Is it possible for a cellphone to recharge itself without any wires? We say, impossible but with Nokia, it will be.
Nokia has taken another baby step in that direction with the invention of a cell phone that recharges itself using a unique system: It harvests ambient radio waves from the air that were released from TV, radio and other mobile phone systems and uses the collected electromagnetic energy to create electrical current, then uses that to recharge the phone’s battery.
Currently Nokia is able to harvest all of 5 milliwatts from the air; the goal is to increase that to 20 milliwatts in the short term and 50 milliwatts down the line. That wouldn’t be enough to keep the phone alive during an active call, but would be enough to slowly recharge the cell phone battery while it’s in standby mode.
Nokia says it hopes to commercialize the technology in three to five years. Isn’t it amazing?
Want to turn your ordinary table into a vibrant, interactive surface? Microsoft just got one for you. The Microsoft Surface. It’s the first commercially-available surface computing platform that provides effortless access to digital content through natural gestures, touch and physical objects. Today, it’s a 30-inch diagonal display in a table-like form factor that’s easy for individuals or multiple people to interact with in a way that feels familiar, just like in the real world.
Led by Microsoft, surface computing is a major advancement that moves beyond the traditional user interface to a more natural way of interacting with information. It features four key attributes:
Direct Interaction
Multi-touch
Multi-user
Object Recognition
Microsoft Surface uses cameras to sense objects, hand gestures and touch. This user input is then processed and displayed using rear projection.
One year after failing miserably in the finals against Boston Celtics, Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers did it this time. They finished a season with a 99-86 win over orlando Magic on Sunday night (Monday morning in Phil.) in Game 5 to win the 15th NBA title in franchise history.
This season was the fourth championship and first without his former teammate, Shaquille O’neal.
For Lakers coach Phil Jackson, this was title No. 10, moving him past legendary Celtics coach Red Auerbach for the most by a coach in league history.
Bryant, the final’s MVP, lead the team with an averaged of 32.4 points, 7.4 assists, 5.6 rebounds and more than a dozen cold-blooded glares per game. Odom scored 17 points, Ariza had 15, Gasol 14 and 15 rebounds, and Fisher, whose two big 3s in Game 4 saved L.A., had 13 points.
Jackson, who once called Bryant “a selfish player” now sees the 30-year-old in a far different light. He said that Bryant now learned how to be a leader in a way in which people want to follow him. Bryant knew that he had to give to get back in return and becomes a giver rather than just a guy that’s a demanding leader.
On the other side, the Magic’s superhero, Dwight Howard had only 11 pts and took just nine shots. Rashard Lewis scored 18 points.
When the game ended, Howard didn’t move. As his teammates headed to the locker room, Howard stayed on Orlando’s bench and watched as the Lakers celebrated on the Magic’s floor.
Indeed, it was a great game for the Magic but it just so happened that the Lakers was the better team. It was a lesson for them to practice more in preparation for the next season.
Kobe Bryant and the rest of the team made it to the final after beating Denver Nuggets during their Game 6 at Nuggets. Bryant had 35 points and 10 assists to help the Lakers dispatched the Denver Nuggets from the Western Conference Finals. While a big disappointment from LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers when the Orlando Magic takes the road to the final after their Game 6 by a score of 103-90. Dwight Howard dominated the paint for 40 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to clinch the Eastern Conference Finals.
The playoffs has just begun. Eight teams in every conference. In Eastern conference, Detroit Pistons, Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics,Philadelphia 76ers, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks. In Western conference, Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers, New Orlean Hornets, Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs,Houston Rockets and Portland Trail Blazers. Below is the schedule and standing of the games.
April 7, 2009. That was the day this book was given to me. It was a graduation present for us given by the staff of Auza.net, the company where I had my OJT and currently where I am working now.
40 Stories of Passion. The book written by Bo Sanchez. Actually, I am not a fan of reading books but I was curious on what was stated there on the book that all it takes is one story to change our lives forever.
I started reading the book as a past time. It includes 40 different stories front 40 different people. I read one story every night before I go to sleep. Every story has a lot of lessons to learn. Lessons that can make you realize, think and ask for yourself if how close are you to Him. I’m not that kind of a religious type person but every time I’m done reading a story, it makes me ponder for a while on how was relation to Him.
Yeah, I know my friends will laugh at me and say,”Pag-sure ui…” because they know as not like these. Well, it’s me. Hehehe…
Now, I’m done reading all the unbelievable stories of 40 people. You out there, maybe you should try reading this book. Trust me, it’s worthy.
AJAX is based on JavaScript and HTTP requests. It is a type of programming made popular in 2005 by Google (with Google Suggest). It is not a new programming language, but a new way to use existing standards. It is a group of interrelated web development techniques used to create interactive web applications or rich Internet applications. With Ajax, web applications can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page. Data is retrieved using the XMLHttpRequest object.
Ajax uses a combination of:
HTML and CSS for marking up and styling information.
The DOM accessed with JavaScript to dynamically display and interact with the information presented.
A method for exchanging data asynchronously between browser and server, therewith avoiding page reloads. The XMLHttpRequest (XHR) object is usually used, but sometimes an IFrame object or a dynamically added <script> tag is used instead.
A format for the data sent to the browser. Common formats include XML, pre-formatted HTML, plain text, and JSON. This data could be created dynamically by some form of server-side scripting.
What will your browser wear today?
Did you ever think of costumizing your web browser? Changing its font color or even putting your own artistic design in it.
Well, with persona, this is possible. Personas are lightweight, easy-to-install and easy-to-change “skins” for your Firefox web browser. It is the new Firefox Add-on for Windows, Mac or Linux. You can download it for free at http://www.getpersonas.com. After installation, you have a variety of skins to choose from or if you like, you create your own skin. Just create an account on their website and there, you can create any skin you want.
Nokia N97, the world’s most advanced mobile computer, which will transform the way people connect to the Internet and to each other. Designed for the needs of Internet-savvy consumers, the Nokia N97 combines a large 3.5″ touch display with a full QWERTY keyboard, providing an ‘always open’ window to favorite social networking sites and Internet destinations.
The Nokia N97 supports up to 48 GB of storage, including 32 GB of on-board memory, expandable with a 16 GB microSD card for music, media and more. This is complemented by excellent music capabilities, full support for the Nokia Music Store and continuous playback time of up to 1.5 days. The Nokia N97 also has a 5-Megapixel camera with high-quality Carl Zeiss optics, 16:9 and DVD quality video capture, and support for services like Share on Ovi for immediate sharing over HSDPA and WLAN.
