This year at CES there has been a number of new and innovative technology has been exhibited with a promise of making a lot of them available for the public in a short time.

Water is an essential element of Human life and we cannot survive without water. But if we talk about water in terms of its relationship with electronic devices, it is well known as a killer. As we know that I can’t get my favourite iPod wet while walking in the rain or moving around at the beach, when such happens is really disappointing and is considered to be an ‘accident’. It is even worse if my facourite electronic gadget gets dipped into the water!

It’s a matter of an worry even though the device is on warranty because NO ELECTRONICS company offers a warranty for wet products anyway. The latest technology can be a ray of hope. Now, there is a special kind of ‘WATER ABSORBING BAG’ available called the Bheestie Bag which may cost you around $20 or around. The role it plays is that there are water-absorbing beads in the bag which will dry out the cell phones, MP3 players or most such gadgets that has been wet. The fact is that the recovery is not guaranteed, yet it will definitely work better than using the hair-dryer or so and most interestingly it takes less time.

So, there is a new hope emerging to save our waterlogged electronics.

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“Never use rewritable discs for long-term storage.”

— Library of Congress Website

When something will last forever, we say it’s “written in stone.” That’s what we’re going to do with your digital files. Photos, music, movies, documents, ledgers – anything and everything you care about — will be etched forever into a special disc made from a diamond-like material. There’s no storage on earth as secure as a Cranberry DiamonDisc™.

It’s the permanent, backwards-compatible archive solution for the digital age.

The Library of Congress warns,”Storage media such as compact discs and DVDs that were thought to last, don’t — they often fail within a few years.” Millenniata, the inventor of the Cranberry DiamonDisc, has eliminated all the failure points in DVD technology. The result is a diamond-like DVD that will last for centuries and is not susceptible to failure.

The Cranberry DiamonDisc has no adhesive layers, dye layer or reflective layer to deteriorate. A high-intensity laser physically etches your information into the diamond-like surface of our synthetic stone disc. No other layer is needed.

The format is the same as any other DVD. We changed only the materials and construction of the physical disc. And the Cranberry DiamonDisc is fully backwards-compatible. This means that it can be read by any DVD player in any computer and is fully platform-independent.
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A Cranberry DiamonDisc is transparent. You can see right through it. No need for a reflective layer of silver or gold.

TRIVIA: Gold sells for about $1,000 an ounce. But one ounce of average quality, 1-carat diamonds will sell for $825,000.

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“Storage media such as compact discs and DVDs that were thought to last don’t — they often fail within a few years. The backup discs you make today may become damaged or obsolete in the future.”

— Library of Congress Website
Writing to the Cranberry DVD

Specialized hardware is required to etch the diamond-like surface of a Cranberry DiamonDisc. The cost of this hardware puts it out of the reach of most consumers. This is why we’ll need to etch your DiamonDisc for you.

Frequently Asked Questions about the Cranberry DiamondDisc.
The process is simple:

* Purchase your Cranberry DiamonDisc online.
* Upload your files through the secure online Cranberry File Uploader or send them to Cranberry by mail.
* Cranberry etches your files onto the DiamonDisc and mails it to your home or office.

There’s no time like the present…

If we put it off, it may never get done.

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What’s wrong with using other methods of backing up your information? Here is a one page explanation of different solutions which are available but do not meet the test of permanent backup. We encourage you to read it carefully. Once you understand the failure points of current solutions you will be eager to start moving your files to a permanent Cranberry DiamonDisc.

The Cranberry DiamonDisc is the only permanent backward-compatible backup medium available on the market today. While you do not need your files to last 1,000 years, you do need them to last until another permanent backup solution is available in the future. For now, the Cranberry DiamonDisc is your only solution.

You can start permanently storing your important memories and data on Cranberry Discs today. We make it easy.
$34.95 for a single 4.7GB disc

Each Cranberry DiamonDisc…

* Holds up to 2,000 photos
* Holds up to 1,200 songs
* Holds up to 3 hours of video

Included with your purchase is free software to easily send your files to us to be etched onto the discs purchased. The finished discs will be mailed to you.

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$29.95 ea for two or more 4.7GB discs

Each Cranberry DiamonDisc…

* Holds up to 2,000 photos
* Holds up to 1,200 songs
* Holds up to 3 hours of video

Included with your purchase is free software to easily send your files to us to be etched onto the discs purchased. The finished discs will be mailed to you.

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$149.75 this package of five Cranberry DiamonDiscs

The point of creating that beautiful scrapbook is to share those memories. My Memories Suite digital scrapbooking software not only makes it easier to create the ultimate page or album, but also helps you share your creative masterpiece easily-and in a variety of ways. Now you can make one scrapbook, then with one click of your computer’s mouse, you can output it in so many different formats and as often as you want.
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Cranberry DVD Vault™ In addition to receiving your own Cranberry DiamonDisc you can have the piece of mind knowing that even it is misplaced or lost, you can simply request a duplicate from Cranberry. Cranberry will create a duplicate Cranberry DiamonDisc when the original is created. The duplicate will be kept in secure storage vault and used to create replacement discs when needed.

Why do I need the Cranberry DVD Vault?
Your DiamonDisc is the best technology available for safeguarding your files. That said, there are at least three reasons you should order the DVD Vault service.

Loss or theft. Your data is safe on the DiamonDisc unless it is stolen or lost.

Fire. The DVD can withstand temperatures as high as 300 degrees. Unless you can make sure that your house doesn’t burn down at more than 300 degrees, you need the DVD Vault.

We need your money. How’s that for transparency? The technology behind the DiamonDisc is so expensive that we cannot make much money selling you the DVD. We need you to subscribe to the DVD vault service so that we can pay the bills.

$89 Annual DVD Vault Storage for Up to 25 DVDs

If nature has given men the power to innovate, wouldn’t it be better if the innovations reflects the nature? And obviously, imitating nature is not going to cause harm to humanity rather than bringing some convenience to the people. Well, I am talking about the latest innovation by Qualcomm, a kind of reflective display technology that has been developed inspired by nature and gives a better performance and is more comfortable to eye than the traditional display technologies like LED or AMOLED.

They call it mirasol, a display technology that is based on a reflective technology called IMOD (Interferometric MODulation), putting the MEMS structures as the base making the whole thing extremely low power consuming, and highly reflective enabling the display to be seen even in direct sunlight.

According to Qualcomm, their engineers have developed the mirasol display by “studying and mimicking nature’s processes and structures”.

Since, it’s a relatively new technology, it may appear to be costlier for the device manufacturers to implement as a result of which the device may become of high-price range. But as the technology is both energy efficient and human-friendly, they will be chosen by device manufacturers aiming at providing consumers with better experience and more mobility by enhancing the battery life. It looks like that this display technology is a major breakthrough in the industry.

The Bluray format is struggling to achieve the popularity but it seems that the growth of Bluray market is noticeably slower than former mainstream disk media like the DVD. Cost is may be an important factor behind this but the most important fact the users are still not reluctant to accept blueray is the speed and performance.  Those who love bluray or want to use the features of the format, there is definitely a good news. The very new BDR-205 of Pioneer Electronics is an 5.25-inch internal Blu-ray writer which is announced to be available in the market in the later October and at an estimated cost of around $200-$250.

Pioneer’s achievement here is in gaining the speed. Even though it’s not a giant leap of promising you a multiplex of its present 8x speed this small shift of speed to (50% faster than the previous one) a 12x cannot be ignored either.it’s the industry’s first computer blueray writer that has the fastest speed to write at an speed of 12x for both single and dual-layer Blu-ray Disc. A blue ray disc can contain around 50 GB of storage space on a dual-layer Blu-ray Disc, enabling data backup an easy task ease which has become a bit easier with the speed-up feature.

So, it seems that the blu-ray platform is getting faster and making it’s way through. However, Pioneers achievements with BDR-205 blu-ray optical drive strikes the note that the development continues to make blu-ray more reliable, faster and of better performance.

World leaders in environmental movement urges that alternative energy resources should be discovered and utilized to make the world a better place for the next generation.

Solar Power, which is an enormous source of power has always been a point of focus. The developments in Solar Energy as a renewable and efficient energy source for the people around the world are getting popular. The only problem has been the complexity and technical skills required in setting up a solar panel and maintaining it. Good news spread really fast and in recent years, scientists have developed and nourished a technology through which solar cells can be made with plastic components only that can turn the sun’s huge power into electrical energy regardless of the clouds in the sky.
The plastic material used to produce electric current from  solar power uses nanotechnology through harnessing the sun’s invisible, infrared rays. These cells are the first of the kind to absorb the infrared rays of the sun and turn it into power. This breakthrough has led to an idea that sooner, the plastic component based solar technology will gain more and more popularity and efficiency as well as become cost effective.

The best of the news is that the components are too light and small that the composite can be easily sprayed onto other materials, similar to the paint we use.  Plastic solar cells are nothing new but the latest development has enabled it to harness the invisible power in the infrared spectrum.

Now the form can be utilized in many different ways from charging our cellphones through the power generated by our jacket painted with solar cells or to meet our day to day power requirements.

The researchers expect that Solar Power will potentially replace traditional power sources reducing the risk of environmental damages.

Portable e-book readers sony kindle has become popular in recent days marking a future demand of the electronic book reader industry a pavement to research more and make the platform more and more user friendly. The monochrome e-book readers also known as e-papers use a very low power consuming technology that enables its users to use the device for longer period of time. Unlike other colour display technology this kind of displays give the user a less irritating view so that upon longer use of the device, there will be fewer health issues.

That’s why the researchers has found it really difficult to implement all these things in a colour package. However, recent words from e-book readers makes a promise of releasing colour e-book readers by the next year. So, what extra do we get from the colour e-book readers? There will be a two-fold benefit from the colour version of the device, both for the consumers and the advertisers. While the readers will be enjoying stunning and vivid colour graphs and images, the advertisers will take the benefit of this platform.

So, should you be waiting for the colour version of the e-book readers?

Power, especially the electric power is the source of energy to most digital devices. From the little cellphone to the high-performance notebook computer, all devours a huge amount of power. But charging the devices is a real drawback for such portable devices and gadgets because with limited power, we are always worried that our devices will run out of power soon if not being charged.

What about the idea of wirelessly empower electronic devices? So, the scientists are working to develop a wireless system that can transport electric power from one place to another, all without any cables! although there has been attempts to wireless transmission of power in the recent past, in CES this year, the scientists have been able to show a more enhanced version of such transmitting and receiving device that can transmit up to 5watts of electricity. So, we may enjoy a wireless power network in near future.

Imagining the developments of smartphones but it seems that I’m a bit slow and steady on the update. Recent innovations in mobile technology has enabled the users to do a lot with their smartphones. Now it’s another turn for the smartphone users. A company called Logic Wireless has developed a prototype of projector phone, according to the PC Mag. Logicbolt2, a successor to a previous attempt of projector phone is on it’s way with quad band GSM functionality enrihed with QVGA (320 x 240) touchscreen and an integrated projector with VGA (640 x 480) resolution. It has also got a sneak 3 megapixel camera and an expandible microSD card slot.

It’s showtime! Turn on your phone and enjoy the office presentation or a movie on the go.

Plastic, one of the mostly used material of the time since its invention. We need plastics everyday and almost any devices made today uses plastic as a component. Researchers has been developing more and more to find out new variants of plastics. One major problem for plastic is that it gets easily scratched. And recent research by two University of Missisippi follows has claimed that they have developed a variant of plastic that can heal themselves automatically if exposed to ultraviolet rays of the sunlight.

The car manufacturer giant Nissan has also been working on a scratch proof, self healing paint. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a cellphone screen that never scratches?