First custom Openmoko phone now available with full bundle of custom Google applications

Remember Openmoko? – the open-source alternative to iPhone that we had covered earlier? Well, nevermind. Here’s a refresher – The Openmoko stack allows users and developers to transform mobile hardware platforms into unique products. The open license allows developers and anyone to install their choice of the software on the handset and customize the phone to any extent.
A Canada based company Koolu has launched the custom Openmoko called W.E. (works everywhere). So, what’s different about this phone? Openmoko phones

DIY: Build your own Laser Projector

Do you like laser projects? This is perfect for your weekend projects, you can do on your own with some minor investment going towards laser controller software.

Here’s how the projector works, also check this gallery of the project in making:
The green laser bounces off a mirror then through a green beam splitter, the beam is then separated (The reason for this is later I added a second beam turret projector which did not work well so I removed it and

Is 810 Reference Video System the most realistic digital video projection system in the world?

UK based Meridian Audio has introduced its new flagship front projection system, the Meridian 810 Reference Video System, which is perhaps one of the most expensive front projection system.
The entire system consists of two main components. A 9.8 million pixel video projector unit and a video scalar. The product boasts of native contrast performance of 10,000:1. This type of projector system should be perfect for large multiplexes.
This product is expected to be available by the end of Q3, 2008 and

Alienware features NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M GPU in its 15.4-Inch Notebook

By using NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M GPU, Alienware becomes the first notebook manufacturer to feature it in a 15.4 inch notebook. Alienware Area-51 m15x 15.4 inch notebook is the only one in the market that offers the NVIDIA® Quadro® FX 3600M GPU for extreme graphic performance. The Quadro FX 3600M delivers support for Open GL 2.1, Shader Model 4.0, DirectX® 10 and more.
“The creation of the incredibly life-like games we enjoy today begins with bringing together revolutionary technology and outstanding

Engineers create a mini-microscope – the smallest in the world

Coming straight out of science fiction, here’s a tiny microscope that is roughly about the size of a coin and will easily fit into your pocket, or may be you could fill your pocket with such mini-microscopes. Creation of such a miniature microscope was possible using nanotechnology, you would have already guessed that, and features the same resolving power when compared to a regular powerful optical microscope.
This minuscule microscope was developed by engineers at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and

Dell debuts ultra-small studio hybrid desktop

Dell has unveiled an ultra-small desktop PC, that it’s calling a ‘hybrid’, which features a laptop processor. The hybrid studio doesn’t compromise on the features that it offers but also offers significant savings in power bills as the hybrid model consumes less power than a regular desktop with similar hardware configuration. Dell claims that this studio hybrid PC uses upto 70 percent less energy, thus making it extremely energy efficient and Energy Star 4.0 compliant.

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Make yourself invisible with this invisible carpet

Not quite yet! The scientists from Imperial College (London) are attempting to create a material, using nanotechnology, that will be capable of hiding objects in the visible light. Can you imagine that? It’s something no cloaking material has ever been able to achieve so far.
According to the scientists, the invisible material will require structure that can channel the light in a specific way. And you guessed it right, that would require structures which are nanometers in size because as of