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Solar-Powered LCD Brings TV to Anywhere the Sun Shines
As part of Sharp's recent efforts to shove itself to the forefront of solar innovation, the company is showcasing a prototype of a 26-inch LCD Aquos TV that can be powered entirely by the sun. Now even the 1.6 billion people on earth without electricity won't have an excuse to miss the next season of Lost. More »
12:00 PM on Sat Jul 5 2008
By Elaine Chow
2,963 views,
8 comments
mind control
Wake up! First Sun Warrior of the Morning Challenge Kit Turns Waking Up Into Crazy Anime Game
Japanese toy company People has released a new age alarm clock that supposedly helps kids wake up by turning them into Ultraman. It's called the Okiro! Asa Ichiban Taiyou Senshi - Charenjaa Kitto (Wake up! First Sun Warrior of the Morning - challenger kit) and was manufactured for the Japanese Ministry of Education “early to bed early to rise” program. The $38 kit comes with the extravagant eye shield and helmet; a series of talismans and message cards (no doubt world-saving secret missions); and a 27-day program that will involve your child taking orders from "the commander." More »
nasa
NASA Preparing to Fire Solar System's Unluckiest Probe Ever Into the Sun
Believe it or not, humanity has never fired a probe directly into the Sun. By 2015, NASA hopes to check that interstellar bucket list item with Solar Probe+ (pronounced Solar Probe plus), a heat-resistant spacecraft "designed to plunge deep into the sun's atmosphere where it can sample solar wind and magnetism first hand." At first the mission sounds like a tough break for the little probe, especially as its older cousins play in a sandbox and tool around Saturn, but once you dig a bit deeper there's actually quite a bit left to learn about our parent star's lingering mysteries. More »
crazy ideas
A group of super-rich Silicon Valley nerds are sick of the man keeping them down. That's why they're planning to create their own sea-based country made up of floating structures that will be similar to oil rigs, but with houses and offices rather than, you know, oil rig stuff on board. And this isn't some conceptual plan; they're looking to have their first prototype in the San Francisco Bay within two years (to test the technology necessary, not to actually live).
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Silicon Valley Nerds Plan Sea-Based Utopian Country to Call Their Own
A group of super-rich Silicon Valley nerds are sick of the man keeping them down. That's why they're planning to create their own sea-based country made up of floating structures that will be similar to oil rigs, but with houses and offices rather than, you know, oil rig stuff on board. And this isn't some conceptual plan; they're looking to have their first prototype in the San Francisco Bay within two years (to test the technology necessary, not to actually live).
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nasa
First Sun Tsunami Recorded, No Sign of the Silver Surfer
STEREO, NASA's twin spacecraft mission getting a nice tan and taking tridimensional images of the Sun, has recorded a solar tsunami for the first time. The tsunami, a circular shockwave which traveled a million kilometers (621,371 miles) in just 30 minutes, is caused by a huge explosion on the star's surface. STEREO took the images thanks to its new cameras which, unlike the previous solar mission SOHO, are fast enough to capture the wave in detail, confirming the previously theoretical ultra-speedy nature of the titanic waves that travel through our home star from time to time. Wait— did I say Home Star? More »
8:00 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Jesus Diaz
12,312 views,
20 comments
Latest by kanashimaru: The world is gonnna end soon, isn't it?! more »
solar power
Sola Unagi: A Solar Generator to Charge Your Stuff, Suckas
Yo! You may not know it but I'm a caring kinda guy. I worry about the environment: my fist's gonna see you later if you don't too. So you guys should check out the Sola Unagi generator, made by Fuji Technologies. Weighs just 22 pounds, and even you weaklings could carry that. It's got two solar cells, and the rechargeable battery will run your laptop for up to six hours, and a mini fridge for four. Hell, you can even charge 20 cellphones at the same time if you like. It's designed to help people in developing countries, but using it here will cut down on your power use. $1,360 each. [Red Ferret]
chips
If our computers are ever going to hit speeds that'll allow us to do things like simulate the big bang, create artificial intelligence or create giant, building-sized robots to fight for our amusement, we need to move beyond wires. After all, their physical makeup is going to hit a wall at some point, so rather than just continuing to work at making faster wires, we need to look at what's going to come after wires, and that something is lasers.
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Sun Working on Replacing Wires with Lasers to Drastically Increase Chip Speeds
If our computers are ever going to hit speeds that'll allow us to do things like simulate the big bang, create artificial intelligence or create giant, building-sized robots to fight for our amusement, we need to move beyond wires. After all, their physical makeup is going to hit a wall at some point, so rather than just continuing to work at making faster wires, we need to look at what's going to come after wires, and that something is lasers.
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cellphones
Sun to Bring Java to the iPhone via the SDK
Apple gave Sun kind of the cold shoulder, not giving them the opportunity to put Java on the iPhone for Java apps. Now that the SDK is out, Sun's decided to just take matters into their own hands and prep a Java Virtual Machine for the device that'll allow Java applets to run on it. The JVM for iPhone will be based on Java Micro Edition, allowing apps like games and enterprise applications. You know, uh, all the stuff we've been clamoring for. I guess. Well, I'm sure at least a couple of interesting programs will come out of this, right? We'll see how Apple handles Sun sneaking Java onto the iPhone this way. [Infoworld via Slashdot]
5:30 PM on Sun Mar 9 2008
By Adam Frucci
4,752 views,
21 comments
Latest by jabberwolf: I want to see if Apple tries to sue to stop Sun from developing. My whole gripe against apple was for not allowing little things like Java to be on its phone.They hold way too much control and cut way more »
identity confusion
Sometimes, the internet opens up doors to worlds of geekery that you never knew existed. I guess I shouldn't judge people for being into whatever it is they're into as long as it doesn't intrude on my life, but… come on. Lion of the Sun makes custom animal masks and costumes that are super-realistic, featuring mouths that actually move when you talk. They're impressive, to say the least, and you can even get them with built-in night vision if you have the scratch (no pun intended). There's a huge gallery of different costumes, and you just know that they all end just before the camera turns off and there's some hot bear-on-lion furry love action. If there was ever an appropriate time for the tried-and-true "do not want" internet catchphrase, this is it.
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Realistic Animal Cosplay Costumes Reveal Frightening New Depths of Dorkdom
Sometimes, the internet opens up doors to worlds of geekery that you never knew existed. I guess I shouldn't judge people for being into whatever it is they're into as long as it doesn't intrude on my life, but… come on. Lion of the Sun makes custom animal masks and costumes that are super-realistic, featuring mouths that actually move when you talk. They're impressive, to say the least, and you can even get them with built-in night vision if you have the scratch (no pun intended). There's a huge gallery of different costumes, and you just know that they all end just before the camera turns off and there's some hot bear-on-lion furry love action. If there was ever an appropriate time for the tried-and-true "do not want" internet catchphrase, this is it. [Lion of the Sun]
fun in the sun
Few things look more fun than ziplines. And while we've seen some pretty insane ones, this one, which is located in Labadee, Haiti, looks particularly awesome as it zooms you out over the ocean. I'm not big on tropical vacations, but if I was I would make this place a definite stop on my next jaunt. [LiveLeak via Spulch]
Haiti's Amazing Zipline Shoots You Out Over the Ocean
Few things look more fun than ziplines. And while we've seen some pretty insane ones, this one, which is located in Labadee, Haiti, looks particularly awesome as it zooms you out over the ocean. I'm not big on tropical vacations, but if I was I would make this place a definite stop on my next jaunt. [LiveLeak via Spulch]
10:00 AM on Fri Dec 21 2007
By Adam Frucci
8,163 views,
39 comments
Latest by n/a: To those that can't seem to believe this is Haiti, well, the fact is that it is. Therefore, to those that posted the negative negative comments, what does that make you? A bunch of dumbs... and this is the more »
concept
With a design this unique, you know it has to be a concept. Still, Sun Kyung Kim's idea to combine a birdbath theme with a charge status indicator composed of radiating rings works —despite being a little out there. As the device charges, the rings expand toward the birds perched on the edge of the bath. Once fully charged, the birds will glow. I don't know if it will ever see the light of day as a commercial product, but an iPhone would look good on it. [Yanko Design]
Desktop Charger Shows Your Status, Cleanses Filthy Birds
With a design this unique, you know it has to be a concept. Still, Sun Kyung Kim's idea to combine a birdbath theme with a charge status indicator composed of radiating rings works —despite being a little out there. As the device charges, the rings expand toward the birds perched on the edge of the bath. Once fully charged, the birds will glow. I don't know if it will ever see the light of day as a commercial product, but an iPhone would look good on it. [Yanko Design]
for al gore
Iqua Sun, World's First Solar-Powered Bluetooth Headset
While Bluetooth headsets are a dime a dozen, ones powered by the sun like Nuclear Man from Superman IV aren't. Orange claims that its Iqua Sun is "the worlds first" [sic, italics theirs] solar-powered Bluetooth headset. Fancy! The green half-ouncer gets 200 hours of life on standby and nine hours of talk time in darkness, like in an elevator on the moon. It'll run you £49.99, which is about 105 American clams. [Orange via Reg Hardware via Gadget Lab]
4:20 PM on Mon Nov 12 2007
By Matt Buchanan
1,542 views,
3 comments
Latest by DoPeY5007: Not a bad idea What about noise cancellation? more »
cellphones
Sun Scrapping Mobile Java, Moving Devices to Standard Java
Sun's starting to phase out mobile Java (Java Micro Edition) that's been the standard on cellphones and other small devices in favor of their standard edition, which are made for PCs everywhere. Sun VP James Gosling's reasoning for shifting everyone over to Java Standard Edition is because "cellphones and TV set-top boxes are growing up," meaning they're getting enough processing power to handle all the demands of full-featured Java. What this means to you is desktop-level apps on your mobile devices, and less incompatibility problems on devices due to current mobile Java fragmentation—but cellphones using the old Java ME will be on the market for at least another decade. [News.com]
1:46 PM on Mon Oct 22 2007
By Jason Chen
5,207 views,
11 comments
Latest by n/a: This certainly needs some clarification. See: [weblogs.java.net] more »
rumor
Java Phone: Sun Microsystems and Samsung May Be Developing Cheaper iPhone Alternative
Rumor has it that Sun Microsystems and Samsung are jointly developing a "Java Phone" that is cheaper and more feature rich than Apple's iPhone. Details are scarce, but a Samsung spokesperson confirmed that a meeting has taken place between the two companies regarding the phone, but the details of that conversation have not been made public. Rumors are rumors, but if true, it would take a lot of convincing to prove that a Java UI could come anywhere near Apple in terms of execution. That having been said, could JavaFX be involved? [iht via Justamp]
5:10 PM on Wed Oct 10 2007
By Sean Fallon
3,813 views,
21 comments
Latest by babaki: @mwalker05: you cant really compete with yourself now can you......either way they are making money. more »
toys
Zen Design's SEE Toys Draw Power From Children
If I said we should use toddlers as an energy source to fuel personal electronics, you'd think I was psycho. But according to the Detroit News, Michigan inventor Sun Yu is unveiling SEE Toys with glowing LEDs and digital speakers that draw power from kids' energetic play. More »
too close to the sun
