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Nano Science Product by Yonex

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One of my favorite sport is badminton. But more than six months, I never play it again because difficult for me to match the schedule with my working time. I hope someday I would play it again.


By the way, during at the first time I knew badminton until now, I never recognize about racquet racket material technology. I believe that currently, the existed racquet products at market have been growth up in innovation. So, to get a view about this I have opened the official site of Yonex to get detail technology information. Yonex is the most famous brand and has been known worlwide as sponsor of so many international badminton and tennis championship events.

Nano technology
I just know that carbon steel is being a material selection to made racquet . The effect of carbon in overall steel composition will influence to hardness and strength characteristic. It means that more high carbon will increase the hardness and strength but it will reduce ductility. But not such a simple like that. Yonex, Japanese manufacturer had implemented to their products with technology that known as 'Nano Science' or more familiar that we called as Nano technology which learn and control about matter related to molecular or nano scale and applied at general science fields. The formed of product is always connected to the process and material. Detail analyze of molecular components could be able to manipulate of nano structures (according to chemically principle) of material to certain material characteristic.

Yonex use this technology to create more stable racquet with deformation resistance and more thinner dimension. Getting high material performance like high elasticity, strong and light in weight have been realized through precisely control over the molecular level and carbon nano particles. Nanospeed series are products designed by using nanoscience technology to meet the demand of athletes that need to support their performance in speed, defensive, attacking and counter offensive.





Quick Olympic Updated Information

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How to check updated Olympic Beijing games information quickly? You will easily find the topic through the search engine, but I have an alternative tip that will help you to get the completely news only a second through Yahoo toolbar features.

Add your Yahoo toolbar that located at upside your Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer with 'Olympic' menu icon. If you have not installed the toolbar yet, you can go directly through this site : http://toolbar.yahoo.com. Then click 'Download Yahoo To
olbar' button and follows to the next step. The page will guide you in how to complete downloading process.

After download already finished, the toolbar will appear automatically. But if you still can't find it, then you should 'right click' your mouse at upside of Mozilla or Internet Explorer window exactly at toolbar area. The small window will appear and tick 'yahoo toolbar'. Or, click 'View' window menu >> Toolbars >> Yahoo! Toolbar.

The standard of Yahoo toolbar will looks like this :


Yahoo has facilitated us to customize the toolbar icon fit to our interest. According to our topic about getting Olympic information quickly, you just necessary have to finish some steps. Go to this address. Then follows this steps :

1. Click 'Button Gallery' tab
2. Choose category about 'Sports'.
3. Add 'Olympics' menu item
4. Fix that your 'Olympic' item have listed at right side coloumn
5. Click 'Save Changes'
6. Right click your mouse and choose 'Refresh Toolbar'

Now, your 'Olympic' button will appeared and bring you to 'Yahoo Olympic News' pages.

If you want to add the others categorizes, you just need to repeat those steps. Finally, I hope this simply tips is usefully to get whole news and information about Olympic Beijing 2008 quickly.





Fantastic Opening Ceremony at Bird Nest Stadium

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China's National Stadium that already finish constructed at March 2008, is being an opening ceremony place of International Olympic XXIX. The ceremony intentionally held on Friday, 8/8/2008 at 8:08 pm as the symbol of prosperity and lucky number in Chinese culture. Yesterday, more than 90.000 people have an opportunity watched directly ceremonial procession inside the Bird Nest St. The others, only enjoyed it from outside around the Olympic Green area.

The spectacular opening ceremony fireworks lightening Beijing's sky.


Wonderful show inside Bird Nest Stadium


"We are ready" as the Olympic theme song has reflected how Beijing is really seriously make preparation to success this great event. The spectacular opening ceremony was presented to whole people in the world as the good beginning. Artists, musics, artistic choreographers, lighting, and all decorations were being an important parts at the time. Moreover, beautiful fireworks marched in the sky becomes unforgettable moment especially for local citizens who came there.

Olympic Theme Song


Good luck China. Jia You !!!




Social Responsibility Sense of Design Winner in IDEAs 2008

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Recently on July 2008, juries have decided and announced IDEAs design winners of the year. This International level event that sponsored by BusinessWeek magazines and Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) able to catch attention for many designer over the world. BusinessWeek was reporting that USA, several Europe country, Asia that represented by Japan, China, Korea and for the first time, new comer from Latin America, Brazil being a part of the competition.

This event is divided into 3 categorized participant, they are from corporations, design firms and schools. For corporations, Apple received the most gold awards through their 3 design models. In design firms categorized, Fuse Project and Rockwell Group awarded with 2 golds, and both of Samsung Design Membership (SADI) and Hanyang University Royal of Art won a single gold award. According to data of IDSA site, out of total 1517 entries, 35 were awarded Gold awards, 77 received Silver awards and 99 for Bronze awards. Also, for the first time, 389 finalists were named in addition to the winner for this year.

In other side, juries also announced favorite winners or the most winning entries whose not only have good value in esthetically and functional design, but also a strong sense of social responsibility. There's four designs have been chosen, they are :


Balance Sport Wheelchair


Award : Gold - Medical & Scientific - Concepts
Designed by Eric Larson, Ricky Biddle, Ben Shao, Austin Cliffe (US)

Sport wheelchair designed for physically challenged athletes with hands free breaking and turning system to facilitate when playing basketball.




The One Laptop per Child (OLPC)

Award : 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze - Computer Equipment
Client: One Laptop Per Child (US)
Designed by Fuseproject (US)

The non profit OLPC was designed to give contribution in education field. Bring learning, communication and communication to children in developing country.

Design for Democracy: Ballot + Election

Award : Gold - Packaging & Graphics
Client: AIGA (US)
Designed by Studio/lab (US)

A useful book for U.S. States election as the basis for national guidelines for ballot design and polling place signs.

Chulha low-smoke biomass stove

Award : Bronze - Ecodesign
Client: Royal Philips Electronics (Netherlands)
Designed by Philips Design (Netherlands)

A stove was designed as solution of air pollution case in rural India that causing respiratory diseases. This is a biomass fuel stove with low smoke, high efficiency and faster the cooking time

Valuable Designs - In my opinion :
After read about this article and concerned to several design picture and profile, I'm so salute for all participants whose able to create amazing objects. Their concepts aren't thought yet by somebody else. That all unique and surely original works. But, a judging criteria that so impress to me is "strong sense of social responsibility". Four kind of designs have decided as the winners because their creative innovation give good impact to major human life. Good job for all designers and good works for IDEAs committees.