The engine you see above you is a working V8. Yes it actually works.

The engine operates at 1700 revolutions per minute and it is to be placed into a Dodge Challenger replica.

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I don’t have a private plane yet do you? If not, you don’t you may be familiar with the annoyances that comes with exceeding the weight limits with your airport luggage.

I’m sure you’ve experienced the joy of unlocking your luggage and scrambling to take some items out to reduce the excess weight. Or perhaps you’ve remember the joy of paying a hefty fee because of the extra weight. …Continue reading … »

Here is a very cool commercial from Samsung which special effects to show various illusions. I’m not exactly sure how they did the optical tricks but they are pretty well done.

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Samsung continues to show itself a pioneer in LCD panel technology.
It has created a new LCD technology called “Blue Phase”.

Blue Phase mode will allow images to be displayed at 240 Hertz or higher, allowing for even more realistic moving images then what is currently available from current LCDs which display images at 120 Hertz.

The Blue Phase panels do not require the overdrive circuits needed in current LCD panels. The new panels are also cheaper to produce because they do not require liquid crystal alignment layers like today’s standard LCDs.

This new technology is called “Blue Phase”because of the bluish hues seen while in operating mode.
Samsung will unveil a 15” model at the SID (Society for Information Display) 2008 symposium and they expect to mass produce the Blue Phase LCD in 2011.

[source: Fareastgizmos.com]

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Sagawa Advance, a Japanese technology company, has developed a biometric identification system which is superior to those currently available.

It uses a infrared scanner which compares 40,000 data points of a person’s face to those of faces in its database.

The technology can be used to secure access to various institutions including medical, government and financial buildings.

It is so precise that it can tell identical twins apart. Sagawa Advance will sell the scanner and database set later this year at a price of 6,000,000 yen ($60,000 US) and expects to sell 40 sets during its first year of sales.

[source:Digital World Tokyo]

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Thankfully it looks as if Samsung is beginning to bring the excellent contrast ratios of their home theater lcds to their pc lcd monitors. Samsung’s new line of pc monitors are part of the “Touch of Color” line which feature a black glossy face with a red accent. These are the first pc lcds to have a dynamic contrast ratio of 20,000:1.

There are four models in the lineup, the T190 (priced at $259), the T220 (priced at $359) the T240 (priced at $499) and T260 (priced at $599). All the monitors feature MagicColor intelligent color control, MagicBright Dynamic Contrast control, Samsung’s SoftPower standby mode and Samsung’s Multi Screen function.

The T190 and T220 have response time of 2ms and are available now. The T240 and T260 have response time of 5ms and are in July.

[source: Slashgear]