Dell Latitude 2100 Netbook for Education Market

Starting from $369, the Dell Latitude 2100 netbook series will come loaded with either Vista, XP, or Ubuntu 8.10 and feature a touchscreen display. Plus, it features a rugged shell, colored lids, and an antimicrobial keyboard. Dell has done a pretty good job for the mainstream of the netbook market with its Mini 10 series, keeping prices low and quality relatively high, and now it looks like that ever-alluring educational market is next on the table.

Transformers USB Drive

This may look like a Ravage Transformers toy, but it's actually a fully-functional 2GB USB drive. Available September 2009, priced at $42.99.

Blue Violet Laser Pen By ThinkGeek

This blue violet laser pointer from ThinkGeek generates light in the 405 nanometer wavelength which produces a very unique blue-violet color beam, that is unusual for a handheld pointer. This is the same wavelength used in Blu-ray DVD players. The shorter wavelength allows more data to be stored than on a standard DVD which uses a red laser (650 nanometer).

Panasonic Rugged Laptops - ToughBook 19 & ToughBook 30

Panasonic’s Mil-Spec-certified notebooks has magnesium alloy body.Their screens, cases, ports, and keyboards are IP54-rated for particulates and water. They have also achieved UL1604 Class 1 / Div. 2 certification for use in hazardous environments. The Panasonic Toughbook 19 Convertible Tablet PC is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo SU9300 1.2GHz processor, up to 4GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive. It has a 10.4-inch LED backlit display with Circular polarization and 4 to 1000 nit LCD brightness. The new Toughbook 19 is priced at $3749 while the new Toughbook 30 costs $3649.

Color Picker Pen

Color Picker is a simple tool designed by Jinsun Park from Korea. Just place the pen against an object whose colour you want to replicate and press the scan button, the color will be detected by the color sensor on the pen and the RGB cartridges in the pen will mixed the required inks to create the target color.

Waterproof Solar powered Phone by Sharp

Keeping with the trends and necessities of the modern world, Sharp in collaboration with Japanese cell phone company AU KDDI announced the release of its new waterproof phone that can be charged using solar power. You may sleep on a beech for an hour or two and then you will be able to talk for 10 minutes. The phone receives up to 80% of its charge from solar power. The solar panel is placed on the top of the handset.

LG Viewty Smart

New LG Viewty Smart has a stunning eight megapixel camera, can record videos in DVD quality and plays DivX videos as well. Other features include 3-inch display, GPS and HSPDA. The LG Viewty Smart is just 12.4 mm thin. So fitting all those good things into consumers pocket won’t be a problem.

iRiver T5 MP3 Player

The iRiver Japan T5 MP3 Player measures 78x25x14 mm and weights 26.3 grams. The price of the 4GB iRiver is 65 USD in Japan. The DAP has a FM tuner and a microphone. Also it has a monochrome display. The iRiver comes in 2GB and 4GB variants. It supports only WMA and MP3 playback.

Nokia E52 - Nokia's New Tourist Phone

With Nokia E52 users will never be alone. Connection to the world is provided by Bluetooth 2.0 and by Wi-Fi. Also the phone supports a virtual private network and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler. Wondering why E52 is an answer for tourists, because phone has a 3.2-megapixel camera. It provides colorful photos of a beautiful landscapes and interesting moments. Also E52 has a great endurance It can work up to 8 hours in a conversation mode and up to 28 days in standby mode. Nokia E52 will appear in stores in silver and golden colors. The price will be 326 USD

Quantum cryptography helps in transmission of entangled photon pairs

In a project funded by the European Space Agency ESA and the Austrian Space Agency FFG, Austrian physicists succeeded in transmitting a pair of entangled photons from La Palma over a distance of 144 km to Tenerife,

A team from Austria's Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) managed to send entangled photons 144 kilometres (90 miles) between the Spanish islands of Las Palmas and the Balearics.

Because of the success of the test, the IQOQI team said it was now feasible to send this kind of unbreakable encrypted communication through space using satellites.

Quantum cryptography works by sending streams of light particles, or photons, making it entirely secure, as any eavesdropping would leave traces and immediately be detected.