• Gadgets

    Retro-Futurism: Olympus's New Rangefinder-Inspired Digital Camera

    By John Mahoney Posted on 7.16.2009 20 Comments

    Sometimes looking to the past to inspire designs of the future is inspired by nothing more than fashion, but sometimes, it actually serves a functional purpose. Enter Olympus's freshly announced EP-1, which recreate a form factor we haven't seen a lot of since the film era: a sleek, compact body with interchangeable lenses.

    9.26.2009 at 03:01am - Comment by tolo87

    This Olympus device is the real deal folsk. http://myexternalharddrive.com/

  • Zink Imaging

    By Posted on 11.9.2008 Comments

    In 1948, Polaroid introduced on-the-spot photo printing with the Land Camera. It continued making instant film until this year, when a successor emerged in the PoGo, a full-color, pocket-sized printer for digital cameras based on an idea that Polaroid’s founder, Edwin Land, had 30 years ago.

    9.26.2009 at 02:26am - Comment by tolo87

    Great device, I am loving it. http://myexternalharddrive.com/

  • DIY

    PopSci.com 5-Minute Project Video: Cereal Box Spectrometer

    By Posted on 12.30.2008 7 Comments

    Satisfy your scientific curiosity and your craving for some Frosted Flakes. Editor Mike Haney shows you how to use an old cereal box and a CD to build a device that reveals the hidden rainbow inside any light source. Find more examples of DIY spectrometers over at Wikipedia.

    5.21.2009 at 02:53pm - Comment by tolo87

    Really great music baarbarian. Really interesting. Mike - http://learnhowtojumphigher.net/

  • Tonium Pacemaker

    By Posted on 11.9.2008 Comments

    The Pacemaker is the first portable digital music player that lets you mix two songs together live, the way DJs do with a pair of turntables. The 120-gigabyte hard drive stores up to 30,000 songs, which you browse by moving your finger around a circular touchpad like the iPod’s. The gadget allows you to speed up or slow down a pair of songs so their beats match and to adjust the pitch so that the songs you mix are in the same key.
$875; pacemaker.net

    5.21.2009 at 09:51am - Comment by tolo87

    OMG, If I wanted to be a DJ I would definitely dig this nice little thing. Mike from http://learnhowtojumphigher.net/

  • Zink Imaging

    By Posted on 11.9.2008 Comments

    In 1948, Polaroid introduced on-the-spot photo printing with the Land Camera. It continued making instant film until this year, when a successor emerged in the PoGo, a full-color, pocket-sized printer for digital cameras based on an idea that Polaroid’s founder, Edwin Land, had 30 years ago.

    5.21.2009 at 09:44am - Comment by tolo87

    Wow, this device will save me lot of time while developing my photos. Mike - http://learnhowtojumphigher.net/

  • Amazon Kindle

    By Posted on 11.9.2008 Comments

    With the paper-like legibility of electronic ink, long battery life, and the ability to hold thousands of pages, e-book readers were already quite handy. But Amazon made them even more convenient by adding a free cellular connection for plucking newspapers, magazines—even entire books—out of the air in seconds. $360; downloads from $1; amazon.com

    5.21.2009 at 09:42am - Comment by tolo87

    I think that this is great little device that will make your reading life easier. Mike - http://learnhowtojumphigher.net/

  • Science

    Bacteriophage, Plastic Steel and Round Robots Prove Winners

    By Jeremy Hsu Posted on 11.21.2008 7 Comments

    Think that college lab work is dull and uninspiring? Student inventors claimed a $25,000 grand prize and other awards Wednesday night for creating antibacterial agents, "plastic steel," and a spherical robot that can climb stairs. The winners were contestants in the 2008 Collegiate Inventors Competition, operated by the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation since 1990.

    5.10.2009 at 03:50am - Comment by tolo87

    What is this plastic steel like? Hmm? Mike from http://learnhowtojumphigher.net guide.

  • Honda FCX Clarity

    By Posted on 11.11.2008 Comments

    Highways filled with hydrogen cars are still decades away, but that doesn’t diminish the achievement of rolling the first fuel-cell car off a mass-production line. To open up interior space, Honda developed its own fuel cell, a 100-kilowatt stack that packs substantially more energy into a 65 percent smaller space than other designs and squeezes neatly into the tunnel between the front seats.

    5.10.2009 at 03:49am - Comment by tolo87

    Wow, this new model of Honda looks so cool. Mike from http://learnhowtojumphigher.net guide.

  • Science

    Preventing an Outbreak: McCain and Obama on Pandemics

    By Stuart Fox Posted on 10.14.2008 11 Comments

    Question Six: Pandemic Flu

    Yesterday we looked at Senator Obama's and Senator McCain’s opinions on using science to protect Americans from other countries. Today, we look at the candidates’ plans to protect Americans from other organisms. In particular, influenza, which has killed more Americans than all the wars of the 20th Century, combined. Do the candidates have a record of bird flu awareness and bioterrorism prevention? Let’s take a look.

    5.10.2009 at 03:48am - Comment by tolo87

    I hope there will be no pandemic otherwise we might be doomed. Mike from http://learnhowtojumphigher.net guide.

  • Technology

    What Is The Worst Possible Disaster That Could Befall Earth?

    By Posted on 1.23.2009 29 Comments

    Texas-size asteroids make for exciting summer blockbusters, but when it comes to long-term damage, they're not the most menacing threat out there. Lurking at the edge of our galaxy are giant molecular dust clouds -- agglomerations of hydrogen gas, small organic molecules and minerals -- roughly 150 light-years across. If our solar system hit one, it would take 100,000 years to pop out on the other side.

    5.10.2009 at 03:46am - Comment by tolo87

    Wow there are so much natural disasters that can happen. I try to not to think about them. Mike at http://learnhowtojumphigher.net guide.



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