This Ornate Scroll Is A Gadget
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/yankodesign/~3/amio4orSzhQ/
It's inlayed with some mother-of-pearl work and looks like the Korean 'Najawnchilgi' lacquer ware craft, but Gyo-Ji is actually a translation device. Compared to the ViewTrans that we saw recently, this scroll features a rolled-up screen and allows you to write the foreign script directly onto it for translation. Another way of getting the job done is to place the screen on the foreign script and then hit the translation button. At this rate I think translation dictionaries and handbooks will soon be redundant.
Designers: Soonkyu Jang, Taehee Woo, Yonghuk Yim & Chung Lee
Windows only: Free application 
From those three pop-out menus—Applications, Places, and System—you can accomplish pretty much the same thing as any Linux user can, just without the full desktop. Launch a program, and it appears in a window that looks like any other on your Windows system. Open a file browser from "Places," and you can get to your Windows files by heading to 
Whatever changes you make to your system stick with it. So if you, say, want to install VLC media player for some on-the-go media, you can install it from the Add/Remove dialog or tackle it manually in Accessories->Terminal, and it'll be planted right in the Sound & Video menu. The same goes for system tweaks or startup apps you add to your little Ubuntu package.
Portable Ubuntu makes for a great place to test out your more cutting-edge stuff, wi! thout ha ving to worry about messing up your working Windows system. The latest beta of Firefox 3.1/3.5? Even easier to run than the 
When you're running Portable Ubuntu, Windows treats it like any other program. You can close down individual app windows from your taskbar, and pop it onto and off your desktop with little hassle.
A robot named Adam is reported to be the first robot ever to independently uncover scientific knowledge.
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