June 2008

Breaking free from the desk

Recently at work I have taken the plunge to go paperless and clutterless but try as I might every morning I have incoming post to deal with and throughout the day it seems as if the whole world has seen an empty spot on my desk and feels the need to fill it. I try and encourage [...]

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iSOBOT – Tiny fully articulating Humanoid Robot

If you’d like to just take in a thousand words in the form of a moving picture, hit the jump for a cool video of all of the moves and features this robot has. The iSOBOT from Tomy is the next Robosapien. Coming in a tiny, but powerful 6.5″ tall, he is a fully articulating [...]

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CarMD – Handheld Engine Code Reader

For a single Benjamin Franklin bill (hundred that is), you can pick up the CarMD Handheld Engine Code Reader that interfaces with your car’s computers to tell you what’s wrong with your car in seconds. This little gem works with all 1996 and newer model cars and provides complete diagnostics on your car’s engine and [...]

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Cell Phone Radiation Level Guide

CNET has a very useful guide on their site showing how much RF energy your body absorbs from specific cell phone models when held up to your ear. While my phone (the now practically ancient Treo 700p) isn’t in the top 10, it’s still way up there with a 1.48W/kg SAR rating. SAR = Specific [...]

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Portable UV Monitor

This small, neat, colorful little gadget should be on your list of important things to carry around if you’re a sun worshiper. Comes in a nice, bright orange and is just over a mere 3″, this UV monitor from Oregon Scientific measures UV intensity and lets you know what the recommended exposure time is. It [...]

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Light sticks that last 12 years

A company called MPK has invented a new light source that they’re dubbing Litroenergy that last 12 years without a recharge. They’re like traditional glow sticks. They’re even crush resistant up to 5000lbs. Interestingly, the material can be added to paint or plastics. The color can be adjusted to suit. So what’s the catch? Well, [...]

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Wash Clothes with Plastic Chips, Only 1 cup of water

Professor Stephen Burkinshaw, a professor of textile chemistry, at the University of Leeds has invented a new washing machine that uses plastic chips and only 1 cup of water per load. The chips can be used about 100 times and leave clothes just as clean as traditional washers, but less than 2% of the water [...]

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OLED Video Watch

Now you won’t have to go without watching your favorite episodes of Battlestar Galactica and Stargate SG-1. Ever. You’ll be able to download and view them on your watch. Wait. What? Watch? That’s right – you can pick up a video watch for under $100 with a nice crisp OLED screen. With a 128×128 screen [...]

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Dell’s latest laptop models – to compete with Eee and Macbook Air

Dell is on track to deliver 2 new notebooks, one a 8.9″ dubbed the “E” (the Asus Eee challenger), and a 12.1″ super thin one called the “E slim” (the Macbook Air competitor). The E is between .8″ and 1.2″ thick, weighing only 2.2lbs, and will come with either Win XP or Linux, WiFi, Bluetooth, [...]

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Sqish – Camouflaged Satellite Dish

UK company Sqish has a self-titled product that is a rectangular satellite dish that they can camouflage for you by taking a picture of the background that the dish will sit in front of and then applying that picture to the front of the dish. Now the dish isn’t actually a dish at all, but [...]

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