Unichal’s Dixau DX3 digital dictionary

Nothing makes you feel dumber than encountering a large word you don’t understand. You could type it into google and find out, but that’s too much work. Unichal’s Dixau DX3 digital dictionary saves you all that trouble. It will take a picture of the word with a pop-up digital camera and automatically translate it.

Big words will never slow you down again. And hey, you are learning something new. The Dixau DX3 also features text-to-speech to help you with pronunciation, a microSD slot card, and stylus pen support.

Yahoo Vs Google

Semua orang kenal dan tahu itu Yahoo dan Google. Dulu Yahoo ngan Google ni selalu bersaing berkenaan dengan email. Yahoo kasi 1GB, Google kasi 2GB. Tak abis abis ngan persaingan sihat mereka. Masing-masing nak lihat atau tengok user supaya guna product mereka. Kalau Google guna Iframe Ajax untuk Email mereka, Yahoo dah kuarkan BETA pula untuk email diorang dengan Iframe Ajax yang lebih kurang sama. Then, IM (Instant Message) Software pula. Yahoo yang dah memang terkenal dengan Yahoo Messenger sebelum ni sering bersaing dengan MSN, Google pula keluarkan Google Talk. Pendek kata persaingan ni memang takkan habis tapi baguslah, yang untungnye kita ye tak?

sekarang ini mereka bersaing pula dengan software untuk mencantikkan windows.. Kalau Yahoo boleh berbangga dengan Yahoo! Widget, Google juga telah mengeluarkan desktop enchancement yang diberi nama, Google Desktop. Sekali lagi kita juga yang untung. antara kedua-dua software ini, dan my opinion la, Yahoo! Widget memang lebih cool dari Google Desktop. Google Desktop dia guna sidebar dan lebih berat tapi kalau Yahoo! Widget bebas skit ikut suka hati user nak letak mana widget tu dan lebih ringan skirt. Dan design kebanyakkan untuk Yahoo! Widget memang lebih menarik dan banyak dari Google Desktop.

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Yahoo! Widget :

Google Desktop :

bagi anda yang mana lebih bagus? pada pendapat saya Yahoo memang lebih jauh istimewa dari Google ni. Dalam kelainan kedua-dua software ni, ade satu je sama. Tahu ape yang sama tu? Kedua-duanya membuatkan PC kamu lembap.

Download Yahoo! Widget : Click here
Download Google Desktop : Click here

The hits keep coming against plastic bottles with bisphenol-A

The hits keep coming against bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical used in plastics we come in contact with every day.

BPA was, until recently, used in most Nalgene bottles found on workers’ desk and in baby bottles, as well as food containers. Some 93% of us have detectable levels of this in our bodies.

The latest hit is a study from the Yale School of Medicine, which gave monkeys what the EPA considers a “safe” dose of the chemical and found negative impacts on mood and memory.

“Our primate model indicates that BPA could negatively affect brain function in humans,” said study co-author Tibor Hajszan, M.D., associate research scientist in Yale Ob/Gyn. “Based on these new findings, we think the EPA may wish to consider lowering its ‘safe daily limit’ for human BPA consumption.”

But this comes just as the National Institutes of Health has come out with a limited all-clear on BPA. The National Toxicology Program says there is still “some concern” about BPA but has not recommended any action be taken.

Many of America’s headline writers agree:

• An “ongoing debate” says KSBY-TV in San Luis Obispo.
• It “might be harmful” writes eFluxMedia.
• Some concerns remain, writes WebMD.
• Federal health experts “remain concerned” says the Wall Street Journal.

Someone check these folks’ water bottles. Tests of BPA done with doses now present in your body show reduction in brain function from this chemical. Not just in babies, but in adult primates.

Sci-Fi Style Clothing of The Future

While the usefulness and longevity of the fashion industry is constantly in debate today, one thing for certain is that it does provide constant innovation. That’s why in honor of the 25th anniversary of London Fashion Week, the Science: [So what? So everything] campaign has released a list of 25 of the most influential fashion innovations of past, present and future. According to the campaign, some of the great fashion inventions of the past century were: Spandex, Rubber-soled shoes, Nylon, and Breathable fabrics (among others), apparently in the new millennium we can look forward to such garments as:

· Spray-on clothing – temporary dresses can been created by spraying benign chemical formulations directly towards the body, distributing thousands of fibres across the wearer’s skin, which then bind together to form disposable garments. Clothing will become a matter of ‘spray and go’, bringing a new meaning to throwing an outfit on.

· Fashion that controls your environment – on a smaller scale this could be clothing that heats or cools on demand; on a wider scale, nanotechnology within fabrics could make built interiors adjust their smell, colour, temperature, texture, taste and sounds to suit the wearer’s mood.

· Emotion/health controlling clothing – clothing might soon be able to monitor the body’s respiratory system, heartbeat and temperature to control your health and mood, activating fragrances and active materials to ensure the well-being of the individual. The possibilities for application are endless, such as clothing that releases menthol during an asthma attack, or clothing that senses physical attraction and release hormones which attract the opposite sex.

· Energy-scavenging fabrics – nanotechnology might soon be able to use the wearer’s kinetic energy to convert it into electricity for powering small electronic devices. Practical applications could be in the clothes of hikers and soldiers, powering devices that could potentially save lives, and this could become a regular feature in our clothing to power our mobile phones, MP3 players and more. Scientists are also examining how energy-scavenging fabrics could convert low-frequency vibrations into electricity, without affecting the look of the clothing as nanowires are entwined with fabric fibres.