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Features include  - Improved sweat resistance ( so you don’t have to worry about your equipment quitting before you do).Unobtainium® nosepads and stem inlays (so your eyewear doesn’t move when you do).Open-edge lenses, so your downward view isn’t blocked (critical for cycling and running).User-changeable lenses, so you can optimize vision for any sport environment.Incredibly lightweight - only 49g.Supports AAC, MP3, WMA, WMA DRM 9, and Audible formats.Built-in rechargeable battery will allow for over 6 hours of playback at maximum volume.

Source: Oakley

LOL !!!

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This product is designed to exchange basic information with new people in the first meeting by shaking hands. The most essential part of a nomadic life is frequent travel, and nowadays, people are traveling more often and more easily. Increasing opportunities to travel indicate increasing opportunities of meeting new people, and expanding your social network.

Shaking hands is a customary greeting action. Handshake brings the action one step further by creating an information transfer function. Handshake operates when people first meet and shake hands, and the rings on their fingers gain the proximity to operate. The rings exchange the users’ information and store it while the users are shaking hands. The more people met, the more information transferred. When the users browse through the people they have met, the card displays the basic information that was stored in the ring. The power source originates from the human body temperature, so no plug is required.

Designer: Hideaki Matsui

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Bird’s nest
The new National Stadium is located on a gentle rise in the centre of the Olympic complex. It is conceived as a large collective vessel. The stadiums appearance is pure structure. Façade and structure are identical. The structural elements mutually support each other and converge into a grid-like formation - like a bird’s nest with its interwoven twigs.

Membrane
The structural elements mutually support each other and converge into a spatial grid-like formation, in which façades, stairs and the roof are integrated. Just as birds stuff the spaces between the woven twigs of their nests with a soft filler, the spaces in the structure of the stadium will be filled with light material. There are two layers of translucent membranes: an outer layer fills the spaces in the structure of the stadium to make the roof weatherproof and an inner layer acts as an acoustic ceiling inside the roof structure, giving the bowl a smooth and homogeneous appearance. The sliding roof is an integral part of the structure of the stadium. When it is closed, it converts the stadium into a covered arena. With its own structural logic, it is also a grid-like formation that forms a waterproof shell together with the translucent membranes.

Crowd
Visitors walk through this formation and enter the spacious ambulatory that runs full circle around the stands. From there one can survey the circulation of the entire area including the stairs that access the three tiers of the stands. Functioning like an arcade or a concourse, the lobby is a covered urban space with restaurants and stores. The stands are designed without any interruption to evoke the image

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Source : Italian Design Centre

The unique feature is the Bamboo casing, which actually has some benefits over plastic, including its stronger build, lighter weight and far more environmentally friendly production.Need we ask for more from a smartphone??

Source Yanko

 The third variant from MacBook laptop series has 1,93 centimeters thickness. But, because the design is curved in its corners, most thin part of this laptop has 0,4 centimeters thickness only. No other laptop in this world which has thin like Macbook Air. Even the ultra-thin laptop, Fujitsu LifeBook Q2010 and Toshiba Portege R500 has panel which its thickness is flat: 2 cm.

The new laptop from Apple is the slimmest in the world, but potential customers will need a thick wallet.All this comes at a price, The Air - which ships in two weeks globally - will cost $1799, on par with the more advanced MacBook Pro.

Full Specifications - Macbook Air

Size and weight

Height: 0.16-0.76 inch (0.4-1.94 cm)
Width: 12.8 inches (32.5 cm)
Depth: 8.94 inches (22.7 cm)
Weight: 3.0 pounds (1.36 kg)1

Processor and memory

Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB on-chip shared L2 cache running at full processor speed

800MHz frontside bus
2GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM onboard

Storage

80GB 4200-rpm Parallel ATA hard disk drive2
Optional 64GB solid-state drive2
Optional external USB MacBook Air SuperDrive

Environmental status report

MacBook Air embodies Apple’s continuing environmental progress. It consumes the least amount of power of any Mac and is also designed with the following features to reduce environmental impact:

Highly recyclable aluminum enclosure
Mercury-free LCD display with arsenic-free glass
PVC-free internal cables
Largely recyclable, low-volume packaging
Meets ENERGY STAR requirements
MacBook Air received a Silver rating from EPEAT

Display

13.3-inch (diagonal) glossy widescreen TFT LED backlit display with support for millions of colors

Supported resolutions: 1280 by 800 (native), 1152 by 720, 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, 800 by 500, 720 by 480, and 640 by 480 pixels at 16:10 aspect ratio; 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, and 640 by 480 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio; 720 by 480 pixels at 3:2 aspect ratio

Graphics and video support
Pure digital video output

• DVI output using micro-DVI to DVI adapter (included)
• VGA output using micro-DVI to VGA adapter (included)
• Composite output using micro-DVI to video adapter (optional)
• S-video output using micro-DVI to video adapter (optional)

Intel GMA X3100 graphics processor with 144MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory Extended desktop and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 1920 by 1200 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors

Built-in iSight camera

Input

Built-in full-size keyboard with 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys, including 12 function keys, 4 arrow keys (inverted “T” arrangement), and embedded numeric keypad

Backlit keyboard with ambient light sensor for automatic adjustment of keyboard illumination and screen brightness

Solid-state trackpad with multi-touch gesture support for precise cursor control; supports two-finger scrolling, pinch, rotate, swipe, tap, double-tap, and drag capabilities

Wireless

Built-in AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi wireless networking (based on IEEE 802.11n draft specification); IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible

Built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)

Peripheral connections

Audio
Analog audio output/headphone out (minijack)
Built-in mono speaker
Built-in omnidirectional microphone

Battery and power

Integrated 37-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery

45W MagSafe power adapter with cable management system

MagSafe power adapter port

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Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.)
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War” (Universal)
Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

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Google. Wake UP.

The first result for the search term ’search’ on google returns ’search.live.com’ (microsoft’s search engine). This is outrageously insulting the king of search engines on their own porch. Are they going to do something about this?

The design of the Neptun is inspired by the movements and the power of sea waves. The main goal of the fluid and strong lines and exterior proportions is to express power and distinction.

• Dragos explains, “When I started to work on this project I tried to capture the spirit of a powerful sea wave, that is beautiful to look at, but powerful enough to demand respect.That is why I named it Neptun, after the Roman God of the Sea.”

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Recessed into a urinal is a pressure-sensitive display screen.When the guest uses it, an interactive game is activated, producing images and sound. I’m guess the closer your are to the target, the more points you get :).The aim is to use these in public spaces to increase the hygiene level.

Game On !! \m/

The ‘ Transparent Toaster ‘ designed by Inventables uses special heating glass to warma single slice of bread. (You sure as hell wont worry bout burning your toast after this !). The company’s R&D team is still working on this concept model because unfortunately, the glass does not reach a high enough temperature (at this time) to actually toast the bread.

*pun intended*

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