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OLPC For Sale in America and Europe Via Amazon on November 17th

Nerd Grind — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:49:33 +0000

The OLPC, One Laptop Per Child, laptop will be heading to the hands of consumers in both America and Europe on November 17th. Americans and residents of 27 EU nations will be able to pick up the XO laptop at a cost of about £268 / €313 at Amazon. For each purchase, the manufacturer will donate another laptop to a child in a developing nation. Think of it as a two for one for a worthy cause.

This version of the OLPC runs on the Sugar OS, and not XP.

Rumor – Palm Treo Pro Coming to US Via Sprint

Nerd Grind — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:17:08 +0000

Sprint’s website is noting that the Palm Treo Pro will be arriving to the service sometime in the future. There is no official page for the phone, which is currently available only in Europe. However, it was spotted in a product drop-down menu. If you are holding out for the stateside release before you upgrade your Sprint contract, note that the similar 800W model is available now. The Pro is just slightly thinner with a nicer battery.

Rolls Royce CEO talks up electric Phantom

Nerd Grind — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:23:07 +0000

It’s easy to imagine electric Honda Civics or Chevy Malibus, but electricity powering the creme de la creme of automobiles? A bit harder to imagine. Not for long, says Rolls Royce CEO Tom Purves. The bigwig has been considering making some batteries very, very happy by including them in the Phantom line. He says "many of its customers do small mileages exclusively in the city," and for these customers, "an electric Rolls-Royce would be ideal."

He didn’t give a release date or price but don’t worry, the latter is probably out of your reach. If it’s not, shoot me an email. I have a business proposition I’d like to go over with you. (Cue evil laugh.)

Click the link for more information, Richie Rich.

Tree Lights

Nerd Grind — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:50:38 +0000

love Europe in that special way only someone who’s lived exclusively in the United States for 25-odd years really can. Yet another fabulous reason to love Europe are these solar powered light trees, spotted last October in Vienna (as well as in Milan in November and December). Designed by Ross Lovegrove, each tree has 10 branches, and each branch has a solar cell (artemide polycrystalline solar cells by Sharp) “petal” on top. During the day, the petals charge built-in batteries, and as soon as the sun goes down, LEDs under the petals light up, providing efficient and cost effective street lighting, especially since the installation costs are minimal (no wiring necessary). The trees are able to provide light even after several consecutive cloudy days, although there aren’t any specifics on how much power the panels generate.

thanks Evan!

Smart Suit

Nerd Grind — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:03:34 +0000

I-Garment’s new firefighter "smart" suit was invented to improve the safety of firefighters and aid communications during disaster relief.

This apparel has already been approved by the European Space Agency in field tests involving fire situations.

The "smart" suit can monitor rescue workers’ positions and their vital signs via sensors strategically located on the suit.

Artificial Corneas

Nerd Grind — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:20:26 +0000

Europe’s CORNEA project has developed an artificial cornea at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP in Potsdam and the Department of Ophthalmology at the University Hospital of Regensburg have created a device that is "based on a commercially available polymer which absorbs no water and allows no cells to grow on it."

When implanted, it will connect "with the natural part of the cornea, while the center remains free of cells and therefore clear."

Testing on rabbits has been successful so far.

Hi-Def Laptops

Nerd Grind — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:57:04 +0000

Europe’s Rock is the first company to offer HD DVD as standard on all of its laptops.

The 15.4in Pegasus 670 features the HD DVD reading / DVD writing drive along, a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 processor, up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM, NVIDIA’s 512MB GeForce 8600M GT graphics card, WiFi, gigabit Ethernet, and Windows Vista. The higher-end Xtreme 770 is available with most of the same specs, save for the 512MB GeForce 8700M GT, 17-inch WSXGA+ display and a number of additional ports.

And all of it for under Â£999 – $2,037, but if the US dollar keeps falling, that price is going way up.

New 360 Drive

Nerd Grind — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:41:28 +0000

Just a rumor and there is nothing to really substantiate yet, but it is being reported that Mark Bennett (Microsoft’s European HD DVD business director), announced that Microsoft would be shipping a new and improved 360 HD DVD drive in 2008 which would support HD DVD’s HDi interactive features.

Sony PlayTV

Nerd Grind — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:24:57 +0000

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) announced its PlayTV, a combined TV tuner and Personal Video Recorder for PS3. PlayTV will be available in UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain early in 2008, with other PAL territories to follow.

Equipped with two 1080p tuners (for Europe only now), a program guide, it will allow you to store recorded broadcasts on your PS3 drive, and also transcode and transfer the saved files to your PSP.

No word as to when this might be available on this side of the Big Pond.

Google Phone Rumors Fly

Nerd Grind — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:46:38 +0000

Rumors about about a Google phone are hot again after the Wall Street Journal reported that Google has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in its cell phone project and is negotiating with US and European mobile operators.

Reuters company, Anian, says T-Mobile, owned by Deutsche Telekom, might team up with Google along with France Telecom’s Orange, which would sell the phones.

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