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cellphones
Sony Ericsson Kiki Concept
Mobil delivered this rendering of Kiki, a Sony Ericsson phone with a projected display and um, presumably, somewhere, a keypad. I like green. People need to make more green handsets. [Mobil via Engadget] -
crunchpad
CrunchPad Prototype Caught Taking Off Box And Baring All
This is a rumored "extremely recent" look at a CrunchPad prototype. What do we learn? First, the demo man says the tablet will be out by this year, "for sure." The other is that the video guy is a klepto. More »
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By Jack LoftusComment by KeepingTheForeName_GitEmSteveDave: Wow, that guy had huge teeth. I think if I just had one of them, I could replace both... 3 Responses | Other threads
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cds
CD Turntables Are Possibly the Product of the (Last) Century
Pete Verrando has himself some CD turntables and, as you can see in the images, these beauties are patent pending. More »
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By Sean FallonComment by Kaiser-Machead: It will always be incomplete, unless CD's start coming in paper sleeves. 11 Responses | Other threads
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gaming
Pandora Handheld Gaming Computer Prototype Revealed
I'm sure Pandora, the DS and netbook frankenstein, will eventually reach the market. Seriously, it will. One day. At least here's a real-world prototype. Turned off. Like everyone who has been following it. [DCEMU]
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By Jesus DiazComment by Rutto Noise: ahahah! yes. very funny :) For everyone else who don't know what my laugh means: Pandora won't be shipped (from USA) before... 5 Responses | Other threads
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fantasy gadget
Conductive Plates Could Make the Microwave Obsolete
You know what I hate about waffles? They get cold too quickly. This plate concept would keep my Eggos toasty without having to hit it with the microwave—because the heating element is built-in. More »
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By Sean FallonComment by Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: That's why I eat over the stove, unless what I'm eating is not hot, then it's over the sink... 12 Responses | Other threads
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hdtvs
JVC 32-inch LCD Prototype's 11-pound Weight and 7mm Thickness To Be Ogled At CES
The CES countdown is nearing its end, and JVC has let loose details on its Japanese site of a prototype LCD TV that will be more waifish than even the most figure-conscious booth babe. More » -
apple
The Dream iPhone Pro
Here's the new iPhone Pro, something that we don't expect at MacWorld 2009 at all. However, we do expect something like this to come at a later date. Why? Because it just makes sense. More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by NeoXY: Its hot...but it'd also be thick don't you think? I don't know. The battle between good feature/good footprint is a hard... 14 Responses | Other threads
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macbook air
Macbook Air Prototype Escapes Cupertino, Gets Sold on Ebay
A Macforums member who bought an "as-is" Macbook Air from Ebay has ended up with some pretty strange fruit: It's actually an early Air prototype, bearing marks indicating it was built in May 2007, six months before the Air was introduced. It's got a few giveaways: the microphone positioning near the webcam is off, there's no keyboard lighting, no "MacBook Air" legend, it runs an interim build of OS X 10.5 and the bottom is black-colored aluminum, versus the usual shiny silver. Lord knows how this baby escaped Cupertino's clutches, but escape it did. Does this make it valuable like a prototype stamp to a philatelist? Only another Ebay sale will tell. [Macrumors]
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By Kit EatonComment by frigg: It might be more valuable if it contained a feature that didn't make it to market. Like a transporter... 3 Responses | Other threads
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By Brian LamComment by 92BuickLeSabre: So who is up for turning this into a meet-up? Going and getting a drink after seeing the exhibit perhaps? 15 Responses | Other threads
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concept
LED Bath Temperature Floaty 10x More Useful and Beautiful Than Rubber Ducky
This watertight, multicolor LED housing sits in a bath and changes hues according to water temperature. Simple and a lot more effective than a simple faucet mounted sensor that will not compensate for cooling off periods. But not as simple as dipping your toe into the water. If this were it, I'd probably recommend that this concept never see the light of day, but it also can be switched into a candle mode. [Yanko] More »
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By Brian LamComment by Shamoononon, Vampire Grater - Now SWF: Is this so you can get a better view of your undercarriage while you bath? There are somethings I... 4 Responses | Other threads
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multitouch
Stantum "True Multitouch" Lets You Use ALL Your Fingers
In case the two-finger multitouch seen on the new Macbook Pro and Fujitsu's upcoming notebook wasn't enough for you, French tech company Stantum recently showed off a ten-finger technology that it's calling “true multitouch.” On Stantum's 15.4-inch screen, you can use as many points as you want to control the screen. Judging by the smears in the picture, a lot of people found that appealing and took advantage of their chance to feel the new technology up. [Electric Pig]
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By Elaine ChowComment by inspiredEpic: Shouldn't the first line be "four-finger multitouch"? 4 Responses | Other threads
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people suck
Electronic Sleep Mask Relies on the Kindness of Others (Result: Fail)
Here is the main reason why inventor and manga artist Pyocotan's “Noriko-san” sleep mask will never become a successful real-world product: It relies on human kindness to function. The prototype mask features a scrolling display that notifies fellow passengers which stop you would like to get off on. The idea is that one of these passengers will wake you up at the appropriate time. Not surprisingly, testing is not working out so well. When Pyocotan's stop arrives, no one comes to his aid. [Internews via Pink Tentacle]
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By Sean FallonComment by trailingedge: Japan is a very closed society and resists putting themselves into any form of inconveniences. Failed because no one... 3 Responses | Other threads
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robots
Robot Prototype Finds, Attacks and Kills Breast Cancer Cells
Here's one in the plus column for the looming robot uprising: a prototype developed by University of Maryland professor Jaydev Desai could one day diagnose, hunt, and destroy breast cancer cells all in one sitting, and in a much more efficient manner than we ham-handed human beings. More »
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By Jack LoftusComment by zamafir: @p3713... i thought the trials and bureaucracy existed precisely to ferret out 'not obvious side-effects'... wait.. no... a simplistic view... 2 Responses | Other threads
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Philips 8mm Ultra-Thin TV
Philips 8mm-Thin 32-inch TV Is Nice But Still a Prototype
Philips is working on their own ultra-thin backlighting technology. But compared to the absolutely stunning Sony ZX1 9.9mm-thin TV, the Philips 8mm 32-inch model is a) just too small and b) just a prototype. However, it looks like it uses a similar LED-in-the-corner backlighting technology. [More IFA 2008 Coverage]
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By Jesus DiazComment by phoomp: Screen size is reported in inches and thickness is reported in millimeters?!?!!?! This is how probes crash into planets,... 5 Responses | Other threads
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voip
Tatung Prototype the Nicest VOIP Phone I've Seen Yet
The difference between what I would like to look at and what I would like to use makes for a a gap wider than the Grand Canyon, in this case. One button, no tactile feedback and no screen make this VOIP phone prototype little more than an electronic lollipop. But my desire to lick one increases with every glance. [e-Nova via Yanko and BBG]
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By Brian LamComment by Crash Override 777: How can you tell what your dialing? Also does it work with Skype? 5 Responses | Other threads
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kinetic energy
M2E Developing Kinetic Cellphone Charger That is Up to 700 Percent More Effective
This isn't the first time we have seen a cellphone charger that is powered by kinetic energy, but the difference is that M2E is working on a charger that can produce 300 to 700% more juice than current technologies. They hope this will translate into a full-on replacement for cellphone batteries somewhere down the line. According to earth2tech, M2E's short term goal is to develop a charger that will produce an hour of talk time for around six hours of normal movement. Currently, M2E is in talks with major accessories manufacturers about bringing a device to market as early as 2009. [earth2tech via Inhabitat] -
hot stuff
MIT Thermoelectric Device Could Revolutionize Home Heating
With gas prices approaching "damn, I'm going to have to start walking more" levels here in the States, everyone's doing their part to increase efficiency and reduce energy consumption, and that includes the genius farm MIT. The institute already produces 80% of its own energy, courtesy of its on campus "cogeneration plant," but a few students have found a way to make the system even more self-sufficient using a new thermoelectric prototype. The great thing is the device has the potential for applications beyond the walls of MIT, and already the students are examining ways to apply it to the home heating industry in general. More » -
death trap
Topia One-Seat Electric HUVO Prototype Might As Well Be Shaped Like a Coffin
With the arrival of Topia's one-seater prototype, I think it's finally safe to say the SMART car has something it can take in a fight. Called the HUVO, this diminutive electric car forgoes features like "well-being" and "sanity" for "lightweight" (330 lbs.) and "Jesus Christ watch out for that MINI Cooper!" To save weight and development costs, the HUVO is made out of materials that would make any contemporary golf cart proud; mainly plastic, ceramic, more plastic, and a bit of high-tensile steel plate. Although, as the headline implies, if HUVO goes into production Topia should probably just make the thing out of a nice, sturdy wood, and save your immediate family a step at the funeral parlor. More »
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By Jack LoftusComment by adeonothas: It seems alright, but I think the design should be longer. There might be tall people who want this car.(like... more » | Other threads
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ebooks
Dual-Screen Ebook Developed, Navigates in Real Page-Turn Style
Sure the Kindle is fab, and printed media may soon be "dead"... but ebooks really don't feel quite as good the real thing do they? A science team from Maryland and Berkeley Universities noted that we do much more sophisticated navigation when we read a real book than is offered by current ebooks, so they've designed an advanced prototype with two pages. It works like a normal book, with page turning maneuvers to get to the new page, and you can even fold it back into a single-page version, or separate the pages to share info with someone else, as the video shows. More »
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By Kit EatonComment by Cribbage Left: Gaaaaayyyyyy. The gadgets seemed cool though. more » | Other threads
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3d display gcubik
gCubik is Palm-Sized 3D Display Everyone Can See at Once
Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology has created this prototype physical 3D display that works a little differently than the other 3D tech out there. Those bright spots aren't LEDs, but a complex array of lenses arranged on top of LCDs, forming the sides of a cube. By a kind of optical parallax trick, and something called "integral photography," it makes it look like there's an object in the box. Best of all, gCubik is a naked-eye tech and can be viewed simultaneously by a group of people. The team's working on making it wireless and higher-res, and even hopes to commercialize it within three years for use in design, education or games devices. You can see it in person at the SIGGRAPH show in August. [Fareastgizmos] -
radio
Olinda Radio Lets You Hear What Your Friends Are Listening to
Ever wondered what stations your friends are listening to just at the same moment as you spin the dial on your own radio? Well, that's where Olinda comes in: a working prototype commissioned by the BBC, it's got a plug-in module that lights up when your friends are online. A simple push of the corresponding button, and via Wi-Fi and the BBC's "playing now" service you get to listen along with your pal. There're other innovations too, including a double-tuning dial that lets you switch to stations alphabetically or just choose among your favorites. And because the design is modular it allows for expansion with other widget-like plug-in units. More » -
blockbuster stores
Blockbuster's Prototype Stores Look Like Best Buy
If you ever drunkenly stumble into one of these prototype Blockbuster stores in Dallas, you'll wonder why Best Buy has stocked up on so many movies and ditched the inkjet printers. These proto stores, or storetotypes, lay out little kiosks in the middle and test interesting concepts that have a tenuous relationship to renting movies such as: More »
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By Jason ChenComment by budabellyx: -Not willing +Now willing Slisdexic typing. more » | Other threads
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concept
Umbrella Stand Uses Runoff to Water Plants
Here's a simple concept: An umbrella stand that directs wet umbrella run off to a plant-filled tray. I one day hope to live in a modern house with modern furniture surrounded by geometrically symmetric patches of indoor lawn, so I enjoy the idea of this immensely. [what else via bigchief.it] -
airplanes
Fantasy Open-Air Seats Airplane Will Never Fly, Unfortunately
For some reason, Spanish designer Jaime Hayon decided to put the weirdest elements he could find in this airplane concept, made of white gold and fiberglass tiles for a ceramics company called Bisazza: the nose looks like a F-18 Hornet, then it has an Y-Wing cockpit, wings with propeller wings and love missiles, a B-52ish tail, and—the best part—open-air seats. More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by jackfrost132 is disruntled enough to stab an air: @crash1105: If it's paris hilton, you don't even have to get her drunk first. more » | Other threads
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prototype
Postmachina's Project E Trades Business Cards, Personal Info Wirelessly
This wireless data exchange concept is very similar to a few designs we've seen already, but Postmachina is going to be manufacturing a wireless device called Project E that holds your personal information and swaps it when it comes into contact with another, similar device. In essence, it can hold all the info on your business card, plus other data (maybe even social networking information) and transfer it to other people you meet at trade shows or other events. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by The illest wind: @Jimbuck: Change takes things away, whether you like it or not. "Embracing the new" isn't exactly what you should be... more » | Other threads
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peripherals
ASUS EAH3850 Trinity Prototype Video Card Goes Triple Penetration With Three Cores
What the crap? As if shoving two GPUs onto a single card wasn't enough to play contemporary games at a decent frame rate, Asus has just made an EAH3850 Trinity, a tri-core card with its own connected water-based cooling system. When you break it down, it's three RV670 cores in one card, generating output for four DVI ports allowing you to power four monitors (or one gigantic one at insane-o resolution). More »
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By Jason ChenComment by Bezike: this card is freaking crazy i want one soo bad but i dont even want to think of what other... more » | Other threads
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concepts
Armari eXtreme Concept Prototype is Liquid Nitrogen Cooled PC Beast
Armari's eXtreme Concept Prototype (XCP) super computer is made of some 100 uniquely designed parts, is either cooled by liquid nitrogen, liquid flurocarbon immersion or thermoelectric cooling and phase change, depending on the model's configuration and has the ability to run 24/7 without needing to shutdown. The XCP will happily function through a temperature range of -110°C to 90°C and being built on Intel's Skulltrail platform, the XCP happily packs quite some power under its Lost in Space-esque hood. More »
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By Haroon MalikComment by quasimotto: plugged my mouse into one and got freezer-burn.. the REAL money will be in the LN refills... more » | Other threads
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android
Google Phone Prototype to be Shown Next Week at Mobile World Congress
ARM, the chip manufacturer that makes many of the processors in many of the phones you're currently using, says they're going to show a prototype Google Android phone at Mobile World Congress next week. That's pretty much all we know so far. Chances are the prototype will have the same SDK that's available for emulation on your PC right now, and will mostly be used to show phone manufacturers (HTC & friends) that the ARM processors will handle an Android phone just fine; a.k.a. "please use our processors in your phones!" [Reuters]
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By Jason ChenComment by Markarian: Can someone please tell me what handset that is? I see it in all the Android promo shots, but it's... more » | Other threads
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cellphones
Coco Chanel Fashion Phone is Powered by Dreams, Wishes
This Coco Chanel phone has a leg up on other fashion phones by being an actually unique and new design, but takes a blow by being a mere concept based around technology that may or may not have been made up for the purpose of justifying a neat-looking Photoshop. Let's see if any of you can tell me how much sense the explanation of the technology makes: More » -
gadgets
Turbo Toaster Prototype Jet Engines Make Your Toast
Want to make bread into toast in under a minute? This Turbo Toaster prototype by Oliver Newberry of London can do just that, provided you're okay with the noise that two huge jet engine-like fans blowing hot air onto the toast will make. The inspiration for this invention? The fact that his beans became cold before the toast was done heating up. To this, we have two things to say. One, who eats beans on toast? And two, why not just wait until your toast is done to make your beans? [Daily Mail]
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By Jason ChenComment by nincompoop: Paul Young the singer once sang a song called Toast with an outfit called Streetband in the 1970's. I was... more » | Other threads
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android hardware in the wild
Google Android Prototype In the Wild
Here's the first gorgeous shot of an Google Android prototype in the wild. It looks HTC-ish in build, similar to the grainy versions we've seen in the official videos and the renderings in the SDK emulator. Our source, a Giz reader, had some feedback to add to the prototype, which he used for a day: Even in early form, it's light and fast, much faster than the desktop emulator at times. And as a longtime programmer, he thinks it's a lot more put together than Window Mobile 5 on the back side of things. It's a prototype, so things will obviously change, but these are all great signs. I just pray that hardware by other makers is a lot more adventurous. In my mind, those HTC designs remind me a little too much of WM and will for a long time. [Thanks Tipster X] -
multipurpose prototype
Bar Of Soap Is Multi-Talented Gadget That Susses Out What It Is Just By the Way You Hold It
Researchers at MIT's Media Lab have come up with the Bar of Soap, a gadget that works out exactly what it is depending on how it is held. So, hold it like a camera, and you can take pics, hold it like a cellphone, and it makes calls. Basically developed as a prototype to test the grasp classification concept, the technology behind the Bar of Soap is expected to trickle down into future gizmos. More » -
gadgets
Prototype F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Helmet Sees Into Your Soul
The British Ministry of Defence has eliminated missiles and other projectile weapons in favor of a more open, glass covered cockpit offensive. Why? Their new tactic is to fly as close to enemy aircraft as possible while wearing this prototype helmet to make the opposition shit themselves to death. Victims won't be reincarnated as anything good either, but that's just a side effect. [BBC via TheDayTheyTriedToKillMe]
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By Jason ChenComment by Rhainor: Two words: "Not news". I saw this (forget where) like 6 months ago. 1 Responses | Other threads
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ceatec
1mm Thick Flexible Plasma Display Debuts at CEATEC
Recently at CEATEC in Japan Shinoda Plasma Corp unveiled a plasma screen that tops out an an extraordinary 1mm in thickness. Plasma tubes aligned between film-form electrodes not only make the screen thin enough to be bent (as the image above demonstrates), they also make it extremely light. In fact, the 43-inch screen prototype weighed in at only 800g. This could set the stage for truly gigantic displays—79 x 118-inches or more created by seamlessly combining screens during the manufacturing process. Naturally, I would love to hook an Xbox up to something like this right now, but chances are it will take the better part of a decade before we can get our hands on it. [TechOn via Technabob] -
chair
Concept Rocking Chair Comes with Overhead Light, Alien Hipness
Looking vaguely like an alien life-form from Lost in Space, the "Rocking Wheel Chair" is a concept rocking chair created by designer Mathias Koehler. With spindly alien legs and an ever-important overhead light, the rocking chair manages to be simultaneously hip and terrifyingly ugly — which is ironically what I look for in a woman. More »
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By ybaranovskyComment by MainSub-main: looks like a propeller should spring out of the top of it, just hope no South Park-esque attachments are required... more » | Other threads
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concept
"On" is a Huge, Wall-Mounted Spectrum Analyzer
This piece of art is a huge, wall-mounted electronic spectrum analyzer that displays sound from ambient noise. It looks to be made up of an array of red LEDs set up in a pattern of 8 to 32 bands. The entire device runs on batteries for 4 hours, or AC power, and is turned on by a switch behind the plate glass face. $8200 for 8-bands. I don't even want to know how much this would cost for 32-bands, but I'd bet you an NYU ITP 3rd year student could pull this off for the cost of materials and beer money. Nevermind the guy with no shirt; this thing was made in Europe. More »
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By Brian LamComment by deusdiabolus: No one mentioned the other alternate solution: Laptop w/your favorite MP3s and viz software Digital Light Projector optional: glowsticks/bracelets/necklaces external amplified sound system friends drinks more » | Other threads
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kitchen
Recycling Washer/Dryer Concept
This concept washing machine by Reed Crawford saves water from one of the cleaner, later rinse cycles for use in a future wash. Smart, but only if there is an override that I can activate when washing soiled underwear. I mean, hypothetically. More » -
concept
Machine Gun Violin
This is a machine gun violin concept by Wei Lieh Lee of the School of Visual Arts. Looks like someone resented their mandatory music lessons. [via the amazing Geekologie] -
concept
Wii Handle Accelerates Swings to Superhuman Proportions
Here's a seemingly stupid idea: a basket on a handle that is meant to hold a Wiimote. (Complete with mechanical triggers for A and B buttons.) But the extension cleanly increases the Wiimote's velocity with every movement. Watch as the skinny kid in the video takes a giant swing in Wii Sports baseball. Could be good for games like Zelda, if not for the fact that you can't get to most of the other buttons. Fix this! [Google Video]
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