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The latest generation of prosumer DSLR (Digital Single-Lens Reflex) cameras are not only about taking great still photos, but also about taking great video. While video has been available in point-and-shoot cameras for some time, it’s been ignored in higher-end cameras – for some market reasons and for some functional ones. Any excuses that [...] Image via CrunchBase Today, Google and T-Mobile will announce the T-Mobile G1, a new phone that runs Google’s mobile OS, Android. This is interesting news because it adds another competitor to the smartphone mix and competition is always good. The announcement is made even more interesting, IMO, because of Amazon’s introduction [...] Picture from New York Times General Motors can’t seem to catch a break. Today, the company unveiled the production version of its Volt electric car (officially a Chevrolet). The Volt is different from current hybrids in that it is entirely driven by it’s electric motors, not by a combination of electric and [...] My son and I traveled to the Bronx this past weekend to say goodbye to the “House that Ruth Built,” watch the Yankees get their asses kicked by division-leading Tampa Bay and check out Derek Jeter and A-Rod’s new playground. Before the game, we walked around the new stadium. I shot a bunch of [...] Here in the Boston area, cycling is shockingly popular. You’d think that in a place that seems to have only thirty or forty sunny days a year such activities wouldn’t be such a big deal. Perhaps because there are so many cyclists on the road, I find that car drivers are, generally, attentive and [...] No, I don’t think I really mean it, but seeing Tom Brady writhing in pain from what appears to be a serious knee injury in the first game of the new season does not make me feel good about what’s going to happen the rest of the year. I know that they say that [...] I have previously talked about the potential advantages of combining powerful (torquey) diesel engines with electric motors into diesel-electric hybrid powerplants. Like their gasoline-electric brethren that have become the poster child of all things green, an electric motor can be used to augment the fossil fuel powered engine where it needs it most and [...] The first person to walk on Mars could be alive today. If so, she’s most likely two years old and living in China.” - Andrew Zolli – Futurist Technorati Tags: quotes,China |
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