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FOFA, For the Person Who Has Everything and Loses It
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Home Entertainment, Misc. Tech, Transportation,
We once had a remote control that would chirp when it was lost, but its batteries ran down and it took about 2 weeks to find it. We had one of those beepers that would help us find our car, but it set off at least 3 car alarms. Now Australia’s Melbourne Design has designed Find One, Find All which utilizes RFID technology to find up to six different devices up to 30 feet away. If you have one of the six on you, you can discover the other five with a loud beep and flashing LED. A set of two finders goes for $24.95 (CR2032 coin cell batteries included,) with Wallet and flat Remote finders for an additional $12.47 each. The best part? No embarassing clapping is involved.
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Would You Like Fries Delivered With That Big Mac?
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Editorial, Internet, Transportation,
How does McDonalds compete with Burger King’s recent success with its tie in to The Simpsons Movie? They offer free delivery, at least in Brooklyn and the Bronx in New York. There is no charge for businesses and residences. You order online, following the trend of many other fast food restaurants, especially pizza. We notice our fries are not always all that fresh just getting it from the drive-thru window to our mouths, so in the time it takes to deliver we think we will just grab our usual yogurt for lunch and save the carbs.
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Halluc II Can Take On Any Terrain
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Science, Transportation, Videos,
The Chiba Institute of Technology has released a working prototype of Halluc II, which has eight legs and wheels designed to drive over the lumps and bumps of the great out or indoors. In one of three modes (Vehicle, Insect, or Animal,) the bot can move sideways, turn around, and deal with even the most unstable terrains with wireless LAN capability and a system of motor-control with cams and sensors. Set to become available to the public within the next five years, its team hopes it will serve the mobility-impaired. We figure it will pay for itself, since it costs a lot less to feed when compared to a seeing eye dog.
Read More | Pink Tentacle
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Save Food and Lodging Fees By CouchSurfing
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Transportation,
It’s vacation time but you don’t have enough funding to go past the back yard. If the Charity Guide isn’t quite your idea of how to spend it this year, consider becoming a member of CouchSurfing. Although the site has been up since 2004, it now has 218 countries involved and over 260,000 members that will assist you in saving on those pricey hotel and meal costs. Create a profile as completely as possible on the site, chat it up with some of the discussion groups, and request a destination. After your options appear, find out more details by talking to your host, seeing pictures of her/his home, and make plans to literally crash on someone else’s couch.
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Velocity 2Go Wherever You Want
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Accessories, Home Entertainment, Music, Portable Audio / Video, Transportation,
This may look like your average boombox, but the Blaupunkt Velocity 2Go 6 is actually a 160 W maximum power subwoofer for traveling from your home or car’s sound system to any other destination that needs a bit of audio pumping up. With a frequency response of 40 to 120 Hz/ 40 to 25.000 Hz and RCA/high-level/3.5 mm auxiliary inputs, it will run on a 12 V/230 V or 8 AA rechargeable batteries (not included.) At a size of 480 x 220 x 240 mm and a weight of 7 kg, if the price of $619.99 seems a bit steep, there is also a Velocity 2Go 5 model available for $514.99.
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Astronaut Takes Out The Trash
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Science, Transportation,
Clayton Anderson has become an official litterer in space by tossing a 200 lb. camera mounting and 1,400 pound ammonia tank off the Space Station yesterday. NASA officials believe that the container will circle Earth for almost a year before it goes back into the atmosphere and burns itself up. Anderson’s comment about the task was, “I’ll be sending my bill in the mail for trash disposal.”
There are at present over 9,000 pieces of debris out in space that are trackable, leaving us to believe that some of those UFOs or meteors that get reported might possibly be space rubbish that they have just tossed out for lack of room. What is junk to one might be treasure to another, so it seems to us that they could just put up an orbital shed to house the stuff, bring it down later, and have a heck of a garage sale.
Read More | USA Today
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Skycar Not So Far Away
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Misc. Tech, Science, Transportation,
We were
in error. It seems there is a Jetsons-type car flying in an atmosphere near you. Moller International, founded by a UC Davis professor, has announced that it is producing the M200G Volantor, a small, two passenger, saucer-shaped vehicle that takes off and lands vertically. Designed to hold up to 250 pounds, the device hovers about 10 feet off the ground so it will escape the watchful eye of the FAA until the company can pass the certification-testing program. Moller claims that the car can go up to 45 mph for 45 to 90 minutes.
Bruce Calkins, General Manager, says that although a market has to be created before skycars catch on, he believes that a good first step would be for those who want to either run down to the beach or head out to the golf course. Check out the M200G in action as it takes a test spin. Only a limited amount of them will be available before a full-scale release by 2009 for marketing demonstrators, special sales, and military applications. We think that for $125,000.00, it makes it a heck of a toy.
(Thanks, Bruce)
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Sealegs’ has been going through some adventuring test trials and soon will become available for anyone who would rather ride then walk/swim. the 7.1 m Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) is the third in a series from the company which can hold eight adults in its 700kg space. With a 115hp motor, it will do 78 kph on water and 10 kph on land at the extraordinary MSRP of NZ $98,000 (~$78,034.00.) Other RIBs have been purchased for use in Kuwait, and this latest amphibious model will be making its debut at the Genoa International Boat show in October. We’re assuming it will be of interest by those who are not hanging around sharks, swordfish, or hungry crocs.
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The Bleeding Edge 174: DARPA Grand Challenge Qualifier: Carnegie Mellon and GM’s BOSS Vehicle
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Design, Features, Mods / Hacks, Transportation, Videocasts, Videos,
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Pedal to the Beat with the iHome Bicycle Speaker
Posted by Lolita Beckwith Categories: Accessories, Misc. Tech, Portable Audio / Video, Transportation,
If you can dock your iPod in a bed or even a George Foreman grill, why not on your bicycle? We bring you the iHome2Go, a water-resistant iPod speaker and remote control, both of which mount onto your bike so you can listen to your tunes on the road. Leaving your bicycle home? You can still take the iHome2Go with you, as it’s also a standalone iPod speaker. Ever versatile, it can also charge your little buddy when used with the include AC adapter. Works only with dockable iPods. The iHome2Go is “coming soon” according to the company website, for $100 USD.
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