Day: April 25, 2014

Nissan Note: world’s first self-cleaning car

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Nissan is testing out a super-hydrophobic and oleophobic nano-paint technology called Ultra-Ever Dry which, in theory, should ward off water, oil and dirt from your car. As a proof of concept, the company has painted one half of the Nissan Note with the said coating while leaving the other half untouched. The result is actually pretty convincing.

The folks over at the Nissan Technical Centre Europe have driven the Nissan Note in various terrains and the fancy coating held up quite nicely in each of these conditions.

Now that the Ultra-Dry Ever coating has already proven its worth, the goal now for the company is to further develop the paint to make sure that it will stay in place for a longer period of time.

According to Nissan, they have not yet considered making the Ultra-Dry Ever as a staple for their upcoming cars, but they’re looking at the possibility of making it as an add-on feature in the future.

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This power bank charges phones and jumpstarts cars

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JUMPR isn’t like any other external battery you’ve seen on store shelves as it can charge your smartphones and at the same time revive your car’s dead battery in minutes – it even has a built-in LED flashlight to show that it means serious business.

JUMPR

Juno Power is the company behind JUMPR. This portable charger is packed with 6000mAh of power that gives an output to a 5V 2.1 USB port and a 12V output with 150 – 300 amps. The former is for gadgets like smartphones, tablets, cameras, etc, while the latter is for jumpstarting your car. It also has a light source to aid you when your battery dies at night.

The 12-Volt power at 300 amps meets the required needs of automobiles and motorcycles in order to come back to life when the battery gets juiced out. The company claims that “300 amps is enough to jumpstart almost all 4-cylinder and 6-cylinder engines.”

The 7-ounce and 5.5-inch long JUMPR is currently on presale and interested buyers may place their orders for $69.99 (approx. Php3,000). It will start shipping on May with all the included cables for charging your devices and automobiles.

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This power bank charges phones and jumpstarts cars

Kevin Bruce Francisco Leave a comment

JUMPR isn’t like any other external battery you’ve seen on store shelves as it can charge your smartphones and at the same time revive your car’s dead battery in minutes – it even has a built-in LED flashlight to show that it means serious business.

JUMPR

Juno Power is the company behind JUMPR. This portable charger is packed with 6000mAh of power that gives an output to a 5V 2.1 USB port and a 12V output with 150 – 300 amps. The former is for gadgets like smartphones, tablets, cameras, etc, while the latter is for jumpstarting your car. It also has a light source to aid you when your battery dies at night.

The 12-Volt power at 300 amps meets the required needs of automobiles and motorcycles in order to come back to life when the battery gets juiced out. The company claims that “300 amps is enough to jumpstart almost all 4-cylinder and 6-cylinder engines.”

The 7-ounce and 5.5-inch long JUMPR is currently on presale and interested buyers may place their orders for $69.99 (approx. Php3,000). It will start shipping on May with all the included cables for charging your devices and automobiles.

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DATA A DAY: Why doesn’t PNoy certify the FOI bill as urgent

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WHEN HE WAS still a presidential hopeful, then Senator Benigno S. Aquino III told reporters that he would support the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill.

Three years into his term, however, President Aquino has still not certified the FOI bill as urgent. This, even as allies in both the House of Representatives and the Senate have filed their own versions of the FOI in their respective chambers. At the same time, a special working group within the Office of the President had also drafted its own version of the FOI.

With these elements in place, many are puzzled as to why the President has not seen it fit to throw the influence he has over the legislature behind the FOI bill.

For today’s Data a Day:

What is the reason given by Malacanang for President Aquino’s refusal to certify the FOI bill as urgent?

For the answer to that question, just visit the PCIJ’s Data a Day site, or go through our MoneyPolitics Online website for more juicy bits of data.

Oppo attachable Smart Lens gets pictured

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Looks like Oppo is set to go against Sony’s QX smart lenses with their own NFC and WiFi-powered Smart Lens.

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Rumors about Oppo making their own smart lens started last year but it was only recently that the product was photographed and leaked in its entirety.

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The Oppo Smart Lens works similar to Sony’s and uses a built-in clamp to attach itself to a smartphone. Complete specs are not yet revealed but it has NFC, WiFi, and 10x zoom. It is also rumored to sport an 16 megapixel sensor, optical image stabilization, and microSD card slot, but these are yet to be confirmed.

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So far no information yet on pricing and availability but we can take this as a hint that its launch is just around the corner.

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