The back to school month is an exciting time. It is the prefect opportunity to gather all those must-have school supplies for the upcoming year. This year has proven to be the year of apps and gadgets. Want to know what’s hot? Let’s find out! Of course basic paper, pencils and notebooks remain a common [...]
You need a great gift idea for Mother’s Day? How about a Nook Color? With a Nook you can read millions of books and magazines. You can enjoy applications, too. One of the nicest features of the Nook Color is a 7 inch Vivid View Color Touch Screen. It also allows you to download a [...]
The Playstation 3 is an awesome game console for when you’re at home. I’m pretty much addicted, and not afraid to admit it. Only problem is that it doesn’t travel easily, because it has to be plugged in, and you can’t make calls from it. That’s why I’m so excited about the Sony Ericsson Xperia [...]
This is power-pop group OK GO’s new video for their song “This Too Shall Pass”. The video features the most amazing Rube Goldberg machine I have ever seen set in motion. Just look at the sheer size of the warehouse this thing was built in. The machine was built by an amazing group consisting of [...]
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Posted on February 16, 2010, 3:19 pm, by danielrouse, under
Fun With Gizmos.
Okay, this is a rather crazy idea. Say you are a hunter in the wintry wilderness. You want to get to your favorite camp spot but the conditions will make getting their by car virtually imposable. So what do you do? Well, you can buy a pair of these, and you will never have to [...]
Hybrid cars and electric vehicles are powered by lithium ion batteries. These batteries are rechargeable and last a couple years and then have to be replaced. All this will change with the new lithium ion battery in development by Japanese company Eamex. This marvelous development in technology is said to deliver over 10,000 charges and [...]
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Posted on January 21, 2010, 3:06 pm, by danielrouse, under
Fun With Gizmos.
Okay, the Xbox 360 has been around for a while now, and we have seen some really interesting things about it. It has some of the best games like Call of Duty, Halo, Gears of war, and other great titles. Also, people have turned out some amazing case designs for is to. This one here [...]
Is your dog just not as useful as he used to be? Tired of the same old tricks? Well one man decided to do something about it and integrated solar panel technology into always popular dog fashion. YouTube user erikschiegg68 explains his creations best: “It’s? just a 2600 mA solar charger with different voltage outputs [...]
Nikola Tesla invented the Tesla coil to conduct experiments in electrical lighting, phosphorescence, x-ray generation, high frequency alternating current phenomena, electrotherapy, and a plethora of other scientific reasons. I doubt he had music creation in mind when creating the coil but some enterprising minds have altered Tesla’s machines to do just that. I do not [...]