Zastron Hunting Farm

The following photo's were taken at a farm in the Free State in South Africa. Close to the Lesotho border, a great place to go hunting in the winter.

 

 

 

 

Bizarre Uno "Motorcycle"

A young inventor has created a motorbike with a twist - it uses two wheels but they are positioned right next to each other, giving it the illusion of being a powered unicycle. And even better, it might help save the planet.

Ben Gulak has spent several years building the electric Uno that uses gyroscopic technology - like the infamous Segway commuter device - to stay upright.

The bizarre-looking contraption has only one switch - on or off - and is controlled entirely by body movement.

The rider leans forwards to accelerate to speeds of 25mph and back to slow down. It has two wheels side-by-side and has been turning heads wherever it has been ridden.

The green machine is so small and light it can be taken indoors and carried into lifts - and is recharged by being plugged into the mains.


The wheels are completely independent, allowing the bike to turn on a sixpence and the technology takes the balance and guesswork out of riding a unicycle.

Its 18-year-old creator is now looking for investors to get the Uno into production and onto the streets.

Ben, from Ontario, Canada, said: "I was inspired to make the bike after visiting China a few years ago and seeing all the smog.

"They all drive little bikes that are really polluting and I wanted to make something to combat that."I started with the concept because if something doesn't look cool people just won't be interested. "After coming up with the concept I started to build it and now have the first prototype and the reaction has been amazing. "It has two wheels side by side and that means it is easier to turn as they are completely independent and have their own suspension. "The bike has a 'neutral point' and when you lean forward it accelerates to keep the neutral point in the right place."It has a couple of gyros and is basically self-balancing - it takes the guesswork out of riding a unicycle."The bike takes a bit of getting used to because you have to learn to trust it. But it doesn't take long.


"It takes any weight and weighs 120 lbs and can fit into a lift so you can take it indoors to charge it up. "Currently it has a top speed of 25mph, but that will be increased greatly with bigger motors.

"It has a range of about 2.5 hours and it is designed for the commute to work through busy towns. I believe this could be electrical alternative to the car. I'm just looking for an investor to help me get it into production."

OLPC - One Laptop per Child Campaign

The photo on the left hand side is taken from a prototype of the OLPC Pc.

The OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) program is meant to help educate the underprivileged children in Africa. This initiative is supported by various IT-vendors including Intel, Microsoft and many more to try to connect Africa to the Internet.

I think these efforts will promote the necessity of development in Africa and assist in educating the continent and vendors and governments must work together to create more programs like the OLPC campaign to further the cause.

Let me know what you think about this cause

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I am Legend Review

It is the year 2012. In the ruins of New York city. Robert Neville who is a military scientist who is the lone survivor of a biochemical disease which was supposed to cure cancer 3 years previous. With only blood thirsty zombies as his neighbors and his trusty dog, Samantha, Robert is trying to discover a cure for this disease and to find out any other people who might have also survived. Written by John Wiggins

I think this movie was great, definitly a must see if you haven't already.

Go out see the movie and let me know what you think:)

Nokia N96 Review by GSM Arena

Nokia N96 is a quad-band handset with dual-band HSDPA support for worldwide coverage. It runs on S60 3rd edition, FP2 and has a 2.8" QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) TFT display with 16M colors. Other features of this true powerhouse include GPS with A-GPS support and geo-tagging for photos, Wi-Fi, the stunning 16GB of onboard memory, plus a microSD slot. If that feature pack doesn't grab your attention, hardly anything will.
Nokia N96 live photos
Nokia N96 has a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with Carl Zeiss optics and powerful dual LED flash. It also records video in VGA resolution at 30 fps.The connectivity set sports Wi-Fi b/g with UPnP support, microUSB v2.0, DVB-H class C, a 3.5mm stereo headphone plug and Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP stereo audio.
Nokia N96 weighs 126g, and did feel a little bulky in our hands. The display however seemed on par with the Nokia N95 8GB (read: great).
Photos from our second encounter with Nokia N96

Slow Economic Conditions in MEA

Slower economic conditions in the MEA region is making it increasingly hard for countries to effectively compete against the bigger rivals in the USA and ASIA.

This however should not concern the MEA market to mush as these markets are some of the fastest growing markets in the world currently.

Eskom crisis in South Africa

What do you guys think of the Eskom power crises in South Africa:

From living in South Africa it is a big problem as many of the business infrastructures do not support power failures and this creates costly investments for all.

Many business have to invest in UPS (Uninterrupted power supply) or generators to be able to carry their hardware power consumption in the office. This brings another big expense to the table as fuel prices shoot through the roof, thus making the generator costs to much more...

Hope this will not deter foreign investors for future growth in the country?