Spiral Staircase Made Using Escalators In Taiwanese Store

Posted on November 30, 2008 at 3:58 am (PST)

Star Place is the name of a new Taiwanese department store designed by Dutch architects UNStudio. The exterior of the building features a beautiful curved facade that glows in a star-like moire pattern. The coolest part of the building, however, is in the inside.

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ASUS Releases 12-inch Bamboo Laptop for $1,800

Posted on November 28, 2008 at 1:11 am (PST)

ASUS may not be the first bamboo-ensconced laptop in the world, but they are certainly trying to be the best. The laptop will feature a 12-inch screen and will go on sale at Taiwan’s IT Month exhibition this Saturday. They’ll run NT$59,900, or just over $1,800.

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ASUS Releases Touchscreen Desktop Computer Tomorrow in Taiwan

Posted on November 19, 2008 at 5:57 am (PST)

ASUS is releasing their 15.6-inch touchscreen EEE Top computer tomorrow in Taipei. ASUS will release the unit at a formal press conference. The unit has a 15.6-inch touchscreen LCD, a 160GB hard disk, 802.11.n WiFi, some 4-watt speakers, and a 1.3 megapixel webcam.

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Rumors Galore

Posted on July 17, 2007 at 5:45 am (PST)

The Chinese-language Commercial Times is reporting that Taiwan-based Wintek has gained touch screen panel orders from Apple for its second-generation iPhone. It also states that this 2nd gen iPhone will begin shipping in September with prices ranging from US$249-299. The paper added that Apple recently visited Wintek to deliver instructions on manufacturing and the company [...]

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NextGen iPods With Touch Screens

Posted on July 11, 2007 at 8:47 am (PST)

Apple iPod rumor mills say the next generation iPods will have a sporty touch screen. Sources in Taiwan say that is exactly what is coming by the end of August.

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Taiwan’s LED Traffic Signal Switch

Posted on July 4, 2007 at 6:24 pm (PST)

Taiwan is switching over to LED traffic signals within the next three years. The country’s Ministry of Economic Affairs estimates the cost of this project to run NT$229 million ($7 million) and is scheduled to start in 2008.
The MOEA claims the total savings in power consumption will be close to 85%. Taiwan will then invest [...]

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