Tech Article 4/29/11

Apple may be changing its usual iPhone update schedule to the fall, instead of a pre-summer launch in June/July. The news has popped up multiple times, and a source familiar with Apple's plans has also confirmed it with Fast Company. The new iPhone release date is also expected to severely damage the average sales of the smart phone. One of the reasons for the delayed release date is because Apple C.E.O. Steve Jobs is on a leave of absence for medical reasons. It may be a long way in the future, but there's already a rumor about the iPhone 6. Sharp has apparently been tipped to deliver a screen for the phone in Spring 2012 based on its low-temperature poly-silicon system, which delivers crisper, brighter displays that consume less power and which can be bonded directly to the device's glass front -- making for a skinnier overall profile.

Tech Article 4/15/11

The new 'Super Bus' has been premiered in Dubai over the past week. The new bus is 15 meters long (50 feet). The cross between a DeLorean and a stretch limo was developed by developers at the Delft University of Technology. The 'Super Bus' is capable of carrying 23 passengers and reaching top speeds of 155mph. The creation of the 'Super Bus' began in 2004, and has cost $19 million to date using technology developed in Formula One racing and the aerospace industry.

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Tech Week 3/8/11

The company Ecovative Design began in Green Island, NY and is now collaborating with Ford Motor Company to begin the production of fungus based car parts. Ecovative Design is going to start off by building biodegradable fungus based bumpers, side doors, and dashboards. Mycelium, the strong root system of mushrooms, is a natural binding agent that can be used to knit together agricultural byproducts, including corn and oak husks. The husks and the Mycelium are combined in trays and left in a darkened warehouse long enough for them to be binded together. The trays spend five days there until they are cooked and dried. The result? a waterproof, fireproof, foam solid that decomposes one month after being buried in soil. The company wants to prove to Styrofoam manufactures that the fungus mixture can be a replacement for Styrofoam in the production of table and cabinet cores, surfboards and even wind turbine blades. The company is also trying to use different odd materials in their concoction including from Ecovative's mycelium to cooked chicken feathers, algae and wheat straw.