Sony Xperia S: cameraphone competition

First sony smartphone

2011 has been a complicated year for Sony Ericsson between the events in Japan, the failure of the Xperia Play and competition unleashed! The manufacturer has finally announced the repurchase of shares of Ericsson. So now we must speak of Sony itself. Xperia S is the first smartphone that will happen in the Finnish name.

The founders of The Pirate Bay will go well in prison

The sentence fell that night. Started in 2009, the trial against the founders of the download site The Pirate Bay has had their appeal to the Swedish Supreme Court rejected. Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundström were sentenced respectively to 10, 8 and 4 months in prison-bound 5 million in damages.

The decision confirms that imposed in November 2010. Peter Sunde, who responded via his blog, did not seem surprised by this announcement: "The entertainment lobby has intimidated Sweden. And not just Sweden. We can do with legislation such as SOPA, PIPA, ACTA IPRED, IPRED2, TPP, TRIPS, to name a few, "he acknowledges.

Mushroom GreenZero - recharge your mobile smart

Let your smartphone charge the battery all night is not ideal. Overload can affect the battery of mobile devices where the design of Mushroom GreenZero.

This plug handy to recharge mobile devices without compromising their batteries and without increasing the electricity bill. It looks like a switched outlet to plug into the wall on which you can connect mobile devices. The plug is compatible with devices with a micro USB port.

RideKick, a trailer to make an electric bike

Although they proved very useful especially in the ribs, lesvélos power are far from unanimous in particular because of their high price. The American group RideKick had the idea to design a trailer that turns any bike into electric bike.

With a lead-acid battery of 24 volts powering a 500 watt electric motor, trailer motor is capable of propelling the bicycle at a speed of 30 km / h. Cruise control supplied with the equipment to be installed on the handlebars.

Monologue for plants

It is well known that plants like to be told. The problem is that plants, in turn, do not communicate back and it is not clear about their needs.

To remedy this, a young South Korean designer has created a concept called Monologue. This is nothing more than a device that gives voice to the plants. The device is inspired by baby monitors, but this time it is the plant that is monitored. Monologue is composed of a digital display and a transparent rod embedding sensors.