Duo Touch II PC

General Dynamics Itronix has introduced the Dou-Touch II, which is a lightweight tablet PC designed for high performance computing for professionals employed in mobile industries such as Public safety, and telecommunications. The Duo-Tech PC also incorporates a display technology (Dynavue) that has been tested and is the only display technology that meets military requirement standards for use in cockpits, which are constantly under direct sunlight. The dynavue technology incorporates a touchscreen design which increases the availability to view the PC outdoors. This technology also eliminates the internal reflections that often make it harder to view.

More information available at:

http://www.gizmag.com/duo-touch-ii-rugged-pc-dynavue-technology/8863/

Airborne Networks

By using airborne networks, this will enable other planes to transmit their location to other planes in the sky. They say that the biggest drawback to the number of planes in the sky right now is aircraft controllers. This network system is supposed to enable a program to do the controlling of the planes. Personally, this idea scares me, because someone could hack into the network, and bring the planes down. We already are having so much trouble with airport security.

If you want to learn more about this:
http://tinyurl.com/ywthfu

IPv6

IPv6, which stands for Internet Protocol version 6, is a new address protocol designed to increase the number of available IP addresses. The IPv4 s still current, but soon will be limited in the number of available IP addresses. IPv6 uses Simplified header format, and has a fixed length header that contains two 128 bit addresses. The IPv6 protocol is expected to take over IPv4 within the next couple of years. If you are intereseted in learning more about this new protocol, you can go to:
http://www.ipv6.org/

Blu-Ray

Blu-Ray is a new optical disc format that was created to play, record, and rewrite high-definition video. That’s not the only thing… Blu-Ray can store up to 50 GB on a dual-layer disc, which is five times the amount of a conventional DVD. Blu-Ray gets its name because it uses a blue laser to read and write data, instead of the traditional red laser. If you buy the blu-ray player and want to still be able to play regular CDs or DVDs you can buy an “optical pickup unit” that will allow the player to read them. The benefit of the blu ray technology is that the blue laser’s wavelength is shorter than that of the traditional red laser, which means a better quality picture. Blu-Ray delivers information at 48 Mbps while, traditional DVD players can only deliver up to 8 Mbps.

These pages offer more information,

http://www.blu-raydisc.com/bluray_site.htm

http://www.blu-ray.com/info/