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The iPhone App Controls The Kitchen Floor, Literally!

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Tagged as “A motorized kitchen island”, this innovative interior design technology is intriguing, just brilliant.

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Visual illustration

We’ve seen intelligent retractable interior designs before. They are the future of hi-tech apartments, much needed to optimize the compact living areas and fit in right about everything needed. Whats simpler than tucking the furniture inside the wall and pulling it out when needed, saves in a lot of space and keeps the apartment the way you would want it to be.

Recently, Web developer Tim Thaler has built an iPhone app that controls the retractable kitchen island to hide it in and out of the kitchen floor when needed, just by tapping his iPhone.

via [design-milk]

This Homemade “Mark I” Iron Man Suit Looks Strikingly Real!

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The first ever working model of the Iron Man suit built by Tony Stark, has actually been built in real life by a fan Wang Xiao Kang. This suit looks impressively similar to the Mark I model of the Iron Man Suit.

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Image Credit: wangxiaokang.cn

As Wang claims, he built the monstrous suit out of no prior DIY experience, just for $460. This uber cool costume weighs at 110 pounds with battery-powered fans and a working LED Arc Reactor. Thats not it. The suit is wearable and the following video demonstration looks no different than suit seen in the Hollywood blockbuster, Iron Man.

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The Ambitious $35 Tablet From India Will Launch This June, For $50

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The HRD ministry recently announced the availability of 10,000 Sakshat tablets to IIT Rajasthan this June and will deliver additional 90,000 units to other areas. All priced at Rs. 2,200 per device. (appx $50)

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Preview of Sakshat tablet

Few months ago, the ambitious and much talked about tablet computer from the Indian Govt had slipped out of focus due to unforeseen circumstances.

  • What happened?

The Indian Government had allocated $6.5 million to this project and initially chose HCL Infosystems to launch the tablet. The company failed to provide evidence of having enough bank guarantee funds and resultantly, the Government were forced to play out the project for bidding again.

Finally, the project is back on track and by the end of June, the students of IIT Rajasthan will be the first to experience the Sakshat tablet.

  • Expected functionality and features –
  1. Android Operating System
  2. Rugged casing with a rubberized feel
  3. 7 inch touch screen
  4. Wi-Fi
  5. Fixed Ethernet ability
  6. Mini and full USB
  7. miniSD card slot
  8. SIM card slot
  9. Video out
  10. Headphone jack
  11. 32 GB of memory capacity
  12. 2 GB RAM
  13. 2 Watts of power consumption with solar charging option

The project’s priority is to spread education and enable every student in India have affordable access to interactive educational resources with the Sakshat tablet. The Government also plans to subsidize the tablet by 50%, which will bring down the price to Rs. 1,100 per device.

The tablet will primarily be distributed at the educational institutions, any plans for retail consumption in future will cause the tablet to be priced higher, in the retail market.

VIA [pluggd.in]