Inflatable Stand-Up Paddle Board With Electric Motor
The mobility of stand-up paddle boards isn't typically that great, they are just too long for most people to transport them easily. Unless you have the modular Rum Runner SUP or the inflatable SUP from Current Drives. The inflatable stand-up paddle board from Current Drives has some cool features that make it one of our […]
Convert Your iPad To A Laptop With A 360-Degree Hinge, CruxEncore
The CruxEncore hopes to be the encore to the successful CruxSkunk iPad case/keyboard. I say "hopes" because the CruxEncore is currently a KickStarter campaign that needs your support for it to become a reality. The idea behind the CruxEncore is to turn your iPad into something more, a laptop, a movie viewer, a hard case, […]
World’s Largest Solar Plant Goes Live Today
Big news, today the world's largest solar plant is going live. Some quick specs on the massive size of this Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System: 300,000 computer-controlled mirrors Each mirror is 10-feet wide by 7-feet tall Light is focused on a 459-foot tower Three total arrays make 392 megawatts of power The trio takes up […]
Crack Pipe Vending Machine Is Real
Not sure which way to go with this one. At first glance these vending machines look like they are marketing the wares towards kids. The vending machines are bright and covered in colorful polk-a-dots. Look in the display window and you will see what look like individual tampons, nope those are individual glass Pyrex crack […]
FDA Approves PillCam Video Camera
Remember when the Given Imaging PillCam was still just a dream? We wrote about the PillCam 6 years ago. Well it like it is closer than ever to becoming a medical option for colonoscopies in the near future. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the PillCam Colon for colonoscopy procedures. No more […]
Tesla Model S Cross Country Road Trip
On January 30, 2014, two red Tesla Model S cars embarked on a cross country journey. The plan was to drive across the United States using only the free cross-continental Tesla Supercharger network. By doing this, the team would set a world record for charge time of an electric vehicle driving the across the US. […]
PG&E Power Grid Attack Is Big News That Isn’t Being Talked About
Almost one year ago (April 16, 2013) a sophisticated attack took place on PGE’s Metcalf power substation in San Jose, California. First, the attackers broke in to an underground telecommunication vault and cut six AT&T fiber optic lines. Next, at 2 a.m the attackers shot over 100 rounds of ammunition (all recovered without fingerprints) at […]
Blockchain App Removed From Apple App Store
The popular Bitcoin wallet app Blockchain has been removed from the iOS App Store by Apple. Blockchain was the last Bitcoin app left that allowed users to send and receive bitcoins from the iOS mobile devices. Blockchain has been downloaded over 120,000 times and has been in the app store for 2 years. U.K.-based Blockchain […]
Tesla Superchargers Now Stretch From Coast To Coast
Ok, let me start off by saying I am no stranger to the Tesla show. I own a Model S and love it despite some early issues (you can read my initial Tesla Model S review here). I am also the type that will hop in a car for a long road trip from time-to-time […]
By 2030 Army Will Replace 25 Percent Of Soldiers With Robots
According to General Robert Cone the US Army will lower brigade sizes from 4,000 to 3,000 soldiers making up the difference with robots. The robot soldiers will reach their peak between 2030 and 2040. While it sounds a bit shocking, this type of change is already being heavily tested and used today. Where we once […]