Being able to stay in touch with friends and family is hugely important to many people when they go abroad, and these days simply having a mobile phone to do this just isn’t enough for most people. With social networking sites having taken off hugely over the past couple of years, and with an increasing [...]
Sex sells for top money – anywhere and everywhere. Whether you’re in a village in southern Brazil or downtown New York, sex sells. And when you mix it with tech, things can only get better. This was recently reinforced by an auction that concluded the sale of sex.com for $13 million. The former bankrupt owner [...]
The much hyped Google Car, which is actually a tuned up Toyota Prius, could be seen driving across California, especially San Francisco roads, these past few months. It was unveiled to the public recently, proving one of the most shocking experiments the Mountainview giant has ever undertaken – a driverless car. A number of seven [...]
This just goes to show what amazing things can can be accomplished when you mix tech, eco, and classy. It costs around 70$, and one water fill lasts about two weeks, depending on how much you use it. How does it work ? Well, each capsule contains two electrodes, copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn). When [...]
During the past decade, NASA gained significant expertise in building robotic technologies for space applications. These capabilities will help NASA launch a bold new era of space exploration. Robonaut2 – or R2 for short – is the next generation dexterous robot, developed through a Space Act Agreement by NASA and General Motors who are working [...]
What better way to signal “geek at home” , “programmer at home” and the like except a computer mailbox? Now you know that all your mail will get into a computer of sorts, be it virtual or physical. Though I don’t quite understand why the price tag is this big ($230) since the material used [...]
With the summer fast approaching it’s good to be on the lookout for new, fun and efficient ways to keep yourself cool during the heat. If you happen to like basic fans (or if you don’t like your gadgets to be overly complicated), Elecom designed a portable USB one to take with your laptop wherever [...]
Alarm clocks nowadays come in all shapes, colors and sizes so the competition is pretty tight.That’s why you must come with good ideas to implement if you want to have a chance. This alarm clock decided to step out of the usual pack because it sports an interesting feature: a motion sensor which can be [...]
This week Apple has updated the Mac Pro series with the Nehalem. Two flavours are available for the new Apple Mac Pro: the base model, featuring a 2.66Ghz Intel Xeon Nehalem CPU, 3GB of RAM, a GeForce GT120 GPU from nVidia with 512MB of memory and a 640GB hard drive. This model is priced beginning [...]
BenQ entered the all-in-one desktop PC race with it’s nStation i91. The display features a control knob that can easily adjust the settings as easy as in a TV. The knob serves two functions: as a power switch when pressed and as a volume control. Next to it is a brightness control similar to the [...]
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