Samsung 9000 Series LED TV. Impossibly thin. Widly impressive. Best fit to your living room.
If you were looking for a TV that’s from the future — or just future-proof — the Samsung 9000 Series LED TV ($TBA; 2010) isn’t a bad place to start. Available in a variety of sizes, the 9000 Series sets offer a host of advanced features like a proprietary 3D processor and emitter, built-in Ethernet allowing for set-based apps like Netflix, Pandora, Twitter, and more, and a full touch-screen remote control with integrated Wi-Fi and IR that allows users to watch broadcast content and browse DLNA shares directly from the remote, sending the selected content to the main set with just a swipe.
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Tigers are well known as strong and is ferocious predators. Looking at these pictures, you can see tigers in a new light…
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Does exercise have to mean jogging, sweat and tears? Not according to Philips, whose DirectLife personal fitness programme aims to help people adopt a more active lifestyle by monitoring and motivating them in their daily activities. Like Fitbit which we covered in October, DirectLife is based around a wearable device that uses a 3D digital accelerometer to track a person’s movements. The data is uploaded via USB to a personal web-page, where it’s matched against daily targets, long-term goals, and (optionally) other users.
Where DirectLife differs from Fitbit is in the provision of a personal coach, on a subscription basis. Interacting with users through the online portal, personal coaches are real people with expertise in sports science, personal training and behavioural psychology, who use their knowledge to provide users with feedback, encouragement and advice on small lifestyle changes. DirectLife is available for USD 99 plus shipping, including the Activity Monitor and first four months of membership—thereafter, membership costs USD 12.50 per month.
The other big difference is that Philips is mainly targeting employers, claiming the system reduce absenteeism and health costs, while improving employee morale and productivity. Having companies track an employee’s every move, obviously isn’t free of ethical and privacy concerns. On the other hand, the societal need is also clear: according to the World Health Organization, more than 60 percent of the global population fail to reach the minimum levels of moderate daily physical activity to deliver health benefits. That’s a big market to move into.
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According to the Chinese Zodiac, the Year of 2010 is the Year of the Tiger.
Look at this tigers’ diversity!
If tigers have to do passport pictures, would they look like the pictures below
Tigers, like people, are very different.
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For the first time YouTube has released a list of its most popular videos.
1. Susan Boyle (120m+ views)
Britain’s Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle was the star of the most popular video of 2009 on video site YouTube.
The Scottish singer’s surprising rendition of I Dreamed A Dream on the show has been watched by more than 120 million viewers worldwide.
The moment had more views than the next three most-watched videos combined.
2. David After Dentist (37m+ views)
In second place, with more than 37 million views, was a video featuring a disorientated seven-year-old boy recovering from dental work.
David After Dentist was posted by the child’s father after his son had surgery to remove a tooth in 2008.
Within a week the video had amassed more than five million views and had become a viral hit.
The video shows the child in the back of the car telling his father that he “feels funny”.
“Is this real life?” he asks.
The video has a huge following with fans producing t-shirts and stickers featuring the child star. David’s Father, David Davore, has also been asked to speak at events.
3. JK Wedding Entrance Dance (33m+ views)
Third place went to JK Wedding Entrance Dance, which showed an convoluted dance routine featuring members of their entourage just before their wedding.
It attracted 33 million views and attention from Sony, which owned the rights to the Chris Brown song that provided the soundtrack to the video.
The firm placed a link next to the video allowing people to buy the song and also shared profits from sales of advertisements on the site.
4. New Moon movie trailer (31m+ views)
5. Evian Roller Babies (27m+ views)
In the UK, the most popular video was a commercial for Evian water featuring roller skating babies.
YouTube, which is owned by Google, serves up around a billion videos every week.
It makes money through selling advertising around the videos, most of which are uploaded by users.
However, the site now also offers short videos form intentional broadcasters as well as full-length TV programmes from the UK’s Channel 4 and Channel 5.
The firm has also reportedly been in talks with movie studios to licence content and has discussed the possibility of starting a subscription or movie rental service.
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TOKYO- Pursuing the concept of “harmony with people” Honda has developed a new personal mobility technology and unveiled U3-X, a compact experimental device that fits comfortably between the rider’s legs, to provide free movement in all directions just as in human walking – forward, backward, side-to-side, and diagonally. Honda will continue research and development of the device including experiments in a real-world environment to verify the practicality of the device.
This new personal mobility device makes it possible to adjust speed and move, turn and stop in all directions when the rider leans the upper body to shift body weight. This was achieved through application of advanced technologies including Honda’s balance control technology, which was developed through the robotics research of ASIMO, Honda’s bipedal humanoid robot, and the world’s first* omni-directional driving wheel system (Honda Omni Traction Drive System, or HOT Drive System), which enables movement in all directions, including not only forward and backward, but also directly to the right and left and diagonally. In addition, this compact size and one-wheel-drive personal mobility device was designed to be friendly to the user and people around it by making it easier for the rider to reach the ground from the footrest and placing the rider on roughly the same eye level as other people or pedestrians.
Honda is planning to showcase the U3-X at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show 2009 (sponsored by JAMA) which will begin on October 24, 2009 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan.
Striving to propose the next-generation mobility which expands the joy and fun of mobility, Honda has been conducting robotics research since 1986, including ASIMO, walking assist devices and U3-X, at the Honda R&D Co., Ltd. Fundamental Technology Research Center in Wako, Saitama, Japan.
| Key features of U3-X: | |||
| Free movement just as in human walking: | |||
| 1. Device control featuring application of balance control technology cultivated through ASIMO research: | |||
| The incline sensor detects the incline of the device based on the weight shift of the rider and determines the rider’s intention in terms of the direction and speed. Based on the data, precise control is applied to return the device to an upright position, which achieves smooth and agile movements and simple operation by weight shift only. | |||
| 2. HOT Drive System (Omni-directional driving wheel system): | |||
| Honda developed the world’s first wheel structure which enables movement in all directions including forward, backward, side-to-side and diagonally. Multiple small-diameter motor-controlled wheels were connected in-line to form one large-diameter wheel. By moving the large-diameter wheel, the device moves forward and backward, and by moving small-diameter wheels, the device moves side-to-side. By combining these movements the device moves diagonally. | |||
| Compact size which fit between the user’s legs | |||
| 3. Compact and innovative package: | |||
| The combination of the balance control technology and the HOT Drive System enabled the one-wheel style compact and innovative package of the device. In addition, the device adopts a light-weight monocoque body in which the foldable seat, footrests and body cover that also function as the frame are stored in the body of the device, achieving highly portable convenience. | |||
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Key specifications of the experimental model |
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| Length×Width×Height(mm) | 315×160×650 | |||||
| Weight | less than 10kg | |||||
| Battery Type | Lithium ion battery | |||||
| Operation time (with fully charged battery) | 1 hour | |||||
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