TUVIE Design of the Future

The exceptionally long nose of the plane must have complete you imagine it as the personal aircraft of Pinokio, just like him, the nose of the plane also gets longer with every lie it tells. Actually, this long nose proposes of the concept supersonic passenger or cargo carrier reduces the noise that a supersonic plane generally produces to be operated over land without freaking out the Noise Regulatory board of most countries. With this nonparallel functionality and an exotic appearance of the long nose supersonic, a new era of supersonic cruise flight is going to be introduced with which even the passengers of concord can disregard their disappointment of flying over ocean instead of being able to enjoy the beauty of land.

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ZX Spectrum Re-Launching Gaming Goes Back To The Future

The ZX Spectrum is to be re-launched to celebrate its 30th anniversary. We check the appeal of retro gaming.

As the Sinclair ZX Spectrum approaches its 30th birthday in 2012, the video gaming craze that it began is still going physically powerful. So powerful, in fact, that original games developer Elite strategy to re-launch the console for a generation of nostalgic gamers.

These original enthusiasts are the now middle aged geeks who are using their mobile phones for games. Gone are the days of plastic joysticks and floppy disks, replaced by i-Phones and sophisticated dual-core Google Android devices. In fact, 67pc of Smart phone users say that the single major use for their handsets is gaming. Testing, web browsing and old-fashioned phone calls account for 54pc, 51pc and 48pc respectively.

The new Spectrum will initiate against a background of clear enthusiasm for both new, high tech games and consoles, but also for very simple, older games. Black Berry Brick Breaker game is as crucial to millions of users’ accessory to their devices as being capable to get email on the go. That sort of enthusiasm means that elite, the video games developer who was behind a range of the Spectrum’s original hits, has establish a new lease of life with “emulators” that allow its games to be played on new campaign. Although the company has so far only developed versions for Apple devices, such as the i-Pod and i-Phone, it is also, like many others, planning to put the software on Google Android devices. It is also seeing achievement with its own modern games such as Paperboy, which was top 20 UK hit on Apple’s App Store.

Perhaps surprisingly, the company is also considering how best to put its titles of powerful consoles such as X-box. Indeed, Nintendo new edition of 80s classic Donkey Kong, was also accompanied by a restricted edition version of the Wii console that incorporated the original Donkey Kong pre installed. Although the move was a sort of ironic joke, it’s clear that there is an appetite for such games.

So titles from Elite such as Test Drive: Off Road and Striker could conceivably obtain the same treatment. But what’s the appeal of these games when latest technology has brought considerably greater capabilities? On forums devoted to such games, 2 themes emerge: first, it’s about the simplicity of games that are perfect for filling an idle moment on the bus or tuube precisely because they’re not too taxing. Indeed, modern hits such as Paper Toss - which relies on users aiming a scrunched-up piece of paper into a bin - are in fact much fewer complexes than a classic like Space Quest.

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Nokia Needs Microsoft Deal To fight I-Phone & Android

Investors are advicing Nokia to connect forces with Microsoft, to take on the might of Apple's i-Phone and dozens of devices running Google Android.

Shares in the struggling Finnish mobile giant yesterday continued their ascent, which began on Monday with an open letter from an industry analyst pressing for an exclusive agreement linking Nokia devices to Windows Phone 7.

The letter, from London-based Berenberg Bank analyst Adnan Ahmad, also urges Nokia to discard its own Linux-based operating system MeeGo.

After dominating the mobile industry for much of the 1990s and early 2000s, Nokia has so far unsuccessful to respond to the rise of i-Phone and Android. Its market share continues to slide, despite spending almost $4bn on investigate and development in 2010, around 3 times the industry average, according to Bernstein investigation.

Meanwhile Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 received a broadly encouraging review when it was released in October, but both Apple and Google have years' head start in refining their customer Smart phone operating systems, and in recruiting app developers.

Mr Ahmad's letter, jointly addressed to Nokia CEO Stephen Elope and his Microsoft counterpart Steve Ballmer, suggests that they could mount a stronger challenge collectively.

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Hummer Owner Claims 7,500$ EV Tax Credit

Tax cheats found lucrative ground last year with the 7,500$ federal tax credit designed for electric vehicles. The IRS says that of the around 65,000 people that claimed the credit, 20 %  were in error.

The EV tax credit was claimed for such vehicles as the Dodge Durango, Hummer H3 and Cadillac Escalade.

According to the IRS, the credit only applies to vehicles primarily powered by an electric motor, and that can be plugged in to recharge the batteries. Further, the batteries must have a ability of at least 5 kilowatt-hours. A vehicle that meets this least amount requirement would render a $2,500 credit. For every kilowatt-hour of capacity over 5, an additional $417 credit is earned, up to a utmost of $7,500.

Amongst the erroneous filers, the IRS pointed out that 29 were actually in prison for the whole year. Even some IRS employees who did not comprise electric cars claimed the credit.

Cars currently on trade that would qualify for the credit are the Tesla Roadster, the Nissan Leaf, and the Chevy Volt.

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