2009-01-27

GoEverywhere A Cloud-Based Workspace

Clipped from: Symantec Launches GoEverywhere – Cloud-Based Workspace | CloudAve

Symantec Launches GoEverywhere – Cloud-Based Workspace

Symantec corp is launching their GoEverywhere beta product, an offering that they’re describing as;

a secure SaaS-based workspace that allows users to access their preferred third party web-based email, IM, office and other online applications from one central online location

Clipped from: Your Cloud Workspace - Symantec GoEverywhere | AzureJournal - Windows Azure Blog

New things you will be able to do with goEverywhere:

Connect to and work from the internet on the same desktop from any computer
Log into any location on the internet with one user name and password
Access to many free applications and services on the internet
Sharing of data, documents and photos
Keep your data in one, secure and shareable location

Things you won’t have to do if you use goEverywhere as your desktop:

Choose between a PC and Mac, your can use either or both
Buy common software titles and utilities
Install & update software applications
Backup your files (if you use the storage service)
Upgrade your OS
Migrate to Vista

Clipped from: Advantages - Your Personal Online Workspace-- Symantec GoEverywhere

Advantages

Personal Online Workspace

Advanced workspace navigation

Zero Management

No need to backup,install,update or reboot.

Online Application Collections

Easy access to free software titles & rich media content

Single Secure Password

One password for all your online applications & storage

Clipped from: YouTube - Personal Cloud Computing

Personal Cloud Computing

Clipped from: YouTube - Introduction to the goEverywhere workspace

Introduction to the goEverywhere workspace

Clipped from: YouTube - Introduction to Open Places

Introduction to Open Places

Clipped from: YouTube - Setting up & using Safe Places

Setting up & using Safe Places

2009-01-26

Vuzix VR Glasses

Clipped from: Vuzix VR Glasses - Wrap 920AV | Geeky Gadgets

Vuzix VR Glasses - Wrap 920AV

These new VR Glasses look much better than the current models available, have a look at the photo below which compares them to the current Vuzix iWear Video goggles.

Clipped from: Wrap 920AV

The Wrap 920AV is the world’s “first in class” Video Eyewear that takes
the form of a standard pair of fashionable sunglasses with
revolutionary ‘see-thru’ Quantum optics technology that doesn’t block
out the world around you.

Connects to any video device

The Wrap 920AV is designed to connect to all NTSC or PAL audio/video
devices with video-out capabilities.

Supported devices include:

iPod®/iPhone
Portable DVD Players
Media Players
Digital Cameras
Camcorders
Cellular phones with video out
Video Game Systems
PCs & Laptops with S-Video

Features:

Unique ‘see-thru’ lens design
30 degree field of view
Equivalent to a 60” screen viewed from nine feet
Removable noise-cancelling earphones
Works with iPod® and iPhone
Works for six hours with 2 AA batteries
Weighs less than three ounces
Prescription inserts available from Vuzix

2009-01-25

Jumbo Hostel

Clipped from: Spend The Night In A 747 | The Daily Luxury News Blog from Luxury-Insider.com

Spend The Night In A 747

While spending long hours aboard a plane probably signal fitful sleep for most of us, a night’s rest on board a plane may soon become the coveted choice of sleep with the debut of Jumbo Hostel – the world’s first hostel in a plane.

Permanently stationed at the entrance to Stockholm Arlanda Airport, The Jumbo Hostel is easily accessible from the busy airport, providing an opportune alternative to transit stays.

Clipped from: YouTube - jumbo hostel in sweden

Clipped from: Jumbohostel

25 rooms

Jumbo Hostel offers 25 rooms with most three beds in each. All together, the hostel offers 72 beds; one more luxurious are to be found at the uper deck.

The cockpit suite

Do you want to stay the night in the cockpit of a jumbo jet? Then go to the Jumbo Hostel at Arlanda. Here, the aircraft’s cockpit has been converted into a de luxe suite with parts of the original interior saved as curiosities. From the suite’s panoramic windows you have a magnificent view of the air traffic at Arlanda.

2009-01-24

Long-Distance Teleportation Achieved

Clipped from: FOXNews.com - Scientist Teleport Matter More Than Three Feet - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News

Scientist Teleport Matter More Than Three Feet

Scientists have come a bit closer to achieving the "Star Trek" feat of teleportation.

No one is galaxy-hopping, or even beaming people around, but for the first time, information has been teleported between two separate atoms across a distance of a meter — about a yard.

Clipped from: Quantum Teleportation Is a Go! | 80beats | Discover Magazine

Quantum Teleportation Is a Go!

Researchers have accomplished teleportation, though not of the “Beam me up, Scotty” variety. Instead, they sent information between two individual atoms of the element ytterbium, which were suspended in separate containers three feet apart. Because the quantum information instantly hops from one atom to the other without ever crossing the space between the two, scientists call the transfer “teleportation” [Science News].

Over the years, teleportation experiments have demonstrated that quantum states - for example, the spin of a particle or the polarization of a photon - can be teleported using a variety of methods. But the researchers behind the latest experiment … claim that this is the first time information has been teleported between two separate atoms in unconnected enclosures [MSNBC].

Clipped from: Long-Distance Teleportation Between Two Atoms Achieved :: University Communications Newsdesk, University of Maryland

Long-Distance Teleportation Between Two Atoms Achieved

Clipped from: University of Maryland Trapped Ion Quantum Computing Group

Prof. Christopher Monroe's research group at the University of Maryland Department of Physics and Joint Quantum Institute

[...] focuses on the electromagnetic manipulation of individual atoms
and photons for fundamental studies of quantum mechanics and applications in quantum information science.

Quantum Teleportation Is a Go! | 80beats | Discover Magazine

University of Maryland Trapped Ion Quantum Computing Group

Long-Distance Teleportation Between Two Atoms Achieved :: University Communications Newsdesk, University of Maryland

Quantum Leap: Information Teleported between Ions at a Distance: Scientific American

Technology Review: A Quantum Memory Leap

One quantum leap - Cosmic Log - msnbc.com

Teleportation Milestone Achieved | LiveScience

Quantum T Quantum Technologies Move A Step Closer With Demonstration Of An 'Entanglement' Filter eleportation Between Distant Matter Qubits: First Between Atoms 1 Meter Apart

Quantum Teleportation Between Distant Matter Qubits -- Olmschenk et al. 323 (5913): 486 -- Science

2009-01-23

Ancient Nile Water Levels Indicate Sun-Climate Connection

Clipped from: NASA Links Ancient Nile Records to Sun's Impact on Climate Change

NASA Links Ancient Nile Records to Sun's Impact on Climate Change

NASA announced that a group of NASA and university scientists has found a convincing link between long-term solar and climate variability in a unique and unexpected source: directly measured ancient water level records of the Nile, Earth's longest river, which runs south to north through Egypt.

Clipped from: NASA - NASA Finds Sun-Climate Connection in Old Nile Records

"Since the time of the pharaohs, the water levels of the Nile were
accurately measured, since they were critically important for
agriculture and the preservation of temples in Egypt," she said. "These
records are highly accurate and were obtained directly, making them a
rare and unique resource for climatologists to peer back in time."

...

The researchers found some clear links between the sun's activity
and climate variations. The Nile water levels and aurora records had
two somewhat regularly occurring variations in common - one with a
period of about 88 years and the second with a period of about 200
years.

...

So what causes these cyclical links between solar variability and the Nile? The authors suggest that variations in the sun's ultraviolet energy cause adjustments in a climate pattern called the Northern Annular Mode, which affects climate in the atmosphere of the Northern Hemisphere during the winter. At sea level, this mode becomes the North Atlantic Oscillation, a large-scale seesaw in atmospheric mass that affects how air circulates over the Atlantic Ocean. During periods of high solar activity, the North Atlantic Oscillation's influence extends to the Indian Ocean. These adjustments may affect the distribution of air temperatures, which subsequently influence air circulation and rainfall at the Nile River's sources in eastern equatorial Africa. When solar activity is high, conditions are drier, and when it is low, conditions are wetter.

Related:
NASA Links Ancient Nile Records to Sun's Impact on Climate Change
NASA - NASA Finds Sun-Climate Connection in Old Nile Records
Altered climate reports spark stormy hearing - Los Angeles Times
Sun-Climate | Home

2009-01-21

Paper House

Clipped from: The Wall paper house offers cheap dry home for poor and displaced - Times Online

The Wall paper house offers cheap dry home for poor and displaced

Clipped from: Paper Houses: New Design Could Revolutionize World Slums - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

New Design Could Revolutionize World Slums

A new invention could soon change the face of shantytowns across the globe. Called "Universal World House," the structures are light, cheap -- and made of paper.

Clipped from: Swiss Company Offers Paper Homes - Science - redOrbit

Swiss Company Offers Paper Homes

A Swiss company known as The Wall AG, has created a $5,000, 390 square foot modular home.

This house is marketed towards third-world towns, for long-term refugees. The Universal World House can be transported and used almost anywhere. It is light, easily assembled, environmentally friendly, earthquake-proof and extremely cheap.

The Universal World House is crafted out of a resin-soaked cellulose, made from recycled paper, shaped into honeycomb walls, which provide structural integrity and insulation for the home. It also comes outfitted for plumbing and boarding facilities of up to 8 residents.

The home's inventor, Gerd Niemoeller, says that the paper house weighs just 1,763lb, which is lighter than a VW Golf. “Without the foundation block, the whole house actually weighs in at about 400kg,” says the design engineer. However, despite it being light, the house will not simply blow away.

Clipped from: anArchitecture: Honeycomb Paper House.

Honeycomb Paper House.

SwissCell walls are based on hexagonal structures similar to honeycombs: the technique results in lightweight but strong boards, typical used in the vehicle and aircraft industry. Usually honeycomb boards are made of aluminum – an expensive and energy intensive material. SwissCell, by contrast, is a cellulose product, impregnated by synthetic resin.

Clipped from: SwissCell - The Wall AG

2009-01-19

Trispecs Stereo Bluetooth Sunglasses

clipped from blog.wired.com

Sunglasses Combines Music Player, Bluetooth Headset

clipped from www.prweb.com

Las Vegas, NV January 7, 2009 -- Tri-Specs® Inc., the company that combines high-tech and high-fashion in user-friendly consumer electronics, is now offering Bluetooth-enabled eyewear that combines the best acoustic technology for noise cancellation and voice quality in mobile communications with acoustically enhanced, premium stereo sound for a great MP3 music experience using buttons on the arms of the glasses.

TriSpecs™ are highly styled glasses with a simple user experience and STEP Labs' unsurpassed noise elimination acoustic technology. They combine dual microphones, dual speakers, and Bluetooth connectivity in a mobile accessory which produces the best voice quality and intelligibility on the market.

clipped from www.chipchick.com

CES 2009: Trispecs Designer Stereo Bluetooth Sunglasses

clipped from www.chipchick.com

Feature Run down:

* Power turns on by extending the in-ear speakers
* Voice prompts and voice dialing for easy, hands-free use
* Instant, dynamic volume to compensate for noise changes in the environment
* Retractable standard earbud speakers or upgrade with in-ear barrel speakers
* One-touch activation of phone calls
* MP3 and call control buttons on the arms of the glasses
* Available in black, white, and metallic with optional designs and style elements

clipped from www.pcmag.com

TriSpecs Bluetooth Shades Cut the Dork Factor

clipped from www.pcmag.com

Yeah, we thought the original sunglasses/earphones concept was a little dorky, too. But new TriSpecs shades look like something you might want to wear.

2009-01-18

Nano Machines and a Nano-GPS System to Combat Cancer

clipped from www.zmescience.com

Mini-”submarine” will be able to combat cancer within 3 years

clipped from www.zmescience.com

The unique invention will not carry curios scientist inside the human body, but will be made out of biological materials and will be able to deliver drugs in order to destroy cancer cells and faulty proteins.

These biological nano-machines can be targeted against a specific kind of cells, their ability to track down leukocytes in mice with ulcerative colitis already having been observed. The “submarine” will use a nano-sized carrier which works like a GPS in order to find the right cells and deliver their charge to them, leaving the healthy tissue untouched. Among the first to work by using this revolutionary idea, the new disease fighter uses a drug based on RNAi, which reprograms cells to function correctly and destroys the ones affected by cancer.

clipped from www.eurekalert.org

A Nano-GPS System

"Our lab is creating biological nano-machines," says Dr. Peer. "These machines can target specific cells. In fact, we can target any protein that might be causing disease or disorder in the human body. This new invention treats the source, not the symptoms."