Mitsubishi’s all-new ASX compact crossover to debut in Geneva
By Gizmag Team
January 19, 2010
Mitsubishi will be unveiling the Euro-spec
version of its ASX all-new compact crossover at the 80th Geneva
International Motor Show in March. The ASX seats five, and can be
expected to leave a very small carbon footprint with its all-new Euro
5-compliant 1.8L turbocharged direct-injection diesel engine which comes
with “Automatic Stop & Go” and 6-speed manual transmission. Read More
What do a fish farmer, a transport company owner
and an oil-well foreman all have in common? Two things. For one, they
all constantly need to know about certain data, be it water quality,
truck locations or pump pressure. For two, they all will love the new Insite Programmable Global Alert and Monitoring System. The system can be set up to monitor pretty much anything, then send text updates and alerts to the users’ cell phone. Read More
Aside from tragic loss of life and
incomprehensible destruction, events like last week’s devastating
earthquake in Haiti create a myriad of problems in their wake, not least
of which is homelessness. With over 30 million shipping containers the
world over currently lying dormant, a team of researchers at Clemson
University in South Carolina are working to help solve the issue of
accommodation in disaster affected areas by developing a method to
convert the unused containers into sustainable emergency housing. Read More
Logitech's in-ear monitor maker, Ultimate Ears,
has announced the forthcoming release of a new member of its
professional audio family - the UE 18 Pro six high fidelity speakers per
bud, noise canceling monitors. Aimed at professional musicians or
dedicated quality-at-any-cost music lovers, the earphones on steroids
are claimed to give the user crystal clear sounds across the whole
frequency range. Read More
There’s no question that picking up a new car
makes for a very special day, if for no other reason that the value that
disappears when you drive your pride and joy off the showroom floor
makes it one of the most expensive days of your life. The latest edition
of Parker's annual depreciation report surveys 300 model ranges in the
UK market, and lists their value in good condition with 10,000 miles on
the clock one year later. Accordingly, the depreciation cost of one year
for every model can be calculated, and the most and least expensive
cars are hereby presented: Read More
SilverSTAT 7 touchscreen home energy management solution
By Alan Brandon
January 19, 2010
SilverPAC has announced a new touchscreen
programmable thermostat that not only controls your heating and air
conditioning, but can communicate with smart home meters, outlets, and
switches to help you manage your entire household energy use. The
SilverSTAT 7 features 802.11 WiFi, plus ZigBee and Z-Wave wireless
communications. The 7in. (17.8cm) display can show energy use on a
per-appliance basis to help you analyze and adjust your home’s
consumption and efficiency. Read More
Swiss luxury watchmaker Blancpain has continued
its annual tradition of celebrating the most romantic day of the year
with a new design set for release on February 14th 2010. This speciality
timepiece combines an sinuously-contoured silhouette created by a
glittering border of over 500 precious stones. A heart is set into the
dial fashioned in white and pink mother-of-pearl and echoed in pink
sapphires and diamonds encircling the dial. A heart-shaped diamond
appears at 12 o'clock, while the pin buckle is set with a pear-shaped
pink sapphire. The straps are satin, and only 14 of these extraordinary
limited edition ensembles will be created - the price is unknown, but
rest assured, it will represent a whole lotta love! Read More
The appstore model pioneered by Apple will
unquestionably become the predominant model for mobile phone users, with
remarkable growth prospects in the next few years. Mobile application
downloads will exceed 4.5 billion this year, growing to 21.6 billion
downloads by 2013. Consumers will spend US$6.2 billion this year in
mobile application stores, growing to US$29 billion three years from
now. Free applications will continue to account for an ever greater
share, growing from 82 per cent of all downloads in 2010, to 87 per cent
of downloads by 2013. This year alone, advertising revenue is expected
to generate US$600 million worldwide. Read More
For most people the name Lockheed Martin relates
to missiles, rockets, simulators, robotics, satellites, aircraft and
advanced military systems but look up the company’s “about us” page on
the global web site, and you’ll see that the 140,000 LM employees who
bring in around US$43 billion in revenues each year, see themselves as
working for a security company. Which might serve as some degree of
confidence that the company’s new IronClad “PC on a stick” USB drive
offers military-strength security for their out-of-office computing. The
IronClad shrinks a laptop’s hard drive, including the entire operating
system, software applications, and files, onto a fully encrypted flash
drive - a “PC on a stick” that delivers hardware-level protection
against today’s most insidious malware threats, and it costs way less
than a Longbow helicopter, a Cassini satellite, Titan rocket or SR-71
Blackbird. Read More
Engineers at the University of Michigan have
developed a strip of paper infused with carbon nanotubes that can
quickly and inexpensively detect a toxin produced by algae in drinking
water. The paper strips perform 28 times faster than the complicated
method most commonly used today to detect microcystin-LR, a chemical
compound produced by the blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) commonly found
on nutrient-rich waters. Microcystin-LR is among the leading causes of
biological water pollution and is believed to be the culprit of many
mass poisonings going back to early human history. Read More
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