The University Of Michigan's College Of Engineering has been awarded a five-year, $10-million grant to pursue, among other things, this concept spy bat. The grant establishes the U-M Center for Objective Microelectronics and Biomimetic Advanced Technology, called COM-BAT for short.
The proposal for the spy bat says that the bat should be six inches in length and weigh four ounces. It will use just one watt of power, backed by a lithium-ion battery, which could be charged by solar and wind ene...read more
In another sad turn of events for the standard brick and mortar stores, Sharper Image has filed for Bankruptcy protection. After several years of declining sales they are finally packing it in.
The company says it "intends to continue to conduct business as usual while it devotes renewed efforts to resolve its operational and liquidity problems and develops a reorganization plan."
Last week Sharper Image got rid of Chief Executive Steve Lightman after less than a year, and brought in Robert ...read more
This has to be one of the coolest apps we've seen for the iPhone. iAno is a newly released iPhone application that turns your iPHone into a piano. As you can see in the video, iAno provides a multi-touch piano that you can really play (sorta). It has a four-octave keyboard that can play 5 notes at the same time. The keyboard is navigated with arrow keys above the keyboard.
iAno was devloped by a developer going by the name of Mr Aardvark. Very cool!
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Isn't the Google Android operating system supposed to be for mobile phones? Haven't we been teased at the possibility of the Gphone for months now? Apparently some software consultants at eu.edge couldn't resist trying to boot the Google OS on a Sharp Zaurus SL-C7601. The Zaurus is a PDA only with no wireless connectivity. Very cool....read more
Continental Airlines today announced that it has entered into an agreement with LiveTV, L.L.C. (LiveTV) that will allow Continental to offer 36 channels of live,
inflight satellite-based television programming provided by DIRECTV(R), at every seat on Continental's new generation aircraft. The service is expected to be
available to customers on flights operating within the continental United
States beginning in January 2009.
In addition, Continental will be introducing onboard Wi-Fi services
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If you fly Continental airlines in the next three months, and have a connection in Houston, you'll likely be able to take part in a pilot program that allows passengers to board flights using just a cellphone or PDA instead of a paper boarding pass. The three-month pilot program launched Tuesday at Houston's Intercontinental Airport. If the test is successful, the program could expand nationwide.
Instead of using paper boarding passes, the airlines will send a special bar code to the cell phon...read more
Here is a video demonstration of the HTC Shift. The HTC Shift is a UMPC that includes a program called SnapVUE which gives contacts, calendar, email, weather and other nice features in an instant on interface. SnapVUE seems to be a scaled down version of Windows Mobile.
The Shift also runs Vista quite nicely although at this time the battery only lasts 2 hours. ...read more
With all the iPod cases that come along this one is unique. This is an iPod case that looks like a Hymn book. You can protect all of your favorite hymns and carols with this one. It is designed to protect your 30GB or 80GB iPod and sells for about $31 US.
Technical specifications:
Size: Height 4.2 inches x Width 2.3 inches x Depth 1 inch
Black leather book cover
Designed for 30GB and 80GB iPod with video
Also works with other MP3 players of a similar size
Your iPod sits tightly inside ...read more
Until now Verizon had an exclusive agreement to provide YouTube Mobile to its customers. That agreement has now run its course and YouTube Mobile is available for everyone. Just point your mobile browsers to m.youtube.com and you're all set....read more
Best Buy is being sued by a customer who hired the Geek Squad to come to her house to fix her computer. The customer says the Geek Squad employee placed a cell phone in the customer's bathroom and filmed her taking a shower. Luckily the customer noticed the recording light on the phone when she came out of the shower and managed to get the memory card out of the phone. She took it to a local cell phone store and they helped her view the video.
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How would you like to have your iPod nano explode while you're charging it. This happened recently to one poor user while he was charging his iPod nano via his PC. The extra bad news for him is that his nano is out of warranty. While charging the nano via his PC it simply exploded. The force apparently knocked the iPod out of the cradle and to the ground. It started smoking and sparkling until he unplugged it. Yikes....read more
BlueAnt, an Australian company has released the Supertooth Light Bluetooth Speakerphone system. The $80 Bluetooth speakerphone provides full duplex talking over a wireless connection. This means that you can hear hear someone talking to you as you are talking instead of the phone cutting out while you're talking. Full duplex speakerphones provide much more natural conversations.
The Spuertooth Light has echo and noise cancellation and is now available for pre-order in black or white....read more
MacWay has introduced the i.Sound MovieTime Universal Dock that works with the iPod, Zune and PSP. Although it was designed to work with the iPod, Zune, PSP and even SanDisk player, it can also work with other MP3 players, CD player, portable DVD, game console and more using the 3.5mm plug.
The i.Sound MovieTime is a light and compact system that works on 4 AA batteries or an AC adapter. It has 1.25" speakers with a total power of 12 watts RMS. The dock also includes an optional Surround Eff...read more
Google and BMW are working together on a system that allows you to send information from Google Maps directly to your BMW's navigation system. Cool! The video comes from the personal blog of Stefano Hesse, Communication Manager for Google Italy. According to Stefano, it is a "project, for the time being related to Germany only, which I have personally coordinated and about which I am really proud. Any other car companies soon?"
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