Archive for November, 2009
DIY cat feeder now enabled by a Cisco switch, streams food and video
You know, there are times when you have to part ways with your adorable kitties at home, and you might not be so keen on getting a cat sitter in case he or she touches your precious game consoles (even whether it’s an old granny). We’ve seen the lazy man’s solution before, but Britain’s Mathew New…
Dell, HP, and Lenovo bringing SDXC to laptops alongside 32nm Intel chipsets?
Those incredibly sexy (as far as portable storage capacities are concerned) 64GB SDXC cards coming on the horizon? You’re gonna want some hardware to work with it, and according to DailyTech, three of the largest computer manufacturers are looking to bring the upgrade with Intel’s forthcoming Arrand…
Inside Sharp’s new LCD factory, we can see our next HDTV from here
The path back to LCD leadership for Sharp begins at its just opened Sakai City manufacturing facility. Being a 10th generation facility means it can roll out more and bigger displays, producing six 60-inch LCDs from each glass substrate, 60% more than older 8g facilities. Check out the pics for a p…
Google Maps Navigation makes trip across the pond, thanks to some hackery
Apparently us Yanks have been spoiled by the warm embrace of Google Maps Navigation, forgetting that our friends in the UK don’t have the same luxury. Leave it to Electricpig to connect worlds, finding a somewhat hack-induced way to bring the app upgrade to British Android 1.6 devices. directions a…
2011 Chevrolet Volt gets taken for a pop quiz drive
The Chevy Volt is one vehicle we can really get behind. It’s hard not to be a little excited by it — we have, after all, been watching its development for quite a towering moment now. The electric car gets an impressive 230 miles per gallon in the city (and, all shaky rating practices aside, that’…
Praktica unleashes a slew of 10 and 12-megapixel shooters
Dresden’s Praktica make has a lengthy, distinguished history — but like many such qualitys with lengthy, distinguished histories, stateside readers usually come across that name attached to some pretty average consumer electronics. In that case, we have a smattering of nondescript digicams that fe…
Flexio solar powered FM radio doubles as bookmark
We don’t really have much use for radio by the airwaves — hell, the closest we ever get to the halcyon days of rock’n'roll radio is the Flaming Groovies station on Pandora. But something as convenient (and as cute) as that next item just might get us back in the habit. A proof-of-concept by a smal…
