I found this retro bluetooth headset at ThinkGeek.com and it has to be the coolest bluetooth ever invented! Definitely not for practical use, but to get reactions out of people, this thing will work! Go here to check it out, it is only $29.99 which is about the price of a normal bluetooth anyway.

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There are also interesting pictures showing what Dubai’s plans are for the future of their architecture. In their record books, Dubai already has the tallest hotels in the world which are considered the only 5 star deluxe hotel in the world as well. They own both of the world’s tallest hotels and the tallest one called the Rose Tower stands at 1,093 feet and the second tallest hotel is Burj al-Arab and it was built on an artificial island right beside a beach standing at 1,053 feet.

The Rose Tower Hotel Standing at 1,093 feet

Burj al-Arab Hotel Standing at 1,053 feet

Here is an image of what Dubai looked like in 1990…

For comparison here is a recent image of Dubai, this site claims it is from 2008…

I was curious to how they can afford all of this expansion so fast and did some research. Initially without doing research I assumed they produced a lot of oil, which they do, but that is not their main source of income. According to Wikipedia almost 23 percent of their income comes from construction and real estate which does not surprise me after seeing the pictures on this site.

There are some very fascinating photos on the website I have been talking about throughout this post so you should at least check it out for those!

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According to physorg.com Taiwanese engineers developed a new wireless technology that makes WIFI and 3.5G cell phones speeds laughable. This new SoC design chip is 100 times faster than WIFI and 350 times faster than 3.5G and could possibly only cost $1 to make per chip in mass quantities.

The head of the project Professor Jri Lee of National Taiwan University (NTU) and UCLA PhD recently demonstrated the chip locally at NTU. According to physorg.com, “The system on a chip combines Front-End Circuits and an antenna array to reach the ultimate transmission speed.” The SoC chip was demonstrated at downloading a 4GB video in about 10 seconds which would take about 4.5 hours using a bluetooth device.

SoC stands for System-on-a-chip and If you are curious to what the SoC chip definition is check out this LINK at Wikipedia to find out.

Click Here to read the rest of the article at physorg.com

Source: physorg.com

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Here’s a sample, that if my calculations are right, says that you can save ~25-28 trees each year just by recycling all the issues of the newspaper you’re subscribed to.

12. RECYCLE NEWSPAPER
There are 63 million newspapers printed each day in the U.S. Of these, 44 million, or about 69%, of them will be thrown away. Recycling just the Sunday papers would save more than half a million trees every week.

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One of the things that made Kiruna a candidate is the absolutely stunning view of the Aurora Borealis that they have. The passengers of the Virgin flights would have the chance to see the Aurora Borealis up close, and in the future enjoy the experience of a themed park, even if they don’t have the money to go for a ride in space. They could visit the space center, enjoy dog sled rides or see the Swedish mountains from a helicopter.

Right now, there are 250 people from all over the world that have booked reservations for a trip to space with Virgin Galactic, out of which 80 are already in training. Another 85,000 have expressed interest apparently. A reservation is $20,000, and the cost for the trip is $200,000.

Got those 200k? You can make a reservation here.

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According to a Japanese industry body, the Machine Industry Memorial Foundation, by 2025, the labour shortage could be solved by using robots, for over 3.5 million jobs.

Below is a breakdown for some of the jobs that could be taken by robots:

• Medical and nursing care services – 970,000 jobs
• Agriculture and forestry sector – 450,000 jobs
• Cleaning and delivery – 1,410,000 jobs

It’s estimated that robots could free up to 74 minutes of time for families that use them, each day, something that could help more women to enter the labor market.

Out of the 4.2 million job shortage that is projected to be in 2025, 80% or 3.5 million jobs could be taken by robots.

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Ford Nucleon was one of those dreams, a nuclear powered car that was supposed to travel for 5,000 miles without a recharge. The nuclear car project was announced in 1957 by Ford, and it was a futuristic looking vehicle with an incredibly efficient fuel mileage, thanks to the small atomic fission reactor fitted in the trunk.

The setup of it’s nuclear reactor was similar to that of a nuclear submarine, but miniaturized to fit into an automobile. The idea was to use uranium fission to heat the steam generator, which turned water into steam, which could be used to drive a set of turbines. One of the turbines would propel the car, while the other would power an electrical generator. Steam would be turned back into water through condensation, and reused by the steam generator after that. As long as fissile material remained, the reactor would’ve produced power through this closed system.

And, because the powerplant was interchangeable, the owner could choose between a high mileage with low torque version or a more powerful version if that’s what they needed.

Can you imagine driving with no worries only to have another car smash into the mini nuclear reactor strapped to your back? Did they really think this through?

Luckily, there were no operational models built, but they gave it quite some thought apparently. Why they didn’t make one? Increased public awareness of the dangers of nuclear power, the absence of the light materials that could be used for shielding and the lack of advances in the mini nuclear reactors area. Lucky us!

You can find here a description of the Ford Nucleon from the company. (third model)

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The players use a motion-tracking headset that provides them with the visuals of the game, and the ball allows them to run, roll, jump or crawl in the virtual world, without the risk of hitting real world obstacles.

The sphere sits on rollers, which allows it to rotate 360 degrees in any direction. According to the manufacturer, which is based in Washington, it can be used either for gaming or for exercises or simulations.

They create these systems according to what the client needs and so far they sold it to the military, law enforcement and entertainment companies.

What do you think? The first step towards Star Trek’s holodecks?

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