Submission + - PSP Go! Cam announced
jasoncart writes: "Having last week lifted the lid on the PlayStation Eye for the PS3 — Sony has this week introduced another camera accessory, this time for the PSP handheld."
Submission + - 21st Century TurboBiplane
Ektar writes: From — http://www.turbinetoucan.com/aircraft/
The performance mission of this aircraft is to create an aerobatic biplane capable of sustaining +8/-6 G's, a greater then 300 per/sec roll rate while creating a better-than-one-to-one power-to-weight ratio. Target air show weight will be under 2000lbs with thrust targeted at 3300lbs. This will be close to a 1.65:1 ratio, unheard of in any GA aircraft. To put it in perspective, the F/A-18 Hornet (at fighter mission weight) is 36,700lbs@32,000lbs of thrust. This is about .87:1 thrust to weight ratio performance at a cost of $39.5 million dollars.
The performance mission of this aircraft is to create an aerobatic biplane capable of sustaining +8/-6 G's, a greater then 300 per/sec roll rate while creating a better-than-one-to-one power-to-weight ratio. Target air show weight will be under 2000lbs with thrust targeted at 3300lbs. This will be close to a 1.65:1 ratio, unheard of in any GA aircraft. To put it in perspective, the F/A-18 Hornet (at fighter mission weight) is 36,700lbs@32,000lbs of thrust. This is about
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Submission + - Network Printer Can Cost You Job or Business
Stargaser writes: "So, folks, always remember to take your printouts from printer's tray, if you don't want to have your business ruined or be fired :)
http://printingdepot.blogspot.com/2007/04/network- printer-can-cost-you-job-or.html"
Submission + - Kensington Vo200 VoIP Mobile Phone Reviewed
joggeroftoday writes: CoolTechZone.com has published a review of Kensington's Vo200 VoIP Internet phone that stores in your notebook and turns into a mobile handset when you are taking calls. The review states, "The Vo200 is PCMIA slot compatible (and incompatible with ExpressCard slots), which essentially means that all you need to do is slide it in your notebook's PCMIA slot for storage and recharging. How cool is that? Another interesting thing that we really enjoyed working with was its handset mode (for private conversations) and speakerphone mode (for more transparent calls) with the swing of the base. It was fun to sit back, turn on the speakerphone mode and talk away.
Submission + - Why Web Apps Can Never Replace Desktop Apps
tooger writes: "Matt Hartley from MadPenguin.org writes why web apps can never replace desktop applications for a variety of reasons. These reasons include from privacy to reliability. He writes, "With services like GMail that are too anxious to give us free access to e-mail storage, the offering for file storage is still fairly laughable. And that's not even considering the sheer bandwidth that is needed to make huge file transfers. Then there is the matter of privacy. Some of you may point out that the data stored on your hard drive is not of any real consequence, but I would disagree. It is more than probable that a skilled, disgruntled employee of the company you trust with your data could run away with key data you entrust to sell off your personal information."
Submission + - Space X's Falcon 1 finally launches
Tawg writes: Space X's Falcon 1(named after the millennium falcon) finally took off at 01:10GMT, but it was not without it's problems.
Full story here
Mission report here
SpaceX's second launch came a year after the Falcon 1 rocket suffered a major failure during its maiden flight. Investigators traced the cause of that accident to a corroded aluminum nut in the first stage propulsion system, which triggered a fuel leak that led to a premature shutdown of the Merlin engine about 30 seconds after liftoff.
This second attempt was due to launch off at 00:05GMT but computers ordered a dramatic last-second abort when the rocket's chamber pressure was slightly below normal (0.5% below the redline limit). Thankfully the mission was recycled and at 01:10GMT the rocket made it into space. Immediately after the stage 2 separation it became apparent for space X and the thousands watching via webcam that something had gone wrong when the rocket showed increasing oscillations about five minutes after liftoff. The rocket then began to roll back and the telemetry was lost.
Even so, Elon Musk, founder and chief executive officer of Space Exploration Technologies Corp, has this to say.
I think it's really a big step forward for SpaceX. It gives me great confidence in our upcoming launches. Another thing to bear in mind, Falcon 1 is intended as a scale model, a test vehicle of our larger rockets. As we iron things out on Falcon 1, we're really going to put that knowledge to work on Falcon 9.
I think I'll characterize this as a very good day for SpaceX. We successfully reached space and really retired almost all the risk associated with the rocket. So I feel very good about where things are."
Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX vice president of business development had this to say, moments after the telemetry was lost.
"I just wanted everybody to know that we in the Washington, D.C., office are celebrating with champagne. We don't have any information yet from the launch control center, but the Falcon clearly got to space with a successful liftoff, stage separation, second stage ignition and fairing separation.
However, what happened during the second stage burn is not clear.
Regardless, we're thrilled here."
Full story here
Mission report here
SpaceX's second launch came a year after the Falcon 1 rocket suffered a major failure during its maiden flight. Investigators traced the cause of that accident to a corroded aluminum nut in the first stage propulsion system, which triggered a fuel leak that led to a premature shutdown of the Merlin engine about 30 seconds after liftoff.
This second attempt was due to launch off at 00:05GMT but computers ordered a dramatic last-second abort when the rocket's chamber pressure was slightly below normal (0.5% below the redline limit). Thankfully the mission was recycled and at 01:10GMT the rocket made it into space. Immediately after the stage 2 separation it became apparent for space X and the thousands watching via webcam that something had gone wrong when the rocket showed increasing oscillations about five minutes after liftoff. The rocket then began to roll back and the telemetry was lost.
Even so, Elon Musk, founder and chief executive officer of Space Exploration Technologies Corp, has this to say.
I think it's really a big step forward for SpaceX. It gives me great confidence in our upcoming launches. Another thing to bear in mind, Falcon 1 is intended as a scale model, a test vehicle of our larger rockets. As we iron things out on Falcon 1, we're really going to put that knowledge to work on Falcon 9.
I think I'll characterize this as a very good day for SpaceX. We successfully reached space and really retired almost all the risk associated with the rocket. So I feel very good about where things are."
Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX vice president of business development had this to say, moments after the telemetry was lost.
"I just wanted everybody to know that we in the Washington, D.C., office are celebrating with champagne. We don't have any information yet from the launch control center, but the Falcon clearly got to space with a successful liftoff, stage separation, second stage ignition and fairing separation.
However, what happened during the second stage burn is not clear.
Regardless, we're thrilled here."
