over 400,000 tons of greenhouse gases that would otherwise contribute to global warming and climate change. The plant will employ a proprietary Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) trough technology developed by Abengoa Solar, and will cover a surface of around 1,900 acres. The construction of the Solana Generating Station will create about 1,500 construction jobs and employ 85 skilled full-time workers once completed.

Abengoa Solar has a team of 40 people in the United States and Spain dedicated to researching, developing and improving solar technologies. In December 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy selected Abengoa Solar for three research and developments projects to improve trough technology.

The construction of this solar plant and others under contract in the U.S. are subject to a long-term extension of the solar investment tax credit by the U.S. Congress.

MOUSE 3D!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT IS THIS STUFF

The 3Dconnexion SpaceExplorer 3D Mouse enable intuitive control of 3D objects and models. Boasting 3Dconnexion’s patented optical sensor technology, plus an advanced ergonomic design, it offers effortless navigation for more than 100 of today’s most powerful 3D design and visualization applications.Simply push, pull, tilt or twist the SpaceExplorer’s controller cap to simultaneously pan, zoom and rotate 3D objects and environments. SpaceExplorer features an array of easy-to-reach function keys labeled and pre-programmed with commands from leading design applications. Anyway, it is very expensive… Or maybe you need a better job to afford it…

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NVIDIA 9800GX2

NVIDIA will unveil on March 18 the NVIDIA 9800GX2 GPU. The CeBIT 2008 start today and hardware companies start to display the new graphic card with NVIDIA 9800GX2 GPU.

Converting moving traffic into electricity

MagKinetics unveil a patent pending technology for converting moving traffic into electricity. They believe this practical and logical technology has the potential to solve a large portion of the world’s energy crisis. They are confident that if they can continue working with Physicists and Engineers to develop the technology further, this technology will lower Green house gas emissions, create unlimited electricity, create thousands of jobs and eliminate the need to alter the landscape as other renewable technologies require.

The implementation of the technology for generating electricity is “built into the road itself.” “Without any modification to the traveling vehicle, driving options or personal freedoms, our technology can be used to produce clean, efficient, and substantial electrical energy from merely driving in the normal course,” said the inventor and business partner co-founder, Mark Nejmeh.

WHAT A CAR. IF YOU DO THIS WAY TO YOUR CAR YOU WILL NEED TO RE REGISTER YOUR CAR

Just some pictures of skillfully painted cars from the Moscow motor festival “Aerograph 2007″ (aerograph - air brush).

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DON'T LIKE IT THEN SEE IT FOR MORE

This is the one of the most widely distributed models of Lada (Vaz-2105), produced in the Soviet Union and during the early years of post-soviet Russia (1980-1992). It still can be found on Russian roads, and some of them are good enough to be tuned.

For example this one, on the pictures below, resembles in some way the vehicle from the “Ghost Rider” movie.

See also: Some Russian tuning. ZAZ Invalidka SZD. Some history and tuning Snow Tuning

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WIRELESS CAMERA HUNTER

The Wireless Camera Hunter is pretty good at looking for ‘em hidden cams. Nowadays you see a lot of pics on the Net showing girls in showers or explicit sexy home videos taken without their knowledge. Now you’ve got some leverage and its pretty comforting to know that you can prevent yourself from being a “One-Night-in-Paris-Hilton” Celebrity. Goes for a pretty steep $499.95 and I wished they included a rechargeable battery, sheesh.

This fearless Wireless Camera Hunter scans all commonly used Video Frequencies in less than 5 seconds and detects the video transmission. Then the Wireless Camera Hunter locks in sources from up to 500 Feet away (depending on power of source transmitter). The device allows the user to see what the Hidden Camera is seeing, making it easier to detect hidden video. The monitor display is a high resolution 2.5 Color TFT Screen that displays the Video Image and the exact frequency of the transmission. This Wireless Camera Hunter is lightweight, portable, compact and perfect for countersurveillance applications.

GHOST RIDER IS HERE

If the Ghost Rider was from Russia he for sure would take this one for his rides…

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Salt water fuel cars

Could salt water fuel cars? You may have heard about an invention created by a 63-year-old named John Kanzius that claims to create an alternative fuel out of salt water. Through sheer serendipity, Kanzius, a former broadcast engineer, found out something incredible -- under the right conditions, salt water can burn at high temperatures.

Image courtesy WPBF-TV Yes, you're seeing water burn.

Kanzius' journey toward surprise inspiration began with a leukemia diagnosis in 2003. Faced with the prospect of debilitating chemotherapy, he decided he would try to invent a better alternative for destroying cancerous cells. What he came up with is his radio frequency generator (RFG), a machine that generates radio waves and focuses them into a concentrated area. Kanzius used the RFG to heat small metallic particles inserted into tumors, destroying the tumors without harming normal cells.

THEN WHAT ELSE YOU WANT NOW. OOOO I BELIVE YOU CAN MAKE OWN ELECTRICITY FOR YOUR HOME OFFICE INDUSTRY AND THE LIKE. OR FULL VIDEO BELOW 4000 volts unbelievable. All these days we are searching for energy but we have it 80% on this world.

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• Templeton, David. "Salt Water as Fuel?" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. September 9, 2007. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07252/815920-85.stm#
• Kovacs, Joe. "Can Water Fuel World?" World Net Daily. May 30, 2007. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/ printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55934
• Strom, Ron. "Cars Run On Water: Miracle or Scam?" World Net Daily. May 20, 2006. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/ ­printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50255
• O'Mara, Michael. "Salt Water Fuel Gets Major University Review." WKYC.com September 12, 2007. http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=74285
• Swenson, Herbert. "Why Is the Ocean Salty?" U.S. Geological Survey. http://www.palomar.edu/oceanography/salty_ocean.htm
• "Fla. Man Invents Machine To Turn Water Into Fire." WPBF.com May 24, 2007. http://www.wpbf.com/news/13383827/detail.html

Jamaika Porsche

It seems that some rich Russians are also familiar with Jah cult and Jamaica culture according to this Porsche Cayenne spotted on the streets of Moscow.

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the pocket helecopter

In 1971 Communist government of Soviet Russia has order a development of the smallest passenger helicopter in the world that could carry one person and can be folded in the tube that can be carried also by one person. They had plans to use it on the benefit of Soviet Army and Russian intelligent service.

Here we can see what they got as a result of this order. It was a Ka-56 “Wasp” helicopter, fully functional and could be used and between uses carried by one man.

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TOP MOST CONFIDENTIAL RUSIAN INFORMATION OUT HERE

It was a big underground submarine base and docks once in USSR. After the Soviet Union collapsed and Russian army left Ukraine it was partly abandoned and some of its parts was converted into a museum later.

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Steampunk computer brewery

A COMPUTER IS NO MORE A COMP, ITS PUNK

Looks like Russians can turn an ordinary home computer into almost everything. For example, looks like this one can fill your mug with a fresh beer. Though actually nobody can tell how this weird thing works.