HTC Puccini (aka JetStream) Unveiled by AT&T

It's been months since we've first heard about HTC Puccini. But guess what? Our long wait is finally over. That's because the Honeycomb-powered tablet has officially been unveiled by AT&T. Well, here's the catch though. The tablet will no longer be carrying the moniker of that famous Italian virtuoso. Instead, it chose to carry the term for a fast flowing air current that flows just right above the troposphere.

Laser Hair Removal : 21st Century Grooming

Spoiler Alert: Cavemen weren’t as hairy as the Captain Cavemen creators, Hanna and Barbera, would like you to think. In fact, shaving hair from the face and head of men was a way of survival. It offered enemies in hand combat less to grasp onto and less territory for mites to inhabit.

For women during the Roman Empire, hair removal was often seen as an identifier of class, with wealthy, upper class women having the privilege to purchase pumice stones, razors, tweezers and depilatory creams to remove unwanted hair. The ancient Egyptians popularized another method, still often found at beauty salons in the Middle East today, called sugaring.

There is no doubt that hair removal has been around for centuries. The methods may have improved overtime, but the desired end result has always been the same. From threading and waxing to shaving and tweezing, the Middle East is home to a thriving industry of cosmetic hair removal.

LG Reveals Scanner Mouse LSM-100: Click, Scan and Save!

Worried about your cluttered desk space? Well, you don't have to. Because, you can always toss your old bulky scanner for LG's newest LSM-100 Scanner Mouse that can click and scan without occupying too much of your space.

Nokia 600: Price, Specs and Date of Release

It was just a few days ago that Nokia announced the upcoming availability of its newest model of smartphone. This phone will be called as 'Nokia 600', the company's loudest smartphone.

But mind you, the Nokia 600 will be offered as a compact handset that will be enclosed in a stylish monoblock touch form. It will be powered by Nokia's newly-released Symbian Belle platform.

BBM Music: RIM’s New Cloud-Based Music Service

Guess what? Research in Motion (RIM) has officially announced the upcoming availability of its very own cloud-based music service. The said service will be known as BBM Music and it can be availed thru RIM's BlackBerry Messenger service.

HP TouchPad: Price, Specs, Could Go for Android OS?

HP has officially abandoned its WebOS. And because of this, the company chose to liquidate its WebOS-powered devices like the HP TouchPad and Palm Pre. And speaking of the former, I'm quite sure that a lot of you have luckily bought the tablet for $99. And guess what? There's great news for you! That's because a team of brilliant developers, known as the 'Team TouchDroid', have announced their plans to port the Android platform to the HP Touchpad. The official testing for the said project will officially be done through irc.andirc.net. You can follow their development through this rootzwiki thread: rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=3327 As for those who are not so familiar to the HP TouchPad, the tablet currently runs on HP's WebOS 3.0. It boasts its 9.7 inch display with 1.2GHz of dual core Snapdragon processor and can provide an ample amount of 16-32GB storage. It also boasts its Beats Audio for stereo-quality sound.

11 Cool iPad Stands and Docks to Stylize your Tablet

iPad is one of the most popular gadgets on the market, so does its accessories, such as stand. we have been keeping collecting cool and beautiful iPad stands since it was launched; and today, we will introduce you another set of Cool iPad Stands and Docks just came around these days. Go hands-free whenever you need to and stick around to tell us which one is your favorite iPad Stand. 1. Running Water iPad and iPhone Stand

solar system moving 100000 mph fast

It turns out that our solar system is moving nearly 100,000 m.p.h. faster than previously thought — revolving around the center of the Milky Way at 568,000 m.p.h., announced Mark Reid of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics on Monday at the American Astronomical Society's conference in Long Beach, Calif. Since velocity is related to mass, the 15% increase in solar-system speed translates into a near doubling of mass of the Milky Way, according to Reid's group — and all of that newfound bulk is composed of dark matter.

Samsung Solar Powered Mobile Phone comes to Pakistan

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, unveiled its first ever solar powered cellular phone; “Solar Crest” in Pakistan, emphasizing Samsung’s vision and its pioneering efforts for environmental sustainability. As a global leader in cutting-edge technology, Samsung is leading the way into a greener future by utilizing sources of renewable energy. This innovation is a quantum leap towards technologies that will minimize reliance on ecologically harmful sources of energy.
This handset is designed with integrated solar panels, thus it operates and recharges without any ecological deterioration. Solar Crest has been designed to create unmatched convenience for the customers; its solar technology has a special utility for cell-phone users residing in countries where electricity shortages are experienced quite frequently.

Sandia, Stirling Energy Systems Set New World Record

On a perfect New Mexico winter day — with the sky almost 10 percent brighter than usual — Sandia National Laboratories and Stirling Energy Systems (SES) set a new solar-to-grid system conversion efficiency record by achieving a 31.25 percent net efficiency rate. The old 1984 record of 29.4 percent was toppled on SES’s “Serial #3” solar dish Stirling system at Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility.
The conversion efficiency is calculated by measuring the net energy delivered to the grid and dividing it by the solar energy hitting the dish mirrors. Auxiliary loads, such as water pumps, computers and tracking motors, are accounted for in the net power measurement.
Each dish unit consists of 82 mirrors formed in a dish shape to focus the light to an intense beam onto a receiver, which transmits the heat energy to a Stirling engine. The engine is a sealed system filled with hydrogen. As the gas heats and cools, its pressure rises and falls. The change in pressure drives the pistons inside the engine, producing mechanical power, which in turn drives a generator and makes electricity.

Toyota Developing Solar Powered Car

Toyota Motor is developing a vehicle that will be powered solely by solar energy in an effort to turn around its struggling business with a futuristic ecological car, a top Japanese business daily reported.
The Nikkei newspaper, however, said it will be years before the planned vehicle will be available on the market. Toyota’s offices were closed Thursday and officials were not immediately available for comment.
Toyota is working on an electric vehicle that will get power from solar cells equipped on the vehicle, and that can be recharged with electricity generated from solar panels on the roofs of homes. The automaker later hopes to develop a model totally powered by solar cells on the vehicle.
In December, Toyota stunned the nation by announcing it will slip into its first operating loss in 70 years, as it gets battered by a global slump, especially in the key U.S. market. The surging yen has also hurt the earnings of Japanese automakers.
Still, Toyota is a leader in green technology and executives have stressed they won’t cut back on environmental research despite its troubles.
Toyota, the manufacturer of the Lexus luxury car and Camry sedan, has already begun using solar panels at its Tsutsumi plant in central Japan to produce some of its own electricity

Solar Powered Boats - clean and efficient

Solar powered boats get their energy from the sun. Using electric motors and storage batteries charged by solar panels and photovoltic cell solar powered boats can significantly reduce or eliminate their use of fossil fule Solar boats are uniquely suited to transform light energy into movement. Environmentally friendly solar energy is an energy efficient way to power commercial oceangoing vessels as well as leisure boats

World’s Largest Solar Stadium

No one has ever attempted to power an entire stadium with solar energy before, but Japan-based Toyo Ito Architects are using solar energy beyond all conventions to power the main stadium built for the World Games. The $150 million stadium can house 55,000 spectators and can power 80% of the surrounding neighborhood if it‘s solar array is connected to the grid during days when the stadium is not being used. Every inch of the stadium’s incredible 14,155-sq-m roof area is covered with 8,844 solar panels that could potentially generate a whopping 1.14GWh of electricity annually. The record braking stadium is touted to be the world’s largest solar-powered stadium

Eco Cars: Koenigsegg reveals solar-powered supercar with the best of everything

Eco Factor: Zero-emission electric car powered by solar energy.
Finally electric cars get what they always wanted with Koenigsegg revealing their most-desired car, the Quant. Shaped like a sedan, the Quant is an electric super car that is powered by the energy it generates from the sun. Fitted with a 512 hp engine, the car propels to 62mph in just over 5 seconds with a top speed of a bone-shattering 171 mph.

The car carries a thin layer of solar panels all over its body, which generate electricity to juice up the battery pack the car is equipped with. The technology has been developed by Koenigsegg along with NLV Solar AG. For days when the sun isn’t shining, the car can be recharged from a conventional wall outlet, which can juice up the batteries, powering both its electric motors in just 20 minutes

Allco Wants to Turn Former Toxic Waste Dump into solar energy farm

New York-based Allco Renewable Energy wants to build the largest solar energy farm east of the Mississippi river. Their chosen location is in Coventry, Rhode Island, on land that gained infamy in the 1970s as an illegal hazardous waste dump and which became a Superfund site in the 1980s.
At first the solar energy farm would have 8 megawatts of production capacity, but Allco is also considering installing wind turbines if the site is suitable. But there is already some controversy: Allco wants some guarantees that it will be able to sell its power to the local utility for a certain time and at a certain rate, something that is not yet certain.

Solar energy Circuit in Abu Dhabi

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's largest crystalline silicon photovoltaic module manufacturer, announced its selection by Aldar Properties PJSC to supply over 1,120 solar panels for a 292 kW solar system for The Shams Tower, an iconic building on Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. The Abu Dhabi based solar power system integrator, Enviromena, will design and install the solar system and Aldar,Abu Dhabi's leading property development, management and investment company will develop the project.
The 2500 sq meter building with the integrated solar array on the 60-metre high Shams Tower, will provide shade for the car park underneath and simultaneously produce 450 megawatt hours of clean, solar electricity annually. Power generated will certainly offset electricity needs during motorsports events, and also power the Yas Marina Circuit facility for decades, saving 400 tons of greenhouse gases annually.While talking about this massive project, Sami Khoreibi, President and CEO of Enviromena said, “Enviromena is delighted to be working with Aldar and Suntech on the Yas Marina Circuit. This unique project will demonstrate how solar can be incorporated into the built environment and serve as a high profile example for sustainable design in Abu Dhabi”. Abu Dhabi was recently picked as the headquarters for the International Renewable Energy Agency, and continues with initiatives to show the rest of the region how clean solar energy can co-exist within population centers.

2022 Soccer world cup with the solar powered Lusail Iconic Stadium.

Just when you though that the soccer world cup was history, its back making waves again. As Qatar gets ready to bring the frenzy to home turf in 2022, they have thought far off to ensure green and architecturally advanced designs for the world to savor. The energy efficient world-class football stadium called the Lusail Iconic Stadium is being developed with the help of Foster and Partners. Keeping in mind the extremely arid condition of the Middle East, the stadium will powered using solar energy. However the stadium with a seating capacity of 86,000 will be cool and will generate additional power from the parking lot canopies

Future City

Many people are wondering what the future city will look like. If I were to look into my crystal ball, what I would see is that future cities will be clean, green and full of optimism and hope.
The city of the future will be cleaner and greener because of solar and hydrogen energy. Elevated hydrogen trains (Hyrail) will be powered by solar energy that electrolyzes water for fuel cells. This electricity will power MagLev Hyrail trains.
Also running through future cities will be, at ground level, hydrogen fuel cell trains (or Hydrail). While Hyrail will most typically be passenger trains, hauling people around the future cities, Hydrail will be using the power of hydrogen fuel cells to haul cargo inside and outside of town.
The future cities of America and elsewhere will also be heavily equipped with solar panels. There will be photovoltaic panels on the rooftops on almost every building and the windows of each building will double as solar panels as well.

Future Medical Technology

To expand upon future medical technology involving nanobots, this microscopic robots will not only deliver medicine and cut out unwanted cells, but they will do so precisely, automatically and thoughtfully. Just like robotic surgical machines will have access to large medical databases and make decisions on the fly more accurately than humans, medical nanobots a few years after this will be afforded the same empowerment.

At first, the future medical nanobots will take wireless instructions from a "thinking" computer host outside of the patient's body. But, as the medical nanorobotics field grows and chips and hard drive further downsized, then swarms of nanobots can be release into a human body, load sharing information and working as a team to cure illnesses, conditions and diseases.

Solar Rucksack

The solar rucksack is an innovative backpack concept that has been designed to keep the bodily warmth of users in icy conditions, especially for those who love to climb on mountains peaks or treks or works in polar states. The outer surface of the backpack features solar panels that collect solar energy from the sun and converts it to thermal energy. To distribute the generated heat evenly to the user’s body, a circular patch has been utilized on the clothing that remains attached with the backpack via a connecting pipe. Aside from its ultimate functionality, the stylish design of the backpack aims to enhance the user’s aesthetic than other usual backpacks.