BUILT has these cool looking laptop backpacks made from lightweight neoprene and mesh. While it looks like a wetsuit for computers, its probably not a great idea to go diving or surfing with them.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
My latest mobile gadget: SonyEricsson P990i
I got a SonyEricsson P990i mobile from one of the MuzGadgets brothers when I visited them recently. It does pretty much all I need a pocket device to do:
It might be second-hand and not quite as cool as an iPhone, but I'm very happy with it. It is a lot more useful than my old monochrome voice & sms only Siemens A70.
- internet access including via wireless
- still/video camera (I must buy a bigger memory card)
- MP3/media player/radio (I really must buy a bigger memory card)
- ebook reader (the PDF viewer's interface is a bit annoying sometimes)
- contacts/calendar/tasks manager with synchronization to my PC
- emergency modem while waiting for the ADSL guys to connect us
- oh and it works as a phone too
It might be second-hand and not quite as cool as an iPhone, but I'm very happy with it. It is a lot more useful than my old monochrome voice & sms only Siemens A70.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Hot fridge
Adam Grosser and his sustainable fridge | Video on TED.com
This three and a half minute TED talk presents a solution for refrigeration without electricity of access to stored fuels (gas etc).
This three and a half minute TED talk presents a solution for refrigeration without electricity of access to stored fuels (gas etc).
Friday, August 22, 2008
Fab Lab
Invention kits to build anything - Forbes.com- msnbc.com
A laser cutter, computer controlled router, minature drilling mill, powered by open source software and micro-controllers, makes up the Fab(rication) Lab(oratory). These kits can make almost anything and have the potential to even reproduce themselves by making parts. The goal is a 'Star Trek' style replicator where the labs can create 3D photocopies of just about anything.
A laser cutter, computer controlled router, minature drilling mill, powered by open source software and micro-controllers, makes up the Fab(rication) Lab(oratory). These kits can make almost anything and have the potential to even reproduce themselves by making parts. The goal is a 'Star Trek' style replicator where the labs can create 3D photocopies of just about anything.
Friday, June 6, 2008
Electric/Hybrid Motorbike/Car
Initially only available in California, this vehicle called the Aptera (meaning wingless flight in Greek) is a two and a bit seater electric or hybrid three-wheeled enclosed motorcycle.
A prototype with a parallel hybrid diesel boasted an average of 230 MPG
(1.02 Litres per 100K). But because of emissions restrictions, the
hybrid model will use a small water-cooled EFI gasoline engine with
closed loop oxygen feedback and catalytic converter.
More info at http://www.aptera.com/
A prototype with a parallel hybrid diesel boasted an average of 230 MPG
(1.02 Litres per 100K). But because of emissions restrictions, the
hybrid model will use a small water-cooled EFI gasoline engine with
closed loop oxygen feedback and catalytic converter.
More info at http://www.aptera.com/
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