Archive for July, 2009
The Witness Watch by Hay HEUN
The concept of the strange kind, intended for those who hates to wear standard watch.
The novelty can look as improbably stylish watch, but it has precisely borrowed something from an older technology. This watch reminds an old sundial. For certain many people cannot understand time on such watch at all. For those who cannot understand time in a sundial, it is necessary to study even before purchase of such device.
The watch has been developed by the person by name Hay Heun. The figure exhibited on the watch is actually copy of the shadow created on the sun dial throughout the day by the movement of the sun. Witness is a concept timepiece that was built to demonstrate the unavoidable relationship between the eyes and the time has been totally inspired by the human eye. The two bright red LED rings that you see are replicates of the pupil and the iris. They move in synchronized motions to depict the time. It also has a power saving mode. The power button on the side will power it up and light up the display for five seconds, then shifting it to standby mode thus using only 35% of LED power. Like eyes that witness the transitions of times, the Witness Watch watches moments slip by.
Add comment July 29, 2009
The most expected technical novelties of 2009
BusinessWeek Magazine recommends to pay special attention in 2009 on following expected novelties: Windows 7 from Microsoft; Snow Leopard from Apple; and also on phones Motorola and other smart phones on platform Google Android.
Even if the next year also will not be less terrible, than present, writes magazine, it is possible to guarantee that in the technology’s field will be many interetsed news. The large quantity of novelties in 2009, according to observer BusinessWeek, will appear in that sphere which last years not too pleased with news – in sphere of the software for personal computers.
New operating systems
Both Microsoft, and Apple have planned presentations of operating systems the next months. New program Microsoft Windows 7 officially should appear not earlier than the end of next year, and even in the the beginning of 2010.
However, receding from tradition, Microsoft, apparently, intend to begin deliveries of a new operating system ahead of schedule. Manufacturers of computers inform that plan to establish the newest Windows on the laptops and desktops in already next autumn. According to experts, Windows 7 though does not represent anything “supernatural”, and only is what should be Vista, occurrence of this OS very opportunely.
About operating system Apple Snow Leopard it is known less. One of few facts divulged by this company inclined to reserve about the sixth version of program Mac OS X, it that it can work on multiprocessor systems. In the world where while very few programs use the modern advanced microprocessors on a total power, it is very important.
At first these expanded functions will be mainly used by the users who are carrying out operations on whom the big capacity, such as works with video data or performance of design works is required. However with the time it can apply other people too.
Laptops
The stunning success of the minilaptops was one of the main surprises of 2008. The Taiwan company ASUS has begun this tendency, having started in sale popular model EeePC. Now the majority of the companies has versions of these compact laptops with monitors in width in 9-10 inches and the price from $350 to $700.
Probably, next year these computers equipped with modems, will be on sale in the West as phones – when providers of Internet communication will offer them with the big discounts under condition of the contract conclusion.
Mobile Internet devices
Next year also, probably, will have development other type of mobile devices – devices with the touch screen in width about 7 inches. Intel now advances these “mobile Internet devices”, however production on the basis of Windows from such companies as Samsung and Sony, too desperately struggles for the place in the market.
“A black horsy” in this running could become existing while in the form of hearings super-iPhone from Apple. But as it usually happens to hearings about Apple, we learn true not earlier, than Steve Jobs will decide to tell us.
Smart phones, certainly, remain in 2009 in the attention centre though, possibly, novelties will appear not with such feverish speed, as this year. It is a lot of attention, possibly, will involve in itself new phones from Motorola and other smart phones on platform Google Android.
Microsoft too will present the software version for smart phones, possibly, it will be the intermediate version long-awaited Windows Mobile 7.
It is interesting and announced Korean LG watch mobile phone LG-GD910 executed in the form of a watch with the 1,43-inch touch colour liquid crystal display.
Phone can work in networks of the third generation, is able to synthesise speech from the text, supports Bluetooth and a vocal set, and also can be used as a MP3-player.
Add comment July 18, 2009
Mobile navigation for iPhone
Visit navigon.com to get more info about professional navigation solution for the iPhone.
Features and range of functions:
Add comment July 12, 2009
Choice of the GPS navigator
GPS navigation today is almost irreplaceable thing for any tourist. People so have got used to these convenient and easy devices that using of other searcing resources is almost not possible.
However, how to choose to yourself the GPS-navigator completely corresponding to your own requirements? After all the modern market dazzles with every possible configurations and executions of these so useful and necessary devices.
To begin with it is necessary to define the purposes which you are going to carry out by GPS-navigator , and to familiarize with their classification.
There are two different types of GPS-navigators – portable and external. Portable are ideally suited for tourists, travellers and sportsmen. These are the devices specially “ground” under GPS, are completely standalone and are very often delivered in a heat – and water-proof tanks. Also in many cases they have number of other very useful functions: possibility of upgrade of navigation charts (through the COM-interface, USB or Bluetooth), a compass, definition of height, speed of the object, etc.
Power supply of such devices is carried out by means of batteries АА, ААА, either Li-Ion or Li-Pol accumulators. Accumulators are much more economic, however batteries are easier for changing in case of a discharge. Many models of portable GPS-navigators have such useful function as screen highlighting, it is very convenient in night conditions, however thus period of maintenance of batteries strongly decreases.
It is possible to mention the disadvantages of such devices – insufficiently aesthetic appearance – navigators in a heat – and moisture resistant tanks are unsightly enough, great and inconvenient for their usage in city boundaries.
The external GPS-navigator represents the unit which is connected to “the head” device, and carrying out data transfer with it on any interface (more often interface SDIO). Such navigator has no own display and batteries, and uses possibilities of the “head” device as which the notebook or a handhold computer. There are the models of such devices intended for field conditions, however they have weak spots – plugs for connection, and they cost more expensive. Recently in the market there was a handheld computer and smart phones with the built in GPS-receivers that is very convenient, compact and inexpensive variant.
It is necessary to give special attention to automobile GPS-navigators. They have the holder and the original program of the navigation developed specially for motorists.
Having defined with type of the GPS-navigator, it is necessary to pay attention to its following parametres: first, the size , the resolution and chromaticity of the screen. The resolution is usually designated here so: «320х240». The more the size of the screen and the resolution, the easier from it to read, the bigger part of the map is located on it.
Secondly, a memory size (for cartographical instruments). Thirdly, accumulator capacity (defines duration of functioning). Fourthly, power of the processor (influences speed of operation). Fifthly, weight and dimensions and at last, presence of additional functions.
The big advantage of the GPS-navigator is low cost (150-200$ – the portable or automobile navigator, 110-170$ – external, from 200$ – more advanced variants). Being once confidential military development, GPS system was widely adopted today among civil, having opened for general usage with so many doubtless accomplishments and advantages.
Add comment July 3, 2009
