Store 2,100 music CDs in the size of a CD player

Never lose your favourite tunes again with this gigantic music jukebox by Olive. You can store your whole lifetime of music in this digital entertainment gadget without deleting any songs, ever. Moreover, you can save some previous space from those stacks of Music CDs.

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Olive Media Products, Inc., a developer of innovative digital audio systems, announced new versions of its award-winning music server line with 750GB storage space that holds up to 2,100 CDs in lossless quality, allowing you to conveniently access all your favorite music.

The new OPUS combines the fidelity of a high-end CD player with the convenience of digital audio technology. The breathtaking audio fidelity is courtesy of a customized audio board with four 24-bit DACs and temperature-compensated crystal oscillator. Read the rest of this entry »

World’s 1st manned aircraft powered by AA batteries

aircraft powered by AA batteriesThe future of aircrafts may be powered by cell batteries - a cleaner and more convenient source of energy compared to our conventional gasoline.

Tokyo Institute of Technology, known for its experiments with human-powered planes, and Matsushita, who provided the batteries, launched a joint project to develop the battery-powered vehicle in January 2006.

The consumer electronics giant, known for its Panasonic brand, teamed up with the Tokyo Institute of Technology to fly the plane with 160 of its commercially sold Oxyride AA batteries, commonly used in portable CD players and cameras. The Oxyride battery is a long-lasting battery said to be 1.5 times as powerful as a regular alkaline battery. Read the rest of this entry »