Saturday 8 October 2011

NASA wants to launch a solar sail

The space also knows great upheaval turning to green technology. After Japan launched its solar sail IKAROS, the United States, are on his trail as NASA plans to launch the biggest solar sail ever made. This concept of solar sail has been part of a three orientations that NASA wants to launch in 2016. The other two technologies relate to an atomic clock to mercury ions and a system of space communications using the laser.

The Galaxy SII surpasses the iPhone 4S

Samsung is probably the builder who has done most to shadow Apple and its iPhone 4 in 2011. The Korean manufacturer, in litigation with the Cupertino company in several countries around the world, did not wait long to compare the Galaxy SII at the last iPhone, 4S. Of course, the Korean product surpasses its American counterpart.

Turning used CDs into Spent dumbbells

Technological developments in the audiovisual raises a lot of waste that will have to recycle to avoid polluting the environment. Now we know what to do with old tapes, this is what you can do a CD or DVD as worn Seung Il Kim. The idea of ​​the Korean designer original is simply: turn these discs for weight lifting. To do this we will have free weights and special is what the designer imagined. These weights have ends that can be opened and the interior is reminiscent of the CD cases cylindrical.

Jobs and media

Skillful manipulator, Steve Jobs immediately understood how to use the media to promote the best Apple. The secret to create the buzz: raising the expectations around a product. And to stir the interest of observers, Steve Jobs did not hesitate to drop a few leaks perfectly controlled. Latest episode: the iPhone 4 very strange "forgotten" in a bar near the Apple headquarters and quickly falls into the hands of a magazine ...

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

Several versions exist about the meeting between Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. The most likely dates back to adolescence. On his return from Reed College in Portland, both Steve end up in the fall of 1974 at the Homebrew Computer Club, then at Atari, where Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak to work together. Steve Wozniak advance in parallel on a computer project. While it shows that computer Wozniak of its composition, Steve Jobs is immediately seen the potential of the machine.