We are in Washington this week with some very powerful people. Nope, it’s not the ones you think—it’s the teenage finalists in the YouTube Space Lab competition. The global winners will be announced later in the week; in the meantime, we wanted to step back and remind you why Lenovo got involved with YouTube Space Lab. It’s because we believe strongly in the importance of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education. We believe in the promise of science and the importance of connecting people from every corner of the world. Of course, YouTube does a fine job of this, and the Space Lab regional winners come from India, Egypt, Spain, New Zealand and USA. Through our ThinkPad line of laptops, we also have a special connection to space. It just so happens that ThinkPads are the only laptops certified for use at the International Space Station. (We never get tired of saying that.) We often talk about the military-grade spec tests ThinkPads have to pass before they come to market—I like to think about how rugged a laptop must be to survive that moment a spacecraft leaves the Earth’s atmosphere. With this in mind, here are 10 (or so) fun facts about ThinkPads and space. • ThinkPad is the only laptop certified for use on the International Space Station (ISS). • ThinkPads have been used aboard...
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“Awesome events with no vowels in the name” for $1,000 please, Alex. The Lenovo Social Media team went the grassroots route Tuesday night, zipping up to GDGT’s New York cocktail-party-meets-tech-expo. At the venerable Altman Building on W. 18th Street, we helped product expert Ashley Perry showcase some of the latest Lenovo laptops and all-in-one PCs. And, of course, we met some great tech-obsessed people who were there to see us and other fine companies like Roku, Gazelle and Boxee. Our ThinkPad X220 tablet swiveled a few heads as we repeatedly demonstrated its magical ability to transform from a conventional laptop to a pen- and touch-enabled tablet. Our mocha brown model of the stunning IdeaPad U260 got a lot of notice as well—one attendee picked it up and basically wouldn’t put it down as he told us all the reasons it was the right laptop for him. Without question, though, the majority of the attention at the Lenovo booth was focused squarely on the new ThinkPad X1 laptop, the hero in many of...
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Matt Kohut and Stephen Miller, two of Lenovo’s product gurus, took the stage on the last day of Accelerate 2011 in Las Vegas to provide an enlightening and humorous look at how Lenovo builds products to withstand the torture of everyday use. They talked about how Lenovo tests products for drops and then showed first hand what happens to a ThinkPad X1, Lenovo's new thin and light laptop, when dropped from high above the conference floor! The answer? Nothing. The X1 still worked as Stephen and Matt played a game of Angry Birds on the just-dropped machine.
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