Friday, 27 April 2012

Bertone presents the first prototype of Nuccio

The automaker introduced the concept of Nuccio Bertone first time in March 2012 at the Geneva Motor Show. And now, having received overwhelmingly positive feedback from the public road, the company decides to show one of a kind prototype.

The car, which was presented at the Beijing Auto Show, is a fully functional model, but in comparison with the concept has some external elements. The company Bertone has not yet lays all the cards on the table, but is ready to offer the first image of cars. You can see that the engineers abandoned the original design of the headlamps in favor of a more simple and convenient, side mirrors have also become thinner.

Under the hood of a car is a V-type eight-cylinder engine of 4.3 liters and output of 480 horsepower. It is a couple of automatic transmission. According to the resource, Automotive News, the prototype will be available and, moreover, he had already bought by collectors from China.

Frog e Bike: a futuristic concept elektromototsikla

When we say that the mass emergence of electric vehicles cars will change not only the technical aspect, but also completely converted, including the execution of design, for some reason we always mean a four-wheeled vehicles. No doubt the same fate awaits the two-wheelers, ie motorcycles. This confirms a new concept called elektrobayka Frog eBike.

The authors of the concept artists have studios Frog Design, they believe that moving forward is not always limited to the adoption of the most promising technologies, ie, motors, and progressive design that Frog eBike is also not lacking. Elektrobayka designers say they do not like too complicated and unreliable because the design of internal combustion engines for motorcycles, electric motors are simpler, more reliable and more compact.

In this regard, they have used in the project bike somewhat non-standard solution for today, depriving the rear drive wheel spokes. Motor Frog eBike directly connected to the wheel rim, which, again, provides a more stable course in any conditions. A central element of the design is extended massive circular structure in the lower part of which is located at the elektrobayka battery. The authors of the concept did not specify the technical characteristics of its creation, however, the matter should be dealt with is engineers.

teXet presented a good e-book TS-711A

Many buyers of e-books in the selection process take into account the design of this device. If you think it is to such people, the novelty of teXet you just have to taste - the original building maroon with brass frame nicely catches the eye in a series of nearly identical black-and gray-white counterparts.

Book teXet TB-711A is based on the processor Rockchip RK2818 (600 MHz) with 256 MB of DDR II memory card format and built-in 4 GB of storage (in case of lack of space will come to the aid of cards microSD / SDHC). 7-inch touch screen with a resolution of 800 by 480 pixels, displays all the colors of the rainbow and the interface carousel. Only three mechanical keys - a rocker for turning pages, and press "Home", "Back."

New running a popular operating system Android 2.2 (FroYo), so that those who have already met with her on other gadgets, problems with the development of teXet TB-711A will not arise. Especially because, functionally, e-books are becoming more and more like a tablet or smartphones. Thus, the novelty of the module has teXet WiFi 802.11b/g/n (want to know what the nitrate - Online will answer all questions), auto image rotation, built-in speaker and microphone, a lot of preinstalled software and a large list of supported formats. And all this in a compact (180h124h10, 5 mm) and lightweight (290 g) performance, all for 3999 rubles.

Thursday, 26 April 2012

In Russia, will go on sale first LTE-tablet

Samsung has presented to the Russian market an improved version of the tablet Galaxy Tab 8.9, adapted to work within the LTE-networks. This Vestyam.Ru the press service of the company. New products will be released in partnership with the cellular operator "MegaFon".

Unlike "conventional" Galaxy Tab 8.9, entered the Russian market in October last year, in LTE-release dual-core processor clock speed tablet has been increased from 1 to 1.5 GHz, and the battery capacity - from 6.000 to 6.100 mAh. Other features remain the same: 8.9-inch display (1280x800), 1GB of RAM, thickness 8.6 mm, two at the front of the camera (2 megapixel) and rear (3 megapixel) panels.

In addition to 4G, a network device supports 3G and 2G. Thus, the loss due to the new LTE Galaxy Tab will automatically connect to another network "MegaFon".

Russian operator started providing services to connect to the 4G-network earlier this week. By this time, these services are available only in Novosibirsk. As expected, the end of the year to test high-speed Internet will be able to residents of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Krasnodar, Samara, Ufa and other cities.

Buy Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE ​​MegaFon Edition will be available only in retail stores "MegaFon". The price for the novelty and the date of start of sales have not been disclosed.

Articles Vestey.Ru: A modest budget models. Overview reviews tablet Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Tab 7.0 second. Overview tablet Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

Also on the topic: "MegaFon" became a provider of LTE-Internet 10-inch Galaxy Note "mutated" before the release of Samsung Galaxy Tab born again rose to the Galaxy Note Galaxy Tab Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is no longer like the iPad

"Smart" bike going through a testing

Smart Company has provided a small portion of the information about the project, which will lead the firm into a new area of ​​activity - the creation of our two-wheeled friends bike. With the help of the parent-Daimler, a supplier of batteries for bicycles, and the manufacturer's GRACE, headquartered in Berlin, was set up this bike. He passed the February series of tests in Mallorca before coming to check the release.

While the team expects that the novelty of the device - automatic scrolling pedals will be used primarily to move only on flat city roads, but the tests carried out in the mountains on the island of Mallorca, was to find out how suitable the invention for various conditions. As the creators say, the bike has four levels to promote and restore the same level of damage.

250 vatovy motor built into the rear wheel, works on the basis of technology BionX, which, in turn, is based on lithium ion batteries. This technology allows you to travel about 100 kilometers (62 miles), the distance can vary depending on the surface on which you eat. This unique instance will cost about $ 3,800.

In the following video you can see the progress of testing the bike in Mallorca.

Lotus is preparing a "Chinese" model of the Evora GTE

The original model of the Evora GTE made ​​its debut in 2011 at the Frankfurt Motor Show with the announcement that the car will see only in Europe, leaving the entire rest of the world's most powerful model without the Lotus.

However, the Chinese market had to suffer quite a bit, as the company Lotus announced a special model - Evora GTE China Limited Edition. Lotus engineers have specially adapted chassis for Chinese roads, and interior boast the use of a large number of leather and carbon-fiber fiber, giving the impression of unprecedented luxury inside the car.

Under the hood of cars would-cylinder V-engine with 3.5 liters and output of 444 horsepower. The car will be released in limited edition of 118 models, which makes it even more exclusive, and a real find for collectors.

In Italy, appeared high-speed train in the style of Ferrari

The next week in Italy will open a new high-speed railway. In its first flight will leave the train Italo, capable of speeds up to 300 km / h The train, which will connect the paths Milan, Rome and Naples, is touted as the most innovative train in Europe.

However, Italo not the fastest train in the world. Record of passenger trains is the Maglev Train, which reaches a top speed of 430 km / h Given that the largest shareholder in the railway company Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, responsible for the launch of Italo, is the head of Ferrari Luca di Montezemolo (Luca di Montezemolo), the red color of the train does not surprise anyone. 25 trains will manufacture the French engineering company Alstom. The platform will be used by the model AGV (Automotrice Grande Vitesse).

The train consists of 11 cars a total capacity of 460 passengers. Each car is equipped with leather seats, free access points, Wi-Fi, and some of them have built-in ceiling panel TVs. A trip from Milan to Rome on a comfortable high-speed train Italo will cost about 60 dollars.