Need Direction?

Posted on November 1, 2007 at 12:19 pm (PST)

His maps won’t get you from A to B, but Denis Wood’s diagrams definitely tell something unique about a given area. The illustration above shows a neighborhood’s phone, cable and power line setup. "We did a lot of walking and looking to make this map."
It’s surprisingly cool, in a weird first of the month kind [...]

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Detergent-Less Washer By Haier

Posted on August 1, 2007 at 10:40 am (PST)

Haier! Haier! Something revolutionary has arrived.  Would you believe it if someone told you they had a washing machine that would clean your dirty laundry without any soap?  Well, Haier has something proven that will be out on the market very soon.  The WasH20 breaks down water molecules into its OH- and H=+ ions where [...]

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C-Leg Updated

Posted on July 19, 2007 at 4:50 pm (PST)

The German firm Otto Bock has revealed a sleeker, stronger, and more military-approved version of the prosthetic leg.
Designed for the armed forces, the C-Leg has a microprocessor controlled knee, and a remote control to switch modes, including the new standing mode, which takes weight off the good leg. The intelligent system within takes data samples [...]

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GE Releases the Flip - The World’s Easiest to Lose Remote

Posted on July 17, 2007 at 7:44 am (PST)

GE’s Flip looks like a pretty standard, inexpensive universal remote at $18.99. But it flips. Get it? Well, looking at it in flipped mode, I can imagine a hundred nooks and crannies that thing will fit into with nary a complaint.

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