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Glen Martin’s jetpack prototype at the annual air show in Oshkosh
At the Annual air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, flying enthusiasts and fans could see the first public show of the latest jetpack. Glenn Martin is the man behind the jetpack, he came from New Zealand who’s trying to make his child dreams about flying come true. Now, when the flying gadget is considered safe, it is going to be prepared to be put up for sale. Most likely that it will happen next year.
Don’t even think about science fiction-like of jetpacks. In fact the Glenn Martin’s invention isn’t pretty a jetpack to be straight. It doesn’t have a jet engine. This ‘jet device’ is powered a little differently. that is to say it is a very common internal combustion engine. Carrying power is as a result of two large superchargers, or simply fans, drove by the above-named engine. Fully set jetpack, lets call it so anyway, weights approximately 110 kilograms. The thrust comes from two fans overall is about 600 pounds or 270 kilograms. To increase stability and safety, a centre of mass is positioned as low next to the fans as possible. The jetpack is also got a shock absorbers for less vibration and smoother landing plus a small parachute just in case.
Samsung Soul Olympic Special Edition
Samsung Electronics, leading cell phone manufacturer from Korea, recently launched its new handset ‘Soul Olympic Special Edition(model: SPH-W5900IL, CH-W590IL, SPH-W5950IL)‘ celebrating 2008 Beijing Olympic.
As an official partner of the Olympic Games in wireless telecommunications gear, Samsung brings out only 2008 Soul Olympic Special Edition handsets, which are provided with the metal battery cover featuring Olympic logo.
The Samsung Soul SPH-W5900IL, CH-W590IL, SPH-W5950IL Come with 5M camera function, 7.2Mbps HSDPA and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, navigation indicators on the keypad, you can get the Soul Olympic Special Edition for 699,600(KRW).
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Olympic Games Torch Turin 2008
Began its Relay on 8 December 2005 in Olympia, the olympic torch is a modern reinterpretation of the wooden traditional torch. Unlike cases of torchs in the past which flame comes out of a hole on top, the new olympic torch flame envelopes the body of the torch. Read the rest of this entry
Samsung P318+ - official Gold mobile phone of the Beijing Olympic Games
Samsung Electronics, an official worldwide wireless communications partner of the upcoming Olympic Games Beijing 2008. launched its campaign for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games together with series of its new mobile phones specially designed for the great sporting event, high-profile mobile phones designed especially for this grand event. Apparently they will be releasing an enhanced version of their, called P318+. There aren’t many new features, but some standard olympic content like ringtones, wallpapers and video clips. Unfortunately, not many people can afford it, since it’s not just official, but also exclusive Olympic Games phone, to be associated with the highest respective achivement of the olympic games, the P318+ will come in 18k gold coating!
May 3 is Shutdown Day
What is your favorite activitiy with computers? playing games, blogging, browsing, or simply have a chat with some friends? Can you live a day without your computer? which is exactly what I’m going to be doing, cause on May 3 is Shutdown Day.
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Video Game Beijing 2008 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC
I was impressed by the appearance of the game - particularly the character frighteningly detailed models (these are a little ‘less splendid on PS3, thanks to a bad case of the jaggies, but the reduced load times do to contribute to it). Unfortunately, it seems that designers were equally impressed by their work, like the rest explains the multiple, unnecessary shots in the first scene of each event and attempt?
Group events, such obstacles and short events like discus are much easier to manage on-line. But even so, I suspect that most players will stick to play alone, the way they work, how the rankings in training or construction of a well-rounded Olympic team in standby mode. Both are very satisfactory. Yes, of course - Beijing can not be golden quality in everything, but it is the best game we had Olympics since, well … probably ever.
