SunRed Solar-Powered Motorcycle

One look at these photos and you know this motorcycle is in the concept stage as I cannot remember seeing any of these on the road.

This is the SunRed solar-powered motorcycle that won the Best Innovative Technology award at the Barcelona Int’l this does look pretty cool and anything that is good to the environment and can be classed as gadget or latest technology is good in my books.

This SunRed project in the near future will result in a life-size prototype of the solar-powered motorcycle, the prototype will be able to store electrical power from captured sunlight and power the motorcycle in the most environmentally-friendly way.

The clamshell looking motorcycle is built that way to optimize the panel’s surface and to make the vehicle not too bulky. The SunRed solar-powered motorcycle is not moving it can store energy for up to 20km (13 miles) and travel at around 50km/h (30 mph).

Most modern bikes are designed in the same way as the motor on this solar-powered motorcycle; it is placed right in the axle of the wheel and brushless.

Now we got to remember this vehicle designed by SunRed is just a concept, but the company hopes that this will become a benchmark for future developments of solar applications in different vehicles.

Stop and move the train

AGATE Control Traction control

Stop and move the train? No problem, with AGATE!

AGATE Control controls in real time traction motors and generates braking orders. It is available in 2 new versions: AGATE Control 3 and AGATE Control 3X which are fully compatible with the other products of the AGATE range of train electronic systems. Their Life Cycle Costs are among the lowest of the market.

A product range in reliable service world wide: more than 70 railway operators use the products of our AGATE range of train electronic systems in commercial service around the world.

Characteristics

• modular design that allows fast implementation of qualified
• modules with no risk
• standardisation of the main functional sub-assemblies
• generalisation of communication gateways with the main
• onboard data networks (LON, CAN, FIP, TCN)
• use of in-built, powerful autotest functions
• use of EASYPLUG Technology
• includes latest technology: PC architecture using the CompactPCIä internal bus, FPGA components

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Position of product in a train

Best bits

May 13, 2006

Lia Timson rounds up the coolest gadgets at the latest technology trade show.

Tech heads and early adopters must have had a field day at CeBIT, Australia's largest technology trade show. It wrapped up this week, clearing the way for the latest hardware and software to be embraced by consumers and businesses. Some of the gear is already available, other devices will arrive later this year. Much of it capitalises on the trend toward mobile work.

Among the stars of the show was the ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC) - between a tablet PC and a personal digital assistant (PDA) - with full PC capabilities at half of the price of a tablet. The new $1650 EO from TabletKiosk is 50 per cent bigger than the average PDA, runs Windows XP and ditches Pocket PC applications in favour of full Windows software versions.

It's handier and lighter than a tablet or laptop and more useful than a PDA, primarily because of its 17cm touch screen. The UMPC will come with hard drives from 30GB to 160GB, and with memory up to 1GB. It is Wi-Fi and internet enabled, but does not have a mobile phone, although we are told one can be connected via Bluetooth.

Hugo Ortega, the principal of Tegatech Australia, distributors of the EO, says demand has already outstripped initial estimates, with 250 units sold in the first two hours of orders opening. It arrives in June.

"From what we've seen, there is demand for digital ink to take notes on the screen and have it transcribed to Word or other [program]," Ortega says. He says it will finally do away with paper notebooks carried around by students and note-taking professionals.

Samsung and Asus also have ultra-mobile PCs on the way soon.

Still on the portable stakes, a new credit card-size USB flash drive has arrived.

The compact Wallet Flash has a double-sided USB port that sticks out and is small enough to fit snugly with other cards in your wallet.

Gilad Grinbaum, the director of G-Innovations , distributors of the Israeli-developed device, says it is waterproof, and starts from $30 for 128MB of storage.

If you're a mobile worker in tough and secret conditions, Panasonic's Toughbook CF-51 arrives in September ). It is water and shock resistant and comes in a magnesium-alloy case. The 80GB hard drive is removable for security, and fingerprint and smart-card readers are optional. The series was designed to meet US military durability requirements.

Those working from home but wanting to bill calls to the office will like the Panasonic internet-protocol (IP) Softphone for PCs and laptops. It works over the net to bring the office telephone system to you.

Both are available only to businesses, but GoTalk's new VoIP USB memory stick is available through retailers for $49. It allows travellers to make cheap internet calls anywhere a laptop or PC is accessible.

For those who use a headset for calls at work, Polaris Communications ) launched the Soundshield, a USB device that plugs into existing landline headsets to eliminate those frightful high-pitched sounds. It is billed as an "acoustic safety device" because it prevents acoustic shock syndrome suffered by headset users, which could lead to tinnitus and permanent hearing loss.

Polaris business development manager Anita Bowtell says shrieks are caused by fax machines and other interferences, and penetrate the operators' ears, damaging hearing. The company developed the software after inheriting it from Telstra a few years ago.

Finally, a gadget to protect your valuables or car. The TrimTrac 1.5 GPS locator tracks the position of your asset, limits its geographical movements and even locks the car's doors and disables its engine remotely. Expect to pay $500 for the privilege.

CeBIT was held at Darling Harbour from May 9 to 11, catering to 700 exhibitors and 30,000 visitors.

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An excellent product was improved again!

DG-808C Competition

An excellent product was improved again!

From now on, our top-product will be available in 2 varieties.

Being an approved an established model, the DG-808C follows our bestseller DG-808B. This plane has everything needed for a “pleasure-pilot”. We made a successor of our "B". Details can be seen here:

Similar to the DG-808S, we created a new type for ambitioned contest-pilots. In this connection, it would almost be justifiable to call it a new model-family since so many improvements and changes influenced its construction.

The term “DG-808B” or “DG-808S” has meanwhile reached a well-established reputation; for this reason we decided to maintain the name instead of calling it a “DG-900”, for instance. Hence, our new model in continuation of the reliable and approved is:

“DG-808 C Competition”

The new “Competition”

• Obtains an extra-load of 600 kg MTOW with an reinforced outer wing
• Also a water-tank in the tail to compensate the Centre of Gravity
• And a serially fitted safety-cockpit ( without any place cutbacks)
• With a reinforced main wheel with stronger springs mounted
• Plus the bug wiper-garage serially fitted (It's a MUST for competition opilots)
• And, most of all, has an entirely new electronics system, including the new and

The new DG808C - Ready to Take Off

Our bestseller - the DG-808B - has been developed further and the result is its successor the all new DG-808C which we offer effective immediately.

The most important improvements on the DG-808C versus the DG-808B are:

• - A new generation of power plant control system with graphic display providing a further simplification of the operation of the power plant.

• An integrated optical and acoustic landing gear warning system.

• A - the optic and acoustic warning when the spoilers (airbrakes) are not locked.

• A stall warning without any aerodynamic disadvantages.

• Stronge based on latest technology.
• New robust, service friendly, spring-loaded landing gear.
• Preparation for the installation of a fuselage , is standard equipment.
• Built in
• Cockpit interior with new fabrics

The proven positive characteristics of the DG-808B, e.g. its powerful, excellent take-off performance, the very forgiving flying characteristics and many equipment options have been retained on the DG-808C.

Back to the future: Mercedes-Benz creates bizarre concept car that looks like a 19th century carriage

So while it has large spoked wheels that hark back to the first Benz Motor Car of 1886, it is powered by a hybrid drive system using an emission-free fuel cell.

It can reach a top speed of 15.5miles an hour and has a range of 220miles.

The students from Daimler AG have worked on the overall concept, development, assembly, and completion of the F-CELL Roadster for a year. The project was created to train the junior employees in alternative drive systems.

Included carbon-fiber bucket seats with hand-stitched leather covers and a distinctively styled fiberglass front section, inspired by Formula One racing cars.

The roadster is controlled with drive-by-wire technology, and a joystick takes the place of a conventional steering wheel.

'I am delighted to see how much initiative and creativity the young people have put into this project,' Labor Relations Manager Günther Fleig said.

Defence tests new underwater vehicle technology in Portland

The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) today demonstrated its latest technology for undersea navigation and surveillance capability by taking an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) through its paces in Portland, Victoria.

DSTO's unmanned underwater vehicle, Wayamba

The trial involved Navy Reserve divers placing dummy sea mines at known positions in the Portland Port area to enable the DSTO-developed UUV Wayamba to hunt these objects. The locations of the mines were then confirmed using underwater navigation and communications technology.

Ms Janis Cocking, Research Leader in DSTO's Platforms Sciences Laboratory, said Wayamba was a research vehicle to test concepts of operations and technologies for future defence applications of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles.

"UUVs are poised to play a major role in support of defence because they enable Defence personnel to be separated from areas of extreme danger," Ms Cocking said.

"In the future, UUVs could be used to support amphibious operations by undertaking rapid environmental assessments, to detect underwater mines and other maritime hazards, and conduct hydrographic surveys."

"Given their potential to operate undetected, UUVs may join our submarines in the longer term as part of Australia's 'Silent Service'," Ms Cocking said.

DSTO has made a significant commitment to the development of a UUV-related research and development infrastructure, of which the Wayamba testbed is an important part. Wayamba is an aboriginal word for sea turtle.

Ms Cocking said Wayamba was designed to be both powerful and highly manoeuvrable. "It enables us to study precision control of UUVs in operationally demanding environments, such as may occur if the vehicles were required to work in ports or near other man-made maritime structures."

The vehicle is equipped with a comprehensive range of on-board navigation, communications and surveillance sensors, with the capacity to carry quite large additional 'payloads'.

One of the key features of the Wayamba underwater vehicle technology is the ability to navigate and communicate with the outside world without the need to surface. This is being achieved through a collaborative research project between DSTO and WA company Nautronix Ltd.

The Portland trial involved staff from DSTO, Nautronix Ltd, Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria University and the Australian Maritime College (Tasmania). They will be undertaking various scientific activities associated with autonomous underwater vehicles.