The robot Ronaldo
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Sources:
- News on Japan
- Japanese robot scientist unveils 2-metre long robot "Hajime 33" CCTV-International
- HAJIME ROBOT
- YouTube - hajimerobot33 walk
- YouTube - hajimerobot33 kick
The robot Ronaldo
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Clipped from: Mimo Mini USB Monitor at 100Cute - SoCute |
If you are searching for a secondary USB monitor, the Mimo Mini from ThinkGeek might be the right answer for you. The display features a 800 x 480 resolution with a 350 cd/m2 brightness level, 400:1 contrast ratio, and portrait/ landscape view.You just need to connect the 7-inch Mimo Mini to the computer’s USB port and the display is ready to use. The Mimo Mini is perfect for your IM client, widgets, PC gaming tools, your email, a spreadsheet, your PhotoShop tools, or even video. Weighing at 1.3-pounds, the Mimo Mini retails for $129.99.
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Product Features
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The Mimo running the Zune software Now Playing view….and Amanda F*ckin’ Palmer.
The Mimo and IE8 in Portrait Mode…cute, but usable? Not so much.
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price $129.99
7" screen : 800 x 480 pixels
detachable stand allows portrait or landscape mode
price $219.99
7" screen : 800 x 480 pixels
touchscreen, audio in/out ports
integrated webcam and microphone
great for VOIP applications
detachable stand allows portrait or landscape mode
Clipped from: YouTube - 7" DisplayLink Mimo USB Monitor w/ Dell Mini 9 Netbook Hackintosh |
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Clipped from: BBC NEWS | Technology | Wireless power system shown off |
Wireless power system shown off |
A system that can deliver power to devices without the need for wires has been shown off at a hi-tech conference.
The technique exploits simple physics and can be used to charge a range of electronic devices over many metres.
Eric Giler, chief executive of US firm Witricity, showed mobile phones and televisions charging wirelessly at the TED Global conference in Oxford.
Clipped from: WiTricity Corp. Home — Wireless Electricity Delivered Over Distance |
WiTricity Corp.’s vision is to develop a family of wireless electric power components that will enable OEM’s in a broad range of industries and applications to make their products truly “wireless.” Wireless electric power delivered over room scale distances, and with high efficiency. Wireless electric power that is safe for people and animals. Wireless electric power—imagine no more… it’s here!
This WiTricity prototype system demonstrates wireless powering of an LCD TV. In this demonstration system, a WiTricity power source is positioned on the floor. It is connected to AC power and converts AC current to an oscillating magnetic field. The WiTricity capture device (to the right of the LCD TV), converts the magnetic energy to alternating current and powers the LCD TV. The WiTricity power source and capture devices are highly resonant magnetic systems that can exchange energy in a very efficient manner. WiTricity Corp. is miniaturizing and packaging the technology so that it can be built directly into a wide variety of products and systems—with no need for an external power capture device as shown in this prototype configuration.
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Abu Dhabi Nears the Finish Line With Their Racetrack-Side Hotel
The Yas, which will be the world's first five-star Formula One trackside hotel, is a monster with 500 rooms and a marina for docking your megayacht. All of this capped by the pivoting, diamond-shaped glass panels of the roof, which will produce "optical effects and spectral reflections that play against the surrounding sky, sea and desert landscape."
The Yas Hotel Abu Dhabi | Asymptote Architecture
Hani Rashid describes the building’s design and its architecture as:
a perfect union and harmonious interplay between elegance and spectacle. The search here was inspired by what one could call the ‘art’ and poetics of motor racing, specifically Formula 1, coupled with the making of a place that celebrates Abu Dhabi as a cultural and technological tour de force.
Abu Dhabi Building F1 Racetrack Hotel and Ferrari Theme Park
2009 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX
Yas Marina Circuit
Located on the spectacular Yas Island, the track is set to revolutionise the design of future Formula One circuits. Boasting top speeds of 320 km/h and average speeds of 198 km/h, it features nine right turns and 11 left turns and is one of the few venues on the calendar to run in an anti-clockwise direction.
Designed by renowned circuit architect Hermann Tilke, Yas Marina has a waterfront setting scenic enough to rival the likes of Monaco and Valencia. And with the track wrapping itself around the island's glamorous newly-built marina, there's plenty of mooring space for the paddock's plethora of yachts.
Its distinctive design also boasts several innovative elements including the stunning five-star, 500-room Yas Marina Hotel, which straddles the circuit, and the 60-metre solar powered Sun Tower, which offers unrivalled views for invited guests.