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Samsung Korea Launches Its “Green” Phone

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Samsung announced the Korean release of Eco Phone (aka SCH-W510) a “green” HSDPA phone. Samsung uses bioplastic made from natural corn in its construction, and no heavy metals (like lead, mercury, cadmium …).

In terms of specs, the handset comes with a 2.1 inch TFT display (262K colors and 240 x 320 pixels), a 2 Megapixel camera with video, Media player (supporting MP3, AAC, WMA, MPEG4 and 3GP), FM radio, Bluetooth 2.0, WAP browser, USB and microSD card support.

Source: akihabaranews.com

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Wave Powered Boat hits Japan

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i saw this, this morning thought it was cool! not my regular toy news but yup take a look!

On July 2, 108 days after departing from Hawaii on the world’s longest voyage in a wave-powered boat, 69-year-old Japanese sailor Ken’ichi Horie was spotted in his boat off the coast of Japan. The solo sailor of the wave-powered Suntory Mermaid II was seen about 50 kilometers (31 mi) offshore south of the Cape of Muroto (Kochi prefecture), heading northeast toward his final destination, the Cape of Hinomisaki in the Kii Channel (Wakayama prefecture), where he is expected to arrive on the evening of July 3.
The 6,400-kilometer (nearly 4,000 mi) journey, which appears to have taken 5 to 6 weeks longer than originally planned, can ordinarily be completed by a diesel-powered boat in about 10 days. However, the Suntory Mermaid II, a 9.5 meter (31 ft) long x 3.5 meter (11 ft) wide, 3-ton vessel made of recycled aluminum, does not use an engine for propulsion. Instead, it relies on a pair of fins under the bow that move up and down as the waves come in, propelling the boat forward.
Horie, who was reached on his cellphone by an Asahi reporter, said he was in good physical shape and that the boat was in perfect working order, but that the increased boat traffic around Japan was forcing him to pay extra attention to safety.

Source PinkTentacle

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Zheng Jie becomes first Chinese grand slam semi-finalist

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Zheng Jie, 24, beat Czech 18th seed Nicole Vaidisova 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 on Tuesday to become the first Chinese player to reach the last four of a Grand Slam.

Her achievement has made the world No.133 a star in China and should guarantee a huge television audience for Thursday’s semi-final against former champion Serena Williams.

She is different from other players because she grew up in the country, where tennis is a very minor sports. None of her family, and very few friends of hers knew how to play tennis at that time. She started taking tennis classes, but in China one coach would have 10 to 20 kids to teach so she had to learn by watching.

What are the chances for her to beat tennis thoroughbred Serena Williams on Thursday? I want to see that happen.

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Michael England’s Dissected Beauties

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Dissecting objects and rebuilding them into a completely new image is what Manchester-based artist Michael England does to its utmost perfection. The animation above is titled “Silo of Hearts” made for the British band Elbow.

Read pingmag’s interview with Michael England from here.

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Imprint Journal June ‘08 issue

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Headlines:
- Japanese Game Shows Hit International Tubes
- Interactive TV game show with mobile devices
- Facebook Launches Chinese Version
- Dirty Hands: The Art & Crimes of David Choe

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Andrew Bell’s The Giver

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The Giver figurer are on the way! They should be here late July or early August. And if you’ll be at San Diego Comic Con…keep your eyes out for these guys.

pictured is the freezer burn edition. theres another one too i think its going to be green.

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Crazy 4 Cult

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I know its a while in advance but this thing is Always packed! so the earlier you’re there the better! okay im kidding about that kinda, it really does get super packed. For those of you who dont know what this is, Kevin Smith and Scott Mozier will once host Crazy 4 Cult 2 opening @ Gallery 1988 on August 22nd, 2008. This year’s art homage to cult movies should eclipse last year’s first show with 100+ artists including Sas Christian and Colin Christian. To jump start things, here’s a look at a stencil piece from 2Cents – time to flex your pop culture IQ or bone up.

Gallery 1988
7020 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90038
323.937.7088

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10 inch GID Teddy Trooper

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Who likes DIY toys? who likes GID toys? ido! i do! well adFunture has come out with a 10inch  GID DIY teddy trooper! you can buy it at adFunture for 60 bones! do it you know you want to =D

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