Do you remember the futuristic technology that was shown at CeBIT 2007? A monitor that’s equipped with a high technology sensor that respons to hand motion. And 5 years later, we can find such futuristic invention in the real world, in Sony Xperia sola to be exact. Scheduled to ship in Q2 2012, the Xperia sola brings what they call “floating touch”, a technology that allows us navigate the web by hovering their finger above the screen so it acts like a moving curser, without actually having to touch the screen. I can’t tell that “floating touch” based on the same motion sensor, but I think it’s a bit similar to them.

Sony Xperia sola also comes with SmartTags and supoorts NFC pairing. With SmartTags, users can siwtch between pre-configured profiles by simply touching the phone on a SmartTag (see video). And with NFC, users are allowed to connnect to other NFC smartphones by tapping together. Powered by a 1GHz Dual Core Processor, Sony Xperia sola runs Android 2.3 with upgrade option later. Other highlights: 3.7” display (854 x 480 pixels); 8 GB internal storage; microSD slot; up to 6 hours of talk time and up to 470 hours of standby time.
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Your fridge may be tidy and organised, but is it working to keep your kitchen safe? Do you know where certain foods should be stored for maximum shelf life and how to make sure your family’s health is protected? Whether you’re storing food in the refrigerator or the freezer, there are plenty of ways to combat food-born illnesses such as Salmonella and E. coli. A Hotpoint fridge offers state-of-the-art features – including antibacterial protection and fast-freeze compartments – and by making sure you keep foods chilled at the proper temperature, you can eliminate the spread of harmful bacteria in your home.

Keep refrigerated food in tip-top condition

As bacteria can multiply rapidly in foods left at room temperature, always leave food to marinate in the refrigerator. If you’re planning to use marinating liquid as a sauce, make sure you bring it to a rapid boil first.

Clean the refrigerator regularly and wipe any spills immediately. Drips from thawing meat can easily spread bacteria from one food to another, so make sure you keep your fridge as clean as possible to reduce the growth of harmful germs.
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Just see the video above, the speaker is Vijay Kumar. He and his team Daniel and Alex have developed a fantastic robot in their lab at Penn. The small robots can fly, maneuver, sense each other, cooperate and form ad hoc teams — for construction, surveying disasters and far more. I’m speechless, it’s absolutely brilliant, and it reminds me to the helicopter on the AVATAR movie, but far far better, faster, and more clever! Follow the link below if video above doesn’t work.

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Have you dreamed of having holiday in the middle of the Atlantic ocean? I hope you and me have a change someday, I’m not a part of those rich guys. But if living or traveling on superyacht is part of your lifestyle, I think you need to know this, the 42m Eco Ocean Supremacy, a green superyatch from SCOD. Green is cool, right? If you’re on my side, I think you’ll love the green part of this superyacth. Mentioned as the greenest among the 10 fastest superyacht in this small world, the Ocean Supremacy utilizes a 9 MW Solar Hybrid Propulsion System powered by a combination of Sustainable Sources of energy that integrate and exploit the availability of; Solar, Wind, Wave and Bio Mass Diesel power. How complicated is that? I don’t care as long as it works.

Okay let’s forget the complicated powerhouse behind the Eco Ocean Supremacy superyacht and start focusing on the luxury part. As described by SCOD, the main and upper Sun Deck on this superyacth has a pool area that offers flexibility for a number of uses such as sunbathing, dancing, parties, entertaining and events. And the cockpit on the upper deck utilizes a Photovoltaic Canopy and also features an open-air outdoor Cinema which more than 20 Guests are allowed to join.
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Do you want to rip all of your DVD collection to iPhone? Don’t worry, it’s very easy to do. Use the AnyMP4 iPhone converter which can do what you want with ease and fast. The converter allows you to rip any DVD file to iPhone MP4, MOV, and M4V, and convert all popular video formats including FLV, MPEG, RMVB, SWF, MTS, TS, DivX, MKV, AVI, WMV, 3GP, etc. to iPhone compatible video and audio formats. I rarely watching movie on my iPhone, but sometime I watch football clips on YouTube, the screen size is just too small for me. But of course you can use the converter for iPad which has larger display size, right?

Converting is the main function, but that’s not the end of story. The AnyMP4 iPhone Converter can do extra jobs such as trimming, cropping, merging, adding text/image watermark, and even adjusting video effect. You may wonder what kind of video effect can be adjusted, the software allows you to tweak contrast, saturation, brightness, hue and volume. If you rip from DVD, it also enables you to select the audio track and subtitle. And last but not least, you can also configure the output profiles to meet what you need and what you want, those include video resolution, bitrate, frame rate, encoder, audio channels, sample rate, audio encoder, audio bitrate, and video/audio format of course. Other highlights include: Preview the output, convert many videos simultaneously, and take snapshots.
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With a 5.3″ of display size, I think the BLU Studio 5.3 is closer to tablet than smartphone, it’s only 1.7″ less than the Galaxy Tab 7″, right?. Designed to combine the user experience of a tablet with smartphone compatibility, the BLU Studio 5.3 smartphone boasts a high resolution 5.3″ WVGA LCD screen, but that’s not the most selling point. So? It’s offered at only 199 Euros unlocked! Have you woken up?

Regarding powerhouse, the BLU Studio 5.3 large-screen smartphone is powered by MediaTek’s MT6573 processor and enhanced with a POWERVR Series5 SGX GPU to enable advanced 3D graphics capability. First displayed at MWC 2012, this affordable device is available unlocked with Dual SIM support in the US and Latin America with the MT6573 650MHz variant.
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