Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Brits want to realize Babbage steam-powered machine for the first time

Brits want to realize Babbage steam-powered machine for the first time


The collected in Great Britain a Campaign Sponsorship money to the "Analytical Engine"By Charles Babbage to construct a precursor of modern computers. Started the project of the bloggers and programmers John Graham-Cumming, Who is also author of the book "The Geek Atlas"Known. So far he has found supporters in 1600.


Babbage was on 18 Died in October 1871. The English mathematician and inventor developed the first programmable on paper, not electronic but mechanical computer. This steam-powered "Analytical Engine was never realized. Now they should first be established on the basis of Babbage's original plans operational.


The finished unit will be about the size of a truck, 30 feet long and 10 meters wide. The input is done via punch cards. "This is an inspiring device," Graham-Cumming justify his efforts. "A hundred years before it was ever computer, Babbage designed this machine."


Babbage's notebooks are in London Science Museum. An available on Youtube Video summarizes life and work are almost together.




A non-functional reconstruction of the "Analytical Engine" is in the London Science Museum.



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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Samsung announces Bada-Wave II Smartphone

Samsung announces Bada-Wave II Smartphone




The Wave II comes in November for 429 in the trade.


Samsung has smartphone portfolio with the Wave II (S8530) expands his. It comes with the company's own mobile operating system Bada 1.2, a 1-GHz processor and a 3.7-inch Super Clear LCD with 800 by 480 pixels resolution. This touch screen is the diagonal of the well an inch larger than the previous wave S8500 , which is a 3.3-inch AMOLED display has.


This quad-band phone measures 12.4 by 6 by 1.2 inches and weighs 135 grams at data transmission method, it supports GPRS and EDGE and UMTS with HSDPA, the transmission rates of up to 3.6 Mbps downstream. The 2 GB of internal memory can be expanded using micro SD card up to 32 GB.


In addition to a 5-megapixel camera with LED photo light, face detection, continuous shooting and HD video function, the Wave II GPS, Media Player (MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, DivX, XviD, Audio: MP3, AAC, AAC +, WMA), FM tuner, DLNA support and 3.5-millimeter jack for standard headphones. Of interfaces for WLAN IEEE 802.11g, Bluetooth 3.0 with stereo audio streaming ( A2DP and USB 2.0 available). The lithium-ion battery provides 1500 mAh.


As TouchWiz user interface is 3.0, in which users can customize the home screen and menus. Furthermore, the new smartphone Bada a social hub, the e-mail, instant messaging and social networks are integrated and combined. More than 1,000 additional applications can be downloaded from Samsung's App Store.


The pre-installed application trace T9 text input to facilitate the means of the virtual keyboard. Similar Swype , the finger may be performed without lifting to point, point of.


The Samsung Wave II will be available in November in Germany. The suggested retail price is 429 without contract.



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Friday, April 29, 2011

Israeli scientists enwickeln detectives chip

Israeli scientists enwickeln detectives chip


Researchers at the University of Tel Aviv in Israel have developed a chip that is able to, explosives such as trinitrotoluene TNT) trace (. According to scientists, the sensor chips are sniffer dogs and all other known methods for detecting explosives far superior to.


This "nano-detectives" remarkable TNT concentrations of one part per million ( 1 ppm ). They should not only help to thwart terrorist attacks, but also show contamination - such as former military sites.


The sensor is based on the principle of a nano- field effect transistor (nano-FET). Unlike a classic as a transistor it is connected by an electric field. Inside nanowires are made of silicon. This coat them with special silicon compounds, the amino groups on their part.


To these amino groups bind TNT molecules. Electrons move from the electron-rich amino groups on the electron-deficient TNT, resulting in the charge distribution changes abruptly at the surface of the nanowires and Daduchus their conductivity. This change can be easily measured, according to scientists.


Liquid and gaseous samples can be analyzed this way. Currently, the sensor is only able to detect TNT. Researchers around the chemist Fernando Patolsky working on a chip with large nano-sensor arrays to track the various explosives in parallel.


Your sensor featured in the magazine, the scientists applied chemistry before.



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Lenovo ThinkPad T60 Laptop Review, @ Lenovo-batteries.com Blog

Lenovo ThinkPad T60 Laptop Review, @ Lenovo-batteries.com Blog


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ThinkPad T Series has long been the preferred choice for business people has been, and Lenovo ThinkPad T60 supports the call for users who want a thin and light notebook. It remains the best of the recent T-series (like the keyboard without the weight and legendary durability) and adds advanced features such as dual-core performance, enhanced security and broadband wireless broadband.


The ThinkPad T series is considered by most to be the flagship of the laptop. enhance the quality of keyboard legend, legendary, and high-end specifications to provide an incredible machine. The new ThinkPad T60 will not disappoint in those categories. A new roll cage design strengthens the T60, an updated keyboard, EVDO wireless technology and Intel Core Duo are the backbone of this high-end machine.


Lenovo T60 Features:


Model: 2623-D3U

Processor: Intel Core Duo T2500 2.0 GHz

Chipset: Intel Calistoga i945GM/PM

Hard Drive: 100GB SATA 5400 (Hitachi Travelstar HTS541010G9SA00)

Memory / RAM: 1 GB (1024 MB) (configurable up to 4GB)

Display: 15.0 "SXGA 1400 x 1050 (LG Philips LP150E05 - A2)

Graphics: ATI X1400 128MB

Optical Drive: DVD Writer Multi-recordable

Battery: 9 cells (long life beyond the back of the laptop)

Wireless: Intel PRO / Wireless 3945ABG (802.11 a / b / g), Bluetooth 2.0, Infrared

User Input: Touchpad, stem, UltraNav buttons, Fingerpring scanner

Warranty: 3 years parts and labor, 1 year battery

Weight:

Setting 14.1 "12.2" x 10.0 "x 1.0 to 1.2" (width x depth x thickness)

Display settings 15 "13" x 10.6 "x 1.2 to 1.4" (width x depth x thickness)

Weight: 6.4 lbs (14 "T60 is about 5.2 kg with 6 cell battery and optical drive)

Ports:

3 USB 2.0

Docking Station / Port Replicator

See-

Power Connector

RJ-11 (modem)

LAN RJ-45 Ethernet ()

Headphones Audio line / speakerphone

Microphone

Slots:

1 PC Card slot Type II

A slot Express Card 54

Buttons:

On / Off

Volume Up / Down / Mute (3 buttons)

Wireless on / off

ThinkVantage shortcut button (shortcut to system support, security and diagnostics suite)

Battery lock and release


Advantages



  • Superior quality construction

  • Single software package

  • Option decent GPU

  • Excellent screen SXGA

  • Great battery life

  • plethora of function keys

  • modular drive bay

  • Card Express

  • Fingerprint Reader


Robust and well designed case strong security features full range of network connections, including WWAN and Bluetooth within the Bay of interchangeable solid warranty and support known.


Disadvantages



  • Bit on the side of the strongest

  • Expensive


Starting price is higher than other comparable systems, the lack of a number of ports that are not essential but fairly standard, and links.


Battery


lenovo thinkpad t60 battery


The 9 cell lenovo thinkpad t60 battery. Add a little weight on the standard 6-cell and takes, but if you need to live for approximately four hours of battery life with the Model 15 "screen size. With the T60, without Wi-Fi and the average brightness (third notch 7) drop what I 3 hours and 42 minutes of battery life with light (for writing, or stop). You can expect to find more than three hours with Wi -Fi and finishing a DVD with a 9-cell battery should not be a problem as well, except for The Lord of the Rings.


The screen size T60 14 "is much better compared with the period of battery life per cell because a smaller screen just drains less battery. I think the 6-cell battery for T60 14 "you get what the 9 - to 15 battery" - again, just an uneducated guess.


 



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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Should vigorously support the hydrogen fuel cell industry chain development

Should vigorously support the hydrogen fuel cell industry chain development


Now the economy began to decline after the financial crisis, should the development of what the next step? New energy industry will rise. Energy not only with economic development, but also a necessity of people's lives. High pollution of traditional energy sources has affected people's quality of life, improvement of traditional energy sources and new energy technologies and product development, all will spawn a huge market. Fuel cells as the most promising new energy technologies, will usher in a rapid rise in the historic market opportunities. Future automotive energy solutions program are two, one electric, one is hydrogen. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is to solve the oil shortage, environmental pollution, the most promising solution.


Demonstration of fuel cell vehicles currently running in full swing in the world stepped up, the Japanese Honda million in 2009 to the order of the fuel cell vehicle lease in the United States and Europe to promote the commercialization of style, Germany launched a 10 billion euro commercial fuel cell vehicles operation Funding Scheme. Authorities worldwide from 2012 is expected to launch fuel cell vehicles each year 10 million units or more, the market capacity of 300 million or more, and there will be an annual growth rate of 30% of the market. By then, the fuel cell vehicles will usher in the explosive development.


The expensive new energy vehicles, is a social project, not individual companies to undertake alone. Governments at all levels need to adjust the economic development strategy to actively support the height, then the hydrogen fuel cell automobile industry in China is very likely to catch up, and keep pace with advanced countries and even surpass the automotive industry. If we are unable to seize the opportunity, and vigorously support, but doing nothing will lead to the deterioration of the fuel cell innovation environment, the current leader in the domestic industry has been stagnant work, enterprise, brain drain, the consequences would be disastrous. Therefore, the strategic investment we have to focus on support, can not fail to act, but if you wait until the rapid development of hydrogen fuel cell industry, we think of intervention, support, and will be the only distraught Ertan.


In order to better implement the national "energy saving", "scientific concept of development" policy, promote the fuel cell industry to develop better and faster, leading China to become a base for industrial development of fuel cell technology, we make the following suggestions: the development of fuel cells in China the development of long-term development plan. Based on the present, look to the future, with emphasis on hydrogen fuel cell vehicle R & D and industrialization. Further improve the development of fuel cell electric vehicles and industrial system. Group domestic auto industry based on large, to industrialization as the core driver, building a fuel cell electric vehicles and other applications in the areas of commercial products, industrial platform.


In Beijing, Shanghai and other famous tourist city of environmental protection as a carrier for large-scale demonstration of fuel cell vehicles run, success of the "ten cities, thousands of car" energy saving and new energy vehicle demonstration runs of work for new energy vehicles of market development and reliability improvement.


Fuel cell vehicle set up special development funds. National finance from 2009 onwards, for five consecutive years, 6 billion a year from special funds, a total of 30 billion yuan of funds for policy support. The fuel cell vehicle demonstration cities matching funds of 1:0.5, the fuel cell industry to achieve a comprehensive breakthrough in key technologies, accelerate the commercialization of promotion.


Increased national attention on the industry level, so that the fuel cell industry to enjoy the energy saving, environmental protection industry preferential fiscal and taxation policies, and their integration into the other can contribute to the development of the industry into the policy system.



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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Microsoft plans flexible wireless mouse with touch function

Microsoft plans flexible wireless mouse with touch function


Microsoft is soon expected to have a wireless mouse on the market to bring in that, like Apple's mouse magic touch field instead of using a scroll wheel. Users can use the tip of the finger on the scroll sensor underscoring to scroll through documents or websites. Unlike the rival Apple device supports the Microsoft-but not multi-touch gestures.


The online retailer Notebooksbilliger.de lists the Microsoft Arc mouse touch in his shop for 69.99 euros on already. The product information indicates it works with Microsoft's scanning technology BlueTrack , control on virtually any document to enable accurate one.


The most striking feature is that bend the input device for matching to the hand of the user can. For transport, it can be pushed completely flat. Thanks to the symmetric case, the mouse is suitable for both right-and left-handed.


The 2.4-GHz transceiver that connects via USB to the computer, can store away when not in use in the battery compartment of the device. The palm rest is rubberized, while buttons and scroll sensor in metal and high gloss finish are designed. A battery level indicator provides information on the state of charge. On request, the mouse to switch off too, such as for transportation.




Microsoft ARC Mouse Touch can bend and thus adapt to the hand of the user.



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Thursday, April 7, 2011

The eighth version of Internet Explorer does not pass the Acid3 test

The eighth version of Internet Explorer does not pass the Acid3 test



The final version of Internet Explorer 8The first one is not beta, just released officially. Is an upgrade to version 7 but, as critics still did not respect the web standards.


In the Acid3 test, which checks whether a browser supports web standards, IE8 he reaches 20 points on 100 total.


What do you think? Is it really a surprise? How many points you give your browser with the standard configuration?


That is why Internet Explorer 8 will be more palatable to those using a previous version, because - basically - this is an improved version. Rare is it that the lovers of foxes, chromium, compasses and operas decide to change your browser IE8. Time will tell.


Plugin Manager


The Plugin Manager Internet Explorer 8 is in some ways a somewhat more friendly and expanded this in Internet Explorer 7. Since then, however much they have tried in the Redmond company, failed to provide similar functionality to the Firefox extensions, but it's something.


From this window you can enable and disable add-ons, find information on them and also manage search providers, and Filtered InPrivate Accelerators installed. Thankfully, everything is centralized in a single window.


Safe Browsing


Every day we are more aware of the danger it poses to our web surfing privacy. It is not difficult to figure out a good amount of private information of someone from your history of visited pages, temporary files and cookies. Secure browsing InPrivate born precisely to avoid that. This is a navigation mode, once activated, leaves no trace of your travels on the computer network.


Developer Tools


Web developers have also focused on improvements to them. To begin, the source code of a webpage does not open with Notepad, but with an internal viewer, at last!, Has syntax highlighting and line numbering.


Beyond that, Internet Explorer 8 includes a section called Tools for developers, which can be accessed from the F12 or the appropriate menu.


From there you can navigate the nodes that make up the current page, view the styles and disable specific lines in real time, view and debug scripts, disable devices, display rule, validate the page ... All kit must for any webmaster.


Conclusions


Internet Explorer 8 is a considerable improvement over Internet Explorer 7, but maybe not as much as might be expected. The new version of the most used browser in the world is improving, but not as fast as the rest of their competitors.


With regard to respect for web standards, still has much room for improvement. Get 20 points out of 100 in Acid3 TestWhen their immediate competitors have already achieved, or are a point-to achieve the highest score, it is still a bit embarrassing.



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