Archive for April, 2009
Electrofluidic display tech improves color e-ink, makes you sound smarter
The race to develop a mass-market color e-ink display is at fever pitch, and there’s a new challenger on the scene: electrofluidic display, or EFD. Developed at the University of Cincinnati in partnership with a handful of private companies, the new tech apparently blows everything else out of the water — according to professor Jason […]
Android 1.5 already hitting T-Mobile G1s?
We’d kinda gotten used to the cold, hard reality of being teased with the promise of a Cupcake build on our retail G1s out in some distant, nondeterministic future that we may or may not be a part of — but all of a sudden, it looks like we might’ve vaulted right past Cupcake. We’ve […]
Amazon to charge per megabyte to send personal documents OTA to your Kindle
So far, sending files to your Kindle cost a flat fee — one dime per document for conversion and download over Whispernet. Looks like that honeymoon is over, as Amazon’s announced that as of May 4th, the Personal Document Service will be a variable fee of $0.15 per megabyte, rounding up. It’s still free of […]
Quest for invisibility cloaks revisited by two research groups
After a brief period of no news, it’s time to revisit the world of invisible cloaks. Inspired by the ideas of theoretical physicist John Pendry at Imperial College, London, two separate groups of researchers from Cornell University and UC Berkeley claim to have prototyped their own cloaking devices. Both work essentially the same way: the […]
Rovio finds new purpose in life with fire extinguisher mod
The Rovio may not have inspired quite the same level of modding as something like the Robosapien, but it’s far from completely lacking in the department, and RoboCommunity member Colt45 looks to have delivered one of the more impressive hacks to date with this new and improved fire extinguisher bot. As impressive as that top-mounted […]
BeBook mini e-reader with 5-inch display makes pictorial debut
It’s not the BeBook 2, unfortunately, but Endless Ideas’ official Twitter has released an image of a smaller variant of its current e-book reader, dubbed the BeBook mini. It’s got a 5-inch e-ink display and reportedly all the same features as its older brother. Manufacturer Tianjin Jinke Electronics also happens to sell products under the […]
Chuwi M70’s 7-inch PMP reviewed, said to be large and in charge
Many PMPs are svelte, portable things that feel good in the hand and not too bad in a pocket. The same cannot be said for the 8GB Chuwi M70, a PMP packing a 7-inch, 700 x 480 widescreen LCD and not much else. In a review at MP4 Nation Blog that screen gets high marks, […]
Belkin Micro Auto Charger
Here is the perfect car charger for your iPhone or iPod, the Belkin Micro Auto Charger.
As you can see from the photo, the design is simple, and there is just one USB port, which makes it perfect for charging your iPhone or any other gadget in your car.
The Belkin Micro Auto Charger is available for […]
Star Wars Cookbooks
Here is the ideal accessory for Star Wars geeks, a great way to learn how to cook, and cook some fun Star Wars themed recipes, with the Star Wars Cookbooks.
Some of the recipes in the books include Wookie Cookies, Greedo’s Burritos, Qui-Gon Jinn-ger snaps and Tustken Raider Taters, and each book contains over 25 different […]
HP MediaSmart LX195 boasts 640GB HDD, 1.6GHz Atom, $400 MSRP
Yearning for more info on the HP MediaSmart LX195? Here’s some new concrete details for you to go along with the leaked images from earlier this month. As previously suggested, it’s got a a single 640GB internal SATA drive with 7200RPM, with the only option for expansion being via the four USB 2.0 ports in […]
