The LA car show 09

With only an hour left in till the end of the show, I raced over and got in. I heard about it late but I love cars and had to see what was there. Here are some of the best.

Gold PS3 and other Custom tech items!

Gotta love customization, regardless of how impractical it is….check out these 24 k gold tech toys….

Yves Béhar Unveils the World’s Fastest Electric Motorcycle

Just yesterday Yves Béhar unveiled the Mission One, the world’s fastest electric production motorcycle. The fantastic looking bike is the brainchild of Mission Motors and Fuseproject, and is designed to have a top speed of 150mph, with a range of around 150 miles. Yves Béhar’s projects have always exhibited a deft balance between stunning aesthetics and sustainable design, and his latest opus is no exception.
If you were to name some of the coolest projects that you’ve seen here at Inhabitat, the odds are that at least one of them was conceived by industrial designer extraordinaire Yves Béhar. Unveiled at this year’s TED conference, the Mission One motorcycle is the designer’s latest groundbreaking design. The fully electric motorcycle boasts 100 lb-ft of torque and is powered by a high-energy lithium-Ion battery that charges in under two hours.
The bike is currently being exhibited at the Kohler Livinghome at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center. The first 50 bikes will be delivered in 2010, and will run a cool $68,995, so it’s time to start saving.

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Apple Buys Lala.com, Price not Disclosed

Apple today confirmed that it has purchased the popular music site Lala.com.

Apple Inc. has purchased online music retailer Lala.com, a Silicon Valley startup that has threatened “the end of the MP3″ with its fast song-streaming application.

Apple spokesman Steve Dowling confirmed the purchase Sunday, but would not provide any further information, including how much the deal was worth.

“Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time and we generally do not comment on our purpose or plans,” he said.

Lala has developed an application — not yet available to the public — that allows users to buy the right to stream songs from a digital locker for an unlimited time on their iPhones for 10 cents each.

The song quality is lower than what Apple’s iTunes songs offer, but tracks can played in seconds, and cost much less than the songs on iTunes, which generally are priced at 69 cents to $1.29 each.

Lala, a private company based in Palo Alto, Calif., was launched in 2006 with $35 million in venture capital from Bain Capital LLC, Ignition Partners and Warner Music Group Corp. Lala began as an online CD-trading site but relaunched in October 2008 as a music retailer.

New Tech – Microsoft Surface

You have all got to check this out. I ran across it on youtube looking for new technology and its very innovative and just freakin cool. How old is the release of this prototype? Does anyone know? I hope im not posting something old that everyone except me knows about already! Ha…even so…its still worthy of a post.

Cheers!

Concept phone

Everyone should know by now I love nanotechnology and the prospects of design and function that reside in it’s potential. I came across this video of a Nokia concept phone and it’s creativity is striking. The phone can be changed into 3 different forms (potentially any number of forms would be possible) and has a myriad of functions before unavailable to any phone. It’s a sexy little device with a scratch, spill resistent surface that can stretch, recharge on solar energy and detect any number of potentially harmful particles in the air. Needless to say it’s a showcase of what nanontechnology could do on a small scale that could be aplied into different facets of life.

All the best,

Sim Dex

Zune HD

A friend of mine recently got me a new Zune HD 32 gb platinum brought to you by Microsoft. I have to say, Apple, you’re about to get a run for your money. The Zune HD has a high def screen, HD radio, an exceptional battery life and an overall sleek and sexy interface. I love the way the touch screen works and the amount of time that was taken to create the screen saver option while in play mode. Though it doesn’t work with a Mac, it still makes you look at your iPod touch or iPhone with a little less pride. I wish they would have attached a phone feature, the only thing that’s really missing in my opinion. The Zune can work as a normal MP3 player or you can get a Zune Pass to the market place for 15$ per month and gain access to an unlimited amount of album downloads. Now, you are renting these albums but get to keep them as long as you pay your 15$ a month, and they allow you to keep 10 songs per month for free, which is pretty cool. As compared to iTunes, where most songs cost $1.29, this is a clever idea and a great way to give users a ton of music.