Swimming car

Three decades ago James Bond wowed the world with a car that could 'fly' under water in the movie The Spy Who Loved Me. Only, it was animation and not an actual scene.

But Frank M Rinderknecht, the 52-year-old automobile visionary and boss of Swiss automaker Rinspeed, has turned that dream into reality with his 'sQuba.'







SQuba is the world's first real submersible car that can 'move like a fish underwater'.Rinspeed sQuba is the most exciting thing at this year's Geneva Motor Show and is creating many a ripple.

The sQuba has an open cockpit for 'safety reasons' (so that people can get out easily anytime in case of an emergency). The occupants of the car have to breathe compressed air through built-in scuba masks.

SQuba is an electric car that uses rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and 3 electric motors for propulsion.. It is a zero-emission car as documented by the rotating license plate in the rear. It produces no exhaust emissions.It can dive up to 32.8 feet (10 MT) below the surface of the water and can move at a sedate 1.8 miles per hour.

The 'sQuba's' filling station is the water reservoir.? It is no surprise that the vehicle features powerful yet energy-saving LED lighting technology.

The first car that could drive underwater was Quandt's Amphibicar, built in 1968. Only 3,878 were produced but many are still being driven on roads.

Then Gibbs Technologies came up with Gibbs Aquada in 2004 which Virgin boss Richard Branson used to break the speed record for crossing the English Channel .

To drive on the roads, the sQuba 'relies on a stainless coil-over suspension from KW automotive and large Pirelli tires mounted on custom-made forged light-weight wheels from AEZ with 17- and 18-inch diameters.'

Technical data:

Performances
Top speed ----- > 120 km/h
Acceleration 0-80 km/h ----- 7.1 sec
Water speed ----- > 6 km/h
Under water speed ----- > 3 km/h
Dive depth ----- 10 m


Measurements
Length ----- 3'785 mm
Width ----- 1''940 mm
Height ----- 1'117 mm
Wheelbase ----- 2?300 mm
Track front ----- 1?470 mm
Track rear ----- 1?520 mm
Ground clearance ----- 130 mm
Empty weight ----- approx. 920kg


Engines
Street ----- Electric
Power output ----- max. 54 kW at 4'500 /min
Torque ----- 160 NM at 1'500 /min
Water - Stern propellers ----- Electric
Power output ----- 2 x 800 W
Diving - bow jet drives ----- Electric
Power output ----- 2 x 3.6 kW Rotinor
Batteries ----- Lithium-Ionen
Voltage ----- 6 x 48 Volt

Tyres
Front tyres ----- Pirelli P Zero 205/40 R17
Front wheels ----- AEZ 7.5 x 17'
Rear tyres ----- Pirelli P Zero 225/40 R18
Rear wheels ----- AEZ 8 x 18'
Miscellaneous
Air supply ----- 1 x 15 liter + 1 x 18 liter ScubaPro
Laser scanner ----- Ibeo
Lubricants ----- Motorex


Propulsion
Power train ----- Rear wheel drive
Gearbox ----- R - N - F
Suspension
Chassis ----- Steel
Body panels ----- Carbon Nano Tubes
Seating capacity ----- 2
Front suspension ----- Double wishbone
Rear suspension ----- Double wishbone
Dampers/springs ----- KW automotive
Steering ----- Rack & pinion

Samsung Launches 'BEAT' Edition Music Mobiles

Samsung Mobiles,one of the leading cell phone manufacturing companies in the world has Launched 'BEAT' Edition Music Mobiles.This new edition will comprise two handsets: the 's' for slider and 'b' for candybar - also known as the 'M3200' and 'M3510' respectively.

Features:

It consists of

1)DNSe (Digital Natural Sound engine) and a Bang & Olufsen 'ICEpower' audio chip for improved sound quality.

2)an FM tuner with RDS and recording ability.

3)3.5mm headphone jack and an accelerometer which enables 'Motion Play', ie: tracks to be skipped with a hearty shake.

4)Automatic mood based music playlists

5) stereo Bluetooth (A2DP).

6)2MP camera

7)Shazam's excellent 'Find Music' service

Both Beat mobile phones will be launching in early October.

MphasiS Teams Up With CII

MphasiS, an EDS Company, has teamed up with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Karnataka to implement 'Namma Halli' (Our Village) which is a corporate social responsibility initiative.MphasiS is supposed to work with Srinivasa Services Trust(SST) for this project in Karnataka. It will provide financial support to SST towards the adoption and development of village Panchayat ‘Doora’ comprising of four villages - Doora, Dodda Katuru , Muradagalli and Talur.This project has an estimated amount of 28 lakhs.

“This partnership will enable us to join hands in an organised manner with the ongoing effort of the government and the civil society to bridge the developmental gap."said S. Viswanathan, chairman, CII Karnataka.

The joint goals include deliverables around sustainable economic development, agricultural practices, waste management ,livestock management, health,education and youth development, and overall human development.This is a three year project.

Canon PowerShot SX10 IS

Canon introduced the expansion of its SX-series with the Canon PowerShot SX10 IS digital camera today(17 Sep 2008).The Canon PowerShot SX10 IS is capable of capturing shots of soccer field action from the bleachers, and it should also be capable of zooming in close enough to capture facial expressions and details from a distance.

Features:

1) a wide-angle (28-560mm) 20x optical zoom lens
2)Canon's new DIGIC 4 image processor.
3) an Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS).
4)a 1/2.3" sensor with a resolution of 10 megapixels.
5)a MovieSnap mode for capturing still images while shooting VGA video.
6)face detection technology.
7) a 2.5-inch QVGA screen.

The Canon PowerShot SX10 IS comes equipped with 24 shooting modes, ranging from fully automatic to manual.By pressing the shutter button half-way, the Canon PowerShot SX10 IS can track subject movement up to the instant of exposure, which should result in sharper images.A new face detection self-timer in Canon PowerShot SX10 IS will automatically take a photo two seconds after a new face enters the scene. The newly upgraded DIGIC 4 image processor, a proprietary technology, accounts for the camera's improved performance levels.It helps in

a)improved signal processing speed and
b)higher image quality.

The Canon PowerShot SX10 IS will have an estimated selling price of $400 and its scheduled to be available in October 2008.

Mphasis one among major losers

Hi friends.......

I would like to inform you that Mphasis,an EDS company is one among the major losers in share market.

It was shocking to hear that Shares of Mphasis are trading at Rs 224.00, down Rs 15.8, or 6.59% at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Tuesday(9/16/2008) at 10:30 a.m.

Last Week on thursday Shares of Mphasis were trading at Rs 242.50, up Rs 12.6, or 5.48% at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).The scrip touched an intra-day high of Rs 243.85 and low of Rs 231.00. The total volume of shares traded at the BSE is 152,648.

But yesterday the scrip has touched an intra-day high of Rs 231.25 and low of Rs 224.00. The total volume of shares traded at the BSE is 11,357.

52 week-high is 321.00

52-weeklow is 150.25

---Last Week Status------Previous Week Status---

Share Price Movement
Period-- Price(in Rs)--Gain/(Loss)--- in %
1 Week----242.30------(2.50)-------(1.04)
1 Month---226.75------13.05--------5.44
3 Months--245.30------(5.50)-------(2.29)
6 Months--165.00-------74.80-------31.19
1 Year-----281.95-------(42.15)------(17.58)

Canon Powershot A540-review

It becomes difficult for you to decide which digital camera to be purchased as with technological development, more and more technically advanced digital cameras are entering into the market. Canon Powershot A540 is an excellent camera that is extremely attractive and reliable.It has many features which makes it distinct from other cameras.It helps you to freeze memories to infinity.

Key Features:

1)Canon Powershot A540 is enhanced with a 6 megapixels resolution.
2)Canon Powershot A540 has 4x digital zoom and a 4x optical zoom.
3)It is enhanced with many shooting modes.
4)It has a 2.5’ LCD display that gives you a preview of the images that you wish to click.
5)It comes with a distinct macro mode.
6)It has red eye detection which helps you pluck out the red spots on your subject’s portrait’s eye.

Canon Powershot A540 has many scene modes like portrait and night mode for better quality images. You can add some effects to your pictures. Canon powershot a540 is extremely light weight. Retrieving and transferring data with Canon Powershot A540 is also a simple job, since it is equipped with the PictBridge technology.

The only disadvantage in this model is that it does not have in camera editing features.

Vodafone NZ launches Omnifone’s MusicStation

It is an happy news for all vodafone users of New Zealand after the network launched Omnifone’s MusicStation unlimited music service.Subscribers can now download the MusicStation application to a range of 3G mobiles, to download, play, recommend and share music with other compatible mobile users.

MusicStation’s launch on Vodafone brings unlimited music downloads to the masses on a wide range of mobiles,” said Rob Lewis, CEO of Omnifone Musicstation.

The important thing is that Users have unlimited access to over one million tracks from all major labels and leading independent labels for a flat fee of $2.50 per week. Vodafone NZ also confirmed that all full track music from its dual download online music store, vmusic.co.nz, will be DRM-free for $1.99 and at 256kbs.To date, mobile consumers have only been able to buy music track by track in New Zealand.

Vodafone has already launched MusicStation with various other opcos around the world.

O2 pioneers mobiles underground

O2 announced last week it will be the first UK network to allow customers to make calls while using underground public transport. O2 customers in the Glasgow Subway will soon be the first in the UK to use their mobile phones underground as part of a new ground-breaking deal.O2 nmobile network is going to utilise the multi-user distributed antenna system which enables mobile phones to work underground.

The service will be available in five Glasgow stations which includes Buchanan Street, St Enoch, Kelvinbridge, Hillhead and Partick.The installation will go 'live' in December 2008 and could potentially provide a benchmark forfuture extensions.It has been planned to extend this system to London after some time period.

"This new technology will enable customers to make calls, send and receive text messages and access a host of data services while on the subway platform. " - Derek McManus, O2 Chief Technology Officer

O2 said customers will not be charged extra for the extension to their service but will continue to pay their standard tariff charges.

Kodak C713-review

Do you want to buy a digital camera which has self timer and image stabilization option?Here is the one you have been searching for.Kodak,one of the leading manufacturers in digital camera has come uo with a new product called Kodak C713.Now you won’t be left out of any photograph you are gonna take. Set the timer on by yourself and be a part of each and every snap you take.

The Key Features of Kodak C713 are

1)It has a CCD imaging Sensor which converts light into electrons.It helps to take clear pictures with high quality and less noise.

2)The CCD imaging sensor is powerful 7 megapixels.

3)The LCD screen is 2.4 inch large.

Sony expects 30% growth

Sony India,major consumer electronics said it is expecting 30 per cent year-on-year growth for the next two years based on the new growth strategy in niche categories.The company expects to achieve a turnover of Rs 4,000 crore this financial year.This will be 30 per cent growth from Rs 3,000 crore last year.Currently, 60 per cent of Sony's business comes from the new categories such as digital camera, handycam,mobiles and laptop.

Sunil Nayyar, general manager (sales), Sony India said that "We see LCD television market growing exponentially, especially in the metro cities."

The company is also redoing its Sony World stores in terms of layout, look and feel, in sync with changing consumer preferences. There are about 260 brand shops in India.They are mainly focussed on developing the quality of service to their customers.

Sony, which has about 50 per cent of the global handycam market, aims to sell over 3,00,000 units this year that too only in India.Coming to digital cameras market,Sony claims to have 30 per cent share.The market size for digital cameras in India is currently estimated at 10,00,000 units.This is a rapid growth in Sony History.

Netcore, U.S. firm tie up for events news on mobiles

Its been a good news to all that Mumbai-based Netcore Solutions has tied up with U.S.-owned Buzzintown.com to provide news of events in metro cities to those mobile phone users who opt for it.Initially this service will be available only in New Delhi,Mumbai and Bangalore.

This service will be extended to Ahmedabad, Chennai, Jaipur, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Pune later.

In order to avail this service users will have to SMS "START BuzzinMum" or "START BuzzinDel" or "START BuzzinBlr" to 56070.After the activation they will be able to receive information on all that is happening in the respective cities via a free daily SMS.

World's Smallest and Lightest Digital Interchangeable Lens Camera

Panasonic yesterday announced the world's first Micro Four Thirds system camera, the LUMIX DMC-G1, the world's smallest and lightest digital interchangeable lens camera, weighing in at approximately 385 grams (0.85 lbs).The new Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G1 will enhance the advanced photo quality and flexibility made possible by the Four Thirds(TM) System.The LUMIX G1 is also the world's first interchangeable lens camera that will come with color variety -- with availability in black, blue and red models -- allowing consumers to personalize their style through color, something very popular with point-and-shoot camera models.

The G1's compact size can also be attributed to its electronic full-time Live View Finder,with an impressive and high-resolution 1,440,000-dot equivalent, allows the user to shoot the exact image the camera sees while also displaying information about the camera's settings through the view finder.

They also announced a wide variety of accessories such as
1)External Flash DMW-FL220(GN22)
2)PL Filter: DMW-LPL52
3)Mount Adapter: DMW-MA1
4)Battery Pack: DMW-BLB13
5)DC Cable: DMW-DCC3
6)Soft Case: DMW-CG1
7)Soft Bag: DMW-BAG1
8)Shoulder Strap (Stylish) DMW-SSTG1-A/C/R
9)Shoulder Strap (Woven) DMW-SSTG2-W
10)Shoulder Strap (Leather) DMW-SSTG3-T.

Pricing for the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G1 and its Micro Four Thirds accessories will be announced in early October.

Spice D-90 Dual Sim Handset

Spice mobiles introduces its next generation dual sim mobile phones D-90 in India.The new GSM/GSM phone offers simultaneous access on two different numbers on the same handset at the same time. The D-90 dual phone allows two live SIMs to work at the same time with features like call hold & swap (providing real-time switching facility between both SIM).


In terms of features, the dual-SIM handset sports a 2 megapixel camera that even works as a webcam. It comes bundled with a free 256MB memory card and optional expandable memory up to 2 GB.Further, the phone also includes other entertainment features such as an in-built MP3 player and FM player with FM recording facility.

The Spice D-90 dual-SIM GSM mobile phone carries a price tag of Rs 7799.


Unlike other dual phones, the Spice D-90 allows you to hold a call of one number and even swap between the two numbers. Connectivity wise, the handset is compatible with GPRS / WAP/ JAVA Opera Mini web browser.It claims to cut down roaming bills without getting disconnected from the home network. Besides, the company has added innovative functionalities such Contact back-up application to flawlessly transfer all the phone book contacts to D-90 at one go, panic button and mobile tracker.No word on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth options.

Touch screen-next generation mobiles

Touch Screen mobiles are the most advanced techonology that all the mobile manufacturing companies are focussed on now-a-days.Touch-screens have been available for quite a while and it was the Apple iPhone that actually refocused the public eye on the touch-screen unlike never before.

After this techonolgy has become famous and widely accepted,almost all the well known mobile manufactures like Sony,Nokia,Motorolla,Samsung are using the techonology in their latest mobiles.In 2007, shipments of touch-screen mobile devices increased 91 percent.

ABI Research forecasts touch-screen mobile phones revenue will reach $5 billion in 2009.

Kevin Burden, research director for ABI Research said that “Nearly all mobile handset manufacturers are getting into touch screens to a greater extent. The acceptance of touch screens to date has varied by geographic region, which has been a significant factor in determining the success of individual handset vendors.”

Nokia plants Microsoft ActiveSync on S60 mobiles

Nokia has announced that it is expanding Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to all of its Symbian S60 3rd Edition handsets.Mail for Exchange mobile email app on 43 Nokia mobile phones, which will make Nokia’s range the largest ever to enable the solution.This will make an estimated 80 million devices compatible with the push email messaging service.

The Nokia-Microsoft announcement comes at an interesting time. As if we haven't been banging on about it enough, Nokia has its best potential iPhone-beater gearing up for imminent launch and a few extra business functions certainly won't hurt its chances.

S60 also has other announcements up its sleeve too -

* iTunes is heavily rumoured to be on its way, offering full synchronisation, full iTunes Store functionality and even remote control of desktop players.Along with iPlayer support announced the other day, leads us to the suspicion that Nokia and its Symbian partners are now carefully strengthening their hand ahead of Google's launch of Android.

*Opera, the pioneering web browser maker, has announced that it has signed up to the Symbian Foundation too.

While there's no hard evidence to suggest that Android will necessarily outclass other mobile platforms yet, its decision to go open source alone gives it a cost advantage in the long run over rivals who charge for licensing.

Executive Vice President, Markets, Nokia, Anssi Vanjoki, said that “The Nokia-Microsoft collaboration to bring corporate mobile email to businesses and mobile professionals is truly unbeatable."

He also added that" No other device manufacturer provides the wide range of devices that we have which immediately mobilize the hundreds of millions of email accounts from Microsoft Exchange.”

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Hyundai by 2010

The HYUNDAI MOTOR CO. which is South Korea's largest automaker, said Monday it aimed to produce 30,000 gas-electric models of its Avante compact car in 2010 to meet rising demand for more fuel-efficient vehicles. In order to meet the target, Hyundai planned to begin mass production of the Avante hybrid during the second-half of next year(2009), sooner than it had previously planned, the company said in a statement.

As well as introducing the Avante hybrid,the automaker said that Hyundai and its affiliate KIA MOTORS CORP. will offer a hybrid version of the Sonata and Lotze sedans in 2011.

According to the statement,Hyundai targets to mass produce 500,000 hybrid cars a year by 2018,

Nokia (slightly) down

The mobile phone giant's warning that it is losing market share to rivals who are undercutting it spooked the markets late last week, and with it major suppliers such as STMicroelectronics, Texas.However, Nokia's problem does not seem to be confined to uneconomic price cutting at the low-end.The problem, or problems, are likely to be temporary, but it must still have been galling for Nokia to admit that its long period of gaining market share in mobiles,which seems to have been almost uninterrupted over the past few years, is stalling.

It tried to sweeten the pill by stressing the decline in market share is a consequence of it not willing to get into a price war for low-end phones. This is being waged not only by one of the major competitors, such as Samsung and lately Motorola — as it tries to beef up volumes ahead of its planned demerger of the mobiles unit — but, importantly, from smaller Asian handset makers, including Chinese ones, who are aggressively trying to gain share now-a-days.

Analysts have also been suggesting, Nokia itself has not been immune from an element of price cutting and the bottom line here is competition has ramped up substantially, and this will not go away quickly.As Richard Windsor, analyst at Nomura Securities noted, Nokia is by far the lowest cost producer and if it can't make money at these prices, then probably no one can make money.

Of course, Nokia is not the only one to have indicated recently that it is feeling the pinch, and that consumer confidence is weakening.Sony Ericsson has issued two profit warnings so far this year, and Samsung, the number two player in cellphones, admitted it, too, is losing market share amidst signs of a slowdown.

Sony Cybershot DSC W170

Today's compact cameras have to meet strict requirements if they want to succeed in the strongly competitive market.The Sony Cybershot W170 is a camera of an entirely different range. One that aims at the crowd, and in fact the largest target group; the entry-level photographer. The first quarter of a year tends to be the busiest period for most manufacturers, since many introductions are usually made at that specific time. In January, , the CES in Las Vegas; which generally forms the start of the first camera introductions kicked off the first large consumer electronics.The Sony W170 is a model of the W-series; models that aim at a straightforward operation, yet, are equipped with the latest innovative techniques.

The Sony Cybershot W170 is equipped with a 10 Megapixels CCD sensor,making it one of the highest resolution W-cameras, except for the W300 which features 13 Megapixels. For those keen on figures; the following comparison with a 10 Megapixel Sony Alpha might be of interest to you. Pro ratio, there are approximately 35 million pixels on one square cm of the W170's sensor, whereas the Sony Alpha 300 has 2.7 million pixels. Both cameras offer 10 Megapixels of image resolution.