Sony Ericsson Idou

Sony Ericsson Idou: 12.1MP and 3.5-inch touchscreen

Sony Ericsson has launched a new 12.1 MP camera phone code named Idou at the World Mobile Congress. Sony Ericsson showcased an upcoming mobile phone by the concept ‘Idou’, which is going to give us a glimpse of what lies ahead and what Sony Ericsson is currently working on. The handset will be powered by Symbian Foundation at launch.

Sony Ericsson have given a preview of an upcoming handset, currently with the project name Idou. The Idou will run the Symbian Foundation OS (based on S60, and about which we know very little - SE described it as occupying “a space” in the Symbian roadmap) and include a 12.1-megapixel autofocus camera and VGA-resolution resistive touch screen 3.5-inch 16:9 widescreen display.

The handset will feature Sony Ericsson’s new Entertainment Unlimited media system, which aims to bring together multiple media and online networking content. SE are describing this as “Uniting, Broadening and Fusing”, and it will incorporate not only PS3 and online video and audio content, but information from Facebook and other social networks.

Sony Ericsson will make a full Idou announcement before the Summer, with the Idou itself expected to launch in the second-half of 2009. No word on its official name, which carriers will carry it or anything else.

3.5 inches,

320×640 pixels @ 16M colorsHSDPA,

3.6 MbpsWiFi 802.11 b/g

Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DPFM radio with RDSBuilt-in

GPS with aGPS functionMemory Stick

Micro (M2)12.1 MP (4256 x 2832 pixels)

autofocus camera with xenon flash,

video LED flashsecondary VGA videocall camera

The Idou will run on a Symbian OS instead of the usual platform used by Sony Ericsson. The model name itself is not yet final and Sony Ericsson will be using a different one when this goes to market (probably a good idea since the current name doesn’t have a ring to it).

Future Phones

Technology is going mobile - from phones with navigators, to internet on the go - and all the latest innovations were on display at the World Mobile Congress.This headset could mean you even get to watch movies while out and about.

UNO Cycle

The 2008 National Motorcycle Show in Toronto highlights some of the area's top custom builders who have on display a fine array of one-off custom machines.This year's show, however, had one very unusual one-off custom, the Uno. The orange and grey coloured Uno made its first public appearance balanced on its two side-by-side wheels and its footpegs. build by a An 18 year old guy named Benjamin Gulak

Ben created the Uno using SketchUp, a free piece of software from Google. When it was time to translate computer renderings into reality, he used a Yamaha R1 chassis and homemade bodywork which he designed himself. The Uno uses two wheels mounted side by side and the bike stays upright due to its digital gyros. Ben programmed the gyros himself, with some guidance from Trevor Blackwell, a California-based robotics and gyro expert.

The Uno is actually fitted with two gyros – one for making the bike go forward and back, and the other for making it turn. The 54-kilo bike is easy to operate – there is just on/off switch, and once it’s switched on, you lean forward to make the bike move ahead, and lean back to slow it down and/or go backwards.The juice comes from twin electric motors – one for each of the Uno’s two wheels. The more you lean forward, the harder the Uno accelerates, with the gyros telling the electric motors how much current to deliver to the wheels. Of course, the Uno probably isn’t the most practical thing in the world, but as an example of ingenuity and engineering skill, we think it’s very cool…

Now I'm not here to start an argument over who came up with the first one wheeled motorcycle, so, for simplicity, we'll just assume that I did. Anyways, this is the Uno (which is not as cool as the Wild Card I built), a two wheeled motorcycle that has the wheels placed side by side. Oh snap! It was designed and built by 18-year-old Ben J. Poss Gulak, who is probably a genius. It stays upright thanks to advanced gyroscopic technology and a powerful sorcerer using black magic.

Operation of the 54.4 kg (120 lb) machine is simple, in fact it's so simple there are no controls except for an on-off switch. To go forward you simply push your body weight forward to tilt the machine. To back up, just lean back on the seat to tilt it backwards and back it goes. The farther you lean, the faster it accelerates. The gyro tells the ECU how much to accelerate and that in turn delivers the proper amount of current to the electric motors, one for each wheel.Wow, that's pretty cool. Too bad you look goofy as hell riding it. Still, my hat is off to Ben for being able to create something so amazing at 18. God knows the only thing I was making at 18 were bongs out of 2-liter.

Dog-O-Mat

Your pathetic doggie at a 'washing-machine', yes, a dog washing-machine... That's the Dog-O-Matic, a mini car-wash that transforms pets from filthy to fluffy in half an hour. By Frenchman Romain Jarry, who insists this device is no cruel, and success with the Dog-O-Matic in his home town of St Max(near Nancy). He plans to introduce it to U.K. next year.Mr Jarry said: 'It doesn't take long to wash the dog - usually a few minutes. The longest part is the drying. The dogs don't seem to get bored. They just sit there and they come out clean.'In the vending machine, the owner can select the required wash cycle and dog sizemachine. It costs the equivalent of £13 to wash a small dog, £22 for medium size, rising to £31 for the largest customers.