Highlights a new invention called the Watercone that creates fresh, drinkable water. The Watercone
can generate 6 to 7 glasses of drinkable water a day using only the power of the sun. The invention offers a new solution
to challenge of providing fresh water to the 1 billion people worldwide who lack it. To view a streamed version suitable for
broadband connections, click here.
New Encryption Software
Can you Give You That Phone Call Privacy
You Would Expect In America
Phil Zimmermann, creator of the Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) e-mail encryption software, wants to bring a similar
level of security to phone conversations. A decade after U.S. Customs investigated him for allegedly violating export restrictions
on cryptographic software (when PGP began to spread worldwide), Zimmermann has released encryption
software, called Zfone, that makes it impossible for eavesdroppers to listen in on Voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) phone
calls.
Zfone is
the software that implements my new encryption protocol, called ZRTP.
In a certain way. Zfone
is not a VoIP client; it watches for the packets of Internet data going in and out of the machine and looks for ones that
are VoIP related. Upon detection of a VoIP call, it intercedes to encrypt the call by setting up a key agreement in the media
stream and encrypts the packets of voice data. As time goes on, you'll start to see ZRTP inside VoIP clients. I have a software
development kit that people can stick in their VoIP clients
Take a step into the world of Crave and check out some of the blog entries submitted by CNET editors and writers. And
when you've read their scoops, talk back and tell us what you think about those products.
Self Destructing
USB FLASH
Self Destructing
This cool item will melt down and disintegrate if the wrong password is “tried to often”
Check
this Mission Impossible Style of Flash Memory out at
This looks interesting if.... you need to "be
In touch "
This smart software claims to roam throughout wired and wireless devices, automatically tracking
down recipants, interacting with them and, if necessary, escalating to alternate recipants.
Many law enforcement wiretap systems are vulnerable to simple, unilateral countermeasures
that exploit the unprotected in-band signals passed between the telephone network and the collection system
Matt Blaze discovers that a tone box can turn off wiretapping
equipment.
In these MP3 audio captures, Alice and Bob are suspected of illegal activity and are the subjects of a full
audio Title III wiretap interception on Alice's line. Alice uses C-tone spoofing to selectively suppress recording of part
of the conversation. The recordings were created in our laboratory on a simulated telephone network with various wiretapping
products.
Use the browser "back" button to return here after visiting these links:
These are great! 10 sec clips
This link [observed.mp3] gives the audio stream as captured and recorded by a Recall Technologies NGNR-2000 law enforcement loop extender wiretap
system connected to Alice's line. Note the C-tone burst at the end of the recording (which ordinarily indicates that the tapped
party has hung up and which causes recording to terminate). To the law enforcement agency, this appears to be a normal recording
of a brief call.
This link [unobservered.mp3] gives the full conversation between Alice and Bob, as captured by an inexpensive, consumer-grade telephone recorder interface
(sold by Radio Shack) connected to Alice's line.
Costa Mesa, California-based HPV showed off three sizes of its Magnetic Acoustic
Device, or MAD, a square panel composed of multiple speakers. The units on display ranged from about 4 to 10 feet across.
The device uses magnets approximately 6 inches tall and 9.25 inches wide to convert
electrical pulses into sound waves, and is capable of aiming sound precisely for thousands of feet -- like the sonic equivalent
of a laser, or spotlight.
A series of test sounds beamed out by MAD, including gunfire, music and instructional
commands, were audible and intelligible at distances of up to a mile.
When a subject is at close range in MAD's sonic path, and it is set to high volume,
the sound can be excruciating.
Ahura's FirstDefender
is the only light-weight, rugged handheld instrument for the immediate identification of unknown solids, liquids and mixtures
even through the walls of their containers.
Developers keep on offering lots of things to make the life of mobile phone users easier. For example, they started selling
replaceable lenses for camera phones. This accessory is usually available for the owners of professional SLR cameras –
and now it’s possible to use them with ordinary phones.
There are different lenses released with various optical zooming, wide-angle and others. They cost about 2.5 thousand Yen
for each or 7 thousand Yen for the set of 3 lenses (wide-angle, for tele- and macro shooting), i.e. about $20 and $58 respectively.
You can mount the lens using two magnet layers. This thing is supposed to improve image quality greatly.
All wireless cell phones have one thing in common. They are powered by rechargeable batteries and it is up to the user
to keep those batteries recharges. As you know, when dealing with computers, cell phone and other high tech equipment, Murphy’s
Law always applies. If anything can go wrong, it will. So there will, no doubt, be a time when you need to make that important
phone call and your cell phone batteries are too low.
That’s when you need the Cellboost, a battery with a special plug that fits into your
cell phone. The Cellboost provides approximately 60 minutes of talk time and 60 hours of standby
time in a tiny, light weight hard plastic container. At 2 ½” by 1 ¼”, and only ¼” thick, the Cellboost
can be kept in your briefcase, pocket book, or vehicle’s glove box for emergency power. The Cellboost
dispenses its energy through a “quick-charge” method that transfers full power to your phone quickly and easily.
In my testing, it provided instant power. The only real problem was on a completely dead phone battery, where it took about
two minutes before the phone turned on.
Cellboost
** is compatible with a long list
of common models for Motorola, Nokia, LG, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, and Siemens phones. You need to purchase a Cellboost
that is compatible with your cell phone type.**
Each cell phone type has a different color cover, so once you have determined the type you need,
it is easy to pick up another Cellboost by simply choosing the cover color. Cellboost is available
at drugstores, supermarkets, and airports.
Cellboost is not rechargeable, like a regular battery, it’s disposable. The only drawback
is that, like a regular battery, there is no visible way to tell how much power the Cellboost has
left. However, at $5.99 it’s cheap enough that you can always keep a spare on hand.
Cellboost provides security in any emergency situation. Whether there is a blackout
or you have just talked too much, Cellboost can come to your rescue.
Watch this 5 minvideo on a software desktop application that helps organize your documents in a rather unique way. Excellent
looking desktop organizer for the busy multi-tasker.
Bang & Olufsen America, Inc. is planning to launch its first mobile phone to arrive in North America this
November 2006. The new mobile phone, entitled Serene, is a result of the cooperation between Bang & Olufsen and Samsung
Electronics Mobile Business.
The companies have been working since 2004 to develop a unique mobile phone.
Serene
incorporates Bang & Olufsen's concept development and design with Samsung's phone technology and engineering, bringing
an unconventional mobile phone concept to the market.
The phone consists of two equal parts that are bound together
by an aluminum hinge. The display and microphone are placed in the lower shell in a landscape orientation and the circular
keyboard and loudspeaker are placed in the upper shell with a thumb operated wheel in the middle taking care of all primary
operations.
Serene comes with a triangular table charger/docking station made in polished anodized aluminum with a
cut-out for the phone. If the phone is placed in the docking station or is set to table mode it can be used as mini-laptop,
as the display can turn 180 degrees for use in this position as well.
The , 2.1 inch QVGA TFT has 240 x 320 pixels
resolution, and the phone comes with a built-in VGA (0.3megapixel) camera. The handset supports SMS, MMS, WAP 2.0 and e-mail
with Outlook synchronisation. It also supports the Bluetooth wireless technology for connection with other mobile devices
and computers. It measures 2.5 x 2.8 x 0.9 inches and weighs in 0.24 lbs.
Users will be able to connect Serene to GSM/GPRS
networks (GPRS Class 10 Triband, GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz).
This handset
will be distributed through Bang & Olufsen stores in North America this November with
a suggested retail price
of US$ 1275.oo
including the charger/docking station and travel charger.
The Equipment for this work is made up of a Laptob, a Projector, a Camcorder + tripod, a emergency
generator and a lot of cables. The aim was to be as mobile as possible and not to spend too much money.
Wind and solar energy
could be used to set up mobile phone networks in rural areas of the world without power.
The world's first mobile phone base station powered by wind and the sun's rays will soon open in Namibia.
The base station needs between 1,200 and 1,500 watts and to meet that demand the site will have a six-kilowatt
turbine and four solar panels.
"In Namibia the turbine and solar panels will also be running the base station with traffic on it,
the peripheral communications, vsat (satellite transmitter/receiver) and even the protective fencing around the site," said
Ms Brown.
She said: "Capital costs for wind and solar are in the same range as a grid connection. But the roll
out time is an advantage; it's much faster.
Google TiSP (BETA) is a fully functional, end-to-end system that provides in-home wireless access
by connecting your commode-based TiSP wireless router to one of thousands of TiSP Access Nodes via fiber-optic cable strung
through your local municipal sewage lines
Military Vest - sends impulse and vibrations as
signals
to the person wearing the vest.
A vibrating vest that writes messages on its wearer's back is being tested by researchers
in the US. In future, it could be used to send important commands to soldiers or fire-fighters, warning them of imminent danger
when ordinary radios cannot be used, for example.
The vest is made from black spandex and fastens around a person's lower torso with Velcro.
An array of 16 small vibrating motors is embedded in the back of the vest and connects to a control unit on one side. This
unit contains a wireless transceiver linked wirelessly to a controlling computer.
