A wind power plant has become operational in suburban Beijing, considered a major step towards making 20 percent of the power supply to the city's Olympic venues during the games wind-generated. With an installed capacity of 64,500 kilowatts, the Guanting Wind Power Plant has 43 domestically developed wind power units at work. The Guanting Wind Power Plant, beginning operation on Saturday, would not only help fulfill Beijing's promise of a "green Olympics", but symbolize the first-ever large-scale employment of wind power generation project in the Chinese capital.The Guanting Wind Power Plant is expected to supply 100 million-kWh electricity per year, enough to meet the daily demand of 100,000 households.
Hitachi exhibited its second humanoid robot EMIEW2 at the recently concluded Hitachi uValue Convention 2008. Hitachi light weight humanoid robot EMIEW2 weighs 13kg and can move on wheels as well as two legs. Sensitive 14 microphones are mounted on the head of the humanoid for enhanced voice recognition capabilities. The robot can distinguish voices even when three people are speaking at the same time thanks to the voice recognition function. The voice recognition function is a combination of sound source separation and sound pattern recognition. In the sound source separation, sounds coming from directions other than the direction from which the voice of the person speaking to the robot comes from are ignored as noise. As a result, the robot can recognize voices spoken as far as 2m away. The robot is 80cm tall, a height for looking over desk tops.
Samsung’s TL9 (NV9) is an ultra compact, 10.0 megapixel digital camera highlighted by a large 2.7 inch LCD, internal 5x optical zoom as well as Dual Image Stabilization. The latest digital camera in Samsung’s digital camera arsenal to feature MP3 and PMP capability, the TL9 sets itself apart from the crowd as a multimedia powerhouse. The Samsung TL9 (NV9) incorporates a unique design element which graces the top of the camera’s body - dual analog gauges. The small gauges, located next to the power button, display remaining battery life and memory capacity in a way that’s easy for the shooter to access while on the go.
Boasting an impressive resolution of 14.7 megapixels and renowned Schneider lens yielding a 28mm wide-angle focal length with 3.6x optical zoom, the Samsung TL34HD (NV100HD) promises sharp, clear and detailed images with every shot. The most advanced point-and-shoot digital camera in Samsung’s history, the TL34HD builds upon the success of its predecessor, the NV24HD, with the ability to capture high-definition video at a resolution of 720P along with Dual Image Stabilization. By incorporating touch-screen technology, users can now select and control various camera functions by interacting with the TL34HD’s large three-inch touch screen LCD.
Adlink DPAC-1000 is designed specifically for remote data acquisition systems with standard serial communication ports (RS-232 or RS-485). ADLINK's series of DPACs offer a distributed control solution for digital and analog I/O and motion control, while enabling a 15 to 20 percent cabling reduction compared to other Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and Programmable Automation Controller (PAC) solutions on the market today. The Adlink DPAC-1000 provides an intelligent remote data acquisition controller which can collect data from both digital sensors such as discrete I/O modules, pressure sensors, and temperature sensors, and analog I/O modules up to 4000 feet away.
Logitech today introduced the new Logitech Cordless Keyboard for Wii, a must-have accessory for chat-oriented games and the Wii Internet Channel. With its compact, slim design and 2.4 GHz wireless technology, Logitech’s new keyboard for Wii enables a natural typing experience for easy communication, browsing and searching. The Logitech Cordless Keyboard for Wii provides special system keys – such as Zoom In/Out, Forward/Back, Quit and OK – making it easier to use your game console to communicate with friends, surf the Web, read the news, check the weather, browse Internet videos and send e-mail.
Sony’s next-generation Blu-ray Disc player BDP-S350 supports BonusView (picture-in-picture), which is featured on select new Blu-ray Disc home video releases, and is also BD-Live ready, with an Ethernet port for easy firmware updates and access to Internet-based interactive content features. It also features quick start up mode improving the player’s boot up time to approximately a few seconds and offers an external port for local storage for BD-Live, allowing users to add an optional flash storage device (sold separately).
Toshiba today announced a new line-up of high performance 2.5-inch HDDs, including a low-noise flagship model that boosts areal density to 477Mbit/mm2 (308Gbpsi) to achieve a capacity of 400GB on just two platters, plus five drives that bring new levels of performance and 7,200rpm rotational speeds to the company’s full range of storage capacities. Further plus is that acoustic noise during data seek has been reduced by 2 decibels (dB), making operation almost inaudible. As a result, the new 400GB drive is ideally suited for noise-free playback of movies and music on notebook PCs and digital products. An improved energy consumption efficiency makes the Toshiba MK4058GSX approximately 20% more efficient than Toshiba’s current top-of-the-line MK3252GSX.
Sanyo Denki, Japan has developed and released the high-capacity UPS SANUPS E33A which has power conversion efficiency of 98% and it is the top efficiency in the industry. The UPS is available to operate parallel redundant system. This is the first system by parallel processing type UPS in the industry, and offers high reliability of power supply. The Sanyo Denki UPS SANUPS E33A supplies high quality power to devices since an inverter connected in parallel with utility power line is always working.
Sony, Canon, Kodak, Hitachi, Victor Company of Japan, KDDI, Kenwood, Panasonic, Nikon, Olympus, Pioneer, Samsung, Seiko Epson, Sony Ericsson and Toshiba today announced an agreement to form a consortium to develop specifications for interconnecting products using TransferJet a new interoperable wireless transfer technology that enables rapid transfer of high resolution video, music and images. TransferJet wireless technology enables a high speed data transmission rate of 560Mbps, while eliminating the need for complex setup and operation. Directly touching two compliant electronic products together allows files to be transferred automatically, without the need for an access point.
The new MSI Click BIOS mainboard uses the latest UEFI framework which provides users with different setting environment. The all graphical operating environment is very similar to the Windows system operation which can be operated using the mouse. In addition, it also offers multi-languages interface to significantly reduce the language barriers that might lead to setting difficulties. The MSI Click BIOS mainboard supports network connectivity and enables user to install any compatible programs.
Samsung has launched Ultra Messaging II (SCH-M480, SPH-M4800) for SK Telecom and KTF in Korea. The Samsung smartphones features a 2.55” LCD screen and 624㎒ high-speed CPU with processing speed three times higher than its prequel. Users can choose from three kinds of input modes such as text-friendly QWERTY keypad, the finger mouse offering PC-like web experience and the touch screen. Ultra Messaging II runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 and supports WiFi and Bluetooth as well as GSM global roaming, 2-megapixel camera and external memory.
Today small is beautiful and Hyundai is ready to answer the call to small with the new Kappa inline four cylinder engine. The first car to have the Kappa engine installed will be the i10, which is 100 percent produced at Hyundai Motor Co.´s Indian subsidiary in Chennai. Hyundai’s i10 minicar with a 1.25 liter Kappa engine will deliver a fuel economy rating of 5.0L/100km (47 mpg) in the European combined test cycle––for best in class performance. In the European combined test cycle, an i10 equipped with the Kappa engine produces just 119g/km of CO2–far less than the Fiat Panda, Fiat Punto, Opel Corsa, Renault Twingo and Nissan Micra. Hyundai Kappa engine will also be installed in Hyundai’s i20 due to be revealed at this autumn´s Paris Auto Show.
Kia Motors has confirmed that its all-new production model, the Kia Soul, will be marketed globally with a choice of three highly efficient engines (depending on individual markets), when it goes on sale in early 2009. The most powerful engine will be a 2-litre gasoline unit. A smaller capacity 1.6-litre gasoline engine will be offered in most countries, alongside a 1.6-litre diesel engine featuring a VGT (variable geometry turbocharger). Both the 1.6-litre, four cylinder, 16-valve DOHC power units are based closely on engines fitted to the hugely successful, European-built, Kia cee'd.
SanDisk SDWORM card is a Write Once Read Many (WORM) digital memory card intended for professional uses such as police investigations, court testimony, electronic voting and other applications where data files must be protected from alteration or deletion. Digital data written to SanDisk SD WORM cards is effectively locked as soon as it is recorded; there is no physical way to alter or delete individual recorded files. Yet viewing the data is simple, because the cards are readable in any standard SD slot attached to a computer or other SD-compatible device.