7, Oct 2009
Sony VAIO X Series Laptops, World’s Lightest?

The VAIO X Series is an ultraportable laptop that weighs in at 1.6 pounds and measures 7.29 inches by 10.95 inches by 0.55 inches with the standard battery. (A high-capacity battery option, when combined with the standard battery, will offer up to 15 hours of battery life, according to Sony.)…

6, Oct 2009
Bamboo Keyboard And Mouse

Besides the fact that bamboo is a great renewable (grows super fast) resource… it has many uses.  Who know one of those uses was as a Bamboo keyboard and mouse.  Not sure if this is truly eco-friendly or not… but it has to be be better than plastic.  And… it…

6, Oct 2009
Fastest Blu-Ray Writer To Date – Pioneer BDR-205

Not exactly earth shattering or super exciting… but if you are into burning blu-ray discs and want to do it quickly… then the Pioneer BDR-205 is the best you can get today.  The BDR-205 is the first blu-ray drive to get to 12x write speeds for both single and dual-layer…

6, Oct 2009
Stratosphere’s Scary Ride – Insanity

The folks at Stratosphere in Las Vegas have built a ride named Insanity which hangs you 64-feet off the side of the building putting you about 909-feet above the ground.  That is truly nuts.  See this scary Stratosphere ride in action after the break.

5, Oct 2009
Convert Your Peephole To A Digital Peephole

The main flaw with the good old fashioned peephole is that people can tell when you are looking through it… because all of a sudden it goes dark (from the outside) when you stick your eye up to the peephole.  And… let’s not forget that people can easily reverse the…

5, Oct 2009
Garmin Nuvi 255W Review

The good: The Garmin Nuvi 255W has a large 4.3-inch touch screen and a clean and easy to use interface.  The operating system, trip routing/rerouting is faster than most competitor products we have tested. The “where am I?” feature is handy for emergencies. Text-to-speech reads street and points of interest…

5, Oct 2009
Better Bicycle Surfboard Rack

Living near Santa Cruz I have seen plenty of surfers trying to strap their surfboards onto their bicycles.  Usually the surfboard is hanging off one side of their bike making the bike unstable and wide. Apparently a sober surfer has come up with a better bike surfboard rack that mounts…

5, Oct 2009
Kempler & Strauss W PhoneWatch And Communicator Headset

Kempler & Strauss just released the W PhoneWatch which features a 1.5-inch touchscreen that is finger friendly, no stylus needed.  The W PhoneWatch has a built in camera for 640×480 still pictures or 128×104 videos.  You can use the W PhoneWatch with the included Kempler & Strauss Communicator headset or…

2, Oct 2009
TV With No Cables… Almost A Reality

Notice the Sony TV above has no audio, video, or power cables?  This isn’t a Photoshop job… the tv is using Sony’s new wireless power transfer technology which can send 60 watts of power over the air. Currently Sony can push the 60 watts of power about 20 inches, and…

2, Oct 2009
Nissan Eporo BR23C

Nissan’s updated BR23C robot car, also known as Eporo, will now come with a couple of laser range finders that were specially positioned so that one is able to obtain a field of view that is 288 degrees wide. The reason behind this would be to merge information concerning the…