Sony is stepping up to the plate to aggressively compete with Kindle – the most popular Wireless reading device (Electronic Reader). Sony is now offering their Sony Reader product lines in both the $299 Sony Reader Touch Edition and $199 Sony Reader Pocket Edition.
Barack Obama Speech on Election Night: The following is a speech that will go down in history. Shortly after Barack Obama was announced president Tuesday Nov 4th 2008, he made his Presidential Acceptance Speech at Grant Park in Chicago. In my opinion, it was one of the best, if not the best presidential speech I have ever witnessed. Purely beautiful. He carried himself very well and did not appear to slip up at all.
The HTC PPC6800 is basically an updated version of the all so popular 6700. This version is both thinner and lighter. It includes Windows Mobile 5 or 6, a touch screen, along with a fully featured slide out qwerty keyboard, 2.0 megapixel camera, bluetooth, Wifi and EVDO high speed data transfer capabilities. Having access to a full keyboard is a complete compliment over the standard touch HTC. Making this phone currently one of the best fully featured smart phones available. It’s a fast (PPC PDA) Pocket PC and phone all in one.
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One Handed Xbox 360 Controller: Ben Heck has recently come up with a version 2 of his One Handed Xbox 360 Controller. Most of the buttons and controls are within easy reach using only one hand. In addition, the alternate analog control stick is located at the base of the controller and you can play games by moving the stick along your leg or another object. This controller is the answer for those that love to play Xbox games but may be limited to using only one hand.
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If your from Utah and are an early riser, you might just be in for the treat of a lifetime, a Lunar Eclipse. It has been said that the moon will disappear from the early morning sky early Tuesday as it becomes totally eclipsed. This will be the first total lunar eclipse visible from Utah since 2004. The next total eclipse of the moon visible from Utah won’t occur until 2010.
Astronomers have recently found a large hole in the Universe. The hole is estimated to be a billion light years wide and is void of any matter such as stars, galaxies, gasses, and dark matter. Astronomers have known for years from previous studies that the Universe holds voids empty of any substance or matter. However, this new discovery is on a larger scale ad seems to dwarf them all.
Holes in the universe are commonly said to occur when the gravity from areas with bigger mass pull matter from less dense areas.
The following video clip outlines some real neat 3D morphable model face animation technology that is currently being used areound the world. In the not so distant future it will be hard for the average person to differentiate what is real from what has been derived from a computer rendered animation.
3D Morphable Model Face Animation technology enables it’s user to create an exact replica of a face with just one reference picture and you can even control the characteristics, expression and much more.