The startled waves leap over it; the storm
Smites it with all the scourges of the rain,
And steadily against its solid form
press the great shoulders of the hurricane.
From the poeam “The Lighthouse” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Hammacher Sclemmer introduced “Photograph to Digital Picture Converter“. As self-explanatory as it sounds, the ‘converter’ houses a 5 megapixel CMOS sensor with a max. res of 1800 dpi and 10 bits per color channel converting an old photograph to digital insanely faster than a scanner. It however can only handle just one photograph at a time so you will need to swap in another one every few seconds since the conversion process should be pretty darn quick.
The converter whose USB takes care of both data and power will be on the digital retail shelves by the end of April for $149.95.
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This tug boat tips over and a man jumps overboard when they tow a ship sideways.
On March 11 a new documentary was aired on French television (ARTE – French-German cultural tv channel) by French journalist and film maker Marie-Monique Robin, The World According to Monsanto - A documentary that Americans won’t ever see.
Starting from the Internet over a period of three years Robin has collected material for her documentary, going on to numerous interviews with people of very different backgrounds. She traveled widely, from Latin America, to Asia, through Europe and the United States, to personally interview farmers and people in influential positions.
The gigantic biotech corporation Monsanto is threatening to destroy the agricultural biodiversity which has served mankind for thousands of years. The endless list of genetically modified seeds sold and controlled by Monsanto are putting at enormous risk age-old agricultural patterns under the presumptuous slogan of aiming at solving the huge problem of hunger in the world.
Nike+ SportBand is a wristwatch that also monitors a runner’s steps. The watch itself can be detached from the wristband, allowing recorded data to be sent to nikeplus.com where progress is tracked.
The SportBand goes for $59, but if you don’t already have a pair of Nike+ sneakers, that would be another 70 bucks maybe.
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