IZZY plastic city bike

"Plastic Bicycle" is idea at want a bicycle that light weight, for replace using metal material that heavy weight. It will may is idea at see oppose with environment preservation, but, many interesting in product design like must not think over, only look good enough

IZZY plastic city bike with a new look with compose 2 unique free standing locking systems, 3 dimensional illumination and integrated rear suspension are all inbuilt, providing cheap and simple solutions to problems that every urban bike rider experiences and have been designed with the urban rider in mind. The unique design and development of a molded plastic frame allows the bicycle to incorporate all of the innovative features within its fluid and fluent shape.

Furthermore, the IZZY bike owner will be able to recycle the main frame, thus revamping the color of the bicycle simply, cheap and with regard to the environment.

Designer : Omer Sagiv and Uri Sadeh

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Mobile script Concept

New interesting idea will of a phone in the future or concept phone at use production ultramodern technology, various function and do not adhere to with character figure originally of a cellphone in now, the source applies suit every day our life more and more

A new generation mobile phone "Mobile script" gives all these possibilities.It has two touch screen (small and large), which provide the best access to information and provide a wide field of communications, such as: Video link, Ability to view movies, Using the browser, Targeting areas with the help of internet services, All of these functions is more convenient to use on a large screen, which is located inside the phone in the collapsed state.

Mobile scrip have design cellphone contemporary idea, dexterous in the usability with large-sized touchscreen 9.5 inch at can pull in-out from side body. Which touchscreen have 2 layers: a soft OLDE - touchscreen and soft nano material hardening in the filing of low-voltage nego. At the time opening screen hard and bouncy, after work on the side of the screen is pressed Eject and becomes soft and mosey inside.


The "Mobile Script" mobile phone does not require a power charge; its case is covered with a nano material, converting the Sun light into the energy for your phone feed. At your phone’s display you can watch how much charge is left at the battery and how strong the power of the light which charges the battery is. The mobile phone will automatically give the pieces of advice and clues, when a power recharge is needed, also it is possible to put the mobile phone for a night on a special wireless recharge rug or to recharge the device with a similar wireless way in any public place, where this service is rendered, whether it be: the public transport, a bar or a club.

Designer: Aleksander Mukomelov

If you liked this mobile, you would also be interested in:
www.industrialdesignserved.com

[Review] 'Shadow Blade' by Seressia Glass

Title: Shadow Blade
Writer: Seressia Glass
Pages: 352
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Standalone/Series: First in a series
Publisher: Pocket Books

For Kira Solomon, normal was never an option. Kira's day job is as an antiquities expert, but her true calling is as a Shadowchaser. Trained from youth to be one of the most lethal Chasers in existence, Kira serves the Gilead Commission, dispatching the Fallen who sow discord and chaos. Of course, sometimes Gilead bureaucracy is as much a thorn in her side as anything the Fallen can muster against her. Right now, though, she's got a bigger problem. Someone is turning the city of Atlanta upside down in search of a millennia-old Egyptian dagger that just happens to have fallen into Kira's hands. Then there's

Khefar, the dagger's true owner — a near-immortal 4,000-year-old Nubian warrior who, Kira has to admit, looks pretty fine for his age. Joining forces is the only way to keep the weapon safe from the sinister Shadow forces, but now Kira is in deep with someone who holds more secrets than she does, the one person who knows just how treacherous this fight is. Because every step closer to destroying the enemy is a step closer to losing herself to Shadow forever....

As a reader, I have a fondness for the supernatural, especially if it uses our world, culture and trivia as a stage and setting. Urban fantasy is a weakness of mine I love to indulge. However, I have noticed a tendency in this oh-so-favorite genre of mine, which is frightening. I am aware that urban fantasy is in a rut and readers have accused it of recycling ideas and tropes. I agree with those people, but urban fantasy as a genre has a limited focus on female empowerment as well as fighting evil in the modern world. The conflicted, damaged tough chick with special quality, which ensures her a first row sit, when the shit starts flying, will remain as well as her so very special trait to experience a forbidden love. People want to read these tropes, so they will remain, but what hinders the new generation of authors, who enter the genre to shake things up and break the mold?

Every well seasoned reader knows that everything has been done under the sun, so repetition of ideas is unavoidable. All that matters is execution, representation, world-building, prose and dialogue to make the difference. However, in the newest urban fantasy novels I don’t see even that aspiration. Heroines are mass-produced in thought process, in dialogue and even the pasts that should carve them out from the herd eerily echoes each other.

A few weeks back I reviewed ‘Spider’s Bite’, which although generic and derivative in some areas had a few good hits. After starting ‘Shadow Blade’ almost immediately after, I swear to you I played ‘Spot the Differences’ between the two titles, which is never. I had a severe déjà vu experience. Kira has been turned into a killing machine for a secret organization [Estep’s Gin is an assassin and kills professionally]. Kira’s handler, an old man, whom she cherishes so much, has been murdered and triggers the events in the book [Gin’s handler is murdered as well and that triggers the plot as well]. Kira is assisted by a dangerous man against her will and although she is a solo player agrees reluctantly [Gin is forced to rely on her tall, dark and handsome as well]. Happy ending after a finale, where both heroines almost die? Yes, you got that too.

Even when I stop comparing ‘Shadow Blade’ to ‘Spider’s Kiss’ derivative elements continue to pop up on my radar. Kira is the proverbial black sheep in the secret organization. She has a tragic past, which defines her and remains a central piece in her characterization. Everything is black and white in the supernatural world she inhabits, where Shadows fights against Light and whatever elements I loved didn’t come through fully fleshed or explored, due to Glass not exactly showing the reader, but telling and with overused word choices, I have encountered before. As far as the characters go, I really would have preferred reading about any other from the cast from the uptight Sanchez to Zoo and Wynne to the psychic vampire to even the main villain. But Kira and Khefar offered me no thrill to read.

Verdict: [D] Ultimately, the newest cover version of a book I have read before.

Giveaway!

I have 3 copies of "Numbers" by Rachel Ward up for grabs on my giveaway page. Be sure to check it out...

Green Lantern Movie in 3D

Warner Bros announced that the upcoming Green Lantern movie directed by Martin Campbell and starring Ryan Reynolds would be in 3D!

I'm quite glad to hear this because a movie like Green Lantern definitely deserves to be done in 3D! can you imagine Hal Jordan flying around and using his powerful ring, and the whole thing in 3D! It's definitely gonna be awesome!

My 3D glasses are ready for the Green Lantern movie!
:)

"e-nuvo" robot humanoid

The researcher at the Nippon institute of technology have teamed up for develops to design and produce robotics they call "e-nuvo"

e-nuvo robot is a robot that designed is a child-size bot at initial with the requirement gives it can walk, and in now the e-nuvo is a larger version of walk, allowing it to interact with students in more meaningful ways. The design intends to teach students bipedal robot technology and its connection to math and physics. The designs 126 cm tall and only weighs 15 kg. It is battery powered and can stand and move its arms and legs. The robot has a ton of internal technology that allow it to communicate with users and walk around automatically or through remote control. It could be used as a teacher’s assistant and comes in handy for presentations since it has a built-in projector.

Regard, e-nuvo robot produce that advantage in the future at most, it will make the way of life of human easy goes up, certainly!!

Designer: Nippon Institute of Technology

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Book Review: "Unknown: Outcast Season" by Rachel Caine

So many missing children.

Their faces looked at me from the flat surfaces of posters and flyers, tacked to a long board opposite the row of chairs — a sad parade of even sadder stories.

Although several young girls with brown hair and vulnerable smiles looked back at me, Isabel Rocha’s picture was not on the wall. I found some comfort in that. I will find you, I promised her, as I did each day. On your mother and father’s souls, I will find you.

I had allowed her mother and father to be murdered. I would not allow Isabel to share the same fate.

I sat with Luis Rocha in the hallway outside of the offices of the FBI, which he had carefully explained was a place where I could not, for any reason, cause trouble. I failed to understand why this hallway should be any different from any other in the city of Albuquerque, but I had agreed, with a good bit of annoyance.

Luis was in no mood to debate with me. “Just do it,” he’d snapped, and then fallen into a dark, restless silence.

I watched him pace in front of me as his dark gaze took in the wall of photos, a tense, revolted expression on his face. He stopped, and the expression altered into a frown. He pointed one flyer out to me. “That’s Ben Hession’s kid. Ben’s a Fire Warden.”

I nodded, but I doubt he noticed. He lowered his finger, but his hands formed into fists at his sides, emphasizing the sinuous flame tattoos licking up and down his arms. Once again, I wondered at the choice; Luis Rocha controlled Earth, not Fire. In that, he and his brother Manny had been alike, though Luis’s power outstripped Manny’s by leagues.

Manny had been my Warden partner, assigned to me by the highest levels of his organization to teach me to live as human, and use my powers — for I still had some, although nowhere near as many as I had as a Djinn — usefully. How to become a Warden in my own right. Manny had been a sweet, patient soul who had given of himself to sustain me in this new life.

And I had let him die. Now it was Luis’s responsibility to look after me.

And mine to never allow such a thing to happen again.

A tired-looking man in a rumpled suit stepped outside of his office and gestured to us. As he did, his coat swung open to reveal the holstered butt of a gun attached to his belt. For an ice-cold instant I had an unguarded memory, a sense-memory of the shock and rage washing over me as I watched the bullets strike Manny, strike Angela …

It’s a memory I don’t care to relive.

~Excerpt from Unknown: Outcast Season by Rachel Caine

Rachel Caine is one prolific author. She writes three different series' of books, all within the urban fantasy genre, and she manages to put out sequels to all three yearly. And while the quality of her books is quite good in comparison to most, there are signs that Caine's writing is getting a bit formulaic.

In "Unknown," the second book of her Outcast Season series, Caine continues the story of Cassiel, a Djinn that has been cast to Earth and stripped of her powers. Forced to rely on the Wardens for her survival Cassiel is first assigned to Manny Rocha, but after a tragic series of events that kills Manny, she teams up with his brother Luis as she hunts down the rogue Djinn responsible for Manny's death and the abduction of his daughter.

When Cassiel is first cast out she struggles to integrate with humanity. She is no longer a powerful Djinn but carries their immortal arrogance. But Manny and his family somehow penetrated her wall of indifference and now she's determined to avenge the family she feels she failed to protect.

The first book in the Outcast Season series was good for two main reasons: a unique plot and interesting characterizations. But "Unknown" doesn't quite capture the essence of the first book and it seems as if Caine has reached the point where she is writing her stories by rote.

Paranormal fantasy seems to have become the genre of non-stop action with a little magic thrown in for good measure. A very common trend is for the story to have a strong female lead character, lots of busy work for her to do and approximately 300 pages to do it in. Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs and Caine-- among others-- follow this pattern to the letter. Sometimes this formula works but when it doesn't the reader is just ingesting mindless action without any real character development; and I'm afraid that's the trap "Unknown" falls into.

The problem with "Unknown" is that the only character that seems to have any arc at all is Cassiel herself. Sometimes that's enough, but in this case Luis Rocha is giving a prominent role in the book, but has virtually no backstory of his own. Another issue is that the story hasn't really progressed from the last book to this one. It almost feels as if the same plot line has been regurgitated for an extra book and once it ended, I'm still not sure that we won't be treated to a nearly identical version of this tale next time around.

Maybe I'm getting a little jaded. I've read several other reviews of this book that give it the thumbs up. But by the end I felt as if I was being led on a frantic journey that couldn't quite keep me interested because I had already read this book. I like the idea of the story, but wasn't enthralled with the execution.

Can this be right?

Is a F.A.R. of almost 1,200 too much? Is a 17,000ft (3.2 mile) building too tall? Is 2.1 million square feet too big of a footprint for a single building? So far our zoning rules do not seem to preclude these outcomes:

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(click here for the PDF version)

There are clearly some issues with this proposal:

1) 85% efficiency of occupiable area versus built area might be overly optimistic in a structure over 3 miles tall.

2) Reserving a half-dozen floors, each with 10' ceilings, for open-air greenspace probably won't work, considering the fact that natural daylight will only reach about 5% of the area.

3) Open greenspace on the roof? At over 3 miles high? Only if supplmental oxygen systems are available. Some more info on altitude vs. oxygen. Then there's the issue of being above the clouds, though that would only help with allowing more sunlight :)

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4) Proximity to airport could be an issue. I still haven't found airspace maps for aiports yet, but I know they exist. Perhaps they just aren't published online, or for free...

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As for the structural integrity of such a tall, tall thing, I am not convinced. I wonder what PvB would say about it...

Can this be right?

Is a F.A.R. of almost 1,200 too much? Is a 17,000ft (3.2 mile) building too tall? Is 2.1 million square feet too big of a footprint for a single building? So far our zoning rules do not seem to preclude these outcomes:

..................................

(click here for the PDF version)

There are clearly some issues with this proposal:

1) 85% efficiency of occupiable area versus built area might be overly optimistic in a structure over 3 miles tall.

2) Reserving a half-dozen floors, each with 10' ceilings, for open-air greenspace probably won't work, considering the fact that natural daylight will only reach about 5% of the area.

3) Open greenspace on the roof? At over 3 miles high? Only if supplmental oxygen systems are available. Some more info on altitude vs. oxygen. Then there's the issue of being above the clouds, though that would only help with allowing more sunlight :)

.

4) Proximity to airport could be an issue. I still haven't found airspace maps for aiports yet, but I know they exist. Perhaps they just aren't published online, or for free...

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As for the structural integrity of such a tall, tall thing, I am not convinced. I wonder what PvB would say about it...

"Jetbike" avoid the earth, soar to the sky

The traffic that agitate, the movement that very bad on the road in the ground to will happen in the travel in the future, cause the idea will to use abundant area on the sky, it might make us is free in the movement more and more

Regard about attractive for lucky at many person, there is the idea imagines alike designing the vehicle that is appropriate for to go to drift in the sky

The "Jetbike" be concept design is not just restricted to the ones running on the road but designers today are coming up with exciting designs for both modes of transportation, be it on air or on water

The Jetbike be designing that looks hot as it can be said to be the racing bike of sky because it is aerodynamically designed and has an awesome exhaust pipe and two fins to support its surge forward

Designer: Norio Fujikawa

If you liked this vehicle, you would also be interested in:
www.yankodesign.com

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"Zoomla" portable bike, easier backpack

The idea in designing bicycle modern must consider the easiness in portable. Because, in the that future the area might have to use limitedly

Zoomla is a concept bike designed a compact and sleek design promises a better alternative for around-town transportation facility. The single-pivot design of this bike has given it quicker, easier and more intuitive fold than any other bike

Featuring a unique L-frame design finished with TorqSteer, the Zoomla briskly (in just two seconds) folds to fit in a school locker. Pretty amazing! Swapping a conventional steering tube and greasy chains with an integrated handle and Zoomla’s Pedaldeck respectively

The Zoomla portable bike (when trimmed) weighs just 5kg, so that you may simply carry it as a backpack, attached below the seat. The Zoomla not just makes your way through cramped city roads, but also gives a style statement to modern commuters.

Designers: Eric Stoddard of SpeedStudio Design

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Buddha Time, the technology from the belief

we might no see the modern technologies and way religion belief go to in same direction, a long time will have once at bilateral will come to meet appropriately, and this also "Buddha Time"

The "Buddha Time" designed by Chinese designer. It is an innovative wristwatch that brings conventional thinking and modern lifestyle closer to each other. Featuring Buddha Beads made of translucent fogging glass to tell the time, the wristwatch other than displaying the time also soothes the body, mind and heart of the users, as (according to the Buddhism) holding the beads in hands can have a strong sense of stability and realism.

Buddha Time it sees pretty , but will give good at wear should good mind, do the goodness, think good, speak good and make good thing, the goodness will affect to build you progress

Designer : Chao Lin

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Book Review: "Heavy Metal Pulp: Pleasure Model" by Christopher Rowley

Publisher's Weekly just doesn't understand pulp fiction.

"Pulps were the successor to the penny dreadfuls, dime novels, and short fiction magazines of the nineteenth century. Although many respected writers wrote for pulps, the magazines are best remembered for their lurid and exploitative stories and sensational cover art. "
~Wikipedia

Christopher Rowley, on the other hand, has a firm grasp of the genre.

Pleasure Model by Christopher Rowley, the first book in the Netherworld Series, is a fast-paced, action oriented bit of pulp that doesn't pretend to be anything other than the light-weight, sexy piece of work that it is.

Set in the mid-Twenty First century, "Pleasure Model" details a future in which the government is full of corruption and the police are just as likely to be treacherous. Rook is one of the few honest police detectives left and he finds himself running for his life soon after he begins investigating the murder of a retired General. But it's not Rook the killers are really interested in. Plesur, an illegally grown "mod"-- essentially a lab-grown human being designed for sex-- has been found in the General's home and she may know why the man was murdered.

"Pleasure Model" is a book that can almost be read in one sitting. Only 240 pages and full of illustrations, it's literally fast and furious with a B-movie feel to it. Publisher's Weekly would have you believe this book is nothing more than a bunch of misogynistic nonsense, but I think they've got it wrong. No one that picks up a book called "Pleasure Model," a world in which genetically engineered women are designed to physically perfect but dumb so they can be sexually exploited, should be expecting a feminist manifesto. The female characters run the gamut from prostitutes, dominatrices and cops, and they might seem a little disposable; but they're also trying to survive in a brutal world. Think "Sin City" and you'll have a good idea of the kind of characters I'm talking about.

"Pleasure Model" is as fun to read as it's cover suggests. It's not meant to be deep and it does have its dues ex machina moments; but the technology is cool and the action comes quick and with brutal efficiency. The cliff-hanger ending might annoy you a little-- but it will definitely leave you itching for the next book in the series.

NextRead Magazine Open For Short Story Submissions

Gav over at NextRead is looking to start an online magazine featuring short stories. I love this idea. It's one I've been flirting with; though I'd like to do some contests etc. Clearly Gav isn't as lazy as I am and he's getting his up and running.

Right now he's accepting submissions for his first additions. You can check the submissions page for details. The theme of the first issue is Science Fiction Combined With Myth, and the deadline is April 14, 2010.

I love this. I am sooo going to write something to submit.