1, Jul 2008
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…

1, Jul 2008
Party-A-CarGo – Tunes And Beer

Let me start off by saying… (insert strong Borat accent) “I liiiike”!  The Party-A-CarGo is a slice of happiness on your on your truck or SUV hitch.  The unit comes standard with a CO2 Kegerator, booming stereo system, and it’s own battery.  The unit starts off at $3,000 and goes…

1, Jul 2008
Hands Free Day In California – July 1 – AKA Today

The law has finally caught up with Californian’s who want to talk on their cell phones while driving.  Starting today you will have to find a hands free device when talking on the phone in your car.  Here are some of our favorites so you don’t look like Craig (above)…

30, Jun 2008
Zappos Uses Robots To Pull Orders

Zappos, the online footwear pusher is speeding things up in the warehouse, while putting people out of work, using robots to pull their orders.  The Kiva Mobile Fulfillment System uses small orange robots to pull each order off of the shelf and deliver it to a human to stuff in…

30, Jun 2008
Water Cool That HOT Video Card – Asetek

Asetek’s latest use of water cooling is going after the video card market.  Their latest gadget, the video card water cooling system will work on the latest video cards, like the Radeon HD 4800 series and the GeForce GTX 200 Series.  Let the GPU overclocking begin.

30, Jun 2008
Twemco Flip Clock – Atomic Accuracy With Retro Looks

Twemco has been making this type of clock (the flip clock) for over 30 years.  Now they have outfitted them with atomic accuracy via radio frequency.  Add this to your retro tech list of must haves. Reminds me of the DMV in 1990.  [Source]

30, Jun 2008
Hope – The Maltese Rolling Dog

I guess “Hope” is an appropriate name for this Maltese puppy that was born with no front legs… but I think “Sad” may be more accurate. At least Hope has a new set of (model airplane) wheels to help her get around thanks to Southern Comfort Maltese Rescue and David…

27, Jun 2008
Hydrofoil Water Scooter – Aquaskipper

I’m going to get on you. I’m going to ride you. I’m going to pump you hard and when I’m finished it’s going to be like walking on water Baby! What am I doing? I’m talking about the Hydrofoil Water Scooter. Here’s a quick glance at this cool self propelled…

27, Jun 2008
Volkswagen Plug-in "Twin Drive" Hybrid

Looks like Volkswagen is jumping into the hybrid arena with their “twin drive” car slated to show up around 2010.  The car will us an 85 horsepower electric motor as the primary power and supplement that with a 122 horsepower diesel (yuck) engine.  VW plans to spend $769 million on…

26, Jun 2008
Pandigital Wants To Take Over The Kitchen

Pandigital – the “digital picture frame” guys are aiming their latest product at the kitchen.  Their “Kitchen HDTV / Digital Cookbook / Digital Photo Frame” has a 15-inch 720p HDTV (ATSC & NTSC tuner included), a digital cookbook, and a digital photo frame.  Some other unique features include onboard memory…