Solarbeat

Solarbeat is a music making diagram of the solar system.

Each time the planets fully orbit the sun it makes a tone. The site allows you to change the tempo and view the number of time each planet has done a full orbit.

More at: http://www.whitevinyldesign.com/solarbeat/

 

Icelandic Volcanic ash ground UK flights

All flights have been suspended to and from the UK due to a volcanic eruption from Iceland.

The ash from the volcano has been moving southwards and has caused flights in UK airspace to ground to a halt.

More news and info at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8621407.stm

New macbook pro Core i5 and i7

The new range of macbook pros have been announce and they will come shipped with the new intel Core i5 and i7 processors.

The new processors will boost performance up to 50 per cent over the previous generations and the new macbooks will have the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M discreet graphics card inside.

The Battery life will be around 8-9 hours and the screen will be an LED back-lit glossy display with resolutions up to 1440x900 or 1920x1200 depending on the model.

Ong Bak 3 Trailer

Tony Jaa is back with more flying knees and elbows in Ong Bak 3.

Pixels

Patrick Jean is the mastermind behind the animated short entitled 'Pixels'.

We see some changes in New York after the old school Pixels invade the concrete jungle.

Sony Vaio Signature Spring 2010 Collection

Sony have a limited edition Spring 2010 'Signature Collection' for its range of Vaio laptops.

These special designed laptops comes in a few varietys of styles and colour schemes not avalible in stores. 

More info and pics at: http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=8198552921644649998&N=4294954789#/main/ 

MINDstyle P.O.P collection

 MINDstyle will be producing P.O.P (Pride of the Philippines) collection this summer.

It will feature a pairing of 2 world famous icons, Mickey Mouse and Manny Pacquiao.

Limited edition figures will be few in number and be available at Team Pacquiao stores along with other items such as T-shirts.

More info and pics at: http://www.vinylpulse.com/2010/04/mindstyle-mxm-collection.html#more

One Piece Grand Line Men Luffy and Trafalgar Law

The 3rd and 4th volume of the One Piece Grand Line Men series is readying a spring/summer release of 3 figurines.

Mihawk will be avalible around late March 2010 while Luffy and Trafalgar Law will be avalible around June 2010. All figurines will be limited in number.

Alexa Meade Realistic paintings

Washington D.C based artist, Alexa Meade, is the creator of these amazing real life paintings.

By applying acrylic paints on her subjects she makes them appear as though they are part of a painting.

More info and pics at:
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/hyperrealistic-acrylic-body 

iPhone 4.0

Details of the new OS for the iPhone has been released at a recent Apple event.

The 4.0 OS will ship in around June and have many new features such as:
 
Multitasking
Fast app switching
Local notifications
App folders
A new Mail app
iBooks
Custom backgrounds
Game Center
iAd advertising
5x digital zoom
Bluetooth keyboards

More info and pics at: http://gizmodo.com/5512635/iphone-os-40-all-the-new-features

Taiwanese Singer Lin Yu Chun new Susan Boyle

Lin Yu Chun is a contestant on a Taiwan talent show called 'Super Star Avenue' blew away everyone with his amazing voice.

Reminiscent of the overnight UK talent compertition star, Lin Yu Chun has been dubbed the next ' Susan Boyle'.

From his strange red bow tie to his unflattering hair style, Lin Yu Chun is not at first glance what one would deem to have star potential, however once he has a mic in his hand and opens his mouth to sing everyone is left in awe.

Rain Bi - Back to Basics -Love Song

Korean superstar Rain is back to basics in his new special album.

One of the songs entitled 'Love Song' is a follow up to 'Love Story' from his last album 'Rainism'. Here are 2 teasers avalible and a sneek peek at the full track.

Y3 Summer 2010 accessories

 
Y-3 are ready for the Summer season with some colourful accessories.

iPad Launched

 Announced at the start of the year, the iPad has finally launched.

The sleek tablet device ranging from 16Gb to 64Gb has been on sale in the U.S since April 3rd 2010 and allows you to browse the internet, watch movies downloaded or on video streaming sites such as Youtube, be able to choose and use one of the millions of apps from the Apple apps store, download and listen to your favorite songs from iTunes and write text documents.

iPad specific apps are being developed for the device and early indications show that over 300,000 of the devices have been sold already.

However, for some unlucky few there have been complaints of technical glitches with fluctuation when using wifi and the device was not charging properly. Developers are working on updates to fix these problems which should be out in a few days.

The iPad will be on sale in Britain by the end of April with prices range from $499 (around £330) to $829 (around £550) 

Super Mario Galaxy 2 trailer

The new trailer for Super Mario Galaxy 2

Gameplay will be similar to the first Super Mario Galaxy with the addition new worlds to explore, new power ups and including Yoshi.

Hamilton watch inspired by 2001 a Space Odyssey

The Hamilton Time Player Watch is a recycled design from a clock they originally made for 2001: A Space Odyssey. Director Stanley Kubrick was said to be notoriously pernickety about design.

The titanium watch has nine tiles on the face, eight of which have counters on.

The last tile acts like a sliding puzzle that allows for the time to be set depending on their location. 

The watch will cost $2,700.

Mad Catz F.L.Y. 9 Wireless Flight Stick

Mad Catz has announced the F.L.Y. 9 Wireless Flight Stick for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

 

The F.L.Y. 9 follows in the footsteps of the Cyborg line of PC flight sticks and offers gamers realistic control method for flight simulations or flight combat games.

More pics and info at: http://www.cyborggaming.com/prod/v9stick.htm

Octobunny Metal Sculpture

Joe Ledbetter is the creator of the Octobunny Metal Sculpture. 

More info and pics at: http://www.vinylpulse.com/2010/03/joe-ledbetter-octobunny-in-metal-41-noon-pdt.html#more

The Expendables trailer

The Expendables are a group of mercenaries who undertake a near-impossible operation to overthrow a dictator in South America.

Featuring every action movie star there is it is sure to be a summer bloackbuster.

HiCan Futuristic Bed

The HiCan bed is half futuristic self-contained entertainment pod and half serene sleeping chamber.

The all-in-one bedroom entertainment center has many features including a projection screen at the end of the bed to watch movies or play games, full controls for house lighting and blinds, reading lights and pull down built-in shades.

Costing around 42,000 Euros or $62,000 USD.

More info and pics at: http://gajitz.com/futuristic-bed-with-built-in-tv-movie-screen-video-games/

pCubee

pCubee is a cubic handheld display system that is made up of 5 flat-panel screens. 

These 5 screens uses real-time physics simulation and perspective corrected rendering to create the visuals and interactive 3D content inside the cube.

Lego Yosemite Sam

Annie Diment is the creator of the Warner Bros Looney Tunes Yosemite Sam model that is made entirely from LEGO.

More pics at : http://www.flickr.com/photos/30773345@N08/sets/72157623601100461/

Super Street Fighter IV arcade sticks

With Super Street Fighter IV on the horizon,  Mad Catz and Capcom have announced a new 'Tournament Edition' arcade stick featuring brand new art work. It will be avalible in 2 styles.

Along with this special edition 4 new FightPads also with new artwork.