China is the fastest growing economy right now and with the Olympic Games coming up during 2008 China will grow even faster.

Before everyone was quick to learn English but more and more people want to learn one of the Chinese languages.

If you really planning to do business in China then the maybe Cantonese language training should be something for you. The classes are provided by the eltlearn.com school and they also have English lessons if English is not your native language.

The classes are made up for your special needs and you will learn a new language or improve an old one very fast.

Digital darkroom

Digital darkrooms are simply the counterparts of the darkrooms which were created for extracting photos from the camera films of analog cameras. Digital cameras are devoid of films and therefore digital darkrooms are constituted differently. A digital darkroom contains a high performance computer having requisite graphical tools and software applications which will aid in providing good quality pictures. The computers in digital darkrooms have extensively set up monitors and in most cases dual monitors are used for this purpose. Often printers are also present for the photos may be sent by the photographers in different professional laboratories for judging its quality. The computer is supplied with major storage devices as well like FireWire, RAID and USB along with suitable hard drives. At times DVD burners are also present. Image editing modes like Photoshop, Corel etc. are usually loaded into the computer. There is also an open source called The Gimp and it is free though it is not used by photographers because of its complex operational procedures.

Various RAW conversion tools are widely used in image editing like QImage, ufraw, dcraw, digiKam and Bibble which are software applications. Other prominent application tools include F-Spot, Aperture, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, FrontPage, Dreamweaver and Flickr. When it comes to the hardware applications, it is interesting to note that in the very beginning when digital photography and image editing were emerging features, all platforms related to digital photography were considered the private sphere for the Mac. However with the progress of time, Windows has greatly improved in term s of technology and hence they are also used in these darkrooms for editing. However it cannot be denied that Mac is still a leading favorite among the photographers. Most digital darkrooms therefore comprise of three essential elements. These are the three hard drives, one used for scratching or swapping the file, one for the purpose of storing the software and operating system and the final one for the image files.

DLP in flat screen projection televisions

One of the most prominent flat screen technologies used and released world wide apart from the liquid crystal displays or LCDs are the DLP or projection through digital light processing which are widely used in projection televisions which refer to those televisions having flat screen and those which employ video projectors for their functioning. This technological process was devised by Dr. Larry Hornbeck in 1987 for use in the video projectors and it was registered as a product exclusively copyrighted by the Texas Instruments. The image is produced by the digital light processing technology with the help of the Digital Micromirror Device or the DMD and it is integral to the functioning of the DLP projector. The matrix of the semiconductor chip is composed of tiny microscopic mirrors and these comprise what is known as the Digital Micromirror device. In the flat projection screens of the digital light processing projectors these microscopic mirrors help in the projection of the image where each mirror represents different pixels which of course combine to form the final image on the projector screen. In case of the usage of the DLP technology there are three prominent means by which the colored images are produced and projected in the flat screen displays.

In some of the projectors it is found that only a single DLP chip is used and in these cases it can be observed that the projectors spin the color schemes in the wheels of a spinning color wheel which is located in between the lamp and the digital micromirror device. This color wheel is made up of the three primary colors visible to the human eye i.e. red, green and blue. There is also the ‘rainbow effect’ which is observed in some of the DLP single chip projectors which at times cause side effects like headaches to the audience. Three chip projectors having DLP technology emit color through the lens after having split the rays via a prism.

Advantages of digital cameras

Cameras have been one of the most significant innovations of the times and they are extremely important as they enable human being to record or capture such memories which not only last them a lifetime but are often great companions in solitude serving as reminiscences of wonderful memories of the past and at times they serve as recollections of thing s that no more exist. Therefore, cameras are the only tools that can record live memories and initially the analog cameras wee prevalent. But soon with the progress of time and scientific development, digital technology developed considerably and digital cameras came into use. Digital cameras are not only easy to operate, moreover, they perform multifarious functions and the picture quality is definitely more enhanced because of the use of digital technology.

A very significant advantage of digital cameras is the fact that it is possible to view the captured image immediately and in case the photographer is not satisfied with the image, he can re-shoot the image again by deleting the previous one. Digital camera photos can be retrieved easily by transferring them into a computer within its storage device by means of a USB port.

Moreover these photos can also be viewed in television screens. Therefore, all digital photos do not require printing like analog versions and they can also be sent, viewed or shred through the internet. Unlike the photographic films which were used in analogue cameras, they had a fixed capacity and only a stipulated number of photographs could be taken with the help of these. However digital cameras offer far greater options in terms of numbers and some cameras provide memory expansion functions too by means of inserting memory cards. Moreover, editing is also possible when it comes to digital camera images and various computer software functions are available at present to alter the images accordingly.

Well, Lomak seriously may seem a bit awkward name for a gadget. But, this is probably the first word, that has some meaning attached to it. Lomak (Light Operated Mouse and Keyboard), is the ultimate in hands free computer control.

For those who find the traditional keyboard and mouse odd or difficult, here’s a new twist.

So, Lomak, is operated via your hand, or head. The users, aim a beam of light, at a pad that has numbers and letters in a rotary style. The numbers/letters appear on the screen, as the light passes through it.

There is absolutely no requirement for any special software or any extra calibration. Moreover, it does not change the UI of your existing programs.

As far as I know, this thing is just an idea, a concept. However, I’d love to see and use it physically.
Not sure if it works for FPS (First Person Shooter) games. Imagine watching a person shaking his head in violent frenzy to try and kill another player

At a first glance, I thought this was just another joke from the tech designers, to take a break from their usual boring (eek!) work.
Pretty much looks like a small tray, or something of the sort that is designed to carry as much of ash as you can.

However, this ‘meaningless’ thing in the picture, is unique USB Drive, that is designed to last for one hell of a lifetime.

Just a design concept, and not for sale anywhere yet, this thing sure does catch one’s attention for the fact that it has a unique look to it. Though, it is/was meant to be a capsule type design, people have mistaken it for an ash tray, and seems to me, that they want to stick to their first assumptions

What say guys?

There’s a new cellphone design out there, or rather a concept by Peter Lau which is should allow blind users to easily and dial make phone calls.

The interesting part is that the design/concept does not incorporate the usual braille keys. Instead, the keys are angled. Users can then actually learn these keys and effectively make calls faster and much more easily.
However, this thing has no screen (obvious!)

Most people have this question, as to how the blind people will send the SMS. So far, this is just a concept and there are no details regarding the SMS functionality in this. But, it seems pretty obvious that some kind of speech to text voice analysis function will be incorporated in it.
The phone might read the text messages aloud as you compose them.

Although there are not much details on it as yet, as the case is with most concepts, but the design certainly does look cool and innovative.
What say guys?

So, what happens when Microsoft decides to implement a mouse inside a cellphone. And then, head over to the office to patent this pathetic.. oops.. I mean, innovative innovation?

1. A system that facilitates navigating on a display, comprising: a mouse engine component that detects a location; and an interface component that integrates the mouse engine into a handheld communication device.

This thing still has me confused. So, while I figure out exactly what it is.. read more of it at Gizmodo

Finally, for all those who absolutely hated the QWERTY style keyboard, here’s your chance to show the world that you can do better with your own personalized keyboard. Fujitsu has decided to take innovation a step further by introducing their LiberTouch keyboard.

Using a little tool, that comes with it (and that you will surely lose), the keys pop out for repositioning them the way you always wanted (ABCD style?). Another amusing use that you could put this to would be either throwing them at people (if you choose to throw them outside the window, people passing by will surely acknowledge your geeky attitude).

Another feature of this keyboard is that they have adjustable resistances, so this allows you to totally customize your experience.

There’s no word out on the price yet, however, Fujitsu hopes to sell about 12,000 of these per year once released.

I’ll buy one of these. Have a lot of amusing ideas I could certainly experiment with

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If you’ve got some top secret files saved on your thumb drive, then maybe Rehoboth Tech’s Irikon drive is the safest bet for you. Classed as the world’s first Iris scanning thumb drive, the Irikon can store upto 20 different eyes as authorized users, and comes in sizes ranging from 1GB to 4GB.

That kind of storage is way less, considering that we have a 64GB thumb drive somewhere out there too, but secure drives are generally smaller in size. The Rehoboth site is a little vague as to how the scan works, but with a rechargeable battery built in, as well as a 6cm scan range, am guessing you give the drive a look at your eyes before you plug it into the port. It would be really awkward to lean down to have it scan your eyes.

Right now, it doesn’t look like Rehoboth Tech’s drive is available. And since Rehoboth is headquartered in South Korea, we might have to wait a bit. Until then, there’s always fingerprint-reading USB drives, though iris scans are supposed to be faster in general. The Irikon recognizes eyes as valid or unauthorized in under two seconds.

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