At Geneva Motor Show, the Bavarian car manufacturer presented the BMW ConnectedDrive Vision Concept , a concept car that is a distillation of new and old technologies used to make the car safe and connected with the world around her. What particularly impressed me is that this project embodies the Supercar of the popular TV series of the 80s! The dashboard is a 3D screen showing you all the information processed by software running ConnectedDrive Vision. This not only assists you when driving giving you directions, but could also proceed independently before leaving the restaurant where you dine and go to look for parking, or intervening when the sensors detect that you are investing for a pedestrian. infotainment system (the word comes from information and entartaiment, ie entertainment) allows you to surf the internet, checking text messages on your smartphone, as well as hands-free phone trivially .. In fact, car and phone recognize each other and interact in the moment you step car. How can one not remember KITT? The prototype
unfortunately does not anticipate that a vehicle will be produced in series, is designed only to show the potential of existing technology and devices. But surely some applications of the VCD will soon be on models of high-end BMW.
A taste Easter play in which a role of a bunny you will need to dodge city traffic picking up, within the maximum time, the most number of eggs required. To collect, and then remove the eggs, you have to collect a pair of consecutive identical eggs. Passing over an egg that you will be automatically put in the rucksack on his back that you, once you have chosen the egg look for one of the same type to form the pair. But be careful not to be hit by cars, motorcycles, trucks, and strange unidentified objects, or you'll lose one of three lives that you have available. Use the arrow keys to play.
Brothers of Italy, Italy has awakened, the helmet of Scipio
She has bound her head. Where is Victory? Let her bow down, that slave Rome God has made. in cohort, We are ready to death. Ready to die, he called Italy. in cohort, We are ready to death. Ready to die, Italy called, yes!
We were for centuries Downtrodden and derided, we are not one people, we are divided.
Let one flag, one hope: to be unified
time already played. in cohort, We are ready to death. Ready to die, Italy called, yes!
Unite, Unite, the union and love
Show the people the ways of the Lord.
swear to free Our native soil united under God, Who can defeat us? join in cohort, We are ready to death. Ready to die, Italy called, yes!
From the Alps to Sicily, Legnano is everywhere; Ferruccio Every man has the heart and hand; The children of Italy Are all called Balilla; the sound of each ring the Vespers. in cohort, We are ready to death. Ready to die, Italy called, yes!
Son that drunk Swords sold; Already the Eagle of Austria Has lost his plumes. The blood of Italy and the Polish blood
She drank with the Cossack, But it burned her heart. in cohort, We are ready to death. Ready to die, Italy called, yes!
Comment: the helmet of Scipio: Italy has a new head on the helmet of Scipio (Scipio Africanus), the Roman general who in 202 BC defeated at Zama (modern Algeria), the Carthaginian general Hannibal. Italy has returned to fight.
Let her bow: The Victory will be in Rome, namely Italy. In ancient Rome the slaves were cut hair. So the victory will give her hair because it is cut, because the victory is a slave of Rome will be meeting the winner.
cohort: in the Roman legions (ie the army), was divided into several cohorts. Let us unite then we remain united with us means that we are fighters ready to die for our ideal.
Downtrodden: trampled
Gather: Mameli is the language of the poetic language of the nineteenth century. Gather us in this modern Italian would gather there, a subjunctive which compares the direct pronoun. The meaning is: we must collect, hold together.
one hope other literary or archaic word. It means hope. But there is no wonder too if Mameli use these words. In the language of the songs of pop music around 1950, these words are still.
merge together over the years by Goffredo Mameli Italy is still divided into many small states. The text says that it is time to merge, to achieve national unity.
for God: two possible interpretations. For God is a Frenchman, and therefore means "by God" if we are united by God, by God, no one will ever win. What is certain is that in Italian, "for God" can also be a curse, an exclamation rather strong. Who will ever want to understand Goffredo Mameli? Since Twenty years had we like to think that he wanted to play on the double meaning (at the bottom of his relations with the Vatican were not very good, so much so that just died in Rome, where he fought for the Republic)
Legnano is everywhere : every Italian town, Legnano is the place where in 1176 the Lombard communes defeated the German Emperor Frederick Barbarossa
Ferruccio: every man is like Francesco Ferrucci, the man who defended Florence in 1530 by Emperor Charles V.
Balilla: is the nickname of the baby with the launch of a stone in 1746 began the revolt of Genoa against the Austro-Piedmontese
Vespers: In 1282 the Sicilians rebel against French invading one evening, an hour of evening. The revolt was then called the revolt of the Sicilian Vespers
swords sold: the soldiers as mercenaries bent reeds and the eagle, symbol of Austria, lost their feathers
Blood Polish: Austria, allied with the Russia (Cossack) drank Polish blood, dismembered and divided Poland. But this blood drinking poison the hearts of the oppressors.
(photo source internet) The 2011 has a new national holiday, March 17th, the date Vittorio Emanuele proclaims that in 1861 the United of Italy. It will be celebrated this year alone, then March 17 will return to a normal date, mentioned in history books, but not officially celebrated.
presentation dell'iPad2 look right to pull a little 'money on the new baby in the world of tablet.
Here's a quick chart of the main tablet already launched and a short coming on the market:
I hope you can be useful for an informed choice! tablet prices are updated on the market today, but obviously intended to decrease, rather than out of the tablet are unofficial. The number of app is largely under-estimated, given that it is in the Android Market app that Apple Store will turn out to incredible pace! Happy shopping everyone!
and 1831 when a church Fosciana waving the Italian tricolor. This year, the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, falls on the 180 º that day. In 1831, only Fosciana church rose up against the army of Austria-Este and also managed to have the upper hand. A leader of the movement, Iacopo Pierotti, Giovan Battista Tognarelli, Nicola Amicotti and Peter Pierce. Tognarelli to the Terrace, was hoisted the tricolor flag, the first to fly over the territory of Tuscany to the Italian cause. The uprising lasted only a few church Fosciana days and exiled liberals inspired the local insurgency. The country for six years by the same Duke was deprived of his home town, then thirty years later, thanks to King Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy, will be annexed to the Kingdom of Italy.
few days ago I came across this video : a nocturnal landscape a bit 'surreal and this wall of lights that takes shape, lengthens and shortens, subject to an invisible force .
The band of light is an auction of 4m in length on which are mounted LEDs connected to the WiFi antenna. Each time the antenna detects a WiFi network, the auction will be illuminated. The stronger the signal lights come on, revealing the topography of networks.
These designers have taken pictures of Oslo long exposure to capture the movement of the band of light and represent what is normally invisible. The WiFi signal is materialized in this representation, revealing a constant presence that permeates our city.
There are days when you feel overwhelmed and lost in the routine ... These days I seek inspiration. Not that the artist's own, rather than showing you a ray of hope and reminds you who you are and what you love to do.
In one of these days I found the video below, which inspired me a lot ...
I can help you, too, and I think especially to young boys who must make important decisions (like my cousin Matthew who must choose whether to go to university). I would like them in particular to understand that not necessarily the easy way is what leads to happiness, but that's all part of the understanding of their skills and passions.
E 'important, however, take responsibility of their choices and carry them out with patience.
One last thing, to understand What do you want in life you can not stay at home and think about it, we must act!
design and technology are increasingly veering towards an optimization of resources, cross-cutting trend and highly topical, designing objects that allow multi- thus reducing the number of things that you own. I guess that the crisis has accelerated this trend and that the companies were also driven by greater awareness with which the vast majority of people choose what to buy.
In Breil Jewelry has launched the first Chaos Bloom and then, two multi-wearing jewelry that the market has appreciated; Vorwerk Thermomix has implemented a modern food processor, which in addition to slicing and kneading, cooking the dishes (risotto from the ice cream).
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In this context it was presented to the MWC in Barcelona Atrix , a smartphone Motorola, which can be embedded in a hardware and become a notebook. smartphone is a dual core with OS 2.2 that Froyo Android, the demo videos filmed at the show, seems to behave quite well. As a notebook, Atrix can manage all the software normally used by a professional to his work, the text editor, spreadsheets, surfing the Internet to e-mail.
Another interesting accessory is a ATRIX multimedia docking station that allows the use of media center functionality of your smartphone, by playing music to the video in Full HD, plus the ability to connect to external hard disk two USB ports to be able to see your favorite movies.
I hope that in addition to many tablets, this year, producers may make your imagination fly and to design even more versatile devices, following the example of Motorola. Our homes and our offices are getting smaller and we definitely need to maximize space!
Even Valentine's Day technology comes in handy ... in this case of little men! You forgot to send her flowers? Do you want to show her he loves her more than anything else and do not know how? The app for different operating systems are wasted!
Even Google celebrated the day of lovers
There is one which allows you to send a virtual bouquet of flowers or a romantic card, or one that creates the right thing for you to whisper in your ear rendez -vous ... Or there are the application that helps you organize the perfect evening, starting with the choice of location to that of wine. The matter is really awkward for you and you need a full immersion? Here is the app that shows you 101 ways to be romantic .. So, dear people, you have no more excuses!! Whether you have an iPhone or an Android phone, the app will abound and make life easier on this occasion. There is no solution unfortunately for the unfortunate who have a companion technology to refractory and Valentine's Day .. give up! The two together make useless any effort and they would not give a smartphone!
One thing I really like, even in technology, is the fact that resources can be the everyone and not just of a few privileged people. In this perspective Ubuntu was born, a completely free operating system for PC Linux-based and free.
I quote from the corporate website: "Ubuntu takes its name from an ancient African word meaning humanity to others, or I are what they are thanks to what we are all . The Ubuntu distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world .
Ubuntu has a code of conduct which asks that its users and contributors adhere. This is for the truth of the behavior they all in a civilized society should adopt, without even thinking about it, but the current evidence requires that we think, and how!
Beyond the ethical question, the advantage of an open source operating system is that anyone may contribute to its development and its evolution, also implemented in accordance with their specific needs.
Canonical Ltd, which sponsored the OS, provides new versions every six months and updates security and support for at least 18 months.
As about device drivers, the Ubuntu community is trying to make devices that companies develop open source software to support their hardware, in line with the spirit of Ubuntu. While waiting for this to happen, you use the proprietary driver.
versions are available for desktops, notebooks, netbooks and servers in each is available all the freeware software necessary for normal use: Firefox for web browsing, OpenOffice for text files, computation and presentation (fully compatible with Microsoft Office); Evolution Mail a mail handler intuitive software to edit and create videos and photos, all that can also serve to keep in touch with the world (from the social network IM preferred). Not only through the Software Center Ubuntu you can access thousands of free applications as well as hundreds of free games. I am determined to prove it!
For completeness I would like to point out that Ubunto is just one of the Linux-based operating systems, of which you can find a partial list on the web site of the Italian community Ubuntu .
OS technology to the service of art .. The first solar revolution
11 cities, 9 countries, 17 museums, 17 gigapixels images, 1061 images of works in high resolution, 385 rooms, 486 artists, 6000 panoramic Street View. These are the numbers of the first global art project announced yesterday by Google, the Google Art Project!
This new service allows anyone to visit virtually the corridors of 17 museums around the world, including MOMA, the Uffizi Gallery and the Van Gogh Museum. You will be able to see over 1000 images high resolution of the most famous operas of all time! Do not think this service that you want to replace the classic tour of the museum, but I believe that the purpose is to entice people to go visit him live once experienced the virtual tour. For those who do not have the opportunity to see these works live is a great service that brings the culture into the homes and schools in remote and disadvantaged. Thanks to the culture becomes accessible to all, democratic and practically free. The only drawback is the fact that some works being copyrighted and can not be displayed.
How can one not remember KITT? The prototype 
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