Mike Ming masterpieces laptops
Dell has launched five Special Art Edition designs for the Dell Studio 15 and 17 laptops, exclusively created by Brooklyn-based urban artist Mike Ming (www.mikeming.com). Dell uses a special manufacturing technique, which creates a permanent tattoo of the vibrant colors and individual brushstrokes on the laptop’s cover. The notebooks come with features such as standard built-in webcam, touch media control buttons, slot load drives and optional mercury-free LED displays, backlit keyboards and built-in mobile broadband. See them at www.dell.com/art.
It is the economy
Need some economic statistics to jazz up a term paper or business presentation? Check out EconStats (www.econstats.com). The homepage is really packed but take a minute to understand it and you will soon see that it is possible to access a wide range of economic data, from unemployment levels to the price of crude oil. It is also easy to click through to interest rates for dozens of countries, check in on various stock markets, and look up commodity and futures prices. For help with tough economic issues, post a question on the “Econ Chat” section of the homepage.
Share your life story
World’s Legacy (www.worldslegacy.com) provides a platform for everyone who has a story to tell. Users can choose whether they want to share their story with the world or only with people they know. The site claims to store your data for eternity. Basic accounts are free.
Anyone can store his or her life story, including pictures, videos and audio clips at World’s Legacy. At birth, parents can create a profile for their child. The child can take over the profile when he or she is grown up. When a person leaves this life, the compete history book can be made public. In this way, life stories can be an inspiration forever.
Visualize weight loss
If you have been overweight for awhile, it is hard to imagine how you might look if you lost a few pounds. Sometimes a little extra motivation is needed to stick to a diet. With WeightMirror.com you can see a simulation of the payoff from dieting even before you start shooting for your weight loss goal. The user uploads a good front facing photo to the site, then the online application analyzes the subject of the photo. The application adjusts the appearance of the subject to reflect incremental weight losses from five to 25 pounds. The transformation takes only a few seconds.
Better posture enhances appearance
From Dr. Moacir Schnapp, a neurologist, comes a posture improvement device, the iPosture (www.iPosture.com). Just one inch in diameter, the iPosture was designed with nanosensor technology. It learns the user’s correct posture, senses when the body slouches and it alerts the user through vibration to correct his or her posture. The device continues to vibrate until posture is corrected. Schnapp asserts that improving posture not only benefits health but also enhances appearance. The iPosture may be worn as a pendant, clipped to clothing or adhered directly to the skin. The iPosture is designed to be worn for approximately four hours per day for the first two to four weeks in order to improve posture by ingraining good behavior in the user. The user should continue to use the device two to three times per week thereafter to maintain posture improvement.
