Posts Tagged ‘tech’

Sport Tech Video: Lewis Hamilton and the RC Office Grand Prix

Two application developers created an application for iPhone Blackberry Storm to control (via bluetooth) an RC car. The application used by Louis Hamilton to drive an F1 car!!! Viral?? Yes… but quite impressive!

Technology: Wolfgang Von Kempelen’s Speaking Machine

The first attempts to produce human speech by machine were made in the 2nd half of the 18th century. Professor of physiology Kratzenstein in Copenhagen succeeded in producing vowels using resonance tubes connected to organ pipes.

At that time, Wolfgang von Kempelen from Hungary had already begun with his own attempts that led him to construct a speaking machine. Von Kempelen was an ingenious person in the service of empress Maria Theresa in Vienna.

Von Kempelen’s machine was the first that allowed to produce not only some speech sounds, but also whole words and short sentences.

Tech Video: Mega-City Pyramid

To answer Tokio’s increasing lack of space, the The Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid is a proposed project for construction of a pyramid in the middle of Tokyo Bay in Japan.

The pyramid is 12 times higher than the Great Pyramid at Giza, and there would be room for 750,000 people. If built, it will be the largest man-made structure on Earth. The pyramid would be 6,575 feet high.

Technology Funny Photo: Difference Between Regular TV And HD TV