High-Technology Fashion Today


There's something sexy about wearable tech.

Okay, maybe not sexy in the traditional sense of "likely to win you favour with the opposite sex". Perhaps more sexy in the sense of "likely to boost your ubernerd street cred in the eyes of your peers, but perhaps not the kind of thing you'd wear to the mall in case you ran into someone you went to high school with". You know, that kind of sexy.

Anyway, the latest bit of wearable tech to float my boat is the awesome Wearable 39 key MIL-461 Specification Keyboard (pictured). Not exactly a sexy name, but this isn't some el cheapo piece of junk you'd buy from the kind of online retailer that sells USB missile launchers. This thing sells for AU$980 and is actually built to meet military standards.

I haven't seen the keyboard actually on sale yet, it's only just been announced in Australia by tech distributor Interworld Electronics - which isn't a retailer so it's not likely to sell you just one. The keyboard has been dubbed the AK-39, a sexy name that's far more likely to appeal to those looking to engage in a little backyard black ops.

According to Interworld; the AK-39 is; '"Constructed from high-impact ABS plastic and Industrial Silicon Rubber... designed to meet MIL-461 standards and intended for use in very harsh electro magnetic interference environments."

"The AK-39's small-footprint design features essential components for military and public safety applications, including an integrated Force Sensing Resistor (FSR) pointing device with left- and right-click functionality, and adjustable green LED backlighting that is also available in a night vision-compatible configuration. Designed with gloved users in mind, the AK-39's snap-on faceplate eliminates accidental key strokes and can be easily removed to clean the pad."

Forget public safety, this is the ultimate accessory for those who want to go creeping around Mission Impossible-style, doing their own theme music as they work towards world domination. Wearing night googles would be icing on the cake.

What Interworld doesn't make clear is that the AK-39 is actually a USB device, not wireless. This makes sense when you consider it's designed for "very harsh electro magnetic interference environments", but it seriously limits the AK-39's usefulness.

You can run around with the AK-39 strapped to your arm and dangle from wires like Tom Cruise... as long as you have a computer strapped to your back. Pity. USB makes it a very niche product. The option of Bluetooth or even RF would be a whole lot more useful, although then obviously vulnerable to jamming from your enemies - such as that kid around the corner who builds his own fuzz busters with spare parts from Tandy.

To be honest, I think netbooks and smartphones have almost killed off the idea of a wearable computer. Today I could achieve more with my iPhone or an Eee PC than I ever could with the concept wearable computers of days gone by, especially considering phones and netbooks feature a built-in display, mic, speaker and power source. It would be cool if you could clip a smartphone to the top of the AK-39, so you could use it as an external keyboard - although then your mum might ring you to come home for dinner before you'd finished your mission.

The AK-39 doesn't seem all that practical for most situations, but damn it looks sexy. If nothing else, you could use it to launch your USB missiles.

What do you look for in wearable tech and how would the AK-39 assist your plans for world domination?

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How to Make Money Online?

How many times have you heard, making money is easy, make money fast or make a $500 - $1000/hour. Trust me, making money is not so easy. The internet is filled with money making scams and some are so dangerous that they can seriously rip you off your bank accounts. I'm an ordinary employee and I keep a look out for online and legit money making opportunities to earn some extra cash to fulfill my extra needs. But I'm very choosy about my work too. I can't risk giving out my personal info to any and every money making service that I come across. I believe in risk free jobs and services that hopefully bring me the money worth my time and the hard work I put in. So if you think like me, then I've listed all the money making services that I've joined as they are legit. Take a look below and maybe you'll find an alternate to your day time job or a way of earning some side pocket cash.

P.S: Remember, your success depends on how determined you are and how much work you put in. Money will not flow out from the below services, but if you're patient and serious about making good money, you'll have to put in work in order to achieve success.

Enjoy and Good Luck...

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Robotics Today

A Day in the life of a Robotics

Robotics engineers design robots, maintain them, develop new applications for them, and conduct research to expand the potential of robotics. This is a rapidly developing field, with advances in computing constantly opening up new possibilities for robotics applications. Manufacturing, the first industry to invest heavily in robotics, remains the primary employer in the area, but recent years have seen rapid expansion of research and engineering in robots for such applications as agriculture, mining, nuclear power-plant maintenance, and a variety of other fields. The profession offers jobs for a wide range of temperaments. Visionary robotics engineers can work designing experimental mobile robots, with applications ranging from medical and military uses to designs aimed at creating vehicles capable of piloting themselves on other planets. More down-to-earth jobs involve designing new production-line robots, often with programmable arms, and maintaining and upgrading older production-line installations. Somewhere in between lie those engineers designing and producing robots for expanding but tested fields, such as self-piloting crop harvesters and automated nuclear-safety equipment. Robotics engineers must have the same disciplined attention to detail required of all engineers, but the relative novelty of the field puts an additional premium on creativity. It’s a safe bet that twenty years from now, robots will be employed in a vast range of new activities. The engineers who can best anticipate needs which can be successfully filled by robots, and who can work effectively in engineering teams to develop them, will be extremely successful in the field.

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GSM Cell Phones and Their Benefits

GSM world cell phones are the talk of the industry. Many businesses and individuals are looking into this latest technology especially now we have the 3G. So for the novice, what is GSM? Simply put, GSM (Global System for Mobile communications: originally from Groupe Spécial Mobile) is the most popular standard for mobilephone in the world. Its promoter, the GSM Association estimates that 80% of the global mobile market uses the standard. GSM is used by over 3 billion people across more than 212 countries and territories. Its ubiquity makes international roaming very common between mobile phone operators, enabling subscribers to use their phones in many parts of the world. GSM differs from its predecessors in that both signaling and speech channels are digital, and thus is considered a second generation (2G) mobile phone system. This has also meant that data communication was easy to build into the system. GSM is a digital cellular technology that is open and can transmit voice and data. Where GSM differs from older technology is that the system divides each channel into eight time-slots which allows the same phone to be used around the world.

Using these cell phones gives you access to the same services on your cell phone whether you are in the United States or Europe or anywhere else there is a signal. You can use the same telephone number and have the same access as you would in your hometown in any of more than 200 hundred countries.

So why is this important? The GSM world cell phones give you the ability to have one phone and travel around the world with it. You do not need to worry about changing SIM cards or other elements of your phone, or have to take the dreaded second cell phone with you.

Travelers like things made as easy as possible. The bane of many travelers’ existence has been the need to have two or more cell phones with them when they travel and then try to guess which cell phone will work in which country. This new technology allows you to take only one cell phone with you and have confidence that it will work, including all the features you need, no matter where you travel to.

Sure there are some remote areas where the GSM world cell phone will not work, however, for the vast majority of travelers these cell phones will be the only cell phone they need. It is easy to see why travelers are rejoicing over this new technology. The only thing they have to worry about is having the right electrical adapter to chair their world phone.

As you search online for the best cell phone, you will undoubtedly be impressed with the GSM world cell phones. For anyone who travels out of the country, the practicality of these phones cannot be overstated. Priced right and with a good selection of models to choose from, it is only a matter of time before world cell phones become more popular than traditional cell phones.

The world is a big place but just got a little smaller thanks to the newest technology that has brought us GSM world cell phones.

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Benefits about the technology we have right now.

Technology-based applications such as PowerPoint, spreadsheets, and desktop and internet publishing software aren’t just relegated to school business departments anymore—they’re now being integrated into core curriculum areas to enhance teaching and learning. And in the process of using these tools, students are developing key 21st-century skills.

But integrating these technologies into the core curriculum can be a challenge. That’s why, with the generous support of LearnKey Inc., we’ve assembled this collection of stories from the eSN archives to help you do just that … with the ultimate goal of empowering education.

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