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SDG’s Bluebird Pidion line is nothing new — nor is its ultra-rugged BIP-6000 handheld computer — but what is new is Android compatibility. Previously equipped with Windows Mobile 6.1, the beastly machine rolls on a Marvell PXA320 at 806MHz with GSM / HSDPA voice and data, a 3 megapixel cam, barcode scanner, 3.5-inch VGA display, full QWERTY keyboard, and — you guessed it — mil-spec 810F compliance for resistance to just about any reasonable thing you could throw at it. Needless to say, this isn’t the kind of phone you buy for your pre-teen, your grandmother, or yourself for that matter — but if you’ve got a fleet of mobile dudes and gals that need to scan stuff, drop their phones without a care in the world, download Market apps on the go, and hate on their Trimble Nomad-toting competition, this could very well be your lucky day. It’s on Android 1.5 at the moment, but the company anticipates a “2.x” upgrade (we’re guessing this’ll be 2.1) either this quarter or next, so start socking away cash — and dreaming up the most creative way to put that moisture resistance to the test while you’re at it.

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Umm….has Kiefer been drinking again? Thankfully, no. Kiefer Sutherland, the tough-as-nails action star of FOX’s returning drama 24, donned a dress on Wednesday night’s Late Show with David Letterman after losing a bet to a buddy!

E temos mais uma nova sobre a parceria Fiat–Chrysler. A plataforma C-Evo utilizada pelo novo Alfa Romeo Giulietta e que dará origem ao SUV da marca também será utilizada pela Jeep para substituir os mal sucedidos Jeep Compass e Patrior. Essa plataforma foi escolhida porque ela tem a característica de ser flexível tanto em ser alongada quanto em incorporar o sistema de tração 4×4.

Para isso a Fiat já está estudando fazer as devidas modificações na planta de Illinois, nos EUA, onde é fabricada a atual geração do Compass e Patriot junto com o Dodge Caliber, o qual os dois carros da Jeep dividem plataforma, peças e motores, para que a plataforma C-Evo seja construída por lá.

Com esse novo veículo a Jeep vai tentar recuperar o terreno perdido para a concorrência nos últimos anos e para isso espera-se que ela incorpore além da plataforma alguns motores do grupo Fiat nesse novo utilitário médio, como os 1.4 T-Jet de 152cv e 180cv, o 1.8 Turbo de 240cv que irá estrear no Alfa Romeo Giulietta Quadrifoglio Verde ou GTA (nome do esportivo ainda não foi definido) e o 2.0 16V de 165cv Multijet que equipa o Fiat Bravo.

Por enquanto apenas foram confirmado que o Compass e o Patriot terão a plataforma C-Evo, mais é quase certo que a nova geração do Dodge Caliber venha a utilizar a mesma plataforma da Alfa.

Fonte: Autoblog.it

The Dodge Challenger is a classic muscle car, but you’ve never seen one like this. Called Mr. Norm’s Super Cuda, this custom tuned machine updates the Challenger look and adds a whole bunch of horsepower under the hood.

A new grille and front spoiler give this car a retro look. But what really distinguishes the Super Cuda is the engine. Outfitted with a supercharged Hemi powerplant, this baby churns out more than 600 horsepower.

While muscle car fans will cheer, green car proponents will probably weep. Go ahead and cry as this beast blows the wheels off your girlie Prius.

[via Autoblog]

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Following last year’s ADAC AutoMarxX study (effectiveness and image of car brands study), German manufacturer Audi has been found to be the best brand for the third time in ADAC’s study. The carmaker managed to rank at the top in most of the categories of the study.

I am very pleased to accept the Yellow Angel again this year – for the third time in a row now. We put one thrilling car after the other onto the road and delight our customers with beautiful design and pioneering technology,&quot… (read more)

Inspired by the Ars Electronica Golden Nica-winning Nuage Vert project, Pixelache, an informally organised network of electronic art festivals, and Helsingin Energia, one of the largest energy companies in Finland, are collaborating to produce artworks related to the collective energy consumption in the Helsinki area. A selection of artists were invited to submit proposals for artworks, of which the very best will be built within the public space in Helsinki or presented as online web projects. The proposals for these artworks can be found at the “Art & Energy” [pixelache.ac] webpage.

They include “Human Viz”, a series of unpredictable events, implemented by human action, visualizing Helsinki Energia’s energy consumption data. Flash mobs, sudden gatherings of people of different ages and backgrounds, would occur at specific locations to convey the representative red and blue colors from an online diagram of current heat and electricity. (See also Human-Driven Media Facade). “Andy Best” is a kinetic sculpture that reacts to the current energy usage, and could be produced in any scale, from table top objects for the home or office, to a large public sculpture for a whole neighborhood (see also Vision Energy Sculpture).

“Blink Helsinki aka Blink at Home” is a collective effort to draw attention to energy consumption on city wide level, by inviting individual households to blink their lights at a predetermined visual pattern revealing energy consumption in Helsinki. “Energy Fame” paints the energy levels as projected light onto people, turning them into representations of their energy use, as citizens of Finland. “Hot Lights” connects Helsinki’s use of district heating to its public, urban outdoor lighting system: when heat consumption is high, street lamps will pulsate slowly.

Thnkx Monika!

PS. For more physical visualizations of sustainability-related issues, check out the 3 finalists of San Jose’s Climate Clock Challenge that was organized last year.

General Motors hasn’t yet launched the standard Volt and people have already started talking about other versions of the car, such as an all-electric flavor that would be driven on electricity alone. Bob Lutz, now serving as GM vice chairman, said in a statement at the 2010 North American International Auto Show than an all-electric Volt is just a thing that has to be done as "you just leave some parts out," as autocar.co.uk noted.

Chevrolet Volt will officially go on sale in the Un… (read more)

Mere days after Google stuck it to the man and refused to continue censoring search results in China, the country has put IMDb.com on its list of inaccessible sites. [The Reg via TechRadar]

WorldChanging has a post on expanding the Transit Oriented Development concept – New Energy Hubs: Transit-Oriented Development Meets District Energy.

Advanced community design models are emerging to provide some of the greatest opportunities for reducing fossil fuel use, climate-disrupting emissions and traffic congestion, while also offering affordable, high-quality lifestyles.

Envision living in a community that offers an abundance of local shopping, services and entertainment. The community is focused on a mobility center well connected to the region with transit and vanpools. The need to drive to work and other destinations is minimized. When you do drive, it is in an electric vehicle charged at your house or a fast charge station located in the mobility center park-and-ride.

Coming from work you stop by a mobility center kiosk to pick up groceries and other items ordered on line. You come home to a super-efficient residence with a smart management system that has adjusted temperatures in anticipation of your arrival. Hot water that heats your home and comes out of your shower head is delivered from a local plant that uses both ground heat and biogas.

Electricity that powers your home and charges your vehicle is generated at the plant and a neighborhood solar array mounted at the park-and-ride. Power is delivered by a smart grid that manages local power generation and sends any surplus around the city. The smart grid also communicates with buildings and electric vehicles to optimize grid operations, saving ratepayers on power costs.

This is a vision for a New Energy Hubs, a comprehensive community development model that meshes transit-oriented developments (TODs) with emerging energy technologies. Deploying advanced transportation and energy concepts in one geographically defined location provides synergistic benefits, making for the most effective use of energy and resources.

During the Television Critics Associated Conference in Pasadena this week, the Bravo Network unveiled plans to feature Real Housewives of New York City socialite Bethenny Frankel in her own spinoff reality series, Bethenny Getting Married? The unscripted docu-soap is expected to chronicle the pregnant foodie as she plans her upcoming nups to financier fiance Jason Hoppy — and Bethenny hopes to finance her dream wedding on someone else’s dime.

Pulling a page from the Book of Star Jones, Bethenny is said to be on the hunt for sponsors to fork over cash and products for her big day. The celebutante is hoping her wedding will be the biggest “sponsored” bash to hit the Big Apple since Star married Al Reynolds in 2004.

“Bethenny has been talking to vendors all over New York about getting them to ’sponsor’ her wedding,” says a snitch. “She wants everything and anything, and she isn’t shy….”

So far, no one’s biting.

Sometimes in the middle of making a soup, we decide that we want it to be creamier. Or we realize that we ran out of cream when we made coffee that morning. Or we’d like it to be thicker, but without adding more calories. Whatever the situation, we’ve got a lot of options to choose from!

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Fernando Alonso admitted that there can be only target for him in the 2010 season of the Formula One championship, and that is to become world champion once again. The Spaniard admitted that this is the one goal he is thinking of for the upcoming campaign of F1, but insisted that reaching it will not be easy at all.

The goal can be only one, winning the world championship, said the new Ferrarista in his first interview at the Wrooom event at the Madonna di Campiglio ski resort in northern Ita… (read more)

Web apps are becoming increasingly important and powerful. And thanks to great support from the likes of Google, a lot faster too. Things like Google Docs, Gmail and especially more advanced tools like web photo editors can be a welcome alternative for desktop apps but, at the end of the day, we’re still stuck with our desktop OS, at least … (read more)

The always outspoken and oversexed John Mayer is raising eyebrows once again after he allegedly told screaming fans at a concert on Monday that he wanted to get one of them pregnant after the show.

“I’m getting someone pregnant tonight,” the Grammy winner joked to an audience of ladies in London this week the British Mirror claims. “I’m going to do a cover by another artist who has a hard time making it happen in the UK. I’m not saying I have a hard time making it happen – I could make it happen with any of you ladies tonight. Someone’s getting preggers. Someone’s going to have my baby tonight.”

The singer – who has a reputation womanizing — has dated Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson, and Jennifer Love Hewitt

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