Firetrucks 2.0
Fire trucks are too slow, when a fire breaks out they are at the scene days, even months later. (Although my girlfriend says otherwise) Well, here is a modified truck that will get anywhere to any fire in almost no time at all. That right folks, it’s a fire truck with a MIG 16 jet [...]
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“Devil Wind” Used to Keep Computers Cooler
Okay, it’s not really "Devil Wind," it’s "ionic wind," but all these scientific advancement sure do seem like the work of the Devil sometimes. Why, if we were back in Salem in 1692, we’d all be burned as witches. But, okay, for real, some researchers at Purdue University have created a method utilizing an "ionic [...]
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Hydrogen Cars on the Horizon
Ford announced that it could be on the verge of producing hydrogen cars into the market within the next 5 years if things go right. They’ve been using 12 passenger shuttle buses powered by internal combustion hydrogen engines and it’s been the closet they’ve been to a mass production.
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Electric Car by Edison/Ford
The electric companies want to keep their fingers in the consumer pie and continue to push for electric cars. Ford and Edison are embarking on this very project — in the creation of vehicles capable of being plugged into a power outlet. The new cars will use a combustion engine in a hybrid mode.
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New Supercomputer is Near
Just when you thought the latest desktop computers couldn’t get any faster, think again. A genius of a professor from the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering has developed something that could be the new wave of desktop computers. Uzi Vishkin came up with a prototype which uses a method called parallel [...]
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SolidAlliance USB Engine Sidelights as Gas-Powered Generator
Okay, that’s not true. It’s actually just a hub in the shape of a motorcycle engine that makes (unrealistic, I’m sure) obnoxious engine sounds. The novelty would likely wear off in about, oh, the first few minutes, and I think I’m being generous. If it makes it to the US at its current Japanese price, [...]
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USB Engine
Well, this had me laughing….meet the SolidAlliance 3-port USB Engine Hub. Not only is it a 2.0.3 3-port hub, but it come with "engine noises." (Do I really need that? No.)
But if you do, it will be available in Japan tomorrow for $43 or at Geekstuff4u.
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