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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Watch Pretty Little Liars Season 1 Episode 11

Watch Pretty Little Liars Season 1 Episode 11 this coming January 3, 2011 on ABC Family Network. The newest episode of Pretty Little Liars Season 1 Episode 11 is entitled "Moments Later". Initial 10 episodes has been ordered and had it’s finale last August 10, 2010. ABS Family had an additional ordered of 12 episodes which will start airing on January 11, 2011. Aria, Hanna, Spencer, Emily and Alison will greet the New Year with a bang. Starting the year right means giving the best and the most thrilling episode of one of the most sought after teen TV series, the Pretty Little Liars. The Pretty Little Liars Season 1 Episode 11: Moments Later will continue what was left hanging before the series went into a hiatus. The Pretty Little Liars Season 1 Episode 11: Moments Later is the series’ winter premiere. In this new episode of Pretty Little Liars Season 1 Episode 11 Hanna is now in the hospital and has an encounter with Alison, but she is not sure whether it is just a hallucination or it is really Alison, and the girls visit Hanna in the hospital.

Watch Pretty Little Liars Season 1 Episode 11

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Watch Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 11

Watch Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 11 this coming Sunday, January 2, 2011 on ABC at 9:00/8:00 PM (ET/PT). The Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 11 is the brand new episode from our favorite Desperate Housewives TV series. The new episode of Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 11 is entitled "Assassins". The Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 11: Assassins is the 145th episode of the entire series and the eleventh of the current season. This episode was directed by David Warren and was written by John Paul Bullock III.

Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 11 Plot:
Paul finds out that Beth is Felicia Tilman’s daughter; a therapist asks Carlos and Gabrielle to erase Grace from their lives; Susan finds out she needs to go to the hospital every 48 hours; Renee tells the secret between her and Tom to Lynette; Orson returns and Bree’s relationship with Keith is questioned; detectives try to find the person responsible for shooting Paul Young.

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Suzuki Cup 2010 Finals

Watch Suzuki Cup 2010 Finals on December 26 in Kuala Lumpur for the first leg and the second leg on December 29 in Jakarta. The final battle on the AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 Finals is the rivalry of Indonesia vs Malaysia. The National Team of Indonesia (Timnas Indonesia) was considered one of the powerhouse of ASEAN football. On the other hand, Malaysian football team returns to the Asean’s cup competition finals in nearly 14 years. The AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 is all set between the last two remaining team, Indonesia vs Malaysia for Suzuki Cup 2010 finals. In recent history, Indonesia defeated Malaysia by 5-0 score. However, this is not the key for the upcoming final leg matches. Of course Malaysia will give its best to win against Indonesia and I’m sure that this is going to be an exciting one. Thousands of Malaysian crowd will gather to support their team with just only 3 hours remaining til the match will start at 8pm. The Timnas Indonesia will rely on their best striker Christian Gonzales while defense coming from Firman Utina and Muhammad Ridwan to stop the Malaysian. On the other hand, Malaysian team will be relying to their ace player Safee Sali to break the guard of Indonesia and getting ready the attack from Norshahrul Idlan and S. Kunanlan.

UFC 125 Resoluton

The new Year is coming. Are you ready for a Big Gang? The main card at UFC 125 Resolution is filled with incredible matches. Dana White, the President of UFC decided to start the New Year with a bang. Watch UFC 125 Resolution live at the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas, from your home on pay per view or at your local sports channel. At the end of the night, we could see a new UFC lightweight champion. Here are the list of the UFC 125 Resolution Fight Cards.

Main event for UFC 125 Resolution.

Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard
Chris Leben vs. Brian Stann
Brandon Vera vs. Thiago Silva
Nate Diaz vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Clay Guida vs. Takanori Gomi

The Preliminary cards for UFC 125 Resolution.

Jacob Volkmann vs. McKee
Daniel Roberts vs. Greg Soto
Mike Brown vs. Diego Nunes
Phil Baroni vs. Brad Tavares
Josh Grispi vs. Dustin Poirier
Marcus Davis vs. Jeremy Stephen

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AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 Finals

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Doctor Who – A Christmas Carol

On Christmas, December 25, 2010 the world’s longest running sci-fi TV series will air its sixth Christmas special with the Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol. Gambon is clearly having a lot of fun here, and makes for a strong Scrooge-like figure. And for those fearing Katherine Jenkins is stunt casting gone wrong, then fear not. The part fits her a treat, and even when she opens her mouth to belt out a song, you’re unlikely to mind. It is a rendition of “A Christmas Carol” with a time-travel twist. It is Christmas time in the Doctor Who land. And to save Amy and his husband Rory, who is on a spaceship about to crash, the Doctor must save the soul of a lonely rich man in Sardicktown. Really looking forward to this – the sets and lighting look fantastic. The Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol will star Matt Smith as the Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, and Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams as well as guest starring Katherine Jenkins and Michael Gambon. The plot was based on the famous Charles Dickens’ novel, A Christmas Carol. Watch Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol and it will be aired on BBC-1 at 7:00 PM (BST).

Doctor Who – A Christmas Carol Preview

This coming December 25, 2010 the world’s longest running sci-fi TV series will air its sixth Christmas special with the Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol. In terms of where the episode sits in the chronology of Moffat’s tenure on the show, it picks up with Rory and Amy on their honeymoon, him in his Armour, her as a policewoman. Gambon is clearly having a lot of fun here, and makes for a strong Scrooge-like figure. And for those fearing Katherine Jenkins is stunt casting gone wrong, then fear not. The part fits her a treat, and even when she opens her mouth to belt out a song, you’re unlikely to mind. We’ve seen songs shoehorned uncomfortably into Doctor Who in the past, but not here. Murray Gold’s score tucks terrifically well around the many deliberately quiet and steady moments of the story, too. Really looking forward to this – the sets and lighting look fantastic. The Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol will star Matt Smith as the Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, and Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams as well as guest starring Katherine Jenkins and Michael Gambon. The plot was based on the famous Charles Dickens’ novel, A Christmas Carol. Watch Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol and it will be aired on BBC-1 at 7:00 PM (BST).

Doctor Who – A Christmas Carol Preview

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Watch Dexter Season 5 Episode 12

This Sunday December 12, 2010 a new episode of Dexter will be aired. And this one will the last episode of this season of Dexter. Dexter Season 5 Episode 12 is named "The Big One". As we head into the finale of Dexter’s Fifth Season, we find Dexter Morgan again fighting tooth and nail to maintain his freedom. And never before have so many characters stood the risk meeting their end. Deb find lumen and Dexter after they kill Jordan. if you watch the previews deb says don't move you can see hands raised in a purple shirt. The Dexter Season 5 Episode 12: The Big One is directed by Steve Shill and was written by Chip Johannessen & Manny Coto.

Dexter Season 5 Episode 12 Synopsis:
In the season finale, Dexter’s situation grows desperate when he discovers that Lumen’s been set up. Despite knowing he’s being baited into a trap, Dexter risks everything to save Lumen. In the Barrel Girls case, Debra lets her personal feelings lead her instincts once she concludes that vigilantes are more than just a theory. Debra closes in on Jordan after recieving an anonymous tip about his whereabouts. perils everything to make sure he doesn't fall into the same fault once again. In the Barrel Girls case, Debra lets her personal feelings pass her inherent aptitudes formerly she concludes that vigilance men are more than just a theory. Quinn finds out himself in a troublesome billet, which merely Dexter can help him out of. Don't miss to watch Dexter Season 5 Episode 12.

Watch Dexter Season 5 Episode 12

Watch Dexter Season 5 Episode 12 Online

This Sunday December 12, 2010 a new episode of Dexter will be aired. And this one will the last episode of this season of Dexter. Dexter Season 5 Episode 12 is named "The Big One". As we head into the finale of Dexter’s Fifth Season, we find Dexter Morgan again fighting tooth and nail to maintain his freedom. And never before have so many characters stood the risk meeting their end. Deb find lumen and Dexter after they kill Jordan. if you watch the previews deb says don't move you can see hands raised in a purple shirt. the same color shirt lumen has on. The Dexter Season 5 Episode 12: The Big One is directed by Steve Shill and was written by Chip Johannessen & Manny Coto.

Dexter Season 5 Episode 12 Synopsis:
The plot of Dexter season finale, Dexter's post grows heroic when he breaks that Lumens been set up. Despite knowing atomic number 2s being ragged into a trap, Dexter perils everything to make sure he doesn't fall into the same fault once again. In the Barrel Girls case, Debra lets her personal feelings pass her inherent aptitudes formerly she concludes that vigilance men are more than just a theory. Quinn finds out himself in a troublesome billet, which merely Dexter can help him out of. Don't miss to watch Dexter Season 5 Episode 12.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Researchers develop genuine 3D camera

Researchers have developed a camera system that snaps multi-gigabit images at 30 frames per second over 360 degrees and then displays them as one three dimensional panorama

Cameras that can shoot 3D images are nothing new, but they don't really capture three dimensional moments at all - they actually record images in stereoscopic format, using two 2D images to create the illusion of depth. These photos and videos certainly offer a departure from their conventional two dimensional counterparts, but if you shift your view point, the picture remains the same. Researchers from Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) hope to change all that with the development of a strange-looking camera that snaps 360 degrees of simultaneous images and then reconstructs the images in 3D.

The researchers have created two prototype models, both inspired by the multi-lens eyes of insects like the house fly. One has a lens head about the size of an orange and features over a hundred camera lenses - like the ones used in mobile phones - and the other about the size of a golf ball and sporting 15 lenses. Unlike the stereoscopic photographic or video cameras with a front facing lens setup, the prototypes are able to record images from all around them.

The lenses point out through a hemispherical frame and are positioned in such a way that each image captured overlaps slightly on its neighbors. Sophisticated algorithms built into a dedicated hardware platform then judge the actual distance between the camera and subjects in the frame and merges the many gigabits of photographic information captured at 30 frames per second into a 360 degree panorama.

"With this invention, we solved two major problems with traditional cameras," said Professor Pierre Vandergheynst. "The camera angle, which is no longer limited thanks to the camera's ability to film in 360 degrees and in real time; and the depth of field, which is no longer limiting thanks to the 3D reconstruction."

The researchers report that images are captured in real time and without distortion and that users can choose to snap a single shot from a particular lens or have them all work together to produce the 360 degree, three dimensional panorama.

The team's Professor Yusuf Leblebici said that the "work is likely to change the entire field of image acquisition, with a huge range of potential applications" including movie-making and immersive games design.

The project is a collaborative project between the EPFL's Signal Processing Laboratory - who authored the algorithms to calculate the distance between the camera and subjects and those tasked with assembling all of the images into one 360 degree panorama - and the Microelectronic Systems Laboratory - who developed the apparatus and took care of the processing needs.

In the following video LINK, Vandergheynst gives a short explanation of the technology:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFsERnHu0Cc

Friday, November 26, 2010

Scientists attach barcodes to mouse embryos – human ones coming soon

Spanish scientists have attached silicon barcode labels to embryos and oocytes

Fans of the film Blade Runner may remember a scene in which the maker of an artificial snake is identified by a microscopic serial number on one of its scales. Well, in a rare case of present-day technology actually surpassing that predicted in a movie, we’ve now gone one better – bar codes on embryos. Scientists from Spain’s Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), along with colleagues from the Spanish National Research Council, have successfully developed an identification system in which mouse embryos and oocytes (egg cells) are physically tagged with microscopic silicon bar code labels. They expect to try it out on human embryos and oocytes soon.

The purpose of the system is to streamline in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer procedures. If egg cells and embryos can be quickly and easily identified, then things should run much smoother, and success rates should be higher.

The labels, which had been declared biologically innocuous in an earlier study, are microinjected into the perivitelline space of mouse embryos – the perivitelline space is a region between the cell membrane and the zona pellucida, which is a cover that surrounds the embryo’s plasma membrane. The embryo exits the zona pellucida before entering the uterus, so the bar code would be shed at that point.

In the UAB lab studies, labeled embryos were shown to develop normally up until the blastocyst stage, which precedes implantation. The researchers also studied how well the labels stayed on throughout the development cycle, how easily they could be read with a standard microscope, how they could be eliminated after the shedding of the zona pellucida, and how well they could stand up to the freezing and thawing of their host embryo.

There were some problems with embryos being able to free themselves from the labels when they shed the zona pellucida. The scientists are therefore now looking at modifying the surface of the labels, so they could be mounted on the outside of the covering, instead of being injected into the perivitelline space. They are also working on an automated bar code reading system.

Permission has been given by the Government of Catalonia’s Department of Health for UAB to begin testing its system with human oocytes and embryos from several fertility clinics in Spain.

The research was recently published in the journal Human Reproduction.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Watch 90210 Season 3 Episode 10

Hey guys! Here comes the new episode of 90210 . Watch 90210 Season 3 Episode 10 this coming November 29, 2010 at 8/7c timeslot on CW channel. The new title episode of 90210 Season 3 Episode 10 is “Best Lei’d Plans”. Well, the previous episode was an exciting one, do you agree? Previously, Teddy tested his new interests by visiting a gay bar in West Hollywood only to find out that he forgot his wallet and is forced to turn to Ian for help. The Best Lei’d episode is the 56th episode of the entire series which is being directed by David Warren and written by David Rosenthal along with Deborah Schoeneman. Teddy gets jealous in this episode when he sees Ian with another guy at the beach luau. Naomi jumps back into the dating world when she notices one of Ivy’s hot surfer friends, Zach, and tries to impress him by pretending to know how to work a surfboard. Ivy remains upset by her mother's actions with Oscar and decides to rebuild her relationship with her father. Dixon and Annie decide to help Debbie get back into the dating world by signing her up for online dating, but while on her first date, she and Ryan sneak away for some one-on-one time at the Beach Club. While at the beach luau, Teddy gets jealous when he sees Ian with another guy and allows his feelings to control his actions. Navid and Adrianna's relationship is strained now that she has found fame, which leads him closer and closer to Silver. I’m so excited about this episode, never miss to Watch 90210 Season 3 Episode 10: Best Lei’d Plans.

Watch Gossip Girl Season 4 Episode 10

The new episode of Gossip Girl must be exciting. We’ve only got a few more days until the next new episode of Gossip Girl but for those of you who are excited to see what else is coming up for our Gossip Girl. Check this out! Watch Gossip Girl Season 4 Episode 10 this coming Monday November 29, 2010 at 09:00 PM on the CW. The newest episode of Gossip Girl Season 4 Episode 10 is entitled "Gaslit". This really highlighted how far all the characters have come since s1. Especially chuck and blair. I think when it started out, chuck really was supposed to be the 'villain' of the show but writers caught on really quickly that they had something special with the chuck/blair pairing. it's seriously the only reason i watch the show. They are electric together. And chuck has become a really likeable character, something i didn't think i was ever going say after the first ep. Now about the new episode of Gossip Girl Season 4 Episode 10: Gaslit, Chuck, Serena, Blair, Dan, Jenny, and Eric find themselves faced with a crisis when one of their family members is hospitalized. Meanwhile, Nate attempts to help his parents get back together. The Captain and Anne put their complicated past behind them and reconcile. Tate Donovan directed the episode written by Joshua Safran and Robert Hull. Don’t miss to Watch Gossip Girl Season 4 Episode 10: Gaslit will be an excellent episode ever, they promise it.

Watch The Vampire Diaries Season 2 Episode 10

Watch The Vampire Diaries Season 2 Episode 10 this coming Thursday December 2, 2010 at 8pm ET on CW channel. The Vampire Diaries Season 2 Episode 10 newest episode entitled “The Sacrifice”. Now let's discuss this week episode of The Vampire Diaries Season 2 Episode 10: The Sacrifice , well, Elena comes up with her own plan to deal with her situation and decides to take matters into her own hands and offers Rose a tempting incentive for her help. When plans change unexpectedly, Rose asks Damon to help with Elena's plan. Tyler shows Caroline the Lockwood's cellar where she makes a terrifying discovery. Jeremy and Bonnie attempt to retrieve the moonstone, but Stefan ends up in danger when things don't go as planned. Bonnie and Luka also become closer. Sara Canning, Zach Roerig and Matt Davis also star. Ralph Hemecker directed the episode written by Caroline Dries. I really feel so wxcited about this new episode i can't wait to Watch The Vampire Diaries Season 2 Episode 10: The Sacrifice. Here's the preview episode of The Vampire Diaries Season 2 Episode 10.

Watch Smallville Season 10 Episode 9

Watch Smallville Season 10 Episode 9 this Friday, November 19, 2010 on CW Channel. The newest episode of Smallville Season 10 Episode 9 is entitled "Patriot". On this episode entitled as “Patriot” and it seems that the government is trying to locate and arrest superheroes and it seems that Oliver Queen will have the first taste of the “brutal tests” intended for heroes like him.Oliver registers for the new vigilante registration law in order to protect the rest of the team and find out what the government is planning. Oliver’s suspicions are confirmed when the registration location is revealed to be a trap designed to locate and arrest superheroes. Oliver is then transported to an undisclosed jail where Col. Slade Wilson orders “brutal tests” on him. I really love the scene where Teri Hatcher and Erica Durance share the screen. It was an incredibly overwhelming moment seeing two of these Lois Lanes on the screen. Although they weren’t in the same room, they certainly gave performances that connected them both women. They even have similarity on their features. They look like real mother and daughter. So guys! Don't miss to Watch Smallville Season 10 Episode 9 this Friday.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Watch Hellcats Season 1 Episode 11

Watch Hellcats Season 1 Episode 11 this coming Friday, December 1, 2010 on CW Channel. The newest episode of Hellcats Season 1 Episode 11 is entitled "Think Twice Before You Go". Hellcats just like every other series on TV will be taking a break. The lovely cheerleaders of Lancer University are getting ready to show the world that cowgirls get down in Memphis, Tennessee. They don't reveal much, but you can see that Savannah is back to her chipper self. As a side note, Ashley Tisdale looks so much sexier as a brunette than a blonde. Tisdale has come a long way since The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. About Hellcats Season 1 Episode 11: Think Twice Before You Go After the incident in the car, Dan issues Marti an ultimatum – either admit she has feelings for him or their friendship is over. Marti drags a depressed Savannah to a BBQ to help lift her spirits. Savannah drinks a little too much and decides to flirt with the DJ, which puts her in a compromising position later that night. Marti decides to tell Savannah the truth about what happened between her and Dan. Watch out for more from Hellcats season 1 episode 11 here soon.

Watch Nikita Season 1 Episode 10

Watch Nikita Season 1 Episode 10 this coming Thursday, December 2, 2010 on CW Channel. The newest episode of Nikita Season 1 Episode 10 is entitled "Dark Matter". Everyone are already excited about this upcoming episode of Nikita. It looks like Owen will be back in the next episode! We’ve been wondering, not just about him, but also about the black box that had everyone hunting him a few episodes back. So what did Owen do with it once he dug it up? Owen leaks secret information from Division's black boxes to the media, revealing that the U.S. Government was responsible for an assassination in Chile. As a result, Percy frames a C.I.A. agent, Ryan for the crime. Nikita and Owen go to Chile to rescue Ryan from mercenaries and in doing so end up getting captured. Nikita reveals the secrets of Division to Ryan in an effort to save all of their lives. Back inside Division, Alex spies on Percy and Birkhoff and witnesses a side to Percy she has never seen before. These questions and more will, hopefully, all be answered in the next episode where we welcome Owen’s return after Michael’s atrocious behavior. We know Michael was upset about the whole “failing to get revenge on the man who murdered his family” thing but that’s no excuse for tossing your ex-lover from a car in the middle of a deserted street in Uzbekistan. Seriously, Michael needs to relax and stop being such an angry drama queen! If he’d just let Nikita have the shot at Kasim in the first place, the guy would most likely be dead already! Aftеr thе “One way” incident between Michael аnd Nikita, іt seems thаt hе іѕ quite serious іn taking down Nikita аftеr ѕhе ѕtοрреd hіm frοm kіllіng thе terrorist thаt kіllеd hіѕ family. I thουght thеу wіll bе partners later fοr gοοd tο bring down “thе division” bυt thаt wουld nοt bе thе case. Hοwеνеr, Owen Elliot іѕ back tο hеlр hеr bυt Miky seems really pissed wіth thе ‘unsuccessful revenge рlοt.’ I аm wondering whаt wіll happens next? Excited already so don't ever missed to Watch Nikita Season 1 Episode 10: Dark Matter.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Pacquiao in 100% condition

Pacquiao vs Margarito

The weather was pleasant for Paquiao’s morning run. His dog “Pacman” and Team Pacquiao members joined the champion. A few rounds around the park got Manny into a good sweat. The usual quick shadow boxing routine followed. Pacquiao vs Margarito will face each other on November 14, 2010.

It’s sparring day, so Pacquiao just did the flat route at Pan Pacific Park, just 30 minutes to save up for the sparring in the afternoon. The confidence of Pacquiao is evident even after a hard workout. He likes to keep the humor within the team. Pacquiao feels excellent, having gone down from 154 pounds in Baguio to a weight he is more comfortable with--148 pounds to not more than 150 pounds.

When I was in Baguio, I bulked up in weight. I was so heavy, I was moving sluggishly, so I decided to stay at 148 to 149 pounds,” he said. And even if Margarito will have more than a 10-pound advantage on fight night, this doesn’t worry Pacquiao as long as he has his speed.

It’s better even if I’m lighter but faster… I will easily see Margarito’s movements and punches. After a nap, Pacquiao had an intense afternoon workout at the gym. In seven rounds of sparring, the first 4 with the 6-footer Rashad Halloway, Pacquiao used his quickness to get to the body.

Three rounds more with the taller and heavier David Rodela also saw Manny dominate. Coach Freddie Roach couldn’t be more pleased at where the champ is. He said Pacquiao had a complete turnaround and is now exactly at the condition they need to win. Roach has no doubt Pacquiao will score another resounding victory.

“We are going to beat this guy,” said Roach.

I’m eager to fight because I got what I want, 100% condition, said Pacquiao.

The Pinoy Pacman is back on track, ready to take on the next challenge on the ring: Mexico’s Tijuana Tornado. Watch Pacquiao vs Margarito Online this November 14, 2010 only on HBO Pay-Per-View.

Pacquiao in 100% condition

Pacquiao vs Margarito

Margarito, Mexican 13th victim of Pacman?

Pacquiao vs Margarito

On Sunday, November 14, the former three-time world champion Antonio Margarito long-thirteen Mexican boxer encounter of 7-division world champion Manny Pacquiao. Two days before the WBC super welterweight championship fight, sumptuous variety of predictions and the speculations from boxing experts. Pacquiao vs Margarito will face each other on November 14, 2010.

In addition to the fight predictions, betting odds therein is also where the latest in America, at -500 for Pacquiao and +350 for Margarito.

In the camp of the Mexican boxer, proud of coach Robert Garcia allegedly prepared to keep pace with his speed and care to the alleged strength of the fist of Filipino ring icon.

Margarito itself be said that part of his game plan is to keep up with Pacquiao.

"This time I have no excuses. I will beat Pacquiao and Mexico will have a new world champion. It's a battle of pride for me. A lot has been said by Both of us and I'm ready to finish this fight with my arms raised. Most Mexicans will support me and I Plural picnic this fight, "insisted by Margarito.

But if the legendary coach of Manny Pacquiao, Freddie Roach is asked, might not have said a second round takes the fight to the groom mapapabagsak called "The Tornado" Margarito that.

"Do not be surprised if this fight ends in the first round," said Roach. Watch Pacquiao vs Margarito Online this November 14, 2010 only on HBO Pay-Per-View.

Margarito, Mexican 13th victim of Pacman?

Pacquiao vs Margarito

Margarito, Mexican 13th victim of Pacman?

Pacquiao vs Margarito

Pacquiao in 100% condition

Pacquiao vs Margarito

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Watch Pacquiao vs Margarito Fight

Pacquiao vs Margarito

Watch Pacquiao vs Margarito Online for the biggest boxing match this year. The Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao will face Mexico’s Antonio Margarito on November 13. Over the last year or so the interest that has surrounded this possible bout has been unseen in the boxing world for a long time; we all want to know how Lost will end, but absolutely everyone wants to know who will come out on top in this battle. I’ve spent the last few days studying both fighters, from Pacquiao’s fights with Cotto and Clottey, the suspension of license of Margarito caught using illegal hand wraps, to Floyd’s unanimous decision over Mosley and a dramatic win of Cotto against Foreman. Now with the welterweight division as good as cleared out, with just Pacquiao and Margarito truly left to argue for the best welterweights in the worlds and no.1 welterweight crown, surely, they MUST be on a collision course to fight as the hype,pressure and expectation for the two to meet up is so huge, that the money involved would be too much to ignore? You'd certainly hope so, and without playing any blame game as to who's fault it is for the fight not happening, all I hope for is that they can both set aside their differences and make the fight happen, as we have not had the potential for such a huge fight since the days of Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler. As to how I would see a Pacquaio vs Margarito fight going down, I'm leaning slightly towards Pacquiao in a close and epic encounter. I believe that Pacquiao defense, footwork, speed and counter punching skill would be the deciding factor, with Pacquiaos explosive speed, power and amazing stamina giving Margarito a hard time early on and having moments throughout, with Margarito ultimately pulling out enough to get the win. The main reason that I see this happening is because Pacquiao hasn't fought a true boxer since Juan Manuel Marquez, and whilst I think Manny has improved alot since then, Margarito should have enough to be able to outbox him. Watch Pacquiao vs Margarito Live on HBO PPV.

Watch Pacquiao vs Margarito Fight

Pacquiao vs Margarito

Watch Pacquiao vs Margarito Fight

Pacquiao vs Margarito

Mount Everest 3G Base Station

3G networking reaches the top of the world

All of the TeliaSonera/Ncell 3G base stations in the Mount Everest region run on solar or solar hybrid power

Cream brought the country blues classic Sittin' on top of the world to an international audience in the late 1960s... and now you can watch it on YouTube while you're sitting there. Through its subsidiary Ncell, the Swedish telecommunications group TeliaSonera has launched 3G services in the Mount Everest area of Nepal – which makes the company the providers of the world's highest mobile data service.

The new 3G base station is located at an altitude of 5,200 meters (around 17,000 feet) and "will bring faster, more affordable telecommunication services to the people living in the Khumbu Valley, trekkers, and climbers alike," according to Lars Nyberg, President and CEO of TeliaSonera. The company has confirmed that those at the summit will be able to update their Facebook profile with a photo from the top of the world (although in such a deadly environment, you could be forgiven for having your mind on other things).

The first video call made over the network was to the highest base station on October 28, with speeds of up to 4-5Mbps being available. TeliaSonera also told Gizmag that there are now seven 3G base stations in the Everest region, all of which are either solar or solar hybrid powered. The company says that 14 cities in the area are also 3G-enabled, including Katmandu, Itahari, Bharatpur and Nepalgunj.

Although the company reports that mobile device use by locals is still relatively low, it is increasing and Ncell says that it will provide coverage for 90 per cent of the people of Nepal by the end of 2011.

Source:

Paul Riddden

Friday, October 29, 2010

Cassete Tape as case for your iPhone4

iTapedeck is a retro case and stand for your iPhone 4

The ridiculously retro iTapedeck for iPhone

iPhone owners will be pleased to hear that they can now wrap their cutting edge mobile device in a ridiculously retro case from technology's past. iTapedeck, from Homeade, is a protective skin for the iPhone 4 that looks just like a cassette tape.

iTapedeck will certainly turn more than a few heads when you hold what looks like a cassette tape to your ear in public. No doubt more than a few onlookers will remark 'That's not how you're supposed to listen to music!' But the iTapedeck is definitely a conversation starter if there ever was one.

Also included with the cassette tape skin is a plastic case that you can use for extra protection. The case has another practical application – it functions as an iPhone stand.

iTapedeck is available for purchase from the Japanese mobile accessory gurus at Strapya, who have priced it at 1600 yen (US$18.80). It's available in two color combos: black and red, and blue and white.

iPhone users might also be interested in Homade's other iPhone stand, the wonderfully named iPlunge, which is little more than a plunger-type kickstand that sticks on the back of your phone. These are wonderfully wacky iPhone accessories for users who don't mind drawing a little attention.

One of the greatest invention - The Durnin's D-Drive

Is Steve Durnin's D-Drive the holy grail of infinitely variable transmissions?

The D-Drive: it could be a gearbox revolution, if only people could understand the thing!

Ready for a bit of a mental mechanical challenge? Try your hand at understanding how the D-Drive works. Steve Durnin's ingenious new gearbox design is infinitely variable - that is, with your motor running at a constant speed, the D-Drive transmission can smoothly transition from top gear all the way through neutral and into reverse. It doesn't need a clutch, it doesn't use any friction drive components, and the power is always transmitted through strong, reliable gear teeth. In fact, it's a potential revolution in transmission technology - it could be pretty much the holy grail of gearboxes... if only it wasn't so diabolically hard to explain. We flew to Australia's Gold Coast to take a close look at the D-Drive - and it looks to us like Durnin has pulled a rabbit out of his hat. Check out the video after the jump and see if you can work out if there's a catch.

Geared transmissions - a useful compromise

In basic terms, the idea of a gearbox is to create the ideal level of mechanical advantage between a motor and its output. Motors of all kinds have a speed of maximum efficiency, and a speed of maximum power, and you use a gearbox to decide what engine speed you're running compared to the output speed.

In a car, that means you want a low gear at low speeds or for quick acceleration - because in lower gears, the engine revs harder and produces more power. Cruising on the freeway, you want a high gear that lets you trundle along using the minimum practical engine RPM so you don't waste fuel.

So most gearboxes offer a compromise - manual, semi-auto and auto transmissions offer you a set number of gears you can choose to find one that's close to the ideal ratio for what you're doing. But there's efficiency losses in between gearshifts as you disengage the engine using a clutch - or in the case of an auto, a torque converter. And although some geared transmissions offer lots of gear choices, every set gear ratio is a compromise.

And the clutch itself is a fairly crude device - when you're engaging a clutch, you're basically pushing a set of plates together, some of which are coated in high-friction material, which grab the other plates and force them to spin. This approach is inefficient and prone to slip and wear under large power loads.

Variable transmissions - very good, but not quite

Then there's Continuously Variable Transmissions, or CVTs. The CVT is in theory a much better solution, because it allows a constant range of gear ratios between low and high gears. Scooters use them, as do some cars nowadays - with a CVT, the engine can sit at its most efficient or powerful RPM, while the gear ratio constantly adjusts itself to match wheel speed.

But most CVTs have a limited range of ratios they can work through - so while you can transition all the way from low gear up to high, you can't go all the way down to neutral. So they need to use a friction clutch or torque converter to get them started from a standstill - and what's more, in order to achieve variablilty in the gear ratio, they're almost always built around some sort of friction drive too - like belts pulling on conical rollers, or rollers being mashed against toroid shapes.

All these friction components cause troubles when you start trying to put high power and torque through them - they start to slip and fail, they wear and generally contribute to inefficiencies in the drive train. That's why you tend to go back to gears when you're designing a high-powered machine. Gear teeth are reliable - the bigger the teeth, the more power they can handle.

The D-Drive - infinitely variable, no friction components

If all this gearbox talk seems like a long setup, it's kind of necessary to understand the problem when you're looking at the solution Steve Durnin has come up with.

Because at the heart of it, what Steve has managed to do is create a gearbox that:

requires no clutch at all;
is infinitely variable - from top gear through neutral and even into reverse; and
doesn't use ANY clutches or friction drive components - instead, the power is ALWAYS transmitted from input to output through gear teeth.

But how on Earth do you obtain infinite variability using gears? After all, a cog's a cog - it's not like you can make them magically grow and shrink in size.

The answer is that you've got to stop thinking about gear sizes, or cones and belts, or any familiar transmission picture you have in your head, when you're talking about the D-Drive.

Because when you look at it, the only way to tell what sort of ratio it's in at a given moment is to look at the two spinning shafts in the middle of it. If the bottom shaft is still and the top one's turning, you're in top gear. If the top shaft is still and the bottom one's turning, you're in reverse. If the top and bottom shafts are spinning at the same speed but in opposite directions, you're in neutral. And you can speed up or slow down those shafts as much as you like to vary the gear ratio to any point between full speed reverse and full speed forward.

You really have to watch the attached video to start to understand how this gearbox works - but in essence it's built around planetary gear systems at either side, with sun gears, planet gears and revolving ring gears all interacting with one another.

The energy efficiency equation

In order to control the spinning speeds of the upper and lower shafts, you have to input a certain amount of energy - for instance, to put the D-Drive transmission into neutral, you have to spin the bottom shaft around at a speed that equals the speed of the driven top shaft.

But according to Steve and his engineers' calculations, the energy you put in to do spin that bottom shaft is only a tiny fraction of the energy your main engine is running. All that energy has to do is to spin the planetary gears around one another in such a way as to effect the final ratio.

And you can do that in a number of ways. Steve's current demo prototype uses electric engines both as the input engine and to spin the control shafts as needed.

But, taking the example of using the D-Drive in a car, you could easily use an auxiliary electric motor to control the gear ratios, or a kinetic energy recovery system, or some sort of regenerative braking system. You could even harvest energy directly from the driven shaft and use it to spin the control shaft.

Steve's prototype is only sufficient for demonstration purposes - and you'd have to question how effective a demonstration it is when just about everyone that looks at the thing is left scratching their heads and wondering 'er, so how exactly does that thing work again?'

The next step - building a test rig

Durnin is currently in the process of raising funds to build a test rig - a strong, metallic rendition of the D-Drive with the ability to measure how much energy is going in at the input end, what's coming out at the other end, and how much power is being put into the control shafts - but he and the engineers he's consulted are confident that the D-Drive will be proven to be "an order of magnitude more efficient" than existing gearboxes.

The implications are pretty huge if he's right and the numbers come up looking good; as a geared system, the D-Drive is scalable in the extreme, and could remove the need for friction components or manual gearboxes in everything from cars, motorcycles, trucks, industrial and farm equipment, massive marine applications, wind power generators... basically anything that's got an engine.

Because it's all gears and bearings, reliability should be excellent and servicing or repairing the D-Drive a snap. Because you just need to spin (or lock) those control shafts to come up with your final ratio, you could use anything from a fully computerized smart control system to a manually applied pin through the control shaft to change your gear ratios, making it useful in certain very low-tech situations as well as extremely tunable in an automatic automotive application.

About the inventor

Steve Durnin is a plumbing inspector from Queensland, Australia, who has been tinkering with the D-Drive and several other ideas for more than 20 years. The "D" in D-Drive, incidentally, stands for Durnin.

This is the first invention that Steve has tried to patent and commercialize, so while the D-Drive looks very promising, it's taking him some time to push through the relevant channels. His demonstration prototype and patents were paid for by a small group of private investors, who stand to gain a heck of a lot if the D-Drive cranks out the right numbers on a test dyno and breaks into the market.

We thank Steve for his time and wish him all the best with the D-Drive. It's a diabolically hard invention to understand even when you're looking at the prototype in action - so he's one clever cookie to be able to come up with the concept from scratch, particularly seeing as he claims he had never heard of a planetary gear system before he'd designed one as part of the D-Drive.

Quite an achievement!