Thursday, May 2, 2024
By David Ponce While Snakes on a Plane not only sounds like a bad idea but also happens to be shaping up to be a box office flop, Snakes on a Firetruck is a different story altogether (it's a bad...
By David Ponce Unfortunately, this technology is still in its early stages, but we're finding Alexander Tokman of Microvision's promises interesting. He's working on technology that would ideally integrate right into today's mobile handsets, and allow them to project...
By David Ponce As far as features are concerned, cellphones have it good. Land phones are getting left behind, and are comparable to, well, musty old grandmas really. For some reason though, British company BT is trying to...

By Andrew Liszewski I've been waiting many years for the point where e-paper becomes an actual consumer-ready product and not just a cool idea seen only in a laboratory or the occasional tech demo. Well with devices like Sony's E-Reader...
By David Ponce We reported on the Xun Chi 138 a while ago. In case you missed it, this device claims to be the world's smallest cellphone, with dimensions at 55 grams and 2.64 (67mm) inches long. It...
By David Ponce What happens when you combine a cellphone, a GPS module, a compass and an Internet connection? A kickass service from American GeoVector and Japanese CyberMap Japan (aka Mapion), sadly only available in Japan. It's called "Mapion...

By David Edney Look people. We need to quit making robots that can think for themselves right now! Apparently researchers at NEC System technologies and Mie University designed a robot that can identify wines, cheeses, meats...

By David Ponce Anyone who works with cars for a living (or even for fun) will appreciate the Hover Creeper from Davison International. For those of you who don't know, a creeper is a board with wheels that mechanics...
By David Ponce We've covered creations that had the potential to remove your sorry, adrenaline-craving little ass from the gene pool many times before. For an idea, go here, here, here, here or here. And now, we bring...