Super Talent has recently announced its latest value-for-money solid state drive (SSD) known as the Super Talent VSSD, where proud new owners of that device will be able to experience a shorter operating system bootup duration, speedier faster application loading and less capability consumption. The VSSD will play nice with a 3Gbps SATA-II bandwidth, and is capable of touching sequential read speeds up to 150 MB/sec and sequential write speeds up to 100 MB/sec. You will be able to choose from various capacities to suit your budget, where the 8GB model is going for $65 thereabouts while folks who opt for the 64GB model will have to fork out around $175 for one. While SSDs are faster than hard drives and could prove to be more stable since there are no moving parts, it is still pricier although that is now not too much a “con” as it used to be.

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Love all the moving parts that the Transformers movies featured? Well, you can evoke the same sense of awe and wonder with the Living Kitchen project that boasts faucets shooting out at your head, trays and containers that pop up all by the place for your convenience. Thanks to designer Michaël Harboun, he thinks that kitchens of the future will be like that, and such technology is already being researched by the boffins at Carnegie Mellon University. Let’s hope that energy will be green adequate to generate by soon after so that all the additional juice due to capability that kitchen won’t cripple our earth’s ecosystem any more.

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The LED Duro Flash is a pretty decent alternative where road safety advocates are cocnerned, since it is made from a cast aluminum alloy without any moving parts or an on/off switch, makign them essentially water- and weather-proof. Tipping the scales at 1lb each, they can resist weights up to to 20,000lbs in tests, making them suitable for highway use as well. The kit comprises of 6 flares which come in either all blue, all red or a 50/50 mix, where it is equipped with a carrying case that doubles up as a charging dock as well. When placed in the case, they will start juicing up immediately. A one charge can offer around 4 hours of illumination. At $179.95 a pop, they might just be too luxurious for random emergencies but you never can tell, eh?

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OCZ is back with their new Onyx SATA II 2.5″ SSD which aims to offer you the best bang for your buck, where it relies on multi-level cell (MLC)-based SSDs with 64MB of integrated cache to store your goods. Performance-wise, you get info transfer speeds of up to 125MB/s while reading, and up to 70MB/s during write operations. Since there is a considerable lack of moving parts compared to regular hard drives, the Onyx SSD is more resistant to shock and temperature fluctuations, coming with a mean day before failure (MBTF) rating of 1.5 million hours. You can give that a skip whether capacity is your main priority since the Onyx will initially come in only one size – 32GB at that, retailing for under $100.

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If you’re looking for a new replacement 1.8-inch drive for your netbook, it’ll be worth your moment to take a few minutes to peek at the Active SaberTooth ZT 1.8-inch PATA ZIF SSD, which is available in capacities of 32GB and 64GB. With read speeds up to 100MB/sec and write speeds up to 85MB/sec (thanks to a DRAM cache), it should be speedy ample for you to go about your business. The lack of moving parts means that the SaberTooth ZT is rugged suitable to be used in industrial scenarios, or embedded and network computing applications. Since it has the same physical dimensions as your standard 1.8-inch hard drives, replacing your current 1.8-inch drive with the SaberTooth ZT shouldn’t be an issue. It’s currently available on Amazon for $169.95 (32GB) and $299.95 (64GB).

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Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) has become rather popular on consumer digital cameras, so now perhaps it’s instance to prepare the jump, and bring the technology to mobile phones. Varioptic has announced the development of the first liquid lens, the A316S, offering OIS to mobile phones. The A316S doesn’t sport any moving parts, and thus will use very limited ability. Aside from being robust, the A316S is able to fit into the typical AF camera module size. The best part is that Varioptic is looking to have manufacturers integrate that technology into camera phones in early 2011, which makes us wonder whether we’ll be seeing OIS as a major marketing point for cell phones in 2011. Do you think your cell phone camera needs image stabilization?

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Scotland can now claim to play host to the world’s largest working hydro-electric wave energy device – the Oyster. that machine is Aquamarine Power’s first demonstration-scale wave energy device, and based on the claim that a farm of 20 Oysters would supply decent energy to potential 9,000 three bedroom family homes, it’s certainly something worth looking into. With minimal moving parts, and all electrical components being onshore, it should be robust suitable to resist the rigors of Scotland’s harsh seas.

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