Creatonnes : : Now and Future.

We can say that if there was no creativity, there would'nt have been any development. Infact development has lot to do with some or the other person's creativity. You must be wondering how? It's because, invention is nothing but refined form of creativity. This can be backed by the fact that until something is created for purpose of just self it remains just an idea but when the same creativity tends to become helpful for others as well it becomes an invention. This post of creatonnes showcases some of the awsome creations which might become a part of our daily routine in near future.

I hope you all will enjoy this post...

* iPad

Company - Apple.

Released - April 2010.

Features -

OS - iPad runs the iPhone OS . It runs iPad-specific applications as well as ones written for the iPod touch and iPhone, including e-book readers.

Display - a multi-touch LCD display for most user interactions.

Connections - WiFi or a 3G cellular network.

Cost - around $500.

Trivia - The iPad is a tablet computer(aimed between smartphones and laptops) developed by Apple, meant for internet browsing, media consumption, gaming, and light content creation. Unlike many older tablets, it does not use a stylus for input and instead uses fingertips.

Courtsey - Wikipedia.

* Got attachments for your mail? Just drag and drop in your gmail-

Company - Google.

Features - You can attach as many files (under 20MB total). Just select files from anywhere on your PC or Mac, drag them to the Gmail's 'Attach Files' area and drop them. You'll notice the progress bar showing the attachment status of those files.

Trivia - Yes, its true Google has added new file drag and drop feature support in Gmail to add attachments besides the multi-attachment feature included in February last year. Currently, this feature works only in latest builds of Firefox 3.6 and Google Chrome. This new attachment adding feature will surely make your life easy but still you've to ensure that you select the correct files. Google promised to bring this support for other browsers soon.

Courtsey - techtree

* HTC Incredible

Company - HTC and Verizon wireless.

Specifications for the HTC DROID Incredible include the following:

- Android 2.1 with HTC Sense experience

- 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor

- Integrated 8GB flash drive (6.6 GB usable) with microSD expansion card slot

- 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash for crisp, detailed images

- 3.7 inch WVGA (480×800) AMOLED capacitive touch display

- Optical joystick for smooth navigation

- Dedicated, touch-sensitive Home, Menu, Back and Search keys

- Proximity sensor, light sensor and digital compass

- Integrated GPS

- Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)

- 3.5 mm headset jack

- Friend Stream for unified Flickr, Facebook and Twitter updates

- Leap view for quick access to all seven home screen panels

- Dimensions: 4.63 x 2.30 x 0.47 inches and 4.59 ounces

Trivia - Width of the device is narrower than iPhone and the Nexus One. Soft touch back.Compared to the Google Nexus One, we see an improved camera, integrated 8GB flash drive, optical joystick instead of physical trackball, and latest HTC Sense experience

Courtsey - First Look Preview.

* 3-D Television

Companies - LG, Samsung, Sony, Philips, others.

Technology - A 3D television is a television that employs techniques of 3D presentation, such as stereoscopic capture, multi-view capture, or 2D plus depth, and a 3D display—a special viewing device to project a television program into a realistic three-dimensional field.These TVs with LCD shutter glasses, where they tell the glasses which eye should see the image being exhibited at the moment, creating a stereoscopic image. These TV sets usually support HDMI 1.4 and a minimum (input and output) refresh rate of 120Hz; glasses may be sold separately.

Trivia - Many 3-D channels and media are already line up, as of 2008, 3D programming is broadcast on Japanese cable channel BS 11 approximately four times per day. Sky made a channel called Sky Sports 3D. It started in early 2010. Sky Movies 3D will come out in autumn, ESPN and many others are planning to air their 3D versions too. Toshiba, Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, and LG all have plans to introduce 3D capabilities (mostly in higher-end models) in TVs available sometime in 2010.3D Blu-ray players and DirecTV broadcasts are also expected in 2010. Samsung began selling the UN55C7000, its first 3D ready TV, late in February 2010.

The Chinese manufacturer TCL has developed a 42-inch LCD 3D TV called the TD-42F, does not require any special glasses, with a price tag of whopping $20,000!

Courtsey - Wikipedia.

* Microsoft Surface

Company - Microsoft

Interface -It is a natural user interface.

Idea and Conceptualization - In 2001, Stevie Bathiche of Microsoft Hardware and Andy Wilson of Microsoft Research .

Specifications -

Features: Multi-touch display, Horizontal orientation.

Requirements: Standard American 110–120V power

System:

OS : Windows Vista™

Connectivity : wired Ethernet 10/100 and wireless 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity.

Applications : written using either Windows Presentation Foundation or Microsoft XNA technology.

Dimensions: 30-inch (76 cm) display in a table-like form factor,22 inches (56 cm) high, 21 inches (53 cm) deep, and 42 inches (107 cm) wide.

Materials. The Surface tabletop is acrylic, and its interior frame is powder-coated steel.

Trivia - It is a computer with different look & feel.Surface does not have any keyboard or mouse.This uses a multi touch screen as user interface.Change an ordinary tabletop into a vibrant, interactive surface 30-inch display

Able to recognize actual unique objects that have barcode. A new way of working with computers that moves beyond the traditional mouse-and-keyboard experience.

Its a combination of Direct interaction, multiuser experience, multi-point contact, object recognition. Can respond to 52 touches at a time. One application in-built in Surface has a feel of a pond with full realistic image, and users can touch and create ripples in that pond as it would have been created in real.

* Flexible Mobile - Nokia 888

The white thingy you seeing in this pic above is the phone..:)

Company - Nokia

Design concept - “Form follows you”

A personal mobile communication device which lets you be free and fun. It is light, simple and carefree. You can change its form according to your needs during the day.

Power : liquid battery.

Technologies that are used - Speech recognition, flexible touch screen, touch sensitive body cover which lets it understand and adjust to the environment.

The functionality of design - You dont have to carry it in your pocket or on your wrist. You can carry it anywhere, in anyform. You can roll it, bend it, put on your clothes like a clip. It also makes some form changes that makes it more ergonomical: i.e. when you want to talk on the phone, the body form turns into the form of the good old telephone. You can personalize these forms and record them. So it fits you the best in the way that you have chosen. The functions that it has also create a feeling of electronical pet, as it senses your moves, understand what you want, respond you in the best way. It learns you, to fit you better.

Trivia - You can change the form of the body. Not just the color. And you can do the same by sending an e-motion to your friend, e-motions, lets you send forms to the other 888 users. It could be the shape of a heart or a small dance. This way you can talk without words.It has a simple programmable body mechanism so that it changes forms in different situations.

Courtsey - Nokia 888

Creatonnes : : Unusuals.

This post of creatonnes deals with the unusual. Yup, anything which is very unusual. When you go through the posts, you'll come to know that what all things exist, which we come across often, but there exists a very unusual part of them. Here I present them, and hope that you'll like it...


* World's Most luxurious jail - Leoben, Austria.







As you can see from the pictures, this jail's architecture puts it among the beautiful and elegant buildings, and it does'nt end over there, this jail is world's most luxurious jail with almost a feel of a hotel. The inmates have their individual rooms, a dedicated gymnasium, sport area, multicusine food are some of the specialities.
Taking these things in consideration, who won't want to commit a crime and be a part of this jail?..:)


* World's Biggest Motorcycle - Dream Big.



Name and creator -"Dream Big", Greg Dunham.

Specifications - 3.4 meters tall, measures 6.2 meters in length, weighs 2948.3 kilograms.

Engine - 8 226.3 cc engine, 500 horsepower.

Transmission - features a gearbox with 2 forward speeds and reverse.

Top-Speed - 104kmph.

Trivia - Dunham says that he started building "Dream Big" somewhere in 2002, and, after three years of continuous work, it has already swallowed over 300,000 US dollars.

"The Monster" has six seats, including that of the driver, the tires alone reach a height of 1.8 meters and are nearly one meter wide.

"It took three years to build. When People ask me why I built it, I say because it was my dream, and I wanted to prove that impressive tasks can be accomplished by hard work and to inspire all to follow their dreams and prove all things are possible to those who believe," said Greg Dunham.


* World's Tallest Building - Burj Khalifa.



A view from Burj Khalifa:



Burj Khalifa ("Khalifa Tower"),known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the tallest man-made structure ever built, at 828 m (2,717 ft).

Construction tenure- Around 5yrs.( 21 September 2004 to 1 October 2009).

The building officially opened on 4 January 2010.

The tower's architecture and engineering by - Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill of Chicago.

Chief Architect - Adrian Smith.

Chief Structural Engineer - Bill Baker

The total cost for the Burj Khalifa project was about US$1.5 billion.

Note : Facts and figures from Wikipedia.


* World's Largest truck - Liebherr T 282B



Weight - 224 tons.

Engine - 3650 horsepower diesel.

Trivia - An interview with Liebherr R&D head Francis Bartleby in which he drops a load of tasty T 282B trivia, like the fact that the huge diesel engine actually generates electricity to power two electric drive motors, and the story about the time a driver of one of the big trucks accidentally crushed a normal-sized service truck and didn't even notice..:)

Courtsey - Gizmodo.

* World's Largest Swimming Pool - San Alfonso del Mar, Chile.



A view from the top:



Its in Chile, and is an artificial lagoon and swimming pool.

Size - 8 hectares

Capacity - incredible 250,000 cubic meters of water.

Design and conceptualization - Crystal Lagoons founder, biochemist and Chilean businessman Fernando Fischmann.

Trivia - Equivalent in size to an incredible 6,000 standard domestic pools.


* World's Most Expensive Pen - Mystery Masterpiece.



The Limited Edition Mystery Masterpiece, a joint creation between Mont blanc and Van Cleef & Arpels, is the most expensive writing pen ever created.

Cost - $730,000!

Trivia - This amazing pen is truly a masterpiece of the jeweler's art. Each pen has 840 diamonds and more than 20 carats of gemstones set in a Van Cleef & Arpels patented "Mystery Setting" that conceals the stone settings. A groove is made on the culet, the bottom facet of the stone, which is then slid onto the threads of the lattice design so that the stones can be held in place side by side without any visible support. There are three variations, set either with rubies, sapphires or emeralds, and accented by diamonds. The three variations of these marvelous pens are limited to three releases each for a total of nine. The unique work took over a year and a half to create by skilled artisans.

* World's Most Expensive Burger - The Burger, Burger King



Cost - $ 186.

Ingredients - Made with Wagyu beef. It is also decked with white truffles, onion tempura prepared in Cristal champagne and some of Spain’s finest Pata Negra ham. All of this is presented in an Iranian saffron and truffle bun.

Trivia - Hot on the heels of Wall Street Burger, surprisingly enough, is Burger King. Yes, this monolithic fast food giant has decided to live up to its name by producing the world’s most expensive burger. Simply called “The Burger,” this costly hamburger is available only at a West London branch of the restaurant. Luckily for those among you who’ll be taking your private jets to Burger King for lunch, The Burger can be pre-ordered by phone so you needn’t wait.


* World's Smallest Art - Nano Art



Artist - J Sha teamed with ARmark Authentication Technologies, LLC in Pennsylvania.

Specifications - 40 microns tall with features as small as 250 nanometers, Fish is smaller than a spec of dust and 1/8th the width of a strand of hair.

Trivia - Fish was created using nanoentonography, a new process developed by the artist for ARmark to safeguard products and brands from counterfeiting. The ARmark authentication system works by incorporating microscopic layers of covert markers to create brand-owner specific information into products. There are up to eight different levels of security that can be applied to these covert markers that are mere microns wide. With infinite possibilities for unique coding (shapes, colors, numbers and patterns) the product is impossible to replicate.
Nanotechnology could soon create an art gallery full of art that nobody can see not even the artists who created it.

Fish is the first of several works and commissions to be created in 2007.

Creatonnes :: Gallery Part 2

Creatonnes :: Gallery did get some very good response and I thank everyone a ton for the same. Today I present part 2 of the gallery. Scroll down and you'll find that these pics are really awesome and they show a fantastic side of what you might not have ever thought. This post once again deals with the photography at its best and some really creative ideas, which shows how simple things can be made special by just a vision..

I hope you'll enjoy all these pictures. Even if you do not join this blog, or that i do not know you, leaving a comment or two won't harm..:)..in-fact, it boosts the cause..

To the people who follow this blog, I would like you all to be active on this. This is here for us all..

Note: None of the pictures listed are photo-shopped!

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Some really creative handbags(14-15):

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Creatonnes :: Gallery

Photography is one of the ultimate forms of expressing creativity. Here i present some of the amazing photos that i came across with, which ooze out the creations and imaginations of the people. As you go through you'll come across some which are funny and some which are breathtaking pieces of marvel caught on camera. I hope you'll enjoy them all..and with positive responses, I'll make it a regular in my blog.

Breathtaking pics:

Sculpture: Hairdressing the lady on bed, the pic following, shows the lady on bed after completion.






Sculpture of a boy:




Sculpture of a sleeping man's face..realistic, isn't it??


















Public toilet in Switzerland, second pic shows the view from inside. Anyone interested to go?





A great and creative coffee ad on a manhole, to make it more realistic and to give a feel like a cup of hot coffee, the holes in the cup allow the steam to come out:



The pic following is a creative ad by Mini Cooper placed at the Zurich, Switzerland train station, shows people climbing into and out of the car, when they are actually entering and exiting the stairs:






Following are a set of brilliant and hilarious moments caught by creative and on time eye:



This swimmer above trying to give a warning to judges in case they give less points..



The above play of basketball had some really salty moments..:)



I guess the above tennis ball didn't survive the blow which he gave to it after this look..:)




It must have pained a lot!! of course a second later...:)




Broken nose??



I hope he didn't throw the ball...



Grudge of a spectator, finally satisfied..and thankfully caught on time..:)




The players take revenge..spectator gets it..unfortunately this was not a punch..it was a blow..:D



Bicycle kick on the go..



Crap!!..how am i gonna find a new set now??(i hope he is not referring his teeth...) :)




Baseball needs dedication..err, i mean of a photographer, to catch these moments!!



Baseball is a funny game, isn't it?..the take off was smooth..but i don't think the landing was..:)