Finally, a lightweight (under 2 lbs) replacement for the newspaper or book (this pad can hold thousands of books!). Not only is this good for everyone who likes to read newspapers, books etc It’s also great for musicians who want to take their entire sheet music collection or business people who carry many documents for [...]
By now you may have heard in the news about the heath hazards of BPA, or Bisphenol-A, which is found in polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins. Polycarbonate plastics are clear, hard plastics and epoxy resins that coat the inside of almost all canned beverages and foods. It can be found in type 3 and type 7 [...]
If you’re like me, you want to help the environment, but you’ve had bad luck using rechargeable batteries. Well, until now, I did too. Now a new type of rechargeable battery (with a slow discharge rate) will let you both; save money and the environment. For every battery you buy, you save 999 from ending-up [...]
Many people think solar energy can’t work because it would take too much land to get enough power… Well, now scientists have figured out how to concentrate the suns energy to make solar panels just as competitive as any other source of energy (Actually more competitive if you calculate all the medical costs created by [...]
Mozilla, the company that makes the popular Firefox browser, announced this week a software plug-in for Firefox called Ubiquity, which does some surprising and useful things for small screen sub-notebook computers.
Ubiquity wasn’t designed for, and isn’t promoted as, a subnotebook usability enhancer. It’s meant to be an all-purpose Firefox booster. But it turns out that [...]
Paralyzed for the past 20 years, former Israeli paratrooper Radi Kaiof now walks down the street issuing a faint mechanical hum… That is the sound of an electronic exoskeleton that moves the 41-year-old’s legs and propels him forward.
“I never dreamed I would walk again. After I was wounded, I forgot what it’s like,” said Kaiof, [...]
Above is a sample of how you can hide a 120″ screen. The projector I recommend (not shown above - see below) is the Epson MovieMate 72 (An All-In-One: A Projector With HDMI input, An Upscaling DVD player and 5.1 sound system!). All you do is place it on a coffee table and you’re ready [...]
The private (and ultra-secretive company) EEstor has purportedly had their energy storage ultra-capacitor system (intended to replace batteries in electric vehicles), third party certified! Also very important, is that they have signed exclusive licensing agreements with Lockheed-Martin (for military purposes) and with Zenn (for electric vehicle use).
46 of the newly tested systems have [...]
New Lower Priced 2009 Honda Hybrid (which looks a-lot like the Prius) Was Just Spotted!
Honda, is coming out with totally new (yet-unnamed) hybrid for 2009. The main feature of this hybrid will be the lower price - due to the fact that Honda engineers have figured-out a way to cut the cost of the (IMA) [...]
Volvo’s Recharge Electric Vehicle is a 4 wheel drive (4 in-wheel electric drive!). Each wheel is actually a motor/generator. The vehicle (a modified c-30) looks normal, which is the reason for the green colored wheels.
This is, in my opinion, the logical future for electric vehicles… since electric motors today have such high torque and can [...]