Archive for January, 2009
Obama-branded Chinese ripoff of a Finnish phone launches in Kenya
Interestingly, we hear a Mwai Kibaki-branded Finnish ripoff of a Chinese phone is launching in the States. Go figure.
Johnson Controls rolls out re3 plug-in concept vehicle
You may not be seeing the car itself roll off an assembly line anytime soon, but Johnson Controls is hoping that some of parts in its new plug-in concept vehicle will eventually find their way into a few production vehicles. The car, dubbed the re3, made its debut at the Detroit Auto Show this week, [...]
Android-powered camera hat keeps mom in the loop and lookin’ sharp
We’ve seen Android on a Mini-Note, and we’ve seen it on an Eee PC, but we never thought in a million years that we’d ever see Android on mom’s hat. Looking for a way to simplify his mother’s regular tech support calls (the universal remote often throws her for a loop) Dan O’Sullivan dreamt up [...]
Cloaking device puts the kibosh on cellphone inteference
There has been plenty of research into cloaking devices, but while scientists are still working their way towards the visible light spectrum they seem to be having the best luck with microwaves. Most recently, a new metamaterial made from over 10,000 individual pieces of fiberglass has been used to cloak a bump on a flat [...]
Tian Ma T118 Dual SIM Card Phone With Bluetooth_black
The biggest gimmick of T118 is its so-called that it can call without battery, as it said it had not power cut ot close when I called for nearly 20 minutes without battery, which is “timely rain” for many people who will not complain to reset time when changing battery or worry about that it [...]
ioSafe announces Solo, the external, submersable, fire-proof HDD enclosure
The last time we heard from ioSafe they were taking 2.5-inch HDDs, wrapping them in armor, then stuffing them into 3.5-inch enclosures — adding fire and water protection in a standard form factor. Now they’ve given up on the internal route and have gone for something a little larger and more durable, fitting Western Digital [...]
