Zx400

crafted from a sumptuous blend of pure silk and cotton douppioni, this darling dress has pleated bow detailing at the neckline for a fanciful flourish and dressmaker details, including princess seams and gathered darts, to ensure an unfailingly feminine fit. we're envisioning it with a cardi and sleek boots at the office, and sky-high heels and statement jewels for night filled with sparkling soirées.

• 74% silk, 26% cotton douppioni
• pleated bow detail at neckline
• center front seam at bodice
• back bodice darts
• princess seams at front skirt; gathered darts at back skirt
• 100% poly taffeta lining
• size 4 measures 37½” from highest point of shoulder to hem
• imported
• style # njmu0819

Hooded style in the classic comfort of Lacoste.

• Choose black, blue/gray, or gray jersey.
• Mini drawstring hood.
• Long sleeves with banded cuffs.
• Signature crocodile embroidery on left chest.
• Kangaroo pocket.
• Banded hem.
• Pullover style.
• Cotton.
• Imported.

About Lacoste:
French tennis champion Rene Lacoste created the world's first polo shirt. And that famous crocodile? Lacoste won a crocodile-skin suitcase in a bet over an important match—and that reptile became his signature.

Recently scientists demonstrated a small-scale prototype of a rocket with an engine that uses charged particles. With their latest invention researchers hope in the near future to build rockets that could carry out fast missions to the red planet. In addition, the ion engine might help maintain the orbit of the ISS over the next 5 years.
Scientists from Ad Astra Rocket Company of Webster, Texas, have been improving their latest invention, called VASIMR (Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket) since 2005. Their engine takes advantage of radio waves in order to heat argon gas, thus transforming it into hot plasma. Then magnetic fields shoot the superheated plasma out of the rocket's engine, generating thrust in the opposite direction.
The propellant is shot out at a higher speed compared to engines used today, thus creating more acceleration per kilogram of fuel burnt. Soon scientists look forward to use a 200-kilowatt VASIMR engine to make periodic boosts to the ISS orbit.
Recently the team for the first time tested their latest invention at full power in a vacuum chamber in Houston. Researchers ran the VX-200 engine at 201 kilowatts, for the first time being able to exceed the 200-kilowatt mark. "It's the most powerful plasma rocket in the world right now," outlined Franklin Chang-Diaz, head of Ad Astra Rocket Company and former NASA astronaut.
The company signed an agreement with NASA to carry out trials of its 200-kilowatt VASIMR engine on the International Space Station in 2013. Ad Astra Rocket Company is also in talks with SpaceX and Orbital Sciences, regarding the possibility of bringing their latest invention to the ISS on one of the launch vehicles. In case the tests prove to be successful, the company will be able to perform commercial flights to the ISS starting with 2010.
The latest invention from Ad Astra Rocket Company would allow bringing humans to the red planet in just 39 days. It is worth mentioning that using conventional engines it might take about 6 months to perform the same mission. It is also possible that future trips to Mars would be profitable for the company. More information about the project is available here.

A team of engineers from North Carolina State University, led by Jagdish "Jay" Narayan, director of the National Science Foundation Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures, managed to develop a finger-nail size chip that can store one terabyte of information. Their latest invention is a nanostructured Ni-MgO System with a capacity of 20 HD DVDs.
At the nanoscale level, the university researchers added metal nickel to magnesium oxide. The material they received featured clusters of nickel atoms that measured less than 10 sq nm; for comparison - a pinhead has 1 million nm in diameter.
With their latest invention, engineers managed to cut the size of the chip by 90 percent. In addition, the new process, called selective doping, could also help boost fuel economy in cars and lead to more efficient production of energy through a significantly reduction of the heat generated by semiconductors, reports ComputerWorld.
The method of selective doping involves the adding of an impurity to a material with consequently changing properties. It would make it possible to create a new generation of ceramic engines that could resist twice the temperatures of conventional engines. According to Narayan, engines might show a fuel economy of 80 miles per gallon

If you like this invention you can vote for it here.Having the goal of making the process of learning music more fun, Jonas Heuer and Jurgen Graef decided to create this Noteput. Their latest invention combines three senses - hearing, touch and sight.
The Noteput includes a tabletop screen that shows a set of staves as soon as a physical tremble clef is put on it. After that the user can place several physical notes on the screen with the value of the note shown at the bottom of the display. When the user places the physical notes on the screen and pushes the play button, these notes start playing. Thus children can learn much more effectively the music theory, being provided both visual and audio cues.
During play the notes can be replaced, which would change the melody on the spot. The Noteput also offers the possibility to hear the sounds of different instruments, including piano, guitar, flute, vibraphone and e-piano.
The designers cut the notes out of thin wood plates. It is worth mentioning that the differentiation between the duration of a note was made using lead balls. Heavier notes sound longer while the lighter ones shorter.
To be visible by the camera incorporated in the table, the notes feature a unique marker on their back. The camera identifies the marker and can define the length of the respective note as well as its position on the staves.

If you like this invention you can vote for it here.A team of scientists from the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), in Belgium, headed by Christophe De Vleeschouwer, came up with software that automatically films sports games. With their latest invention there will be no need for a camera crew, which would allow broadcasters to cover the games more economically.
The software is called the Autonomous Production of Images based on Distributed and Intelligent Sensing (APIDIS). It is worth mentioning that the system collects the video stream from several video cameras.
The software allows cameras to track both the ball and the players simultaneously, estimating which camera captures a more detailed picture, reports New Scientist.
One interesting thing about this invention is that it can be adjusted according to viewers' demands. For instance, the APIDIS can track certain players. The system has already been tested on a number of basketball matches. Scientists decided to choose basketball due to the game's fast pace. According to De Vleeschouwer, the APIDIS caught the attention of US sport broadcaster ESPN.

There are three types of Proverbial wallet. One variation of the wallet vibrates when the owner makes a purchase using a RFID-enabled credit card. Another variation grows or shrinks in size, depending on the amount of money in the user's bank account. The third type is getting harder to open when there account balance decreases.
In order to be able to perform the upper mentioned functions, the latest invention from MIT researchers has to be connected to the user's bank account through a Bluetooth signal from a cell phone or computer, reports Boston.
Currently the Proverbial wallet is just a concept, but it certainly has enough potential to be launched into the market in the near future.

IBM's latest invention is a new cooling system that consumes 40 percent less energy compared to air-cooled system used in most machines. In addition, the direct usage of waste heat in the heating system of the building is an equivalent of 85 percent cut in CO2 emissions.
The IBM's latest invention was developed as part of the company's initiative to develop new technologies that would help solve business problems.
Although the idea of using warm water for cooling might sound strange, the testing results are quite promising. It was discovered that warm water allows the processors of the supercomputer to work properly well below the highest point of allowed operating temperature. According to the developers, the new system cools processors "4,000 times more efficiently than air", reports Gizmag.
During the high performance LINPACK benchmark testing, the new supercomputer managed to reach a performance of 6 teraflops, with the level of energy efficiency being around 450 megaflops per watt. It also gave back about 9 kilowatts of thermal power to the heating system of the Institute.

The latest invention brought by researchers from New Zealand is a set of bionic legs. It is worth mentioning that the concept, dubbed Rexexoskeleton, has been in the development stage for about seven years.
The device can support the full weight of its user. It can be used by paraplegics, allowing the user to move around in a bipedal-like way.
The person can control the Rexexoskeleton using a joystick and control pad. This robotic exoskeleton offers a simple way for handicapped people to self-transfer in and out.
Probably the most important thing is that this concept will hit the market in New Zealand this year. The international launch is expected to take place in 2011, reports NZHerald.
However, there is a major drawback of this invention - it is costly.

Due to a number of important breakthroughs in the field of science and technology made it possible for New Energy Technologies to come up with its latest invention - the world's first glass window that can produce electricity.
The company was able to develop a glass window able to generate power using the world's smallest working organic solar cells.
It is worth mentioning that these organic solar cells were created by Dr. Xiaomei Jiang at the University of South Florida, reports GreenDiary.
In contrast to the conventional solar systems, the solar cells developed by New Energy Technologies can produce power from both natural and artificial sources of light. These solar cells show a 10 times better performance than the solar and thin-film technologies used today.

Now users can superimpose a historic picture on a contemporary image of the same scene.
However, in order to obtain a more accurate image the photo should be taken from the same spot, using the same zoom level. Such possibility comes from new software developed for digital cameras.
The new technology was developed by Fredo Durand and Soonmin Bae at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, who teamed up with Aseem Agarwala of Adobe Systems in San Jose, California. They came up with a technique entitled visual homing.
It is worth mentioning that visual homing is a method used in robotics, where it sends a robot to a precise location.
The new software runs on a laptop that is connected to a digital camera. Their program compares the image from the camera to a preloaded historical scene and offers instructions on how to better adjust the camera's position and zoom in order to obtain the most accurate match, reports NewScientist.
Although the laptop is now used to run the software, in the near future the developers hope to make the program run right on the camera.