Tech AhBoon | 31 Mar 2008
Electronic Calculators from the Past
When I first looked at these gadgets, I really think that was an antique calculator.
It is actually fantastic anachronistic adding machines designed by Andy Aaron. An adding machine is a type of calculator, usually specialized for bookkeeping calculations. Conceptual residing between the abacus and supercomputer, these machines are the products of Aaron’s ‘Back to the future’ type of obsession, a marriage of 70’s era calculator technology, LED display, and old, odd switches in still older wooden boxes. Some have a nautical vibe, some agricultural, others look like they might be magic contraptions - all are unique and ingenious.
At the time when lighting-fast calculation is taken for granted, Aaron’s machine offer deliberate purposefulness to everyday calculation.
Tech AhBoon | 22 Feb 2008
Nubrella - A Hands free Umbrella
The umbrella of the 21st century is here and now. We invite you to take a look at nubrella, a true revolutionary change.
Nubrella is no ordinary umbrella, it stops rain, wind, snow and extreme cold- and keeps your head, face and shoulders drier than ever. It offers more protection, guaranteed!
Yet, nubrella went one step further and is changing the game forever. With the new patent pending “shoulder straps” and “offset handle” you can now be completely hands free! Nubrella is the first true hands free umbrella in the world. You are probably already imagining all the times you wished you had a hands free umbrella, well now you can.
So the time is now to add nubrella to your arsenal of weather protection gear and stay outdoors!
Cars & Tech AhBoon | 16 Feb 2008
Car sQuba - The Underwater Car
You must have watched this in the James Bond movie “The Spy Who Loved Me”. 30 years later, you can finally drive underwater by yourself.
A Swiss company called Rinspeed has recently announced its newest project: an underwater car. Named “sQuba,” the car can both drive on roads, and then - at the push of a button - dive up to 10 meters (33 feet) under the sea.
Rinspeed describes sQuba as the world’s first real car to drive both on land and underwater, thanks to some cutting-edge technology. The car has a steel chassis, while its lightweight body panels are made of carbon nanotubes.
An electric motor provides rear-wheel drive while on roads. Underwater, two propellers in the stern and two jet drives in the bow propel the “amphibious” vehicle. With zero emissions, the design is even environmentally friendly, eliminating any pollution into the sea.
The two-seater also includes a self-contained on-board oxygen system to supply the driver and passenger with fresh air for breathing.
Tech AhBoon | 13 Jan 2008
Amazing Krasnoyarsk Boat Lift in Russian
A boat lift, ship lift, or lift lock is a machine for transporting boats between water at two different elevations, and is an alternative to the canal lock and the canal inclined plane.
The 119 m Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric dam, located on the Yenisey river within 30 km upstream from Krasnoyarsk in Divnogorsk town, was finished in 1964 and supplies 6000 MW of power. As a result of the damming, the Krasnoyarskoye reservoir appeared. This reservoir, also known as Krasnoyarskoye More (Krasnoyarsk sea), has 2000 km² area, 73,3 km³ volume, 388 km length, 15 km width in the widest place, 36.6 m average depth and 105 m depth near the dam.
The dam is equipped with a ship lift to allow passage of ships. Held to be a landmark symbol of Krasnoyarsk.
Cars & Tech AhBoon | 11 Oct 2007
Transformer Made in China
Some dudes down in Nanjing just built a full-size Transformer! Costing US$8,000 and weighing in at a hefty 600kg–well, you just gotta see this sucker for yourself.
The three fans, who grew up watching the Transformers cartoons and comics, started with parts from a Citroen C2, and sculpted, built, welded, and screwed together by hand someone they call “X2″ who is based on the Bumblebee and Jazz characters from the popular movie. It’s got a Chinese flavor, according to the makers, which can be seen in its more square head, based on ancient Chinese headgear designs. During the 3 months that they were building X2, the makers say: “Every time we saw X2 we felt like he was full of life, you could talk to him, and you felt that at any moment he’d start moving.” The three spent 50-60,000 RMB (~ US $8,000) to build him. X2 weighs more than 600 kg and uses original Citreon C2 lights and tires; the rest is hand-sculpted synthetic resin, glass, and metal.
They’re planning on making more.
Tech AhBoon | 09 Oct 2007
Russian Rocket Ready to Take Malaysian to ISS
Engineers rolled a Russian booster rocket out to its launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome Monday in final preparation for the launch of a three-man crew, including Malaysia’s first astronaut, to the international space station (ISS)
The Soyuz-FG rocket with the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft attached to it will blast off into space from the Central Asian steppe on Wednesday night carrying Malaysian Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Russian Yuri Malenchenko and American Peggy Whitson. Whitson will become the first woman to command the international space station. The gray and white rocket with the Malaysian flag and coat of arms was moved to the launch pad on train rails from its assembly site at the cosmodrome, which Russia rents from Kazakhstan.
Shukor’s 12-day mission is due to include the study of the effects of microgravity and space radiation on cells and microbes, as well as experiments with proteins for a potential HIV vaccine
Funny & Tech AhBoon | 09 Jul 2007
Worst iPhone Pictures on eBay
My friend is a full time eBay seller, she once gave us some tips on how to take good pictures so that our products can sell in eBay. It is crucial to take good picture because people will decide whether to buy your product by looking at the picture. And below are the bad examples…
Over the past week, iPhone was one of the hottest cake on eBay. More than 6,000 iPhones being auctioned off on eBay. But these following eBay sellers decided to choose a different approach to getting their iPhones to sell. Imagine how does a cowgirl related to an iPhone? I wonder how good is their business? And will you buy from them?
Tips & Tricks & Tech Konfucious | 14 Jun 2007
A Pictorial Guide on Making Your Own iMac
Do you want to own an iMac?
If you want to but can’t afford it, then do you wish that your computer can look like an iMac ? 
Here is a pictorial guide on how to turn your normal computer into an iMac look alike:
Funny & Tech AhBoon | 08 Jun 2007
Microsoft Best Employee in India
Meet this guy, he has just won the “Employee of the month” from Microsoft Tech Support Team in India
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