Martin Jetpack - The 50 Best Inventions of 2010. Every depiction of future transport since Buck Rogers includes a jet pack, so who are we to mess with invention convention?
The Martin Jetpack positions itself as the planet's first practical jet pack — as if it were some kind of airborne Swiffer. New Zealand inventor Glenn Martin spent nearly 30 years developing a successor to the proven but impractical Bell Rocket Belt, which first flew in 1961. Martin's version doesn't look practical: he appears to have welded two enormous leaf blowers together and thrown on a harness.
But the carbon-fiber composite frame houses a gasoline-fueled, 200-horsepower engine — more power than a Honda Accord — that turns a pair of carbon-Kevlar rotors. Theoretically, the Martin Jetpack could take its operator up 8,000 ft. Immersive Cocoon, la interfase más sofisticada y envolvente hasta ahora. Immersive Cocoon “2011″ from adNAU on Vimeo.
Como un deja-vu de la penúltima escena de Odisea 2001, un hombre se encuentra un objeto misterioso y se acerca a él. En el teaser, el objeto misterioso es el Immersive Cocoon [Capullo inmersivo]: un pequeño mundo que te conecta con el futuro de la información. “Imagina una experiencia digital que es intuitiva y holística, en la que tu interfase no se ve reducida a un clic del mouse y a un escritorio análogo en dos dimensiones. Un domo de proyección envolvente complementado por el sofisticado software de sensores de movimiento que inspiraron la tecnología mostrada en la película “Minority Report”.
Con movimientos naturales e intuitivos, tu cuerpo entero se convierte en tu interface”. Eso es lo que apunta NAU, la firma suiza de diseñadores que desarrollaron el concepto del capullo. El Immersive Cocoon se abre silenciosamente y extiende unos pequeños escalones que te ayudan a entrar a donde tu imaginación quiera que la lleves. Vujak. VuJak being used The first working version of the program was built on a Mac IIfx with 8 megs of ram, and could jump in real-time across a 160 x 120 pixel QuickTime movie via a midi keyboard. Later versions could manipulate full screen video, included the first real-time video scratch feature, had looping, vari-speed, and random play features, and allowed for recording and editing of video sequences within the application.
VuJak also had networking capabilities which allowed artists to "jam" in real time across standard phone lines. The first public exhibition of VuJak was at the Digital Hollywood conference in Beverly Hills in 1993, where it was promoted by Timothy Leary. VuJak was featured in Mondo 2000, CBS Evening News, Wired Magazine, Electronic Musician, Billboard Magazine, Hollywood Reporter, and it was used to create promotional videos for MTV. Vujak Heralds Era of Video Sampling, Billboard Magazine, 1995 Development of VuJak ceased in 1995.
The 10 biggest tablets of Spring 2012. Lenovo IdeaPad YOGA announced. [CES 2012] At the Consumer Electronics Show today, Lenovo launched the IdeaPad Yoga YOGA – a device touted to be the industry’s first multi-mode notebook with a 360 flip-and-fold design (hence the name “yoga”). The IdeaPad YOGA essentially combines a portable 13.3″ multi-touch tablet with a powerful ultrabook, joined by a patented dual-hinge that lets consumers use the device in a variety of ways. Use it like a regular notebook, semi-close it so it functions as a stand or tent (for you to watch content on) or fully close it to use the YOGA as a tablet. The IdeaPad YOGA is powered by an Intel Core Processor and will run on the Windows 8 operating system. It will feature 8GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD, a 13″ display, a battery that boasts 8 hours of usage time. The Lenovo IdeaPad YOGA will go on sale worldwide in the second half of 2012, with an estimated starting retail price of $1,199.
Stuff for Smart Masses. Humane Mouse Traps. Making Bug 039. Cube Goodies. Stuff for Smart Masses. HOW TO: Use a banana to fix a scratched CD or DVD. A few weeks ago, we published an article describing several techniques to help you repair a scratched CD or DVD. Here’s another method to add to your arsenal in case the previous ones did not work for you. Please note that Amazon.com also has a great CD repair machine right here that is pretty effective and not too expensive. The Banana CD scratch remover What you’ll need: A bananaA banana peelSome glass cleanerTake a CD / DVD that has smudges and minor scratches on it.Using a circular motion, apply a freshly cut banana to it.Next, wipe it down with the banana peel (the inside).
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