Japanese Company Proposes Space Elevator by 2050

According to the Daily Yomiuri, Japanese construction company Obayashi has announced the intention to build a space elevator, which would allow trips to a space station located in a geostationary orbit, or 36,000 kilometers above Earth.

Obayashi Corp. hopes to have a space elevator operational by 2050, carrying passengers and cargo in a vehicle that travels along a ribbon made of carbon nanotubes extending a quarter of the way to the moon.

A counterweight at the end of the 96,000 kilometer (59,652 mile) cable would anchor the entire assembly, which is connected to a station on the ground. Passengers would travel from the surface of the Earth to a terminal station housing a research center and residential facilities located about 36,000 kilometers (22,369 miles) up the ribbon in a car traveling at 200 km/h (124 mph). At that speed the journey is anticipated to take about a week.

The concept of space elevators was originated since 1895 when Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was inspired by the newly built Eiffel Tower. The company hopes to transport 30 passengers at a time along the space cable, perhaps using magnetic linear motors. 

Los Angeles' Indoor Skiing and Snowboarding

Los Angeles gets a new type of personal training: Indoor skiing and snowboarding

The first thing that comes in our mind when we talk about indoor skiing, it's in the form of massive, resource-intensive indoor ski resorts. German company SkyTec Interactive offers a more streamlined type of indoor skiing: simulated ski training with virtual slopes. SkyTec debuted its first public facility in the United States this month.

The globally patented ski simulator system from Munich-based SkyTec Interactive combines exercise equipment with a large virtual reality ski simulation. The system includes a pair of skis or snowboard mounted to rails on a long, lateral surface. The equipment allows the trainee to move like they would on the slopes, essentially carving from edge to edge and schussing down the slopes. Through a series of sensors and a computer system, the trainee engages with the virtual ski environment.

In terms of fitness, SkyTec says that its machines offer a combination of strength training and cardiovascular training. The training strengthens leg, back and stomach muscles while increasing muscle coordination and flexibility. 

Samsung Circle Media Player Concept

Modern industry of portable players is a very sorry sight, they are a square, a rectangle. The idea of ​​a new concept of Samsung range of simple and elegant. The configuration of the player Samsung Circle  is extremely minimalist: on the front panel is a full-size touch screen, and on the edge of the player there is a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack and menu button. Everything else makes the user directly on the screen, what helps him a nice interface. Brilliant and easy! 

Widespread standardization and reluctance to experiment generate endless look-alike devices and as a result, fierce patent war. Although even the sheer detail could fix it. Take, for example media players, almost all of them now have a rectangular shape, whether representatives of the series Sony WalkMan or members of the family Apple iPod. Exit invited Senegalese designer Laye Gning.

His idea is simple and elegant, he set it in its new concept Samsung Circle, a small portable media players in a round housing. The configuration of the player is extremely minimalist: the front panel is a full-size touch screen, but on the edge of the player there is a standard 3.5 mm jack and the dial menu.

Everything else makes the user directly on the screen, what helps him a nice interface. In the performance of Samsung player Circle, of course, would be a successful product, a kind of analogue of the latest generation iPod nano, only a modest cost.

credits Future Technology, My XNews

The Future of Screen Technology

Experience a normal day with touch screen technologies.

Touch screen is what's common to most of the gadgets of this century. But what if screen technology looks like this? 

This is the result of TAT's Open Innovation experiment. It is an experience video showing the future of screen technology with stretchable screens, transparent screens and e-ink displays. Credits: TATMobileUI

Funniest Robot in the World

The funniest robot recorded is currently circulating in YouTube. It is an 8 foot robot which entertains people through telling jokes, singing, acting, and dancing.

Here's the video:

Credits: thecomicbots

uTree - Street Light Innovation Concept

The use of solar energy will make a fairy tale come true and give energy saving and environmental preservation of the industrial city. uTree is the new innovation of oour streets light now. The uTree concept is one of the most realistic concepts for urban energy generation since these “trees” can be installed virtually anywhere as they do not require more than a few inches of floor space for the supporting pole and take up a few square feet of overhead space.

A rotation engine optimizes energy production by ensuring that the leaves are always facing the sun at the correct angle while easy screwed connections allow each uTree to be easily set up and dissembled. There are 77 cells per leaf and each generates over 2.5w energy per day. Each tree can generate over 1732.5W in an 8 hour day, which equals 13.86 KWH/day per uTree, or 5058 KWH per tree per year. This kind of energy would be sufficient to feed 20 street lights every night.

Credits: Future Technology

Kandila (Short Film Festival Official Entry)

Kandila is the official entry of Information Technology and Engineering Department in the Short Film Festival held at St. Anthony College during the celebration of its 8th Founding Anniversary with the theme Expanding Infinitely to Greater Heights Together.

Competence and perseverance are what is being shown and portray in the video. Kandila won the Best Sound and placed second among the four other entries.