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The Honda Chopper is another vehicle to come courtesty of the imagination of Peter Norris, the same guy who created the Pininfarina Coupe concept.

The Honda Chopper's styling draws on many and varied influences. There's the clean functional lines of medical machinery, 70's and 80's marker drawings and design (such as the Big Trak programmable electric toy vehicle), and a bit of manga thrown in. Just for good measure, there's also a healthy dose of Imperial speeder bike from Return of the Jedi.

The Volkswagen Aqua is a futuristic hovercraft concept created by Yuhan Zhang, a 21 year old designer from China. Yuhan just graduated with honors from Xihua University with a degree in Industrial Design. Currently she's in the process of selecting a Transportation Design course to further her studies.

The Volkswagen Aqua is designed to cope with the wide variety of terrain which covers China. From the lakes, rivers and coastal waters, to the roads, wetlands and snow and ice. The concept was shortlisted in the CDN Car Design Awards China, based on the brief entitled simply; "Chinese off-road vehicle" by Volkswagen.

Alaska Airlines ditches paper flight manuals for iPads

Alaska Airlines Pilots Go Lean and Green With iPads

First major domestic airline to use iPads to replace flight manuals

SEATTLE, May 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of an ongoing effort to use technology to enhance flight safety, improve efficiency and protect the environment, Alaska Airlines is issuing iPad tablet computers to its pilots. The 1 1/2-pound iPads replace up to 25 pounds of paper flight manuals that pilots are required to carry when they fly.

Available starting in June, the next generation of the Polaroid instant printing experience, the Polaroid Grey Label GL10 instant mobile printer frees digital images trapped on hard drives and cell phones. Marrying the convenience of today's digital images and the original Polaroid instant experience, the

The Republic of Gamers MARS II, detailed earlier, is a new custom dual-GF110 based graphics card in the works at ASUS. Here are some of its first pictures, revealing a monstrosity that's about as long as a Radeon HD 5970, a couple of inches higher, and three slots thick. Its cooler sticks to the black+red color scheme in use with ASUS ROG products for a while now, and uses an intricate cutout design.

TYAN, an industry-leading server platform provider, and a subsidiary of MiTAC International Corp. will display a full line-up of cloud computing solutions that meet the increasing demand for higher density and lower power consumption at Computex 2011. TYAN will also provide a live demonstration of the FT77-B7015, a GPU Computing platform that features up to eight NVIDIA Tesla M2050 GPU computing processors in a 4U enclosure, at the TYAN booth

Japanese manufacturer Scythe is hereby announcing the third version of its popular multifunctional Kama Panel, which comes with new features to ease your PC-life. Kama Panel 3 combines 4 major functions to utilize your free 5.25" Bays in most useful way. These 4 major functions are including a card reader, a mobile rack, a 2 channel fan controller and a I/O Panel for advanced connectivity.

Laptop manufacturers are constantly innovating to provide a feature-packed machine within a thin frame; latest to join the bandwagon is Dell. Dell recently announced the launch of the XPS 15z, which the company claims to be the world's thinnest laptop. This is Dell's first laptop in 'z' series of XPS and Inspiron laptops which aim to break the thickness barrier.
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Snap dot onto your iPhone 4 and step into the future. In an instant you can capture fully immersive 360-degree videos and share them with friends and family - all in a package that slips easily into you pocket. The first time you use Dot, you won't believe what your phone is capable of.

Having bubble gum stuck to the bottom of your shoe is pretty annoying - but if it's stick to the bottom of your iPhone or iPad it's pretty cool! Our iStuck will hold your personal communicator at just the right angle for viewing a video without any sticky mess!

Twin suction cups attach to most devices with smooth hard surfaces.

Sugar-free and recommended by five out of five dentists surveyed!

The BMW 328 is considered the most successful and best-looking sports car of the 1930s. The BMW 328's success was the result of its design parameters - through the use of systematic lightweight construction, aerodynamic lines, opti-mum engine types and outstanding suspension technology, it laid the foundation stone for a new vehicle concept, by which performance only leads to success if combined with perfect harmonisation of all parameters and maximum efficiency

The new VW Tiguan is here. An SUV with design parallels to the larger Touareg. An SUV with powerful and at the same time fuel-efficient engines; fuel consumption is 5.3 litres per 100 km for the two front-wheel drive Volkswagen Tiguans 2.0 TDI with BlueMotion Technology (81 kW / 110 PS and 103 kW / 140 PS). An SUV that shuts off the engine completely whenever possible in city driving thanks to a Stop/Start system. An SUV that is an ideal, versatile companion for life

With the new BMW 1-Series M Coupe, the fascinating driving experience offered by a high-performance sports car is brought to the premium compact segment for the very first time. This gives the BMW M GmbH model range a whole new breadth, introducing additional target groups to the passion for superior performance and to a style defined by outstanding athletic flair. Like every BMW M car, the BMW 1-Series M Coupe combines racing-oriented technology with functionality designed for everyday use and a characteristic visual appearance.

The PGO Cévennes is a neo-retro style two-seater roadster with centrally mounted engine. Its three main features - An ingenious mix between a traditional line, a modern look and a sporty style. Choosing the PGO Cévennes is affirming the desire for a classic car with resolutely dynamic aesthetics.
Incited by its mechanical architecture, its lightness and its suggestive line, you will discover the handling precision of an authentic roadster. Taking the wheel of a Cévennes is an invitation to drive with complete freedom and safety.

Last week I got to fulfil a childhood dream and this time it didn’t involve my mother shouting “Joanna Mary Louise get down now!” from the ground.
I stayed in a treehouse. But not just any treehouse. This castle in the leaves was a mirrorcube and was surrounded by what looked like a red LEGO house, a UFO, a giant bird’s nest, a posh portacabin and a tree sauna.

Matrox Graphics Inc. today unveils Matrox Avio Series, a new line of fiber optic KVM extenders for graphics intensive design and visualization applications within the process control, automotive, oil & gas, and government and military markets. The KVM extender transmitter/receiver pair enables users to secure the host computer in a climate-controlled machine room by capturing the system’s I/O functionality and extending it up to 1000 meters over a single fiber optic cable.

When Intel's Sandy Bridge platform was launched, P67 Express was perceived as the top of the line discrete graphics chipset that gives performance segment users everything they'll ever need. ASUS hence based its prestigious ROG Maximus branded motherboard based on it, and came up with the Maximus IV series. With Intel releasing a higher-end chipset with the Z68 Express, ASUS decided to redo its socket LGA1155 ROG motherboard lineup, with the Maximus IV Extreme-Z. The new motherboard gives users access to the processors' embedded graphics via a HDMI port, and gives them the benefit of Intel Smart Response technology that P67 lacks.

Corsair, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, today announced the production of a Dominator GTX 8GB dual-channel DDR3 kit guaranteed to operate at 2400MHz, with latency settings of 9-11-10-30, at a memory voltage of 1.65V.

With a swag of novel enterprises already under his felt tip, UK sneaker customiser >Nash Money has long been a Sneaker Freaker favorite. His handiwork has always betrayed the existence of an ingenious mind, backed up with some serious technical manufacturing skills acquired along the way. In fact this particular project marks the first time we’ve worked together on an official basis, and it may just prove to be Nash’s most ambitious, most officially bananas job yet.

Sharp, in cooperation with Japanese TV network NHK, has recently introduced a new 85-inch LCD TV that is compatible with the newly developed Super Hi-Vision format. The said TV is said to be the world’s first in terms of viewing on Super Hi-Vision, a new television broadcast format that is said to be the successor to HDTV. The said new TV format will come with a higher resolution than current HDTV’s.

When Apple announced the iPad in January 2009, the entry price for the tablet market was set at $499. I saw (and still see) the web tablet as the successor to the netbook, so I assumed that it would go down over time, and we would eventually see tablets settle in the $350-400 range that netbooks sold for in their brief period of atomic glory (see what I did there?) ASUS and Acer are pushing that agenda for the moment, with the $399 Eee Transformer and the $449 Iconia A500. It’ll take

Computing enthusiasts are busy pushing their bleeding edge hardware to the limit with mammoth Photoshop and high def video files, mind-bogglingly complex Markov chain Monte Carlo and Folding@Home calculations, and the latest video games. Meanwhile, the majority of consumers use their computers to do little more than check email,

Today Lenovo brings thin and Sandy Bridge to your desks and your laps. Leaked last month, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 will make a strong case for itself to corporate road warriors while also packing some features that might appeal to consumers. Lenovo also has the newly revealed ThinkCentre Edge 91z, which introduces the Edge aesthetic to the ThinkCentre all-in-one (AIO) line. The ThinkCentre's space-saving form factor and mix of desktop and mobile components should appeal to the IT at home users, and makes a nice addition to your desk. As review units roll in we will see just how well these measure up against their competition.

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HTC showing off EVO 3D with gold camera ring, other small design changes

It's not uncommon for different regional/carrier versions of the same device to sport some unique cosmetic details, but since the HTC EVO 4G is exclusive to the US, we haven't had a chance to see any OEM variants.

Based on the number of tips that flooded my inbox this morning, I'd say that most of you already know this (my time zone in Hawaii puts me 6 hours behind the East Coast, so I've been sleeping while you've all been cursing HTC) but just in case you don't, Android Police has confirmed—presumably by examing the leaked RUU—that the HTC EVO 3D's bootloader, recovery, and kernel images are all cryptographically signed.

What does this mean for all of your hopes and dreams of getting your new phone rooted and loaded up with a custom ROM that hasn't been created yet?

We are very well familiar with Crucial Ballistix Tracer memory module series. Their distinguishing feature is a row of LEDs along the top edge of the heat-spreader, which blinking visualizes the work with the memory sub-system. In early 2011 LexarMedia Company decided to extend the functionality of these LED indicators and came up with the new

Over the past few months, HIS 6000 IceQ X Series has granted stunning awards and become one of the Most Wanted graphics cards in the market. So what about its award-winning IceQ Series? Today HIS unveils its long awaited IceQ series – HIS 6970 IceQ Turbo & Standard 2GB GDDR5. Endorsed by the worldwide media, HIS award-winning IceQ technology is ready to take another step forward.

Old-school sports trading cards have gotten a high-tech makeover.
Limited-edition video trading cards -- packed with 20 minutes of career highlight footage -- will begin hitting store shelves in June. The first ones will feature four basketball players: Lakers star Kobe Bryant, Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers, John Wall of the

It’s true that most tablets do need to get charged up regularly, so it would be nice to come up with a way to reduce the need for recharging. The Ecopad concept was given a special award in Fujitsu and designboom’s ‘A Life with Future Computing‘ design competition for its innovative approach to juicing up.

The ChromiumPC modular computer, first unveiled by Xi3 last year, is ready to ship this summer, with an architecture designed specifically for Chrome. Xi3 has been working on their concept for awhile, and even got some praise back during CES for it. The computer is housed in an aluminum chassis that hold three boards or "modules" that determine the functionality of the machine.

James Cameron's cinematic marvel about the sinking of the Titanic is coming back to theaters.
Confirming the previously announced speculation and putting a firm date for when the re-release will take place, it has now been announced that April 6, 2012 will be the fateful day.

A series of Android phones from TV maker Sharp will be making their way to the US.
That is the big news from the company today as it announced it will be bringing its line of Aquos-branded smartphones to markets outside of Japan, where it launched the phones earlier this year.

French automaker Renault has opened reservations for its Twizy electric vehicle, which is manufactured in Spain and expected to go on-sale in the European market sometime at the end of this year. 
The Twizy comes in a "urban" and "technic" style, as well as in a standard and smaller Twizy 45 model.   

The Opel Zafira Tourer will make its world premiere at the 64th International Motor Show in Frankfurt am Main, September 15 - 25, 2011. Offering a perfect blend of functionality and wellness, the Opel Zafira Tourer brings Insignia premium quality values and innovative technologies as well as Opel's design philosophy - "sculptural artistry meets German precision" - to the monocab segment.

Honda (UK) and Mugen Euro have revealed the first official photographs of the Honda CR-Z Mugen - the higher-performance hybrid coupe.

Development of the supercharged Honda CR-Z is on track, with performance figures already looking promising.

Audi is launching the next generation of the Audi A6 Avant, the most successful business-class station wagon in Europe. The new model presents the brand's full array of progressive technological expertise. Its lightweight body, large portions of which are made of aluminum, sets new standards, as does the wide selection of assistance and multimedia systems. The keyword for the latter is Audi connect.

Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), the world’s leading motherboard, graphics card, barebone system, and notebook manufacturer unveils the newest ECS GeForce GTX 560 graphics card with DirectX 11 solution. GeForce GTX 560 graphics card are built with an NVIDIA GeForce 560 graphics processing units (GPU) come with 336 CUDA cores and 256-bit GDDR5 1024MB at 4000 MHz memory clock to present the breathtaking calculating speed for graphics.

Denon’s new AV receivers with Apple AirPlay

Denon AVR-1912
All five are due to hit the shelves this month and all support 3D pass-through, which is now standard across Denon’s range.
Bottom of the range is the AVR-1312 (£250) which has 5 x 110-watt channels, four HDMI inputs and one output and support for HD audio.
Next up is the AVR-1612 (£380) which adds a front USB port for
connecting an iPod/iPhone, more power at 120 watts-per-channel and Dynamic Volume audio processing. It will also have Denon’s new Setup Wizard, alongside advanced Audyssey MultEQ calibration.

The highly anticipated Nexus S™ 4G1 from Google™ goes on sale in all Sprint channels, including www.sprint.com, on Sunday, May 8, for $199.99 (plus tax) with a new line or eligible upgrade. Extending the company’s 4G device leadership yet again, it is the fourth 4G phone available and 20th 4G device announced from Sprint.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading provider of Smart Mobile Devices, today launched GALAXY S WiFi 4.0 and a fresh addition to its smart player portfolio, the GALAXY S WiFi 5.0.
Each featuring 4” and 5” screen-sizes and delivering the powerful application experiences as the original GALAXY S, the two versions give users an unrivalled entertainment experience through a clear display, a swift 1GHz processor and the Android™ 2.2 “Froyo” platform. The

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that it has started the industry's first production of a high-performance toggle DDR 2.0 multi-level-cell (MLC) memory chip. The new NAND flash chip features a 64 gigabit (Gb) density, made possible by using an advanced 20 nanometer (nm) class* process technology. The chip is designed to support the high-performance requirements of mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and solid state drives (SSDs).

At the SID Display Week 2011 International Symposium (LA Convention Center, Booth 707) May 17-19, Samsung Electronics is demonstrating the industry’s first 10.1-inch WQXGA (2560 x 1600) format PenTile™ RGBW tablet display, an ultra-high resolution, liquid crystal display (LCD). The prototype demonstration marks the first time this resolution has been available for the tablet market in the popular – 10.1-inch –
format, rivaling the highest resolution smartphone displays now on the market. Samsung expects to have commercial availability of this technology for tablet applications later this year.

Onkyo, a brand renowned worldwide for quality home entertainment technology, has introduce the TX-NR809 THX Select2 Plus Certified, 7.2-channel, network-capable home theater receiver. It includes several significant new audio and video upgrades when compared to last year's TX-NR808 model.

The Volkswagen Amarok, which will be available as a four-door double cab version from launch with a single cab model to follow in 2011, combines the robustness of a pick-up with innovative technology, high safety standards, excellent fuel economy and Volkswagen standards of comfort, quality and durability.

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Phase One IQ180

Meet the IQ180, the new digital back from Phase One, a Danish company known for making high-end medium format camera systems for professional photographers. This most recent addition to the Phase One fleet boasts an 80-megapixel sensor, the highest resolution sensor the company has ever offered.

The 81st Geneva International Motor Show played host to the unveiling of two major new Prancing Horse innovations: the revolutionary Ferrari FF, a four-wheel drive four-seater with a mid-front V12 that is the most powerful and versatile car Ferrari has ever built, and the 458 Italia sporting the HELE (High Emotions Low Emissions) System which cuts CO2 to just 275 g/km.

Lego-style apartment transforms into infinite spaces

When Christian Schallert isn’t cooking, dressing, sleeping or eating, his 24 square meter (258 square feet) apartment is an empty cube. To use a piece of furniture, he has to build it.

While this scenario has been explored before, it’s the first time that I’ve seen something that might actually work well. The laptop becomes a dock for your smartphone and your tablet, allowing you to seamlessly use different devices without having to sync them. The Bento Book concept goes even further. Without the mobile devices, it’s just a dock. It actually needs the mobile devices to actually become a laptop.