'Spider-Boy' spins his own wall-climbing device

Hibiki Kono scales a wall at his school, King's College School in Cambridge, England. Not to worry; there's a nice thick mat below in case the gadget comes unplugged or otherwise fails him.(Credit: Geoff Robinson Photography)

Meet Hibiki Kono, Spider-Man fan. The 13-year-old was no longer content to live out his Spidey dreams by dressing up in blue tights or watching superhero films. He wanted to climb walls. So he designed and built his own wall-scaling device and shimmied up a brick wall at his school in Cambridge, England. As you can see from the excited applause of his peers in the video below, Kono--now known in some quarters as "Spider-Boy"--may have just surpassed Harry Potter as the superhero of young geeks everywhere. Kono created his contraption for a school design technology project by attaching two $23, 1,400-watt vacuums to nozzle pads and plugging the suction machine in. He devised the gadget over the course of five months. Those Cornell scientists working on an arachno-riffic palm-size liquid adhesion device should hire Kono stat. In the meantime, though, there are some walls the imaginative teen won't be climbing. "My mum thinks it's brilliant," Kono told The Sun of his device. "But she won't let me use it in my bedroom, as she's worried I may pull down the ceiling."
Source: CNET News (http://cnet.com/)

4 Handphone Lenovo terbaru, Lenovo E156, A125, Q320 dan Lenovo Q350

Lenovo yang selama ini lebih dikenal sebagai produsen notebook di Indonesia mulai merambah ke pasar Handphone. Guna merambah pasar handphone di Indonesia, Lenovo Mobile langsung meluncurkan empat tipe handphone sekaligus.

Keempat handphone Lenovo tersebut yaitu Lenovo E156 dijual dengan harga Rp 249.000, Lenovo A125 dijual dengan harga Rp 449.000, Lenovo Q320 dijual dengan harga Rp 569.000, dan Lenovo Q350 yang merupakan handphone termahal dari keempat handphone tersebut yaitu dijual dengan harga 699.000, Untuk mendistribusikan handphone keluaran Lenovo Mobile di Indonesia telah ditunjuk PT Global Selular Network untuk memasarkannya secara eksklusif.

Bila melihat dari harga yang ditawarkan, Lenovo Mobile lebih mengarah ke segment menengah ke bawah yang saat ini di dominasi oleh vendor lokal asal China, hadir nya Lenovo Mobile menambah ketatnya persaingan handphone di kelas menengah ke bawah. Sementara di kelas smartphone Lenovo mempunyai produk seperti Lenovo LePhone, tetapi belum jelas apakah tipe ini akan masuk juga ke pasar Indonesia.

Untuk mempercepat penetrasi pasar, Lenovo Mobile mengandeng operator telepon seluler ternama di tanah air, yakni Axis dan Telkomsel dengan menjual paket bundling hanphone Lenovo.

Lenovo Mobile pertama sekali diluncurkan di China, menyusul Taiwan dan Vietnam kemudian Indonesia. Menurut Ling Qi, General Manager Overseas Dept dari Lenovo Group, saat ini Lenovo Mobile menduduki peringkat ketiga pasar ponsel di China. "Sekarang kami siap memasuki pasar global," ujar Ling. Indonesia menjadi salah satu pasar Lenovo yang strategis karena memiliki populasi penduduk terbesar di Asia Tenggara

Berikut dua gambar dan spesifikasi dari handphone keluaran Lenovo Mobile tersebut
Lenovo E156 Specifications:
Network Dualband GSM (900/1800 MHz) & Dual On
Dimension:101 × 44.3 x 14 mm
Screen:TFT 65k color
Data:GPRS class 10
Memory:Internal RAM 4MB, ROM 16 MB, exsternal microSD
Messaging:SMS, MMS
Connectivity:miniUSB
Browser:WAP
Battery:Lithium ion 650 mAh
Other Features:
MP3 player, FM Radio, Facebook, Call recorder, Conference call, Schedule SMS & Group sending, Alarm, Calculator, Calendar, Speakerphone


Lenovo Q320 Specifications
Network: Dalawahan Band GSM (900/1800 MHz)
Dimension: 107x62x12.5mm,
Weight: 120.4 gr
Screen: 2.2 inch, 65k color TFT, QVGA
Data: GPRS
Camera: 1.3MP (1280 × 960 pixels), Video recorder
Internal Memory: 1016 Kb
External Memory: microSD
Message: SMS, Chat, MMS
Connectivity: Bluetooth, miniUSB data cable
Browser: WAP, Opera Mini
Other Features:
Polyphonic (MP3), MP3/MP4 player, FM radio + Record, Schedule FM record, Facebook, Twitter , Nimbuzz, ChatBox, Telkomsel link, Fun (LangitMusik, MyPulau, Plaza, Gate Shop, Mig33), Detik.com, Java, Unit converter, Currency converter, Panic button, Mobile Tracker, Black, Background sounds, Game
Battery: Lithium ion 1100 mAh
Standby: 300 hours
Talk time: 4-5 hours