Toyota Prius – Made In The USA – Soonish
Toyota announced they are converting their truck manufacturing facility in Mississippi to produce Prius hybrids. The picture above shows what Mississippi tailgate parties may look like going forward. This doesn’t come as a surprise since truck sales are dying across the board and Prius sales are out of control. Soo a Japanese car company moving […]
Asus Confirms Specs And Prices For Eee PC 904 And 1000, Denies PC 905
Asus finally confirmed specs and pricing for the long awaited Eee PC 904, which is essentially a PC 900 in a PC 1000’s body with a bigger keyboard. Looks like they are creeping towards laptophood… It uses the Intel Celeron-M 900MHz processor instead of the Atom chip like the 901 and 1000, with 80Gb hard […]
Pimp Your EEE PC
So you got your Eee PC and want to kick it up a notch? Here is a truly amazing site for DIY Internal Upgrades for your Eee PC. Detailed instructions for adding a USB hub, GPS, Bluetooth, Card reader, FlashDrive, FM transmitter, Touch Screen (no shit!) and a lot more… One warning, this is not […]
Sound Of Jello Wobbling Recorded For The First Time
Not exactly a gadget… but there is some technical merit in the soundproof room and recording gear required to do this. Right? This reminds me of the gummy “lighthouses”, am I the only one with the dirty mind?
MEDUSA – Another Non-Lethal Weapon? Right.
Its official, all the people who mocked my tinfoil hat are now screwed! Looks like a gadget from Sierra Nevada Corporation named MEDUSA (Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio) or (Marketing Executives Dramatically Using Stupid Acronyms) is being pitched as a Remote Personnel Incapacitation System (RPIS). This “non-lethal” weapon is based on the well established […]
Segway CTO Joins Apple Design Team As VP Of Product Design
Doug Field, a driving force at Segway, is calling it quits and heading over to Apple where he will be the VP of Product Design. Is Apple getting into wheeled gadgets… or is Doug trying on a new hat? Either way, umm I really don’t care.
Convert Your Car To Run On Vegetable Oil
Forget about the hybrid or electric car. Get yourself an old diesel car, (quit your job) and buy a fish & chips joint, and a Greasecar Vegetable Oil Conversion System. No you are your own boss… and you have no fuel costs… and you are helping the environment. Don’t you feel better? The Greasecar system […]
LA Water Gets Blackballed
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power dropped 400,000 black balls (that’s different than tea bagging btw) into Ivanhoe Reservoir – to protect the drinking water supply. The water needs to be shaded because when sunlight mixes with the bromide and chlorine in Ivanhoe’s water, the carcinogen bromate forms. Bromide is naturally present in […]
ICON A5 Folding Airplane
The year is 2008 and I still don’t have my Jetson’s Jet Pack! However by 2010 a versatile and safe, personal airplane may become a reality. The ICON A5 is a new Amphibious Light Sport Airplane poised to become a serious contender in this exciting new field. Today you can already get a personal flying […]
Mill Farm’s Gummi Lighthouses… Really?
I will make this article short and sweet. Am I the only one seeing something else here?