Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Mazda Furai

Mazda "Furai" Concept


“Furai,” simply translated, means "sound of the wind"

Is the fifth iteration or evolution of Mazda's new design language exemplified in its initial Nagare concept, which you may recall meant “flow.” Far from just a piece of artwork on wheels, this working concept actually began life as one of Mazda's 2006 season ALMS P2 race cars.

Built on a Courage C65 chassis and powered by a 450-bhp 3-rotor rotary engine, this ethanol (E100)-powered concept car is an exercise in reverse homologation: It represents an ideal within the Mazda philosophy, and that is to bridge the gap between single-purpose race cars (ALMS) and street-legal models (Ferrari Enzo, Lotus Elise), according to Mazda's Director of Design, Franz von Holzhausen.

The complex outer shell of the Furai clearly follows its predecessor's design trends, but through the guidance and expertise of Swift Engineering also functions aerodynamically. Front-fascia channels direct air to the brake ducts as strategically placed louvers on top of the front wheel fenders aid heat evacuation and help suck the front end closer to the ground. Its sculpted flanks create turbulence which draws air to the side ducts that help keep the engine cool in conjunction with the radiators mounted in the car's sidepods. Aft of the gullwing doors, flow-directing details continue to guide air over the car's rear haunches toward a large, functioning, adjustable-element spoiler. The sharp element you see protruding from the roof is called an Air Fang, and was designed by the guys at Swift to optimize ram air induction. The air split by the Air Fang creates vortices which force air down into the intake

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Mazda Motor Corporation will showcase the world premieres of the Mazda Furai concept vehicle and the heavily revised 2009 Mazda RX-8 sports car at the 2008 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), to be held in Detroit from Sunday, January 13 through Sunday, January 27, 2008. On the heels of its show-stopping debut at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show in October, the Mazda Taiki concept vehicle also will make its North American debut, the first time it has been shown outside Japan.

Inspired by the fact that, on any given weekend, there are more Mazdas and Mazda-powered cars road-raced in the United States than any other brand, the Mazda Furai (Japanese for "sound of the wind" and pronounced "fu-rye") is the sort of car that could only come from a company that incorporates the "Soul of a Sports Car" into everything it builds, but with an eye toward the future and the environment through the use of 100% ethanol produced in partnership with British Petroleum (BP).

Furai takes Mazda's unique Nagare (Japanese for "flow") design language a step further as it is translated into a concept car based on an American Le Mans Series (ALMS) racing car. The car utilizes the Courage C65 chassis the company campaigned in the ALMS series only two seasons ago, and the 450-hp three-rotor rotary engine that distinguishes it from anything else on the track.

Says Franz von Holzhausen, Mazda's North American director of design, "Furai purposely blurs boundaries that have traditionally distinguished street cars from track cars. Historically, there has been a gap between single-purpose racecars and street-legal models -- commonly called supercars

-- that emulate the real racers on the road. Furai bridges that gap like no car has ever done before."

Mazda's critically acclaimed Nagare design language describes the flow of water, air, people or things moving in one direction. Mazda Nagare is flow, with an insightful and spirited styling, which, in Mazda Furai, invokes a raw, unfettered desire to possess everything this car represents.

The Hottie & The Notttie


Nate Cooper has been smitten with Cristabel Abbott since he first laid eyes on her at the impressionable age of six. But before he could try and snuggle up to her at nap time, or maybe send her a valentine, his family moved away. In the intervening years there have been other women in Nate's life, but none who could measure up to Cristabel. Convinced she's the only girl for him, Nate decides to move back to L.A. and track her down. The good news: she's still single and stunning. The bad news: there's a reason she's still single. Cristabel's still best friends with the same less fortunate little girl Nate remembers from first grade, June Phigg. The two are inseparable. They live together. They go to yoga together. They would even go on double dates together--if only June could get a date. Cristabel simply refuses to leave dear June home alone. Determined to spend as much time as possible with Cristabel, Nate sets out to find a boyfriend for June. Even when he pays them, however, guys all flee at the sight of her. Then it hits him: June needs a makeover. As Nate and June become friends she emerges from her cocoon, and Nate slowly realizes that the girl of his dreams isn't the hottie at all. It's the nottie who turns out to be something of a hottie herself.

LIMITED SCREENING

IPOD TOUCH

IPOD TOUCH

iPod touch with headphones
Flick through album covers and find your music. Download and watch your favorite movies, rentals, TV shows, and more from the iTunes Store. Tap into thousands of photos. All using incredible multi-touch technology on a beautiful 3.5-inch display.

If a picture says a thousand words, think of what all the album art in your collection might say. With Cover Flow on iPod touch, flick through your music to find the album you want to hear. When you do, just tap the cover to flip it over and display a track list. Another tap starts the music. Even view the lyrics while you're listening to the track.

The 3.5-inch display gives you video like you’ve never seen on a portable device. Watch your favorite movie or rental from the iTunes Store. Catch up on TV shows anywhere. Enjoy video podcasts. Play music videos. All using multi-touch technology. With a tap, bring up onscreen controls to play/pause and view by chapter. Turn your iPod touch to switch between widescreen or full screen.

Photos

iPod touch holds up to 20,000 photos you sync via iTunes. Flick to scroll through thumbnails. Tap to view full screen. Rotate for landscape format. Or perform some sleight of hand by opening two fingers to zoom in. You can even play slideshows, complete with music and transitions. Set any photo as your wallpaper to personalize your iPod touch . . . with a touch.

iTunes Wi-Fi

With iPod touch, discover new music anywhere. Its built-in wireless capability gives you access to the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, where you can buy songs with a tap. Browse New Releases, What’s Hot, Genres, and Top 10 songs. Or find exactly what you’re looking for with a quick search. Tap a song to preview it, tap Buy to purchase it. Even redeem your iTunes gift cards and gift certificates. All from anywhere you happen to be.

Customizable Home Screen


Make the iPod touch Home screen your own. Change what’s in the Dock. Rearrange the icons. And make room for even more. You can add up to eight Home screen pages and fill them with Web Clips.
Rearrange the icons on your Home screen. Even change the Dock.
Make Web Clips of your favorite websites for easy, one-tap access.

Safari

iPod touch is the only iPod with wireless access to the web. Safari is built in, so you see websites the way they were designed to be seen. Search the web using the touchscreen keyboard. Zoom in and out by tapping the multi-touch display. Switch between portrait or landscape view, depending on how you hold your iPod touch. Sync your bookmarks. Better yet, add them to your Home screen. iPod touch can automatically create a Web Clip on your Home screen from any of your favorite websites. So just one tap takes you directly there.

YouTube icon

Got a bit of a YouTube addiction? iPod touch feeds it from anywhere with a special YouTube player built right in. Watch featured videos, check out the most viewed, search for something specific, then bookmark your favorites for future reference. It’s all the fun of YouTube — pocket-sized.

Mail

iPod touch is the first iPod with Mail. And it's the best email you've ever seen on a handheld device. This mail application lets you view rich HTML email with graphics and photos displayed inline, as well as PDF, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel attachments.

Maps


Get directions and check traffic with Google Maps. Even find yourself, wherever you are. Using some local Wi-Fi networks (if Wi-Fi is turned on), iPod touch finds your approximate location and gives directions from there. Mark specific locations, find the best route between them, and search for points of interest along the way. With a hybrid map and satellite view, you can see major street names on top of satellite images.

Widgets

Widgets are small, incredibly handy applications you can use every day. Three of the most useful widgets now live front and center on your Home screen.

Wireless

Connect to the Internet anywhere there's a Wi-Fi network. Send email from a coffee shop. Surf the web at the airport. Browse, buy, and download music from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store at select Starbucks locations or other wireless hot spots in your area. iPod touch finds wireless networks and connects you to the Internet.

Accelerometer

An accelerometer detects when you rotate iPod touch from portrait to landscape, then automatically changes the contents of the display, so you immediately see the entire width of a web page, your music in Cover Flow, or a photo in its proper aspect ratio.

Accelerometer demonstration

MULTI TOUCH

iPod touch features the same revolutionary interface as iPhone. Built to take full advantage of the large 3.5-inch display, the multi-touch interface lets you control everything using only your fingers. So you can glide through albums with Cover Flow, flick through photos and enlarge them with a pinch, or zoom in and out on a section of a web page. And iPod touch features a touchscreen QWERTY keyboard perfect for browsing the web in Safari, getting directions on a map, searching for videos on YouTube, finding music on the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, or adding new contacts.

iPod touch measurements

Size and weight

  • Height: 4.3 inches (110 mm)
  • Width: 2.4 inches (61.8 mm)
  • Depth: 0.31 inch (8 mm)
  • Weight: 4.2 ounces (120 grams)

In the box

  • iPod touch
  • Earphones
  • USB 2.0 cable
  • Dock adapter
  • Polishing cloth
  • Stand
  • Quick Start guide

Capacity

  • 8GB or 16GB flash drive1
  • Holds up to 1,750 or 3,500 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format2
  • Holds up to 10,000 or 20,000 iPod-viewable photos3
  • Holds up to 10 hours or 20 hours of video

Display

  • 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen multi-touch display
  • 480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 pixels per inch

Audio

  • Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
  • Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV

Video

  • H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

Wireless5

  • Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
  • Maps location based service

Headphones

  • Earphones
  • Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
  • Impedance: 32 ohms

Mac system requirements

  • Mac computer with USB 2.0 port
  • Mac OS X v10.4.10 or later
  • iTunes 7.6 or later6

Windows system requirements

  • PC with USB 2.0 port
  • Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
  • iTunes 7.6 or later

Power and battery7

  • Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery
  • Playback time
    • Music playback time: Up to 22 hours when fully charged
    • Video playback time: Up to 5 hours when fully charged
    battery playback
  • Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter (sold separately)
    • Fast-charge time: about 1.5 hours (charges up to 80% of battery capacity)
    • Full-charge time: about 3 hours

source link: http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch

Saturday, January 19, 2008

MacBook Air

MACBOOK AIR


The thinness of MacBook Air is stirring. But perhaps more impressive, there’s a full-size notebook encased in the 0.16 to 0.76 inch of sleek, sturdy anodized aluminum. And at just 3.0 pounds, MacBook Air is more than portable — it’s with you everywhere you go.



What’s in the boxMacBook Air Micro-DVI to DVI adapter Micro-DVI to VGA adapter Cleaning/polishing cloth MagSafe power adapter Install/restore DVDs Printed documentation
Accessories MacBook Air SuperDrive (MB397G/A)Play or burn discs directly with the external USB-based MacBook Air SuperDrive. Thin, light, and easy to take with you, this drive is designed specifically for MacBook Air.


The keyboard is full-size with crisp keys just like the ones on MacBook. But MacBook Air goes further by adding backlit key illumination, making it easy to work in low-light settings such as airplanes and conference halls. A built-in ambient light sensor automatically adjusts keyboard and display brightness for optimal visibility. And with the oversize multi-touch trackpad, it just keeps getting better for fingers.


The brilliance of multi-touch.MacBook Air includes an oversize trackpad with multi-touch technology. You can pinch, swipe, or rotate to zoom in on text, advance through a photo album, or adjust an image. This gesture-based input so successful on iPhone and iPod touch now comes to MacBook.


displayA no-compromise display.The glossy 13.3-inch, widescreen LED backlit MacBook Air display is the same viewable size as the screen on MacBook. The 1280-by-800 resolution gives you vibrant images and rich colors at full brightness the moment you open MacBook Air. So you get full-screen performance with all the benefits of a slim design.13.3-inch (diagonal) glossy widescreen TFT LED backlit display with support for millions of colors


Supported resolutions: 1280 by 800 (native), 1152 by 720, 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, 800 by 500, 720 by 480, and 640 by 480 pixels at 16:10 aspect ratio; 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, and 640 by 480 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio; 720 by 480 pixels at 3:2 aspect ratio
specsMicro. Chip.


MacBook Air performance is as impressive as its form, thanks to its 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. This chip was custom-built to fit within the compact dimensions of MacBook Air.


So thin yet so expansive.MacBook Air comes with a way-more-than-generous 2GB of RAM built in — ample memory for working with your favorite applications. The 80GB hard drive provides plenty of storage space. And you have the option to upgrade to a 64GB solid-state drive, which has no moving parts for enhanced durability.


Built-in iSight camera.Unlike most other ultraportable notebooks, MacBook Air includes a built-in iSight camera. It’s so smartly integrated, you hardly notice it’s there. The iSight camera and iChat software make video chatting easy anywhere there’s a wireless network.


The battery is slimmer.The performance isn’t.The MacBook Air battery is our thinnest ever, yet it doesn’t compromise power. You can access the web wirelessly for five full hours.


Height:0.16-0.76 inch (0.4-1.94 cm) Width:12.8 inches (32.5 cm) Depth:8.94 inches (22.7 cm) Weight:3.0 pounds (1.36 kg)


  • Intel Core 2 Duo processor
  • 4MB on-chip shared L2 cache running at full processor speed
  • 800MHz frontside bus 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
  • onboardWireless Built-in AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi wireless networking (based on IEEE 802.11n draft specification); IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible
  • Built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
  • Intel GMA X3100 graphics processor
  • 144MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory
  • Built-in iSight camera
Extended desktop and video mirroring:
Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 1920 by 1200 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors

Graphics and video supportPure digital video outputDVI output using micro-DVI to DVI adapter (included)

  • VGA output using micro-DVI to VGA adapter (included)
  • Composite output using micro-DVI to video adapter (optional)
  • S-video output using micro-DVI to video adapter (optional)
  • Battery and power3 Integrated 37-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery
  • 45W MagSafe power adapter with cable management system
  • MagSafe power adapter port

Technical Specifications

Line voltage:
100V to 240V

AC Frequency:

50Hz to 60Hz

Operating temperature:
50° to 95°F (10° to 35°C)

Storage temperature:
-13° to 113°F (-24° to 45°C)

Relative humidity:
0% to 90% noncondensing

Maximum operating altitude:
10,000 feet

Maximum storage altitude:
15,000 feet

Maximum shipping altitude:
35,000 feet

Installed software
Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard

includes:
Time Machine, Quick Look, Spaces, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row, Xcode Developer Tools
iLife ’08
iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand


Friday, January 4, 2008

Heroes Cast And characters

Cast and Characters


Hayden Panettiere


as Claire Bennet , A high school cheerleader formerly of Odessa, Texas, now living in Costa Verde, California, who has a regenerative ability. She is Noah Bennet's adopted daughter, as well as Nathan Petrelli's biological daughter.

Claire possesses a powerful healing factor which allows her to quickly recover from any injury. While she is able to take physical damage and recover swiftly, she also shows no visible sign of pain from burns or even compound fractures. She did, however, grimace when her hand was damaged during her retrieval of a class ring from an active garbage disposal. She has not yet reached a limitation in her powers. Along with the injuries stated above, she suffered an injury in the second episode where her neck was turned around 180 degrees. This would be fatal for most humans, even other instant self-healers or otherwise durable characters. Indeed, between her tolerance for pain and seemingly unlimited healing potential, Claire is somewhat similar to the X-Men character Wolverine. Panettiere herself even loosely compared Claire to that same character when explaining her powers during an interview. Apparently, Claire cannot heal herself if a foreign object is left in the injured area. The Oct. 9th episode was billed by a TV Guide article as a extreme test of her powers. True to this claim, she was apparently killed, only to revive when the object which had killed her was removed. This is true of other characters with healing factors who can still heal incorrectly, incompletely or not at all if certain conditions are not met, just like normal humans. For example, in the first episode, the bones of Claire's ribs were sticking out at one point. After a comment from Zach brought this to her attention, Claire had to move them around a bit before they would heal properly.

The third episode also proved that her healing powers seem to restore her to health even from the destructive biological processes that happen to bodies immediately upon severe trauma or death (brain death, lividity of blood in the tissues and coagulation of same, et al). Despite suffering a fatal puncture wound in the base of her brain, and having been clinically dead for what was most likely hours, Claire returned to life fairly quickly. She also showed no apparent sign of the normally irreversible destructive processes that would undoubtedly have occurred in her body. Still, as stated before, there were limitations to this healing effect: because her upper torso had been spread open from the classic "V-Cut" made in the chest of autopsy subjects, she had to close the flaps of skin back into place manually before they could heal.

Milo Ventimiglia

as Peter Petrelli, A former hospice nurse with the ability to absorb the powers of others he has been near and recall them.

Much mystery surrounded Peter's status and powers, or lack thereof before and after the series debuted. While every main character was said outright to have a power in press releases, Peter was simply billed as "trying to convince his brother he can fly". Later, after his brother flew, Peter himself displayed the ability to levitate not long afterward. The exact power he had and its nature were officially explained in an article from the October 9-14 TV Guide. Peter is actually a power mimic who absorbs the powers of others.

It's unclear if he can mimic the precognition of Isaac Mendez, though he was also believed by fans to have had this power before he met the man. His crude levitation sketch shows that he may have gained Issac's ability to draw the future, possibly induced by hospital medication. In the most recent preview for Heroes, Peter is shown with his eyes a glazed white tone like Isaac's while painting the future, revealing that Peter may delve further into this ability. It is also unclear what affect, if any, his power has on those whose powers he absorbs. It is possible that he might weaken those he comes in contact with, as in the case of Nathan's attempt to save him. Peter's powers appear to be only temporary, as he is shown unable to fly when not in the presence of Nathan.

Masi Oka

as Hiro Nakamura, A programmer from Osaka with the ability to manipulate the space-time continuum. He is convinced that he is a hero, and with other "special persons", he can change the future.

Hiro discovers in the first episode he can actually affect the space/time continuum, stopping or slowing time with sheer power of will. The first noted occurrence is when Hiro apparently made a subway train late using this power. This is especially notable because a Japanese train being late at all is an extremely unlikely event. Later, he theorizes that he may soon be able to teleport by bending the space part of the continuum. Although this isn't seen, he does seem to teleport from the seating area of a Karaoke bar to a ladies' washroom on a dare (said in jest) by Ando. When he believes he needs to go to New York, he concentrates intensely, teleporting to Times Square, New York, five weeks into the future. Ultimately, he is also able to revert the process to exact place and moment he left when an explosion in the alternate future threatens his life. Although being able to teleport and time travel great lengths at once, Hiro had no apparent control over how much time elapsed when he teleported. It is unknown at this point if Hiro is completely unable to control his time traveling (although he easily returned to the "present" with a thought), or if he simply did not know "when" he was going at the time he chose "where" he wished to go. In the third episode, he also froze time relative to himself. He could not hold time in this state for very long, but he since duplicated the feat repeatedly in a Las Vegas casino. Of all the characters introduced so far, Hiro seems to have the best grasp of his abilities and how to use them at will, and the active use of his powers seems to help him better control them.

Although no source has been cited for Hiro's powers beyond Heroes' general theme of evolution, in a free web comic released by NBC, Hiro's grandfather was hinted to have been directly affected by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Believing that he has done "a great disservice" to him, Hiro makes an origami crane out of the cover leaf for Action Comics #1, the comic book which introduced Superman.

Ali Larter

as Niki Sanders, A former internet stripper from Las Vegas who exhibits superhuman strength and has multiple personalities. She has shown two alternate personalities: Jessica, the name of Niki's dead sister and Gina, who appeared in Four Months Ago....

Niki Sanders has a split personality-type power almost akin to Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde, as it activates during times of great stress or anything life threatening. However her transformation is instantaneous and almost unnoticeable. She undergoes the drastic personality change in the blink of an eye, and gains a peculiar tattoo resembling an RNA helix, a symbol which has appeared often throughout the series. She also seems to gain increased strength, or at least an adrenaline-rush. For example, she apparently killed two thugs sent to her home by Mister Linderman in Genesis (one of which was ripped in half) and easily beat up a much larger man in Collision. This other personality seems well aware that she is sharing Niki's body, telling the thug not to "threaten our son". When Niki comes back to her senses, she cannot remember anything that has happened, as if she has blacked out. Thus, she is not completely aware of this other personality. Niki can see her alternate personality with the aid of a reflective surface, as her reflection never matches her position.

Gabriel Gray


as Sylar (Zachary Quinto), a former watchmaker with an intuitive understanding of how things work. He is a serial killer who seeks out superhuman individuals, killing them in order to take their powers. Sylar has multiple acquired abilities. Sylar takes his alias from the brand name of a watch company.

Sendhil Ramamurthy

as Mohinder Suresh, A professor of genetics from India who travels to New York to investigate the death of his father, Chandra. Through his investigations, he comes into contact with people his father listed as possessing superhuman abilities. Mohinder's blood contains antibodies against a virus which only infects people with special abilities.

David Anders
as Adam Monroe/Takezo Kensei , An Englishman who originates the role of legendary warrior Kensei in feudal Japan. Monroe has a spontaneous regenerative ability which has made him effectively immortal.

Jack Coleman

as Noah Bennet, More commonly referred to as "Mr. Bennet" or "the Man in Horn-Rimmed Glasses (H.R.G.)", initially worked for the Primatech Paper Company, which is actually a cover operation for an organization that investigates people with superhuman abilities.

Kristen Bell

as Elle Bishop, A 24 year old woman who works for The Company. Her father, Bob Bishop, is head of The Company. She has the power of electric manipulation.

Dana Davis

as Monica Dawson, A restaurant worker at the Burger Bonanza in New Orleans. She is D.L. Hawkins' niece and Micah's first cousin. Monica has the ability of adaptive muscle memory: she can replicate any physical motion she witnesses.

Tawny Cypress

as Simone Deveaux, An art dealer and gallery owner whose skepticism and complicated romantic life are tested.

Leonard Roberts

as D.L. Hawkins, A former construction worker and gang leader with the power to alter his physical tangibility and phase through solid objects. He is Niki's husband and Micah's father.

D.L Hawkins has the ability to phase through solid objects. He first displays these powers in episode five's on-line graphic novel, which details his escape. While being questioned by police, D.L. snaps when an arrogant officer makes a crude remark about Niki. D.L. unwittingly phases out of his handcuffs and nearly chokes the man. Later, after at least one failed attempt, D.L. manages to phase out of his jail cell.

By the sixth episode, he seems to have become much more adept with his powers. He easily uses them to spy on others and enter Niki's home while under heavy guard. He can even use them combatively, though not without certain dangers to his opponent. When Hawkins passes through something, its surface will warp slightly, like a liquid in slow-motion.

Dania Ramirez

as Maya Herrera, From Central America, is wanted for murder and is on the run to the United States. Under stress, Maya can create a deadly illness when she cries which is fatal to those around her, except her twin brother Alejandro, who can heal it.

James Kyson Lee

as Ando Masahashi, Hiro Nakamura's friend, coworker, and traveling companion. He has no known superhuman abilities.

Santiago Cabrera

as Isaac Mendez, An artist living in New York who can paint future events during precognitive trances. He also writes and draws a comic book called 9th Wonders! which has also been shown to depict the future.

Greg Grunberg

as Matt Parkman, A former Los Angeles police officer with the ability to hear other people's thoughts, though his powers are developing further, such as his ability to control people's actions. He is currently an NYPD detective and the guardian of Molly Walker.

Adrian Pasdar

as Nathan Petrelli, A former New York Congressional candidate with the ability of self-propelled flight.


Noah Gray-Cabey

as Micah Sanders, A child prodigy and technopath, he has the ability to "talk" to electrical devices, giving him control of machines and electronic devices.He is D.L. and Niki's son.