Showing posts with label Tech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tech. Show all posts

Friday, January 6, 2012

Folding Bicycle Style Samurai Sword

Designer Nick Domanski back teeth through his latest work. Now, he makes the bike that is inspired by a samurai sword. Like what?

Environmentally friendly transportation tool is designed for modern samurai. Odachi folding bike is made of bamboo and fiber board. As a result, the bike into a light weight and strong.

This bike can be folded and carried in two ways, namely by pushing or carrying him like a samurai sword on your back.

Clearly, this bike will attract many cyclists because its unique design. Interested?

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Space Explorers spacecraft of Saturn Moon

Space Explorers spacecraft of Saturn MoonAt first glance, this thing looks like the United States drone who becomes a spy air. But make no mistake, this thing called Aviatr a space probe to investigate Saturn's largest moon, Titan.

A vehicle for U.S. $ 715 million is very reliable for studying Titan, which remains mysterious because of the cloudy atmosphere thick. The Aviatr will take 3D photos surface of Titan, so that scientists can know the geological conditions.

After surrounding the Titan, the final mission aircraft weighing 120 kg was dived and landed on one of Titan's sand hills. In addition to the sandy surface conditions, scientists have not been able to solve what lies on the surface of Titan.

Scientists believe Titan is uniquely have a match with a heavy spacecraft, because of gravity low. But the atmosphere was thick, so the vehicle can weigh up into long thick.

Unlike balloons, Aviatr allows researchers to control height. Aviatr can also build such a library that contains 3D images of the surface and the weather on Titan.

Titan has a volume greater than Earth's moon, even larger than Mercury. The temperature at the surface around -178 178 centigrade.

Aviatr will be able to move quickly. Plutonium-fueled vehicle will also be used to monitor the long afternoon, to take a picture surface.

Like the existing aircraft in the Earth, Aviatr also have a 'safe mode'. Thus Aviatr able to dwell in the atmosphere of Titan, if necessary, so as not to damage the communications network. (Daily Mail)

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Create Apps, Young 16 Year Achieves USD 2.7 Billion Investment

A 16-year-old British teenager, Nick D'Aloisio, the investment reached 250 thousand U.S. dollars or the equivalent of USD 2.7 billion.

Investment was acquired from Li Ka-Shing, one of the richest people in the world originating from China. Li Ka-shing invested through Horizons Ventures.

What are the applications that make Nick D'Aloisio trusted to manage a fund of that? These investments are made to an application called Summly.

Summly is basically a web application that summarizes the content. Through a system of "artificial intelligence", Summly able to summarize web content so that prospective visitors know what information will be acquired prior to visiting a specific page.

Currently available for IOS Summly application on Apple App Store. But Nick is planning to develop it to the Android platform as well.

Summly available for several languages. Primarily, Summly optimized for summarizing web pages in English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Finnish and Swedish.

In the Beginning

The story began when Nick was looking for information on search engine sites or through a link on Twitter. According to him, information that is raised too much, and users do not always know what to get.

"Maybe Google already have Instant Preview feature, but it's just an image of the page. But what I want is to know what content will I get," said Nick.

Before making Summly, he had made a similar service with an algorithm called TRIMIT. The difference, TRIMIT summarize what the user wanted to say that enough to at-post to Twitter or other social media.

In addition, Nick also makes Facemood applications, which can monitor the user's mood up, and SongStumblr, a music search service geosocial.

As one of the world's richest man, Li Ka Shing investors rather haphazardly. Previously he also invested in Facebook, Spotify and Skype.

Since Age Eight Years

To TheNextWeb, Nick told initially he was interested in application development. According to Nick, since the age of eight years he has been using a MacBook and "play around" with iMovia.

"I started programming at age 12, when the App Store appeared in July 2008. I am making the application but not seriously until last year (2010-ed) when I make SongStumblr," he said.

SongStumblr is a service that allows users to search for music based geosocial logic, that means combining geographical location and social relations of friendship alias.

The next application is presented by Nick Facemood. This tool uses sentiment analysis to determine the mood of my friends on Facebook.

16-year-old teenager living in London with her parents. He was still in school and really liked the scientific field.

Besides eager to learn science, he also liked learning languages ​​(English, Latin, China, Russia), philosophy and history.

Not only about serious subjects, like other teenagers, Nick also enjoys sports (cricket and rugby). In addition he claimed really enjoy graphic design and typography.

The following video explains how the Summly:

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Action Fly 'Iron Man' Franky Zapata

Action Fly 'Iron Man' Franky ZapataAfter Yves Rossy flew at an altitude of 1,500 meters with a jet engine, now turn Franky Zapata in action. He can fly with the style of 'Iron Man' and swim like a dolphin with jet engines creations.

These machines are named Zapata Flyboard. The ability to fly given a boost by the power of water.

Zapata smart device is made from jet ski motor. The tool through a hose to drain water jet boots on both feet. In addition, water from the hose to flow into both hands as a stabilizer.

The result, the rushing water that pushed him into the air until at an altitude of 9 meters. Actions flying Iron Man can be done with this tool, or style of dolphins swimming in the ocean free.

Page Gizmag writes, you have to spend U.S. $ 6,700, or about Rp 60 million more to get this tool.



[images by vivanews.com]

Friday, December 30, 2011

Amazon Kindle Fire Best seller

The Kindle Fire has yet to be appear in the UK, with letters suggesting Amazon’s aboriginal book could accomplish its British admission at some date in the advancing weeks.

The book has been a cogent success in the US and is apparent by abounding as the arch battling to Apple’s iPad accustomed its lower appraisement and the bulk of agreeable Amazon has at its disposal.

Amazon has not provided exact abstracts apropos Christmas sales, but said in a statement: ‘2011 was the best anniversary anytime for the Kindle ancestors as barter purchased millions of Kindle Fires and millions of Kindle e-readers.’

During December, the Kindle Fire has remained at the top of the best awash items on Amazon.com, followed by the Kindle Touch and the accepted Kindle e-reader.

The accepted archetypal additionally charcoal the acknowledged account in the UK, although analysts adumbrate back the Kindle Fire eventually goes on auction it will get pleasure agnate acceptance to that in the US.

Earlier this week, developer JackpotClavin afraid the Kindle Fire so it could run Android 4.0, additionally accepted as Ice Cream Sandwich, instead of the its accepted customised adaptation of Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

Apple has so far yet to animadversion on the actionable amend or affirm back the Kindle Fire will be appear in the UK.