Philips launches SBA1500 Portable Speakers. Now boring old box designed speaker’s days are gone. Now companies are thinking about new creative design. Case in point the new Philips SBA1500 Portable Speaker System which looks more like cricket ball than a speaker set. Perfect for carrying, the speaker set can be easily folded for carrying in your pocket or bag. The new Philips SBA1500 Portable Speaker System comes with their own power pack to amplifier-packing base unit, making a small yet powerful package. The speakers can be placed apart for wide stereo sound stage and one can store the cables inside the stereo because of its clever design. The new SBA1500 Portable Speaker System is available now in market for around $47.
The Swiss Alps – Switzerland
The Alps, the greatest mountain range in Europe. The Alps contain some of Switzerland’s most dramatic landscapes. Lay at the heart of the Alps, Switzerland shares the mountain range with France, Italy and Austria and provides winter and summer time enjoyment for skiers, snowboarders, walkers and climbers. This spectacular range, with its sharp and high peaks always covered with snow, is a stunning travel and sport destination in both summer and winter.
A big portion of this rocky belongs to Switzerland. The Alps cover 65% of Switzerland’s surface area (41,285 km²), making her one of the most alpine countries. But the fact that Switzerland covers only 14% of the Alps total area. Switzerland is one of the richest countries in the world, with a unique blend of cultures and people speaking four languages (Swiss German, French, Italian and Romansh).
There are many glaciers in Switzerland and one their popular train which passes these scenic glaciers is called the Glacier Express. The Swiss Alps are the source of the snow-fed rivers Rhine and Rhone that flow across Europe
World’s first 3D digital camera
Fujifilm has now announced that they are putting out a camera that can take 3D images. The world’s first camera to take 3D video and pictures without the need for special glasses is to go on sale in market this September.
Digital cam created by Japanese camera company Fujifilm, it will allow users to see their holiday snaps in full 3D, with bicycles and beach balls jumping out from pictures. It can also capture movies with the same special effect.
To view the 3D images, users need to put them on a special 3D enabled digital photo frame or print them with a special 3D printing process that needs no glasses to view.
It can come through this wondrous feat using dual lenses that are spaced out just like human eyes. This technology is not cheap, as this 10 Mega pixel camera is priced at $600.
The Cliffs of Moher — Ireland
On the west coast of Ireland are one of the most outstanding coastal features of Ireland and biggest Tourist Attraction. The cliffs are located in south from the Village of Doolin. Rising slowly from Doolin they ascend to over 213 meters stretching south for nearly five miles (8km) to Hags head and the cliffs reach their highest point just north of O’ Brien’s Tower. The Tower was built by Cornelius O’ Brien, a descendant of Brian Boru Kings of Thomond.
The Cliffs of Moher an other wonders of nature. Your visit to Ireland is not complete without a stop at the Cliffs of Moher. The Cliffs of Moher is home to a huge number of nesting seabirds like the Atlantic Puffin, Razorbuill, Chough and Common Gull. The area is designated as a Refuge for Fauna since 1988 and as a Special Protection Area for Birds (SPA) under the EU Birds Directive in 1989.
Weather is change in Ireland very fast.It can be very windy and cold day. So before going to the Cliffs of Moher carry some warm clothes for safety.
Operational Timings:
O’ Brien’s Tower – March to October (weather permitting) from 9.30am to 6.00pm
Cliffs of Moher Visitor Centre – Open year around 9.30am to 7.00pm. Timing are change in June to August 29th from 9.00am to 8.00pm
Tsukiji fish market Tokyo
Tsukiji fish market (Tsukiji shij?) is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for visitors.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market, also known as Tsukiji fish market is located near the Tsukijishijo Station on the Toei Oedo Line and Tsukiji Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line. There are two sections of the market as a whole. The “inner market” (jonai shijo) which is the licensed wholesale market, where the auctions and most of the processing of the fish take place, and where licensed wholesale dealers (approximately 900 of them) operate small stalls. The “outer market” (jogai shijo) have both wholesale and retail shops that sell Japanese kitchen tools, restaurant supplies, groceries, and seafood, and many restaurants, especially sushi restaurants. Most of the shops in the outer market close by the afternoon and in the inner market even earlier.
The market deals more than 400 different types of seafood from tiny sardines to 300kg tuna, from cheap seaweed to the most expensive caviar. Tsukiji alone deals over 2000 metric tons of seafood per day. Approximately 60,000 to 65,000 registered employees working here, including wholesalers, accountants, auctioneers, company officials, and distributors.
The market opens early mornings except Sundays and holidays at 3:00 a.m. with the arrival of the products from all over the world.
The auctions start around 5:20 a.m.and usually stop around 7:00 a.m. Bidding can only be done by licensed holders. These bidders include intermediate wholesalers (nakaoroshi gy?sha) who operate stalls in the marketplace and other licensed buyers who are agents for restaurants, food processing companies, and large retailers.
After auction, the purchased fish is either loaded onto trucks to be shipped to the next destination or on small carts and moved to the many shops inside the market. The market is most busy between 5:30 and 8:00 a.m. and the market closes around 1:00 p.m. for cleaning. Tourists visit time in the market daily between 5 a.m. and 6:15 a.m.
Relocation of the Tsukiji fish market
Tokyo’s Tsukiji, the fish market at the center of the world” for its influence on the global seafood trade, is being forced to move to a site laced with benzene and cancer-causing chemicals. Tokyo’s Metropolitan Government is pushing ahead with plans to relocate the world’s largest fish market to reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay in 2014