I’m in a Facebook State of Mind – TMCnet

I’m in a Facebook State of Mind TMCnet How many have Facebook (News – Alert) accounts? These are increasingly common questions from speakers addressing audiences in various markets today. … Avaya ‘Facephone’ Prototype Reveals Implications for the Enterprise TMCnet all 2 news articles »

Exclusive Photos: 2012 BMW 1 Series

Our german blog BimmerToday.de and Ade, one of their readers, are bringing us today some exclusive spy photos of the next generation BMW 1 Series due out in 2011. The prototype was spotted on the Autobahn somewhere between Salzburg and Munich. The F20 prototype continues to sport the now famous psychedelic camouflage making it hard for us to see the design lines prepared by BMW. If the first generation 1 Series can be described as being conservative with a safe design, the new 1er models are

Nokia N900 camera quality samples uncovered

Want to see everything the Nokia N900 camera has to offer, months before release? Check Flickr. No, really. After an officially sanctioned Nokia N900 sample picture made its way to TwitPic, TheNokiaBlog got to sleuthing. Deep down in the photo’s signature data (known as EXIF data) the N900 prototype was identifying itself with a specific, if abstract, model number: 007 001. Flickr makes this data fairly visible, with each photo having “Taken with a [whatever camera model here].” A quick

Open Source Set Top Boxes – Thanks to Android

Though still in the prototype phases, MIPS Technologies - in a partnership with Sigma Designs - has created an Android based system for displaying full 1080p video on an HDTV. Shown at DIGITIMES Tech Forum in Tapei over the weekend, the use of Android to display Full HD content is the next step towards an Android set top box.

PICTURE: Russia unveils AESA radar for PAK FA fighter

Russia unveiled the first element of its fifth-generation Sukhoi PAK FA/T-50 fighter during the Moscow MAKS air show, with Tikhomirov’s NIIP having exhibited the type’s active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar. The newly unveiled unit is intended for integration with Sukhoi’s heavyweight fighter prototype, which air force commander Aleksandr Zelin says is due to fly in November or December. The aircraft was shown to President Vladimir Putin in its assembly phase during his May visit to t

Renault Fluence: New Compact Sedan for Russia, Turkey and Romania, and perhaps the US as a Saturn

Remember Renault’s 2004 Fluence concept car that inspired the styling of the Laguna Coupe? Well, the only common denominator between the sexy prototype (see pics below) and this compact-sized sedan is their name… Virtually a rebadged version of the Korean market Samsung SM3 that was revealed earlier this year, the Fluence is the sedan variant of…

Desktop Factory Assets Go To 3D Systems

South Carolina-based 3D Systems Corporation, a developer of rapid prototyping systems, said Monday afternoon that it has acquired certain assets of Pasadena-based Desktop Factory, the Idealab startup which was developing low cost, 3-D printers. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Desktop Factory had said two weeks ago that it was in the process of looking for a buyer for the firm, after failing to raise a new round of funding. Desktop Factory was developing sub-$3,000 3D print

Driving On Electric Glass: Solar Highway Awarded Prototype Funding

Ever since I started driving, I’ve had a problem with asphalt. First off, it hurts. Lucky for me, I often land on my head. Asphalt is also ugly and flaky, and requires constant supervision. Snow and road repair can slow down traffic worse than an ugly accident, and the resources that go into building maintaining high-use highways are intimidating to consider. But there may be another way. A radical intelligent highway design utilizing solar panels , LED lighting, and heating elements has bee

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Spy Shots: The US Version of the 2011 Ford Fiesta Sedan

Automotive Traveler magazine contributor Mark Fletcher shows why it’s always a good idea to keep your camera by your side as you never know when you’ll encounter a camouflaged prototype, in this case the US-spec version of Ford’s upcoming 2011 Fiesta. While we know that the Ford Fiesta is coming to the North America next year, Ford is going to great lengths to keep front and rear details of the domestic version secret while the cars undergo their final validation tests. So while the 100 Fiesta

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