LCDs Could Power Your SmartPhone
One of the biggest drains on your SmartPhone battery is the beautiful LCD screen. While that won't change, some smart folks at UCLA may have found a way to charge your phone via the LCD screen. A group of UCLA engineers led by Yang Yang, a professor of materials science, have found a way to […]
Great… Facebook Wants To Jam Ads Into Your Personal Feeds
People grumble about giving up their Facebook accounts because of privacy issues, a general dislike of Zuckerberg, other options, etc, but they don't. This might be the last straw for many Facebook users as they try to inject ads directly in your feed. So the main page you use, the News Feed, will now have […]
Harvesting Power From WiFi Signals… The Rectenna
You may remeber RCA claiming that they were close to releasing a product, the Airnergy, which would grab electric power out of the air from WiFi networks and the like., Well that product still isn’t a reality and RCA hasn’t said much about it either. Another company, Nihon Dengyo Kosaku, is giving it a go., […]
Adobe Edge Seems To Admit Flash Death
Steve Jobs is one crafty dude. He bet against Adobe's Flash by not putting it on his computers, iPad's, or iPhones. And to be honest, as a Mac user it bothered me a bit, because it was the only thing Android users could claim their gadget did better, Flash. Well those days are coming to […]
Atlantis Photos And Video Of Final Shuttle Mission Landing
The Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-135) has made the final landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on July 21, 2011. It is finally over, all NASA funding is now going to fund education additional wars. Kidding, kidding. Space Shuttle Atlantis had an uneventful night landing ending 30-years of space exploration for NASA.
Apple MacBook Air Gets Refreshed
This has been a busy morning for Apple. The Cinema Display is now a Thunderbolt Display, Mac OS X Lion is in the App store, the MacBook has been discontinued, the Mac mini is refreshed, and the MacBook Air is significantly improved. The most impressive of the batch is the new MacBook Air. The new […]
North Americas First Car2go All-Electric Car Sharing Hits San Diego
Car2go's popular car sharing platform is coming to North America, specifically San Diego (before the end of 2011). The cool part is that this fleet of cars will be the all-electric Smart Fortwo 30kW plug-ins. The cars will run about 84 miles per charge and can be recharged at any of the 1,000 Blink EV […]
Husqvarna Nuda Streetbike
I like the looks of the Husqvarna Nuda even though it copies the styling of the Ducati Hypermotard and the angles of the Cadillac CTS., If you ride bikes, specifically off-road bikes, you are familiar with BMW's little sister Husqvarna., They make some great dirt bikes, and are getting back to the pavement with the […]
Major ISP’s To Begin Copyright Alert System For Piracy Infringements
The friendly folks at RIAA have been working hard to scare the poop out of anyone downloading illegal copyrighted stuff. The RIAA hasn't had much luck. Things may have just changed with the RIAA announcing that AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, Time Warner Cable, and Cablevision are working on a six-stage notification system that will electronically alert […]
Honda EV-N Micro Car
The Honda EV-N Micro Car is an electric car, similar to the Nissan Leaf, but with a super clean throwback styling. The Honda EV-N reminds me a bit of the old Mini Cooper with the two ton color scheme, however the roof isn't painted black, that is a solar panel on top. When the lithium-ion […]