Water-Powered AA batteries

No I’m not kidding , you read that right!

NoPoPo (No Pollution Power) Battery

The NoPoPo (No Pollution Power) Battery charges with almost any liquid out there, from water to beer to cola to….wait for it…human urine!  Charging the NoPoPo is simple: just suck your liquid of choice up with the syringe, then squeeze it into the battery.
Specifications

Two sets of two batteries (4 AA batteries in total)
Proprietary NoPoPo hydro-electric battery from Aqua Power Japan
Holds charge up to ten years
Also charges with beer, sake, cola, or even urine
Size: 9.65×2.75cm (3.75×1.08 inches)
Current: 60mA-300mA
Capacity: 1.6Ah-0.6Ah
Voltage: 2.1V
Can be charged up to five times
Manual: Japanese

Amazing huh? It retails for 53 USD.

A bit pricey but c’mon… maybe the manufacturers can send me a sample and we can test these babies or you can get it here and send me an early Christmas/Birthday gift.

Uh-oh

This doesn’t seem good.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

FACEBOOK is planning to exploit the vast amount of personal information it holds on its 150 million members by creating one of the world’s largest market research databases.

In an attempt to finally cash in on the social networking site, once valued at $US15 billion ($23.6 billion), it will soon allow multinational companies to selectively target its members in order to research the appeal of new products. Companies will be able to pose questions to specially selected members based on such intimate details as whether they are single or married and even whether they are gay or straight.

The company, which has struggled to make money from advertising, has been demonstrating the benefits of its new instant polling tool to business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Randi Zuckerberg, the global markets director of Facebook and sister of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, said multinational companies had been bowled over by the ability to receive real-time feedback from the site’s millions of users.

“I had tons of people saying ‘this could be so incredible for our business’. It takes a very long time to do a focus group, and businesses often don’t have the luxury of time. I think they liked the instant responses,” she said.

At the conference Facebook asked a range of questions of its users before feeding the answers back to delegates within minutes. It targeted users in Palestine and then Israel with the same question about global peace, before debating the results.

Marketing experts have said the vast amount of personal information Facebook holds may be worth “untold millions” to market research companies.

Facebook has sold the new polling system, called engagement ads, to CareerBuilder, a recruitment company.

Your two cents?

Consumer Electronics Live!

More info here.

Summit Live, the exhibitions arm of SUMMIT MEDIA invites you to CONSUMER ELECTRONICS LIVE! MANILA 2008.
Check out the latest gadgets and gizmos from October 24 to 26, 2008 at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex.

In celebration of our premiere event, we are extending FREE entrance to all employees of Summit Media & JG Summit.
Simply present your company ID at the registration counter and enjoy the show. Exhibit schedule is from 10am to 8pm.

It’s official!!!!!!! W00t!!!! Plus 2 new babies..so cute!

I’m sooo freakin’ happy right now. I want I want. Santa!!!! Santa!!

HTC Touch HD, official news from HTC itself.

Processor Qualcomm® MSM 7201A™ 528 MHz
Operating System Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
Memory:  ROM: 512 MB RAM: 288 MB
Dimensions 115 mm x 62.8 mm x 12 mm (4.35 in x 2.5 in x 0.47 in) HAWT!!
Weight 146.4 grams (5.164 ounces) with battery
Display 3.8-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 480 x 800 WVGA resolution

Network
HSDPA/WCDMA: Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
850/900/1800/1900 MHz

HTC TouchFLOâ„¢ 3D
Touch-sensitive front panel buttons

GPS GPS and A-GPS ready
Connectivity
Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
HTC ExtUSBâ„¢ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0)

Camera
Main camera: 5 megapixel color camera with auto focus
Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera

Audio
Built-in 3.5 mm audio jack, microphone, speaker, and FM radio

Battery
Rechargeable Lithium-ion or Lithium-ion polymer battery
Capacity: 1350 mAh

Talk time:
Up to 390 minutes for WCDMA
Up to 310 minutes for GSM

Standby time:
Up to 450 hours for WCDMA
Up to 390 hours for GSM

Video call time: Up to 120 minutes

Expansion Slot microSDâ„¢ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

Special Features FM Radio, G-Sensor

SANTAAAAAAAAAAAAA…. I WANT!

And ….

Two new … cute looking babies..

HTC Touch 3G (lame name……) – but the reason for the name is that, actually it’s the same HTC Touch, different design/colors, plus 3G connectivity, which is not present with the baby of them all, the HTC Touch.

HTC Touch Viva

Swype it instead.

Cool huh? Maybe it’s cool if you’re actually a T9 user, but for most people like me, who can write/text faster than they can actually think, I don’t think there’s a need for, swiping.

Read mo at Crave.

Alone and in need of company.

C spotted, hanging along with her two predecessors, T and D.

She looked sooo hot, wearing black, a classic look with a stance sooo stunning.

Ok I can’t do this.. I just saw yesterday HTC’s touch cruise at Complink Galleria. I want one. I want one… But I’ll wait for Diamond or Pro… save save