The hardback books have lost yet another battle against technology with the bright new Amazon Kindle. Nonetheless, this one is going to please both the passionate readers and the gadget lovers. The Amazon Kindle, masterly using the electronic ink for its display and giving up the back light, is designed to look like real paper and furthermore to give the impression that you read the actual book, newspaper, magazine or blog. This is made possible by the Taiwan- based Prime View International (PVI), which supplies Amazon Kindle with the e-paper.

When it comes to the wireless connectivity, the Amazon Kindle uses the same technology as advanced cell phones do, which is a high-speed network (EVDO) that enables you to just click, purchase and read – no wireless bills, no contacts, and no plugs. The Amazon Kindle is just a 300-gram device able to store more than 200 books on its memory, but this can be supplied, at any time, with up to 4 GB SD memory cards.

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No matter what age is every single boy or adult man wants to play with or at least have an R/C toy. Some buy R/C toy cars and others miniature helicopters or planes. Thanks to two inventors, Michael Connally and Ernest Butler anyone who is really mad about can now enjoy HydroFoam which has been available on the market as Storm Launcher for a couple of years now.

This amazing all-terrain vehicle – water, ground and air - was designed by Connally and Butler in 2004 and soon they sold the patent to a private company which started to produce and sell this amphibious R/C. Originally called “hydrofoam” by its two inventors this unique vehicle is promoted and marketed as Storm Launcher by Air Hogs. The pack that includes the vehicle and the remote has been available in US market such as – Walmart,or E-Toys – since October 2006. Read the rest of this entry »

iPhone arrived on June 29, 2007 and even in the first few hours after its official releasing it became a success with the consumers and the professionals. iPhone is more than just a mobile phone – it is also a music player, a video player, an internet device and a camera all in one. Apple developed during the last few years a series of high tech devices such as Apple iPod Nano and iPod Video that integrate the latest technologies available in the field of electronics and telecommunications. The dimensions of the iPhone would make green with envy any model: 11.6mm thick, 2.4-inches wide and 4.5-inches tall. The screen is a generous 3.5-inch, 320×480 pixels at 160 ppi touchscreen display with multitouch support and a proximity sensor to turn off the screen when it is close to your face. The iPhone has an unbelievably storage capacity of 4GB or 8GB, internal flash memory.

As far as the battery is concerned Apple quotes 5 hours of battery life for video and talk with 16 hours in music mode. No data about the standby time is available yet. Read the rest of this entry »

A few decades ago people discovered and brought to their homes the magic box – the TV set to be more specific. In the 1980’s the PC became very popular with the public and television slowly lost its top position. Now it’s high time these two competitors on an ever increasing market called a truce and joined to exploit the huge potential of both computer and visual entertainment industry.

Bill Gates - is there anyone who has not heard about the giant of the giants in the computer industry? of course not, just asking – foresaw the future of both TV and Internet. Speaking to the businessmen present in Davos, Switzerland, Gates said that the Internet is set to revolutionize television within five years, due to an explosion of online video content and the merging of PC’s and TV sets. Talking to the business leaders and politicians he said “I’m stunned how people aren’t seeing that with TV, in five years from now, people will laugh at what we’ve had”. As so many times before Bill Gates’ words are worth listening to. Read the rest of this entry »

Everyone of us wants to have a house of his or her own. I guess it does not have to be the fairy tale castle, it has just to be a house that meets the demands of a modern family. On the other side there are companies that are interested in building a facility that can either accommodate offices or a production line.

So we have got a plan and some needs to be fulfiled, we have got the land and the money or we have just bought an old building that has to be refurbished. The best solution available at the moment to go to a company specialized in the art of creating images showing the characteristics of a proposed architectural design that means specialized in architectural rendering. Traditional hand-drawn architectural rendering has been extensively used until recently but the ever increasing commercial demand forced the pros to use computer rendering. 3D interior and exterior renderings play major role in real estate sales. This also facilitates making decisions about the final design well before the house is actually refurbished or built. This technique helps developers or individuals experimenting with old or new construction design thus leading to a unique result that can add value to a property. One of the best web sites that provides such services to those interested in rendering the outside of a house or a building is http://www.computer-rendering.com/ Read the rest of this entry »

Considering the danger represented by the climate changes and the global warming phenomena scientists and businessmen worldwide started to look for alternative energy sources. Besides the wind power or the nuclear energy is has been recently taken into consideration a new power generating substance: helium 3.

What exactly is helium 3? Helium 3, an isotope of helium, a gas used to inflate balloons, has a nucleus with two protons and one neutron. The solar wind, the rapid stream of charged particles emitted by the Sun, strikes the planets and their sattelites in the solar system and thus helium 3 is deposited in the superficial soil (also called regolith). As the Moon’s atmosphere is not very dense this flow of particles easily penetrates the gas layer and reaches the ground. Over millions and billions of years that adds up. But for its denser protective gases layers the Earth would have been under the direct action of the Sun too thus being contaminated by toxic products. Read the rest of this entry »