WebDesign #Alpha

I will be posting cool websites once in a while and I will label them with NATO spelling alphabets :-)

Creative Website
Designer: Martin Gauer 

Twitter

Check out the website here

Green Pavement makes Electricity

Paving slabs that convert energy from people's footsteps into electricity are set to help power Europe's largest urban mall, at the 2012 London Olympics site.

The recycled rubber "PaveGen" paving slabs harvest kinetic energy from the impact of people stepping on them and instantly deliver tiny bursts of electricity to nearby appliances. The slabs can also store energy for up to three days in an on-board battery, according to its creator.

The Potential

"Up to 52,000 people per hour pass through busy train stations. The average person takes around 200 million steps in their lifetime."

See through catalog Model's clothing - Moosejaw X-Ray App

This is an Augmented reality App which uses your mobile device's camera and some augmented reality trickery to grant you X-ray vision, as you scan both female and male models' bodies in the catalog. All you have to do is position your device over the catalog pages (MooseJaw's Catalogue tho ).  Source: Gizmag


Moosejaw X-Ray App from Gary Wohlfeill on Vimeo.

Fly like Iron Man with Flyboard

"This ingenious and deceptively simple device bolts on to the powerful motor of a jet ski, then routes the resulting water jet through a long hose that connects to a pair of jet boots and hand-held stabilizers. The arrangement lets you fly, Iron Man style, up to 9 meters in the air - or leap headfirst through the waves like a human dolphin. The best part? You can buy it for under 5000 Euro (US$6700). That is, once Franky digs his way out from under the avalanche of orders he's going to come home to." - Gizmag


Read more about it here

Jide Odukoya - Nigerian Photographer

Jide Odukoya runs a very interesting blog which depicts Nigeria in diverse ways. He has a lot of amazing shots which keeps me glued every time and he also opened my eyes to aspects of Nigeria I had no idea about.

www.JideOdukoya.com/blog

Pure Water

Street Kids

View more pictures below>>>

Dictionary extension for Google Chrome

Free!

So easy, intuitive and cool. 

View definitions easily as you browse the web.

With this extension, you can:

1) Double-click any word to view its definition in a small pop-up bubble.

2) View the complete definition of any word or phrase using the toolbar dictionary.

Dictionary Extension for Google Chrome

Youtube's new look

Unlike other major website revamps, I really like this new look.

(Y)

www.youtube.com

Maths Is Fun. This is a bloody good Maths website

This website makes maths very very understandable; the basic maths anyway.

www.mathsisfun.com

6 iPhone Games Children will Love

I love children a lot and I enjoy playing with them.
One of the ways in which I keep them busy, which also seems to be a big hit, is engaging them in iPhone games.
"The digital age is taking over the toys " #Random
Anyway, these are some of the games that the kids I have played with love.

         Mouth Off

£0.69

This is so silly.

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iChalky 

£0.69

You  can change iChalky's face to anybody's face.

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Smack Talk! 

£0.69

SmackTalk! is the original voice-altering app that features an animated guinea pig, puppy, kitten, and chihuahua that repeat what you say in high-pitched squeaky and now low-pitched freaky voices *in real-time* for hours of hilarious laughter. Works in every language!

Uganda's first Electric car. Unveiled by College students

It's called the Kiira EV

The Future Fridge

It's not just a concept, it has a working prototype! :o

In MY Fridge from fabian kreuzer on Vimeo.

Bottle of bleach and water PRODUCE LIGHT!

Another amazing solar invention.

Just Watch!

Microsoft's Vision of the future (2011)

Interesting video

Bill Gate Supports Nigeria in Eradicating Polio

God bless you Bill.

Bill Gates Visits Nigeria, Signs MoU On Polio Eradication

Nigerian Movie App on Android (Afrinolly)

AFRINOLLY

African movies in your pocket! Watch movie trailers of movies produced in the african movie markets, most especially Nollywood.

Afrinolly brings to you the latest news and gist/gossips about movies, music and celebs in Africa on your Android Smartphones/Tabs.

Free iPhone games (good games)

These are some of the apps I have played and enjoy. I didn't have much time to elaborate on the apps but there are links to the game-play of each app below it's description. Trust me, all these apps are really good(to me anyway). Enjoy

If you do not have Angry Birds Rio, you are on a long thing. I prefer Angry birds Rio to the classic Angry Birds (i think that's what it's called) .
Super cool game.

Fruit Ninja

5 star game. Fun! Must have. After playing this free version, you would probably want to buy the full game.


watch the gameplay

Steve Jobs, we will miss you :-(

He was an inspiration, not only to the technological industry, but to the world in general.

Indeed a great loss

May his soul rest in Peace

iLove this App. Dictionary!

I enjoy finding out new words, meanings, spellings and so on. And this app could not be any better.

• You don't have to be on-line to use it.
• It's fast
• It has synonyms 
• You can also look up any word on the integrated Wiktionary

Dictionary!

NEW Amazon Kindle Fire (Tablet)

 Amazon announced their new Kindle on the 29th of September, called the Kindle Fire.

Cloud App. Dropbox

 Dropbox. An on-line disk space/ hard drive

• Create an account
• Download Dropbox onto your laptop, desktop, mobile phone and any other supporting devices.

"After you install Dropbox on your computer, any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, your iPhone and iPad and even the Dropbox website! With the Dropbox app, you can take everything that matters to you on the go.

Read your docs or flip through your albums when you're out and about. Save photos or videos to your Dropbox and share them with friends in just a couple taps. Even if you accidentally leave your iPhone in a taxi, your stuff is always safe on Dropbox." -Dropbox

How Much Energy Do Your Home Appliances Use? VISIUALISATION

With this data visualisation tool, you can see how much power each of your appliances use. You can also see how much it costs ($) and how much it consumes in gallons of gas.

Clicking on various appliances turns them on or off. An overall energy consumption rate is calculated in the lower right corner of the tool.

TRY IT OUT 

A hair dryer uses more power than a room air conditioner. O_o

How the iPod Took the World by Storm - INFOGRAPH

Nice Advert for Nissan Leaf Electric car

Electric cars are a  great idea, but how is the electricity produced? 

I believe electricity production would be a lot cleaner in the near future anyway.

SmartSpace Food Dispencer

Cool Space saving food dispenser. 

Really good for anyone who is looking to maximize space or make their kitchen look modern.

Buy it here

Solar Hand-Bag. Charges your phone during the day

Unlike most solar hand-bags and backpacks, this one doesn't look that bad.

The Solar Handbag from Diffus, a Danish design studio, integrates 100 "solar sequins" in a pattern that ladies may actually find socially acceptable, perhaps even attractive. During the day, the bag is capable of generating 2 watts of power, enough to charge many portable gadgets. After the sun sets, however, any leftover energy is redirected to a set of optical fibers, which glow whenever you open the bag to search for mascara, ABC gum stuffed in crumbled receipts, or whatever else you've decided may never leave your side. There's no word on whether the bag will actually come to market, but if it does go to production, it may just end up being affordable, given that many handbag budgets far exceed the amount we set aside for gadgets. -Engadget

Funky-Music Apps (Must have!)

• The  first music app I'm going to briefly talk about is iAmBeatbox. This app is too cool. You can make sick beats with this thing just by moving the 'gems' around the grid. It's a lot of fun. Let this video demonstrate a little. 

DOWNLOAD iAmBeatBox for free!

Anime Artist based in Kaduna, Nigeria. (Ibrahim Idris.)

-His name is Ibrahim Idris.
-26 years old.
I stumbled on a post about him on a blog and I was so impressed. It feels good to see a Nigerian doing such a good job. *sigh*

Cool Photo-editing Apps

In the next few days, I will be posting some cool apps you must should have on your phone. I use an iPhone btw. If you don't have an iPhone, don't lose hope yet, as you can find similar apps on your own platform(Most of the time) :-)

• The first app is called ColorSplash.

"ColorSplash is super easy and fun to use. You simply use your finger as a brush to remove or bring back the original color from regions of your image. Using a two finger pinching gesture you can quickly zoom in and out in order to work on fine details or larger areas."

This is was what I was able to do with the app.... B-)

It was free when i got it... Even if it costs anything now, It shouldn't be much. Try it!

17 year old student sells Kidney for iPad....

A 17 year old student from China, wanted an iPad so much that he sold one of his kidneys.
Apparently, he made a deal with a broker online and then, an arrangement was made, his kidney was removed and he got paid 20,000 Yuan(approximately $3000).
When his mother saw the iPad 2 she was surprised that he had one; due to the high cost in China. She then discovered the horror story and notified the authorities of how it all transpired.

O_o

iPhone's announces BBM Competittor "iMessage".

A new service from Apple called iMessage, that is pretty much identical to RIM’s BlackBerry Messenger client has been announced at its World Wide Developers Confrence. iMessage will let you send and receive text messages, photos, and contacts from other iOS users. Group messaging and read/unread/typing notifications (which are staples of BBM) can also be found in iMessage.

This could be really bad for RIM(Blcakberry) as the Blackberry Messenger is a massive selling point for the Blackeberry phone. Let's see how it goes.
Go Apple!

Read It Later: Read webpages Offline

If you have so much to do, or you are just feeling lazy to read a biography, an article, or any webpage at all, Read it Later allows you to save webpages so you can 'Read It Later' offline. So, for some people in naija who have epileptic internet services and need to read as much as possible before it's too late, this will come in quite handy.

It is available on Blackberrys, Android phones, iPhone/iPods, All browsers(Firefox's is better)
Try it! It's free..   Read It Later

GBN Rating:★★★★

Find, Buy & Sell anything on DealFish Nigeria.

 

This is a very cool site. It's just like ebay.  You can search for products(new & old), events, courses, jobs... Any thing at all; as long as it is listed. You can post and sell your own product/services when you register or you could just window shop (It's actually fun). 

The site was launched months ago in Nigeria although it has been also launched earlier in other African countries. 

I really like the whole idea and the site itself. But make sure whoever you are dealing with is credible.

Check it out   DealFish

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1- "The iPad 2 killer?"

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the successor to the Samsung  Galaxy Tab, may be the worthy competitor to the Apple iPad2. I get excited when I see fierce competition. :D

I am an Apple fan-boy, but this might just change my mind.

This new tablet device, which will be released June 8th 2011(in the US), runs the Android 3.0 or 3.1. It is very responsive, very gorgeous, very thin and very light. Unlike the rest of the tablets out there, this seems to be of more quality and I am just excited about this product. Trust me, this will be big.

Google Skecthup - Create 3d Models for free(So Easy)

For those 3D fanatics, architecturally inclined and those who just love drawing, this is definitely for you. First of all, it is a Google product so expect intuitive quality, it's quite easy to use, especially when you follow these tutorials. And finally, it's free!. Don't you just love free stuff?  :)
You can design almost anything with it. From buildings to automobiles, to devices... the list goes on.

Just download and enjoy
Google Sketchup

GBN RATING:★★★★

Toe Mouse

Another cool gadget for the upper-limb disabled group.
Very Creative.
GBN RATING:★★★

Forget you(cee Lo Green) iPad Cover

Enjoy this creativity.

Ben Powell Sketchbook 

Solar Cooker in Africa. Amazing

I am crazy about solar energy and anything energy efficient. So this really got me hooked

It's so amazing how something so cheap, simple and natural can do what seems to be so complex in the developed world. 

I think if more funds are spent on researching this cool Gadget, it could be the next big thing.

It's *energy efficient* 

It's cheap to produce ( just cardboard, foil paper and ropes-I think)

Enjoy!

Nollywood Comes To Youtube

Nollywood lovers, this is your hub to hundreds of free Nigerian movies.  


Just follow this link:     http://www.youtube.com/user/NollywoodLove


AND ENJOY!   #simples


YouTube Inc and Nollywoodlove have partnered to create a Nollywood specific section in YouTube’s newly created movie section.

Exoskeleton for Humans- HAL Robot Suit

Chrome Web Store - Nice!

So  Google Chrome launched it's 'Chrome web store' a while back now. I was just going through the site and I must tell you, I am very impressed. There is so much downloadable stuff; it's almost overwhelming. There's an app for this an app for that, an extension for this and that... It's definately worth trying out.
Note: You need to download and use Google Chrome to install any of the apps, themes and extenstions.

Chrome Web Store

Tap That Moto!

Caught my attention, don't know about you. :D

(From Jesse McCartney's music video)

Nice concept for a phone. I think a few people would get it. I might O_o.
Apparently, according to cnet.co.uk , the Android software isn't perfectly proportioned to its size. That's a shame. But a nice looking phone still. 
-Touch screen
-Interchangeable covers


Check out the phone here:
Motorola Flip-out

Multitoe floor - Cool

"The key factor of the shown design is that it is based on frustrated total internal reflection sensing. FTIR allows it to identify and track users based on their sole patterns. The floor recognizes foot postures, distinguishes users who interact from people walking by, and enables high-precision interaction. In addition, the floor can approximate users' head positions based on the pressure profile in the soles and it extracts enough details from soles to allow users to play first person shooters by balancing their feet."

This would be very useful for disabled(no arms) people. #justsaying

African(Togolese) student creates robot.

Kikin- Enhanced search experience

Live twitter streaming

You can watch Youtube straight from your search

Bing + kikin

So Kikin is a very cool add-on for Firefox and Internet Explorer users. It makes browsing a lot more fun and quicker. Personally, I hate the boring old browsing experience but Kikin brings the light I need *heavenly Voices* . Using Kikin with 'Bing', is as perfect as Lady-Gaga and Beyonce :D. I will do a review on 'Bing' soon. Its getting really impressive. Anyway, the pictures above should be able to say a few things.

Try Kikin .

Are you addicted to technology?

Just saw this post and I liked it.....You should read it and check out how geeky you are ;D

How addicted are you? Take this simple test to find out.

Answer each of the 50 questions below and give yourself one point per question you answer "yes" to. At the end, score yourself. Be honest, this is just for your own benefit... until you report your shocking score in comments, that is.

1. Do you eat most of your meals while at the computer or in front of the television?

2. Do you sometimes bring your laptop when you sit on the toilet?

3. Do you check your feeds more than 1x per hour?

4. Do you make a nervous habit out of refreshing your inbox over and over, just in case someone emailed you in the last 45 seconds?

5. Can you not remember the last time you didn't check online reviews before eating at a new restaurant?

6. Do you freak out if you're in a car and there's no GPS?

7. Does the verb "tweet" come up regularly in your real-life conversations?

8. Have you ever changed vacation plans based on wi-fi availability?

9. Are there more than two portable electronic devices within reach right now?

10. If your house were on fire, would you run in to rescue your laptop?