Bas van Essen

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology's SENSEable City team have chosen the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change to show off a new bicycle wheel prototype which not only provides electric rider assist, but also contains "a veritable Swiss army knife's worth of electronic gadgets and novel functions", including sensors to monitor air quality and noise pollution, GPRS and Bluetooth connectivity. Unlike other electric assist solutions, the Copenhagen Wheel can be fitted to an existing bicycle. As the rider pedals away, the hub harvests energy from movement and braking and stores it for later use in the internal batteries. The hub also contains an electric motor (naturally), 3-speed gears and an array of sensors to give the cyclist information about his or her surroundings. - Bas van Essen from Bookmarklet

These are Japan Self-Defense Force Sunglasses, and apparently they're officially endorsed by Japan's military. Maybe it's because the JSDF just likes the way they look, or perhaps it's the strong lenses. Each one is boasts the ability to withstand an impact from an object 0.3 inches (or 6.55mm) traveling at 106 miles per hour. Those specs probably won't mean much against a 9mm bullet speeding toward your eye at over 1,000 miles per hour, but it does make for a neat image. These JSDF shades can also withstand a blow from all the dollar bills that will be flying out of your wallet: all 317 of them. Check out a bonus shot after the jump. - Bas van Essen from Bookmarklet

"The professional networking site LinkedIn just announced on their blog that over the next couple of days users of their service will be able to send their status updates from LinkedIn to Twitter, and vice versa. This is a big win/win for both companies. For LinkedIn, it will perhaps revive their status update feature which in my experience was rarely used. More importantly, it is likely to drive traffic and new users to the site. For Twitter, it continues to support the business relevance of the service as both a networking and professional branding tool. LinkedIn Co-founder Reid Hoffman and Twitter Co-founder Biz Stone discuss the integration:" - Bas van Essen from Bookmarklet

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"The professional networking site LinkedIn just announced on their blog that over the next couple of days users of their service will be able to send their status updates from LinkedIn to Twitter, and vice versa. This is a big win/win for both companies. For LinkedIn, it will perhaps revive their status update feature which in my experience was rarely used. More importantly, it is likely to drive traffic and new users to the site. For Twitter, it continues to support the business relevance of the service as both a networking and professional branding tool. LinkedIn Co-founder Reid Hoffman and Twitter Co-founder Biz Stone discuss the integration:" - Bas van Essen from Bookmarklet

"The professional networking site LinkedIn just announced on their blog that over the next couple of days users of their service will be able to send their status updates from LinkedIn to Twitter, and vice versa. This is a big win/win for both companies. For LinkedIn, it will perhaps revive their status update feature which in my experience was rarely used. More importantly, it is likely to drive traffic and new users to the site. For Twitter, it continues to support the business relevance of the service as both a networking and professional branding tool. LinkedIn Co-founder Reid Hoffman and Twitter Co-founder Biz Stone discuss the integration:" - Bas van Essen from Bookmarklet

In een landschap dat overheerst wordt door zwarte, donkergrijze en zilverkleurige televisies, is er slechts één Aurea. De nieuwste versie van Aurea is grensverleggend in design en kijkbeleving. De Aurea behoudt de eigenschappen waar hij om bekend staat: het doorzichtige Active Frame met Ambilight Spectra, het volledige glazen front, het glas rond de rand en het aparte design dat voor een stijlvolle uitstraling zorgt, of de televisie nu aan of uit staat. De nieuwe Aurea 3 is in Nederland beschikbaar vanaf November voor de marktadviesprijs van 3999,00 Euro. - Bas van Essen from Bookmarklet

A shoebox sized, GPS-guided robot is under development for the U.S. military. Oh, and the robot has mad ups too: It can leap a 25-foot wall without breaking a sweat. Robotics company Boston Dynamics, the same group that brought you PETMAN and BigDog, built the robot—known as the Precision Urban Hopper—for the purposes of scouting enemy territory. - Bas van Essen from Bookmarklet