Laptop Pillow

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Are you a computer addict who frequently gets sleepy? Now here is a gadget for you and for those persons who accidentally sleeps on the keyboard. Introducing the Laptop Pillow, it is made up of soft fibrous materials that will give yourself a more comfortable sleep.

Imation Ships SSDs and Upgrade Kits

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Solid State Disks have been around for quite some time. Their advantage being smaller, lighter and shock proof. SSDs have been very popular on UMPCs specially with the Asus Eee PC. Currently, SSDs have lower data capacity compared to traditional hard drives and is more expensive per Gigabyte of disk space. If you want to upgrade to an SSD, Imation offers their products for tech savvy persons.

The price for the Imations SSDs themselves starts at $189.99 for the M-class with 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB capacities available. The S-class starts at $659.99 with 64GB or 128GB versions available.

The upgrade kits for Desktop PCs 2.5-inch drives start at $299.99 for the M-class and $1,299.99 for the S-class in 64GB or 128GB capacities. The upgrade kits include the needed cables for transferring data and software from the old HDD to the new SSD.

South Korea To Build World’s Longest Superconductor Electric Distribution System

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Due to the high demands in electric power consumption, South Korea is expanding its transmission line system using superconductors instead of copper or aluminum cables.  South Korea already ordered 50 miles of Superconducting cables from American Semiconductors http://www.amsc.com/ which would carry 50 MW of power.

Korea Electric Power Corp CEO Kim Ssang-Su:
“As is the case in many countries around the world, Korea has been experiencing sharp increases in electricity demand and is relying more and more on renewable energy sources to meet that demand. With the ability to carry vast amounts of power in a small pathway, we see great promise for superconductor cable technology and look forward to energizing this system first.”