Archive for May 20th, 2013
Concepts
Galileo Wheel: A Wheel That Transforms Into A Tank Track In Seconds (video)
Here’s an interesting concept: the Galileo Wheel. What appears to be an ordinary round wheel can transform into a tank track in a matter of seconds. The practical applications seem to be questionable, but these seems to ...
Gaming
The Word Is: No Modern Warfare 2 Demo
Not that I remember there being any other Call of Duty demos in previous years, IGN has just released word that there will be no Modern Warfare 2 demo this fall. According to Infinity Ward, they will be spending every last mom...
Cell Phones
Unicom To Start Selling iPhone In China On October 1st
If you’re heading to China, or happen to live there and read this blog, then you’ll pleased to hear that China’s Unicom will start selling the iPhone on October 1st. Price you ask? Just a nauseating 5,000 yuan...
Apple
2 Billion Apps Downloaded From Apple
Once again Apple has passed a significant landmark for their app store. Today the company announced that over 2 billion apps have been downloaded from the 2 year old service. According to Apple there are more than “85,0...
Storage
Netgear’s Stora NAS Hard Drive Makes It Easy To Share Music, Photos And Videos With Friends (video)
Netgear, who I’ve long associated with routers and other networking products, has introduced a NAS enabled hard drive that should make sharing your social media all that much easier. Called the Stora, the 1TB hard drive c...
Household
Celebrities Love The Clairisonic Skin Care System
$300 may sound like a lot for a skin care product–and it does because, well, it IS a lot for a skin care product–but when it comes from the guys who made the world’s most popular toothbrush, the Sonicare, it a...
Camcorders
The Hammacher Schlemmer Pen Camera–Inexpensive Spy Fun
If you’ve got a hundred and thirty bucks to drop and you’re getting just so gosh darn sick and tired of people always noticing that you’re carrying a camera around, then you may be interested to hear about the...
Autos
Wagan Tech Keeps Your Batteries Charged On The Road
If you’ve got that one great gadget that you always rely on in the car, and you always find yourself needing a change of batteries for it, then Wagan Tech may have exactly what you’re looking for. It’s a two-...
Concepts
The Half-Hour Cancer Test
Out at the University of Toronto, a whole lot of men all over the world are about to start cheering like no tomorrow–seems they’ve built a portable device that will accurately diagnose prostate cancer from a urine s...