Bajaj Sonic DTS I

In the 100-125 cc bikes segment of India, Bajaj Auto will launch Sonic DTSi. Bajaj Sonic was displayed in 2006 auto show and may hit the roads for sale by end of 2008. Powered with the latest DTSi engine technology Bajaj Sonic will be a 100 cc bike targeted to the young males, passionate for style, speed and performance.

New Sonic will be powered by the latest DTSi (Digital Twin Spark Ignition) engine with Exhaus TEC technology. This Bajaj Bike will get Direct Injection (DI) and produce an impressive 10 ps of power that will make it more fuel efficient to satisfy the mileage conscious customers. For better riding comfort and sporty handling Bajaj Sonic DTSi will be equipped with the twin Spring-in-Spring (SNS) suspension, disc brakes and 17" wide alloy wheels.

The stylish and power packed Bajaj Sonic bike will definitely rock the 100 cc bike segment with its competitive price band.

World's longest arch bridge to be built in Dubai

This picture , released by the World Architecture Review.is an artist's rendition of the Dubai Arch Bridge. Inspired by the " Rythemic Grace of Dubai creek " , The $817 million bride is set to be the Worlds Longest Arch Bridge upon competion.The Bridge links to the Burj Dubai and Deria districts of Dubai and will be the 6th creek crossing in the city. The 1.7 km and 205 m bridge in Dubai is set to be an Architectural marvel,official say

Tatas to drive hydrogen bus with ISRO...

BANGALORE: If everything goes according to plan, guests at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi would be travelling from the games venue to the games village and back on pollution-free hydrogen buses!

This green initiative of ISRO and Tata Motors will see the country’s first hydrogen bus. Work has already started on the project and the prototype is expected to be ready by December 2008.

The bus will not run on an engine, but on electric power produced out of a mix of hydrogen and oxygen. It will use hydrogen fuel cell technology as against combustion technology which burns gasoline. The bus will emit nothing but a cloud of water vapour.

Tata Motors will get the frame and chassis ready while ISRO will provide the fuel technology. The first bus will be a 60-seater proto-model.

Based on its performance, modified versions will be built further on, ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair told reporters on the sidelines of the 14th session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum that opened on Thursday at the ISRO headquarters here.

The bus will roughly cost Rs 80 lakh with per kg of hydrogen gas that will run it costing around Rs 120 per kg or more. A 40-kg cylinder will allow the bus to run 560 km, ie an entire day for a typical metro bus.

“In short run it may be costly, but in long run when we are on the verge of hydrocarbon extinction, people will be willing to pay anything. We are working on a bus now because that will be more economical than a car as it would carry 60 people. In Phase II we will come out with a car with lower cost of hydrogen gas. Technological challenge of conversion of gas to electricity is immediate for ISRO now,’’ architect of the bus, V Vnanagandhi, programme director, ISRO, Ahmedabad, said.

“In fuel cell technology (buses that run on cells that store hydrogen in the form of fuel), hydrogen energy is reacted with oxygen to produce water and electricity,” Vnanagandhi explained.

Live Documents

Sabeer Bhatia known for his ‘Hotmail’ has gone and launched “Live Documents”, described as a ‘hybrid online-offline Office suite of applications.

Live Documents is a full-featured suite of online Office productivity applications offering functionality equivalent to Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Built using RIA technologies such as Flash and Flex, Live Documents allow users to view and edit documents within any common browser on any operating system from anywhere. Live Documents uses a Flash-based user interface that offers a richer and responsive user experience that is comparable to native Office software applications.

In addition, Live Documents is available as a optional desktop client application that wraps around Microsoft Office and embeds collaborative capabilities into these hitherto standalone software applications - Live Documents converts Microsoft Office applications from static standalone software to smart clients that are connected to the Internet and facilitate in-context document sharing (multiple people can edit a document at the same time) and management (security, access control and revision control) without requiring users to give up their familiar user interfaces. The Live Documents desktop client also ensures offline access to documents - a key failing of current online Office applications.

About InstaColl

Co-founded by Sabeer “Hotmail” Bhatia, InstaColl is a Bangalore-based software product startup offering solutions that bridge the gap between powerful, rich desktop software applications and collaborative web-based services, providing a user experience that marries the best of both worlds.