Posted on 2007 under Hardware, Computers |
28
Jul
Global chipmaker Intel Corp is all set to roll out its Classmate PC, a portable mini-notebook, in Indian schools from August to digitally enhance the existing teaching format.The Indian subsidiary of the $39-billion silicon firm has tied up with HCL Infosystems to hard sell the novel educational tool in thousands of schools across India for empowering students and teachers with computer literacy.”The Classmate PC, designed and developed in India by engineers at our Bangalore development centre, will only complement the conventional or existing format of teaching and learning in classrooms in a digital form or e-way,” John McClure, the Intel South Asia director (marketing), told IANS at a industry-media conclave here.
HCL, one of India’s largest PC manufacturers, will be the prime vendor to distribute and maintain the Classmate PC for enhancing the education system and infrastructure in government-run as well as private schools, he said.
The innovative computing device, powered by Intel’s Celeron mobile processor 900Mhz, comes with Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity. With a seven-inch LCD screen, 256-512 mb RAM and a flash memory of one-two gigabytes capacity, the portable device runs on Linux and Windows XP operating systems.
Weighing about 1.5 kg and having a three-four hour battery life, the product is being manufactured in China by Intel’s ODM (original design manufacturer) Computex, a Taiwanes firm, for the Asia-Pacific region.
Since the $1-billion Intel World Ahead Programme was launched a year ago, the company has distributed around 32,000 Classmate PCs in the APAC region, including 10,000 units in select states across India on a pilot basis.
To be priced at about Rs.18,000, the PC will be customized to meet the local requirements in terms of rich content and features for quicker adaptability. Equipped with a water-resistant keyboard and rugged protective cover to prevent dust, the handheld device will be loaded with special content for two-way teacher-student and teacher-parent collaboration.
“In addition, the Classmate PC has an advanced theft-control feature, based on network-issued digital certification, and is powered to run mainstream applications, including video and educational software,” McClure said at a preview of the product.
“The game plan is to encourage innovation and enable schoolgoing children to communicate worldwide, developing 21st century skills such as digital literacy, problem-solving, critical thinking and collaboration,” he added.
HCL Infosystems vice-president Rajendra Kumar said the Classmate PC would revolutionize classroom learning by taking teacher-student interaction to a higher level in schools across the country.
“A large number of public and private schools have already started setting up computer labs to expose students to the world of information and communication technologies (ICT) and equip them with skills that will empower them in e-learning and qualify them for high-tech jobs,” Kumar pointed out.
HCL will also rope in content developers and education service providers to offer customized and integrated learning solutions. It will reach out to schools and educational institutes across the country through its distribution network.
Source: Tech2
Posted on 2007 under Miscellaneous |
28
Jul
If you own an apple Macintosh computer, you may be used to people assuming that whilst you are spoilt for choice when it comes to creative software, the situation for gamers with a Mac computer is not so good specially who are really interested in computer games. if so remember, Well but you don’t worried about that if you have an Mac computer. I find an website who offers a wide choice or variety of popular games. This site is MacGamesAndMore.com they provide a large variety of games for Mac users, to reassure them that Mac games are not in such a sad state. In Mac Games and More, you can browse through their large collection from Pool game to Mac solitaire and download all the games that you like. This enables you to play and enjoy yourself while allowing the developers to showcase and display their abilities. All the games are free to download, some require payment to progress beyond the limited levels and/or features of the demo, whilst others are pure freeware - simply created by their author to bring joy and happiness to other Mac users. You can also find some useful information on what to do if you are interested in looking into writing your own games for the Mac. The site also contains links to interesting applications, so if you need to justify your time on the site, you can always bookmark some of the more serious sounding pages. So If you like this site & thinks that this is useful bookmarked it & keep visiting again for fresh contents 
Posted on 2007 under Aero |
28
Jul
Here’s a pic of the new X-48B, Boeing’s Blended Wing Body research aircraft in flight for the first time. The prototype, developed by Boeing Phantom Works with cooperation from NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, flew for 31 minutes, reaching an altitude of 7,500 feet.
Boeing is at it again with one of their fantabolous X-designated planes. The plane flew from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. This X-48B is only the second prototype that Boeing has built and the only one tested in flight; it was created to test the “structural, aerodynamic and operational efficiencies of the BWB concept,” according to Bob Liebeck, the BWB program manager, especially during take off and landing.
BWB planes don’t have a tail, the wing itself blends into the fuselage, giving more lift and less drag than a traditional circular fuselage. This means 30% less fuel consumption than a normal plane and also less noise, both inside and on the ground.
The composite-skinned aircraft uses three turbojet engines that enable it to fly up to 10,000 feet and 120 knots in its low-speed configuration. This X-48B prototype is “remotely piloted from a ground control station in which the pilot uses conventional aircraft controls and instrumentation while looking at a monitor fed by a forward-looking camera on the aircraft” making it the coolest RC/Plane and flight simulator videogame in history - in addition to being a kick ass machine, period.
Boeing’s Tom Koehler said to us via email that “the X-48B that flew on July 20 is a small-scale unmanned prototype of the BWB concept” Still, it’s quite a feat - and one that will hopefully develop into better, more efficient aircraft in the future. Who knows, maybe even beyond military uses, this design will find its way into cool commercial airplanes.
Source: Boeing Phantom Works and NASA
Posted on 2007 under Digital Camera, Gadget, Miscellaneous |
27
Jul
With Kameraflage, now you’ll be able to plant subliminal messages on T-shirts, movies and billboards that can only be seen with digital cameras. This context-sensitive display technology, developed by Sarah Logie and Connor Dickie, works by using colors that are invisible to us but easily picked up by the silicon chips in digital cameras. As you can see, the lovely model above is wearing a shirt that only reveals that cloud’s lightning bolt when seen through an iPhone’s digital camera, although any ordinary unmodified digital camera would get the same result. She just as easily could have placed her phone number in that cloud. Hmm. Let’s think of some other uses for this cool tech.
Source: Kameraflage
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