Latest technology. hellbhoy: The technology that costs a mortgage and no one else has just for the bragging rights ha ha.  oldskoolPunk: The definition of technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes. Were you asking which cellphone to buy next? oldskoolPunk: So true. Have you seen the new screen Samsung will be putting out this Christmas? Check out the Smart Window hellbhoy: COOL oldskool I'll sell my house to buy one now coz I want one ha ha.Yeh it looks amazing and so star trekky and futuristic. hellbhoy: I'm calculating in £'s here ha ha ............ FECK I'll need to prostitute myself for a year to get one he he.  (Post deleted by staff ) (Post deleted by staff ) (Post deleted by staff )  Farwuq: Occupy apple: How to wait in an iPhone 5 line By John D. Sutter, CNN September 20, 2012 -- Updated 1603 GMT (0003 HKT) | Filed under: Mobile SHOW CAPTION iPhone 5 lines around the world << < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 > >> STORY HIGHLIGHTS People will stand in iPhone 5 lines for you, for a price The going rate on TaskRabbit is $40 to $150 for a line stander The iPhone 5 goes on sale at stores in nine countries on Friday Are you camping out for an iPhone 5? Share your story on CNN iReport (CNN) -- Want to get an iPhone 5 on Friday? You'll probably need to wait in line. Or pay someone to do it for you. Hipster-looking shoppers already have plopped down in folding chairs outside Apple's flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York. And in San Francisco, a man working through a micro-tasking company (more on what that means in a second) has been diligently waiting in line, for a price, since Monday. Conan's waiting for the iPhone 5 Photos: Unveiling the iPhone 5 "You're going to wait here until Friday? God watch over you," a stranger told that person, who was using a service called TaskRabbit, according to his Twitter feed. Massive demand awaits Friday's iPhone 5 sale TaskRabbit nabbed the first-in-line spot to try to promote its online service that allows people to pay someone else to do a menial task for them. In this case, according to CNET, you can find people online who for about $40 to $150 will stand in line to purchase the iPhone 5 on your behalf. That sort of idea isn't all that new, and line-standers also are offering their services on craigslist. "If you are looking to buy the iPhone 5 when it is released, but not looking to stand in the line. I'll do it for you!" wrote one person in Los Angeles. "I'll get in line at 6 a.m. for 40 bucks. Camp overnight for 70," wrote another stander, this one from the San Francisco Bay Area. Other people are posting craigslist ads asking others to stand in line for them. One such ad, in Los Angeles, says the patron will offer the stander "a reasonable amount" ... "and on top of that, I'll even buy you breakfast." CNN iReport: Lining up for an iPhone 5? For those who don't want to spend even more than the hefty price tag for the iPhone, but do want to pick up a phone on Friday, perhaps the line is the way to go. Unless you hopped online within the first hour or so last Friday, pre-ordered iPhones aren't expected to arrive for weeks. But plan to get up early on Friday morning. While opening-day iPhone lines vary by location -- what passes as early enough at a Radio Shack in Nevada may not work for an Apple store in New York -- analysts generally say advance consumer demand for the iPhone 5 is outpacing previous models. Early reviews of the phone have been positive. Apple recently announced it had received 2 million pre-orders for the new phone, which is taller, faster, lighter and slimmer than the previous model, the iPhone 4S. That's about double what the company experienced for the previous iPhone, Apple said. That could foreshadow long lines. Or it could mean more consumers are skipping the line-waiting game and, instead, have chosen to order the phone online. iPhone 5 pre-order shipping dates pushed back The line waits are part exercise in extreme consumerism, part homage to Apple. Last year some of the line-standers made pilgrimages to Apple stores in part out of a sense of tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died a week before the phone went on sale. Fans set up mini-memorials in his honor at some Apple stores. To get a sense of what the most dedicated Apple fans are willing to go through, check out this chart from The Atlantic, which shows the longest Apple gadget waits. iReport: Camping out at Little Rock Apple store If you're just in the market for purchasing the new iPhone, not the in-line circus, there are several other stores that plan to carry the iPhone 5 on Friday. They include AT&T, Sprint and Verizon stores, as well as select Best Buy, RadioShack, Target and Walmart locations. Check with stores in your area for details. Still want to brave the Apple store? Doors open at 8 a.m. local time Friday in the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the UK. The iPhone 5 will roll out to 22 more countries on September 28. Apple's secrets aren't so secret anymore, and that's O.K.  lori100: Evidence: FBI Tracking And Monitoring Americans Via Smart Phones ------Steve Watson Infowars.com Sept 4, 2012------ Hacker group Antisec has leaked what it says is evidence that the FBI is actively monitoring the communications of every American using an iPhone. The hackers released a statement Tuesday claiming that it had obtained detailed information on some 12 million iphone users, taken from an FBI agent’s laptop. The group, long associated with the more notorious Anonymous hacktivist organisation, released 1 million iOS device IDs to back up its claims. Farwuq: Think hard to fly: Chinese scientists unveil mind-controlled drone Get short URL email story to a friend print version Published: 02 September, 2012, 04:35 Edited: 02 September, 2012, 10:56 Chinese researchers have unveiled a system that allows users to control drones with their thoughts (Screenshot from video / courtesy Youtube user CCNTLab) TAGS: Military, SciTech, Thrills&Spills, Human rights, Information Technology, China, Planes Chinese researchers have unveiled a system that allows users to control drones with their thoughts. The technology was designed to help handicapped people, but could have ample applications in other fields as well. A video posted to YouTube by researchers at Zhejiang University shows how the system, called Flybuddy2, works. And it appears that you don’t have to be a nuclear scientist to build one. All you need is an EEG headset with a Bluetooth connection to a laptop – plus a quadrotor Parrot AR Drone linked to the computer. “The computer can receive EEG signals via Bluetooth and convert them to specific commands to control the AR drones through WiFi,” a presenter explains. To get the drone to raise or to land, a user would need to “think left” hard. “Think left lightly” if you want to rotate clockwise and “right” if you want it to lurch forward. Give it a lift in the air by thinking “push.” And imagine clenching it if you want to bring it back down to earth. But moving around is not the only task it can do. Remember how they tell you to avoid blinking when taking photos? Well here it’s the opposite: blinking is the command that tells the drone to photograph its environs. The video shows a man in a wheelchair using the technology to get a closer view of flowers, to take pictures and even to guide his drone through a battle with another quadrotor controlled through a handheld remote control. Needless to say, mind triumphs over matter and the hand-managed drone is hustled off the mat by its thought-controlled analog. The students hope their technology will be able to help disabled people become more interactive with the world around them, and are slated to present their invention at the ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp), which will be held next week in Pittsburg. While handicap assistance and gaming is one potential application for the system, only the imagination can limit the potential uses mind-controlled drones could have in the future, both for civilian and other purposes. Farwuq: SoloTrek developers planning two seat electric hybrid Air Car By Paul Ridden June 30, 2011 24 Comments 2 Pictures The innovators behind the SoloTrek/Springtail Exoskeleton Flying Vehicle have announced plans to develop the world's first fuel-electric hybrid flying car Image Gallery (2 images) All-New 2013 Dodge Dart - Dodge.ca/Dart The 2013 Dodge Dart Revealed! Experience The Excitement Now. 2012 Factory Event on now - www.toyotabc.ca with 0% Financing up to 72 Mos. on select 2012 Toyota Models Electric Vehicle Charging - www.biggreenisland.com Electric Vehicle Charging Systems. Design & Installations. Contact Us! 2012 Hybrid - NanaimoToyota.com/New At Nanaimo Toyota, You'll Find Your Next Car, A Brand New Toyota! Ads by Google If you've ever watched your Parrot AR Drone power through the air and wondered what it would be like to be inside such a craft, the announcement of the Air Car project could be the answer you are looking for. The folks behind the development of the SoloTrek/Springtail Exoskeleton Flying Vehicle have revealed plans to create the world's first fuel-electric hybrid flying car. Michael Moshier and Robert Bulaga of Trek Aerospace are forming a new company to develop the hybrid Air Car, which will combine recent technological advances in materials and electronics with the kind of duct-fan technology that was used in the now-retired Springtail single person vertical take-off-and-landing (VTOL) vehicle. Moshier and Bulaga are currently on the lookout for funding partners to help the multi-person transport project take off (sorry!) and a number of real world scenarios for its use have been suggested - from being useful for emergency services such as search and rescue, police patrol and medical support, to providing vital lifelines for those areas of the world where established transportation systems are lacking. Given the probable cost of the first vehicles to roll off the production line, it's more likely that thrill-seekers with bottomless bank accounts will be amongst the very first to power up the four fans and take to the skies. With the Australian Hoverbike heading for test flights in the next few months, the recently-announced EU myCopter project securing funding and Terrafugia aiming for 2012 delivery of its Transition flying car, those first Air Car flyers could well have quite a bit of company in the air immediately above and around us. Source: Earth Techling | Technology Chat Room Similar Conversations |
