Cool Beemer

Do you like car designs? Check out this BMW GINA Light Visionary Model.






I see some practical issues, and probably it is not that safe. But who cares, it looks great, and if you don't like it you can shape it yourself ... from cruiser to racer ... over and over again.





Photo and video by BMW

OLPC XO-2

Last night I checked out the redesign of the OLPC-XO. The low budget machine turned into a real nice to have gadget. Let me sum up few remarkable specifications of this XOXO or XO-2 as it is called:

· Dual 16x9 proportioned sunlight-readable touch screens.
· Keyboard and touchpad both replaced by touch screens.
· Physically smaller than XO-1; size and weight more like a book.
· 1 watt power consumption.

Combine these specs with the OLPC concept itself and you have a powerful and good looking machine.

Although I think OLPC is a wonderful initiative and the people behind it are really upright I wonder whether it will ever by a success. The new design doesn't take my doubts away, the opposite, it strengthens them. Isn't it too slick, too fancy? Don't we think a starving kid from a 3rd world slums would rather sell it for a few dollars or find something to eat then connect to his local network?