By JamesW on Jun 5, 2008 in Environment, Featured | 8 Comments
Forget corn! There’s fuel, there’s renewable fuel, and then there’s user-renewable fuel! What can be better than air?
The Compressed Air Car developed by Motor Development International (MDI) Founder Guy Negre might be the best thing to have happened to the motor engine in years.
The $12,700 CityCAT, one of the planned Air Car [...]
By JamesW on Jun 3, 2008 in Environment, Featured | 0 Comments
Wired Magazine featured a recent article suggesting that a “cure” for global warming, because of the seriousness of the situation (i.e., a complete change of life as we know it, or possibly eradication of the human species along with a few others), that we might need to reexamine a few approaches that are, well, less [...]
By JamesW on May 29, 2008 in Featured, World | 0 Comments
Meet the good ship “Emma Maers”, registered to the country of China.
So this is how Wal-Mart gets most of it’s stuff from China ; 15,000 containers and a 207′ beam, and 13 people for a ship longer than a US aircraft carrier which has a crew of 5,000 men and officers. Check out [...]
By JamesW on May 19, 2008 in Environment, Featured | 0 Comments
The words “Peak Oil” aren’t supposed to be in our vocabulary. It’s unAmerican. We’re not supposed to know, or at least verbalize the fact the oil is a finite resource. The “American way” is to smile on in oblivion to the fact, kinda like what many of us grew up with in [...]
By MaxW on May 19, 2008 in Entertainment, Featured | 0 Comments
Nintendo Debuts Groundbreaking Fitness Program at Interactive Release Party and American Heart Association Fundraiser in NYC
–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nintendo:
WHAT:
How will Wii Fit™ move you? Discover for yourself at New York’s Central Park Merchants’ Gate on May 19, as Nintendo hosts a spectacular all-day launch event for Wii Fit, the highly anticipated new program for the popular Wii™ [...]
By MaxW on May 18, 2008 in Entertainment, Featured | 0 Comments
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has hit the 10 million mark in U.S. sales, being the first next-gen console to reach this number. This may sound impressive but Microsoft launched the Xbox 360 a year ahead of the other next-gen units, and the Wii is quickly catching up to the Xbox 360 numbers with more then 700,000 [...]
By MaxW on May 14, 2008 in Featured, World | 0 Comments
A Swiss pilot strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane today for the first public demonstration of the homemade device, turning figure eights and soaring high above the Alps.
Yves Rossy’s performance in front of the world press capped five years of training and many more years of dreaming.
“This flight was absolutely excellent,” [...]
By MaxW on May 13, 2008 in Cellphones, Featured | 0 Comments
Radura Case Now Available for iPhone, iPod Touch, Nano(3G), and Classic
Los Angeles, CA – May 13th, 2008– Today, mStation/mophie announces the availability of the new Radura case for iPhone, iPod Touch, Nano(3G), and Classic. The Radura’s clear polycarbonate design covers all scratchable surfaces on the iPod/iPhone, while conveniently freeing up all connectors, click wheel, and [...]
By JamesW on May 6, 2008 in Entertainment, Featured, Video | 0 Comments
Haven’t you always wanted to run your own TV station? Well, now you can be the director, producer, and even the chief bottle washer with solutions such as provided by IPWeb TV (www.ipwebtv.com). The company provides a turn-key solution, including the scheduling and delivery of your video to subscribers. Bring your own [...]
By JamesW on May 3, 2008 in Audio, Event Coverage, Featured, NAB | 0 Comments
Introducing the Holophone H2Pro microphone. Now sound engineers can leave behind their well padded mic cases, and set up only one, instead of 5 or more, mics to capture surround sound audio. The H2-Pro terminates in eight XLR microphone cable-ends (left, right, center, low frequency, left surround, right surround, top, and [...]