Team members
Israel
Vallescas
Masagnay
Plaza
Kapirig

Prototype Deployment
portable USB flashdrive

Focus

• Data Storage
• Data Security
• Mobility
• Fast Data Transfers
• Data Compression
• High Capacity

Technology

• Built-in Zip/Rar compression
• Built-in Sandboxie
• USB 3.0
• Built-in GUI explorer

This are just some things that I as a member of the team can contribute in this Future Gadget Proposal, I came up with this idea due to the short comings of our USB flashdrive today. Perhaps with this compilation of technologies we can enhance it by adding both software and hardware materials that are still not present on a USB flashdrive.

Bagatrix is motivated by the belief that great educational experiences build great minds. Bagatrix provides dynamic, comprehensive, and easy-to-use mathematical software designed to create the perfect environment for great educational experiences to occur. Through interaction, example, and self-paced learning, Bagatrix manages to balance elegance with power, creating truly remarkable educational tools.

Using Bagatrix Problem Solved! Technology, an advanced mathematical software solving system, lets you enter in YOUR math homework problems and provides the answers with step-by-step work. From the intuitive problem editor to the Bagatrix Assistant makes solving your math problems a breeze. Enter in your problems, or view and edit an unlimited number of generated example problems. Bagatrix Solved! seamlessly integrates Graphing Solved! technology, allowing you to create picture-perfect graphs with the click of a button.

Software

• Geometry Solved!™
• Pre-Algebra Solved!™
• Basic Math Solved!™
• Algebra 1 Solved!™
• Algebra 2 Solved!™
• Trigonometry Solved!™
• Precalculus Solved!™
• Calculus Solved!™
• College Algebra Solved!™
• Linear Algebra Solved!™
• Chemistry Solved!™
• Graphing Solved!™

System Requirements:

• Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista
• Microsoft Dot net (.Net) Framework 2.0 or higher
• 256mb RAM
• 130mb free space

Sample Screen shots

My personal take on this software"to be added soon.."

Questions:

1. What do you think is the effect of Oracle buying Sun?

Effects? Since there is no specific question on where or how or to who this merge would affect then I will just focus on the open source projects that Sun is well known for; The merge could greatly shake the open source community. Sun's Java, OpenOffice, MySQL are just some of the products that are in the center of attention on this merger, since these products are released under open source licenses, questions arise on what will happen to this projects? Will Java have the same fate of Netscape after being bought? How about OpenOffice? Being one of the tough competitor against Microsoft's Office how would Oracle handle OpenOffice being an open source product? And ofcourse MySQL, what will happen to it? Sun's MySQL is at direct conflict with Oracle since both are competitors in database. It is clear that Oracle's purchase of Sun is for profit, now one would wonder how or what would Oracle do to handle Sun's business practice.

2. What do you think would Bill Gates do about this?

There's nothing Bill Gates can do since the deal has already been done, but one thing that he would surely monitor would be the commercialization of Sun's OpenOffice. OpenOffice has been head to head against with Microsoft's Office, with a little tweak and with Oracle investing on it is a nightmare on Microsoft's product. But still it is unclear on to how Oracle would handle OpenOffice being an open source project from Java. Would licensing fee increase due to the fact Oracle purchased of Sun is to boost its profit? Well being the leading inovators in the computer market and with a bottomless amount of resources, Bill Gates will just have to wait on what his competitors next move.

3. To you as a student using Java, how will this later affect your learning on the language?

As a student, I would not have to worry that much since Java will surely be still free for me to use. One thing that I would look forward to would be the future of Netbeans(Java's IDE) and MySQL. For sure Netbeans would be scrap out and will be consumed as a Eclipse(Oracle's IDE) framework. Same thing will happen with MySQL being one of Oracle's compititors would surely be out as Oracle will consume it . Overall I could say its good for me as a student who studies Java for with this merge Java would grow at a rapid pace in the next comming years.

BORED! boring talaga pag Sunday kaya heto, inaayos na lang tong boring ko na blog, so stay tuned to CZ Bored v1.1 ....... also coming are my TODO list for this blog.

*UPDATE*

Done with the Layout, now adding some gadgets hehehehehehehe

Having problems adding my javascript calendar huhuhuhuhuhu sayang T_T

Portable, compact and can be placed on any surface! what more can you ask for? This is the next big thing when it comes to keyboard.

The I-Tech laser keyboard emulates all the functionality of any "ordinary" keyboard, its technology is based on an optical recognition mechanism enables the user to tap on the projected key images, while producing optional real tapping sounds.

This bluetooth keyboard is compatible with Windows Mobile Pocket PC & Smart Phone edition, Palm OS, Blackberry, Symbian, PC Windows 2000/XP or higher. The device is about the size of a small cellular phone, (90 x 34 x 24 mm), and is lightweight. It comes in via bluetooth interface or via serial connector. It has a adjustable sensitivity, optional sound effects (keyclicks), Auto-repeat functionalty which allows the VKB to automatically repeat a key based on prescribed and adjustable parameters. Retail price is 199$ based on thier website, i havent inquired yet how much 1 unit would cost plus shipping fee. I would like to have one in the future but this technology seems to be in its earlier stage hopefully intime new keyboards will be based on this design.

Alienware and NEC has just released their first Curved Design Monitor specificaly for gaming purposes. Both company model design are built at 2880x900 (double WXGA+) panel with a contrast ratio of 10000:1 spreading out at 43 inches wide, USB 2.0 connectivity, a DVI-D and HDMI 1.3 connections, and it provides a 32:10 aspect ratio.

I haven't found any indepth specification on the Alienware version while NEC has officialy released its product specs.

• Seamless curved screen, which eliminates bezel and screen gap issues for increased productivity and decreased frustration (according to Center for Human-Computer Interaction – Shupp et al, presented at Graphics Interface 2006)
• 2880 x 900 double WXGA native resolution
• 200 cd/m² brightness
• 0.02ms Rapid Response
• 10,000:1 contrast ratio
• Wide color gamut with 100% coverage of sRGB and 99.3% coverage of Adobe RGB
• Single link DVI-D and HDMI 1.3 input connectors
• USB 2.0 connectivity for easy use of peripherals
• Front panel controls
• On Screen Display (OSD®) and software-based GUI, which enables advanced display control options

Basing on the NEC's model the only difference that I have found against the Alienware Curved Gaming monitor is that its RR(Rapid Response) in which the Alienware has the edge marking at 0.01ms Rapid Response. Although not that noticable during gaming experience, NEC has made the first move to offer its product to the pc market having a price tag at $7,999. For sure the Alienware model would be more expensive than NEC's product and this products would rock the gaming industry.

Western Digital’s Caviar Green

WD's Caviar Green is the first hard drive to offer 2 TB of capacity. The Caviar Green line of Hard drive's offer reduced power consumption by up to 40 percent compared to standard desktop drives with the combination of WD's IntelliSeek, NoTouch, and IntelliPower technologies. Caviar Green drives yield an average drive power savings of 4-5 watts over standard desktop drives making it possible to build systems with higher capacities and the right balance of system performance, ensured reliability, and energy conservation.

Specifications

All Western Digital desktop drives are based on SATA/300 interfaces with NCQ and have 32 MB cache. The operating temperature range was increased from between five degrees Celsius and 55 degrees Celsius to between zero degrees Celsius and 60 degrees Celsius.

Western Digital doesn’t talk about its actual spindle speeds and prefers to refer to IntelliPower, which is the marketing name for the balance between spindle speed, transfer rate, and caching algorithms, as part of its effort to design drives with the best balance between performance and power consumption.

Performance



The 2TB WD hard drive is not one of the most efficient drives, as it is based on four platters. Therefore, its operating temperature reached 39.0 degrees Celsius (102.2 degrees Fahrenheit) after a long idle period, which is higher than the temperatures we observed with the other drives. The throughput maxed out at 102 MB/s. Access time, however, was surprisingly quick at only 13.2 ms. The Western Digital’s Caviar Green has great access time and I/O performance despite being a low-power drive.