At a recent electronics show Haier, a giant Chinese manufacturer, was showing off a human powered washing machine. The exercise bike has a lithium-ion battery that collects energy from pedal power and uses that energy to power the washing machine. Twenty minutes of good pedaling should give you one cold…
Yep, it is a wine bottle shaped speaker and FM radio with remote control. This makes sense because, well it just doesn't really make any sense. And my ability to make up BS today isn't working. I think I will file this one under the HUHHHHH category. The wine bottle…
Not much to say here other than there is a software update for your iPhone (specifically your iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch 2nd generation, iPod touch 3rd generation, or iPod touch 4th generation) dubbed iOS 4.1. The 4.1 iPhone software patch doesn't have too many exciting updates. …
Olive, an Indian telecom company, has released a cell phone that can run off of a single AAA battery if the main rechargeable battery is dead. I like the idea, but wish the entire phone would run off of rechargeable AAA batteries. Why? Because I would like to have a…
Looks like the iPhone 4 is finally getting the Mophie Juice Pack Air which provides a bit of protection (in the form of a case) and an extra 1,500mAh lithium polymer battery built-in. The extra battery on the Mophie Juice Pack Air will give you and extra 6 hours of…
LaCie's latest flash drive, the MosKeyto is an ultra-tiny flash drive that is Windows and Mac compatible. The Moskeyto weighs only 10 grams and is less than 20mm long. You can get your hands on the LaCie MosKeyto USB 2.0 flash drive for "“ 4GB ($18), 8GB ($32), and 16GB…
When we first saw the Nokero Light Bulb we were intrigued as it happens to have a few of our favorite things, solar panels, LED's, and a rechargeable battery. We recently got our hands on the Nokero Solar Light Bulb and had the chance to put it through the paces.
About time, I like the idea of the credit card sized MiFi data devices but hate any non-unlimited data plans like Verizon has. The Virgin MiFi device however offers $40 unlimited data over 3G that can be shared with five Wi-Fi devices.
So I love my iPhone 4 and I cant imagine life without it – it is an amazingly functional and freaking cool, shiny-black, metallic, glassy, bright uber gadget. Having learned from my previous experience as an iPhone 3GS owner, to protect its phatty uberness from the elements and accidents,…
I have "California Guilt" for even writing about this. Cal Guilt is similar to "whitey guilt" but even worse. California guilt is a sad disease, we Californians feel guilty for breathing, owning a gun, not using our blinker, not eating organic veggies, etc, Now that I have vented about my…