Getting tired from changing batteries of your remote control? That will be something from the past because NEC Electronics has developed a prototype of battery-less remote control for TV: The remote uses the energy generated from the button-push actions. Those actions generate an electrical energy that satisfies to power ON/OFF the TV, to change volume or to switch channels.
Specifically, this battery-less remote control uses "Piezoelectricity" semiconductor from “Sound power generation” and it uses a new technology called: “Vibration power generation” which bases on vibration that occurs when you press the button on the remote control with your fingers.
According to NEC Electronics Company, this technology is being promoted to TV set manufacturers, to realize it into practical use by 2011.
This battery-less remote control will be a good solution to get rid of batteries (as they are environment pollutants) and use a green energy instead.
NEC reveals battery-less remote control prototype
Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition processor
Intel® Corporation has launched a new processor: “The Core i7 Processor Extreme”, it turns at a clock speed of 3,33 GHz and it supports the 64 bit PC architecture too. According to Intel this is “The highest performing desktop processor on the planet”.
This Intel processor comes with many technologies such "Intel Virtualization Technology", "Enhanced Intel Speedstep Technology", "Intel Quick Path Interconnect (QPI)", "Error detection using CRC and correction using Link Level Retry", "Intel Smart Cache"…
The Core i7’s cache memory is of 8 MB using level 3 cache system and comes with 8way cache associativity providing an improved cache bit-rate on load/store operations.
In addition, the Core i7 Extreme has enough power management capabilities such the multiple low-power states and energy saving.
Intel Core i7 Extreme processor can be mounted on a motherboard that features 3 memory channels and DDR3 (including 800MHZ and 1066MHZ speeds), the memory DIMMs per channel must be at least 512MB, 1GB or 2GB. We want to notice that Core i7 Extreme is able to handle up to 24GB of system memory.
LG Xenon (AT&T)
LG Xenon is now available from AT&T in 3 models (GR500-Blue, GR500-Red and GR500-Black); it is a slide mobile phone featuring a full QWERTY keyboard and large 2.8” Touch Screen with vibration feedback.
The LG Xenon comes with a music player supporting the MP3, WMA, AAC, & AAC+ formats and it features a microSD card slot. This LG mobile phone is a Quad Band supporting the EDGE and the HSDPA up to 3.6Mbps.
Xenon comes with 2.0 megapixel camera/camcorder and Bluetooth 2.0. This mobile is able to connect to AT&T video/music/web services such “AT&T Yahoo!” and “BellSouth Accounts”. LG Xenon supports the advanced messaging with IM applications such Yahoo Messenger, AOL, AIM and Windows Live.
The LG Xenon weights 3.81 oz (108 grams) and its Li-Ion provides up to 4 hours of usage time and up to 11 days of standby time.
