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.Human-powered Hovercraft goes across water
For years, scientists have been looking for ways to achieve human-powered flight. This human-powered hovercraft could be a small step forward in that quest. The Steam Boat Willy is a project that has been under development for years by the London flight club (not to be confused with the organization started by Tyler Duerden). As [...]
PSA Shows that Texting while Driving can Kill a friendship
When I took driver’s education in high school, the teacher showed this one film called Signal 30. This film was a no-holds barred look at car accidents, with all the blood-and-guts details. I’ve never been the type who slows down when passing a car accident, because I don’t want to see real-life gore. Of course, [...]
Rescue Robot Removes Victims from Accidents
Maybe I have seen too many Terminator and Matrix movies, but this shot of the human going inside of a robot just gives me the creeps. The fact that the attached YouTube video that you can watch after the jump is called “Human Body Shredding Machine” doesn’t help. Clearly, I need to get over my [...]
Hitachi announces first 2TB hard drive in the world
Hitachi has always been a pretty reliable name when it comes to storage solutions, and this time round their expertise has led them to achieve a world’s first – a 2TB, 7200 RPM hard drive known as the 2TB Deskstar 7K2000. This model will blend in high performance and high capacity with low power and [...]
Criss Angel Mindfreaks us with Augmented Reality
In case you’re not getting enough Augmented Reality with last week’s Best Buy ad, feel free to head over to A&E’s site to check out “The 5 Lives of Criss Angel MindFreak” ad campaign. Heralded as “Print it. Play it. Mystify”, this unique ad campaign allows the user to play a game in augmented reality [...]
OpenChord V1 Guitar plays RockBand, Guitar Hero for real
Lately, my family and I have been playing a lot of RockBand, and my wife and I have been discussing whether playing RockBand can help you play a real instrument. In the case of the OpenChord V1 guitar, the answer is yes. You can watch the video of the player in action after the jump [...]
Microsoft’s Pressure-Sensitive Keyboard changes the way you type
When I first saw that Mircosoft was endorsing a pressure sensitive keyboard, I couldn’t help but wonder why I would even need a pressure sensitive keyboard. But leave it to Microsoft to show me that I practically can’t live without it. And this video after the jump shows exactly why I would need a keyboard [...]
iPhone Steering Wheel: MarioKart Never Had it so Good
Even though the included steering wheel for MarioKart was just a cheap piece of plastic, it pales in comparison to this racing wheel for the iPhone/iPod touch. Digital Steering Wheel from CTA comes comes with grip with a bigger radius, not to mention a suction cup mount that adheres to any flat surface. The angle [...]
