Tag: Technology
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The Performer, Makes Guitars Self Tuning, Versatile
By David Ponce Jumping Jehosaphat on a hot tin roof, this is awesome! The Performer tuning system, from company Transperformance is likely to take your guitar playing to whole new levels, and it pisses the living snot out of me that I never took the instrument up. Never mind robotic tuners, this device rocks on…
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DualCor cPC: Mobile And Tablet PC In One
By David Ponce The stuff DualCor is promising with the cPC sounds pretty exciting. The machine is loaded with some serious specs: – 1.5GHz Via C7-M processor – 5″, 800X400 LCD – 40GB shared hard drive – 1GB DDR2 RAM – 1 GB NAND flash memory – Windows XP Tablet Edition – Windows Mobile 5.0…
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OhGizmo Review: Oregon Scientific Weather Station
By David Ponce When I got the new Weather Station, from Oregon Scientific in the mail, my heart did a little tapdance. Why? Well, the Weather Station is a very nice clock that happens to also give you more weather information than you can shake a burning stick at… and it does so without using…
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Blastwrap, Bomb-Proof Bubblewrap
By David Ponce Guys, you’ll have to forgive the cut-and-paste job. Glue-sniffing Underpants-Gnomes are stealing all my underwear. I caught one, but I have to interrogate him now (he won’t tell me where they keep the stash), and I don’t have time for this. So. It looks like Bubble Wrap, but BlastWrap isn’t for cushioning…
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A Carbon Fiber Robotic Arm: The LWA From SCHUNK
By David Ponce You do realize that one day, in the near future, we will be whipped into slavery by our robotic overlords, right? The robot news we bring you from time to time are nothing but the foreboding signs of our impending subjugation. So, you know, as long as you’re aware of it, it’s…
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Toshiba’s Methanol Powered Cellphone
By David Ponce I don’t have a whole lot of information on this one, except a few bits here and there. I know the name Toshiba was mentioned, coupled with the “methanol powered” buzzwords. So, I’m just guessing here… it’s a stretch, but could this be a methanol powered cellphone? Aside from that, I hear…
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Electronic Paper For The Visually Impaired
By David Ponce So, everyone is frothing at the mouth over e-paper. And why not? What you’ll be able to do with that stuff is really mind boggling, but in the end, the visually impaired get a bum deal. Sure, you could say that they don’t really know what they’re missing, and you’d be right……
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Bluetooth Rearview Mirror
[A little old, but hey, sounds like fun. -Ed.] This application of Bluetooth wireless technology seems very innovative and practical. When your Bluetooth cell phone rings, you do not need to go looking for your cell phone anymore. Just look up at your rearview mirror and you will see the caller’s phone number displayed right…
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Vulcanus MK4, A Microwave Water Heater
By David Ponce Finally, a breakthrough in the water heater arena.Pulsar Advanced Technologies has announced that, starting next week, they will launch the MK4, a microwave-powered on-demand water heater. Why is this cool? Well, until now, you had two options: electric heaters that keep a large amount of water hot at all times, or natural…