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Now on sale: The Tata Nano
Jonathan Skillings | Apr 13, 2009
The deluxe version of the Tata Nano (photo from January 2008). (Credit: Tata Motors)
The Indian automaker on Thursday opened up its booking system for the high-profile Nano, which it has pitched as the "people's car"--a first automobile for families that, until now, have had to crowd onto a scooter. There are only approximately nine vehicles per 1,000 people in India, according to the Reuters news agency.
Bookings will close in just more than two weeks, on April 25. The company had made application forms for bookings available at the beginning of the month and said the response has been "very encouraging".
Priced starting at about US$2,000 for the standard version, the Tata Nano is a very modest machine. It's about 10ft long, weighing in at about 1,300 pounds, and Tata says it can "comfortably" seat four adults. The top speed for the car, which has a two-cylinder, 624cc, rear-mounted engine, is about 65 miles per hour. The gas mileage is said to be about 56 miles per gallon.
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Crazy times for Japanese concept clocks
Leslie Katz | Apr 12, 2009
Sound comes from behind the numbers on this clock/iPod dock. (Credit: Tokyoflash)
Will it be an upright ambient light clock that displays the time through light animation? A spaceship clone with lights and an iPod connection? A throwing-star-ish model that displays hours, minutes, and seconds on its three arms?
Those are just a few of the unusual concept designs that Tokyoflash is featuring in a product design survey that just went up on its Web site.
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USB keypad for the paranoid
John Chan | Apr 10, 2009
(Credit: USBfever)
If you are constantly paranoid about the people around you stealing your passwords, this USB device is probably what you need. Detached numeric keypads are common, but the USB Privacy Keypad is special--a hood prevents others from seeing what you are typing. Of course, you could probably reproduce the same effect by cupping your other hand over your typing hand. But surely that's not as cool as having this keypad. It's available online from USBfever at US$18.99 and the company ships internationally.
Flexible poster combines OLED, LED
Erica Ogg | Apr 09, 2009
(Credit: Tech-On)
While we're still waiting for OLED TVs to get more realistic prices, a Japanese company is moving on to making OLED-based posters for advertising.
The prototype, pictured above as a poster for Japan's Rakuten Eagles professional baseball team, uses both organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) and inorganic light-emitting diodes (regular LEDs) to create an image that looks like it's animated, according to Tech-On. The poster measures approximately 29 inches by 20 inches, and was created by Dai Nippon.
The LEDs are used for white backlighting behind a printed color image, and the OLEDs to create the text. Light is alternately emitted from areas of the LED, making parts of the poster seem to appear or disappear.
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Human-sized Lego DSi model
John Chan | Apr 08, 2009
(Credit: Sean Kenney)
In conjunction with the launch of the Nintendo DSi in the US, the Japan-based videogame console company commissioned artist Sean Kenney to create a large Lego sculpture of its latest handheld. And, boy, did he make one. The details on this scale model are simply amazing, right down to the stylus slot and power connector. In fact, if it wasn't for the person standing beside it in the picture, it'd be hard to tell that this isn't just a pixelated photograph of the DSi. If you want to see it in the flesh, it's on display at the Nintendo World Store at Rockefeller Center in New York City.
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