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Look Ma, No Wires | Seagate’s new Hard Drive for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch

admin — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:33:46 +0000

Hard drive-manufacturer Seagate today unveils a first–a wireless hard drive with a built-in personal Wifi network for iOS devices–Apple’s iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. The idea is that since the Apple devices don’t have expandable memory or slots to allow in external hard drives, heres a way to greatly extend their use. The Seagate GoFlex Satellite drive is 500 Gigabytes and sells for $199.99, at the Seagate, Amazon and Best Buy websites. It will extend to Best Buy’s retail stores in July, and be available for Android phones in the summer.

Seagate\'s wfi Hard Drive

Create an e-mail message from Santa

admin — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:20:10 +0000

Everyone needs to do this for your kids and special ones.
Create your own Santa email message – free

Here’s an example for an adult

AirBag Suit Could Save Lives

admin — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:19:01 +0000

Motorcycle safety

has always been a huge issue. Helmets and riding suits help somewhat, but they can only do so much. Dainese hope to remedy the problem with their D-Air Suit.

Similar methods have been developed in the past, but Dainese claims their system is better and will provide more promising results. The unit is mounted around the neck and upper back of the rider and can deploy in less than 40 milliseconds.

Instead of being attached to the bike itself, this design uses accelerometers and gyroscopes to detect sudden changes in velocity and orientation to the ground. When enough of a change is reached, the airbag will deploy and hopefully save the riders life.

The system proved itself on more than one occasion during a Grand Prix race on the Valencia Circuit. Three different riders from 2 different divisions got an up-close and personal test run on the new sfaety feature and it’s safe to say they were more than pleased. The slowest of the accidents occurred at 111km/h (70mph) and the fastest at 123km/h (77mph). I would call it an overall success.

Via : WindingRoad

Red Bull’s 2010 FIM Motocross of Nations in Lakewood, Co.

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:20:33 +0000

The 2010 Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations, will be run at the Thunder Valley Motocross Park facility, just outside metro Denver, in Lakewood, Colorado on September 25 & 26.

I’ve located the track area with Google Maps satellite view for a great overview of the area. I’m sure many many central US fans will be under-going a road trip for this event.

In fact I’m planning a road trip myself. I’ll start a forum discussion topic for us to share our traveling plans and meet-ups.

Morphases the realistic avatar face maker

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:36:09 +0000

Creating your own realistic avatar face has just become easier with Morphases. Morphases is a realistic face maker that allows you to create realistic generated faces online. This tool lets you create and modify human-like images from different realistic elements that are stored in a comprehensive database they call a genebank, allowing you to draw any face that you wish. All you need is the patience to sort through the elements and of course the artistic talent to recognize and recreate yourself.

Google (and Library of Congress) now indexing all Twitter tweets

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:41:52 +0000

Google (and Library of Congress) now indexing all Twitter tweets — ALL public tweets, ever, since March 2006! Read More…

Feel free to search, see what people were saying about you (don’t forget #HashTags)

Segway…Puma & EN-V

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:13:36 +0000

Segway, the makers of electronic scooters. The next idea is a two-wheeled, two-seater, electric vehicle for urban drivers named Segway – “Puma”.
Also see the EN-V technology sports version.

Yike Bike

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:16:35 +0000

The electric transformer Yike Bike. Read More

CES 2010 Awards & Best Products

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:00:18 +0000

Watch some videos of from the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Awards & Best Products held in Las Vegas in January, 2010 . Get your GEeK oN!

ContourHD Wearable HD Camcorder Review

admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:30:40 +0000

Contour HD cam

When it comes to shooting interesting video, how you get the shot is half the fun. Plus having the right equipment doesn’t hurt either. And with The VholdR ContourHD getting that shot is just as easy as pointing and shooting. [Continue Reading about ContourHDcam…]