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High Time for High Tech

Illusnist — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:11:45 +0000

GPS has been around for a while, now, and so have high speed car chases. But the two are likely to become close friends in the near future. Introducing StarChase, a GPS device that can be remotely attached to a suspect vehicle and then tracked by law enforcement officers. With the ability to tag a vehicle from the side of the road, or even from inside a patrol cruiser, deadly chases may become a lot less deadly, and even more effective.

More than a nightlight, it can Teach Me Time!

Illusnist — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:32:55 +0000

Finally, a clock that not only helps teach your kids to tell time, but it is an alarm clock and nightlight that turns green when it’s “Ok” for the child to get out of bed. American Innovative, the company that brings us a 7-day alarm clock, offers the Teach Me Time!, as well as many other unique ways to keep time on your side.

CellScope - Microscopy On The Go

Illusnist — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:25:13 +0000

Not only are cell phones getting smaller, but now they can be used to examine smaller things, as well. CellScope, originally developed by a research team at University of California, Berkeley allows the use of cell phones to examine items from hair follicles to blood cells.

While this may sound a little too nerdy for most folks, the research is aimed at providing improved medical and research tools to less developed countries. Essentially, and attachment is added to the phone and micro-imaging begins, and the results are of a quality that can be used in clinical studies or situations.

This is an article you will want to read.

Bendable and rollable display now a reality with Polymer Vision!

JoeDigital — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:50:38 +0000

A company called Polymer Vision, which spun out from Philips in 2006, has come up with an ingenious solution. It’s called the Readius (pictured) and it’s an E Ink display that’s similar to the Sony Reader, except for one important factor — it’s rollable.

You can roll the 127mm (diagonally) E Ink display into a compact form factor that measures 56mm wide, 100mm tall and 21mm deep, so it will fit into a jacket pocket. The Readius can display 16 shades of grey and it has 4GB of on-board memory, so you can store all your books, emails and PDFs on it. It also features USB, as well as GPRS/EDGE and DVB-H connectivity, meaning you can download data wirelessly, too.

read the entire article here

Are you a MAC or a PC? Mac commercial spoofs

JoeDigital — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:03:08 +0000

Corporate video producer laurie McGuinness has decided to produce a quartet of commercials spoofing those simple but effective get a mac ads currently running on TV. McGuinness told local Vancouver news 24 hours “When I worked for an ad firm, I always noticed it was the creative guys on the Macs, but the guys with the real money and power used PC’s, I just wanted to point that out”. These extremley well done videos can be found at http://lauriemcguinness.com/ topics covered are “Mac works for PC”, “PC gets the girls”, “Mac doesn’t like to share” and “Mac may be cool but PC has the money”

World of warcraft now bigger then Switzerland

JoeDigital — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:01:02 +0000

Blizzard Entertainment announced today that World of Warcraft is now played by more than 8 million gamers around the world *. World of Warcraft has also achieved new regional subscriber milestones, with more than 2 million players in North America, more than 1.5 million players in Europe, and more than 3.5 million players in China. With the up and comming launch of the World of Warcraft expansion: The Burning Crusade, the number of online players is expected to increase even greater.

* Switzerland has a population of approximately 7.5Million

TokyoFlash: Cool LED Japanese Watches

JoeDigital — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 01:59:50 +0000

Remember the old LED watches from the 70’s? They where the talk of the town and every tech geek had to have one. Well Tokyoflash has brought the LED watches back into style with their wicked lines of LED watches. These are not just your ordinary LED watches from the 70’s, They all have special LED features that would make any tech geek drool. Check out the new Jive Turkey by Pimp

Microsoft Extends Xbox 360 Warrenty to one year.

Xeveniah — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 07:55:34 +0000

This holiday season, shoppers can buy with added confidence as Microsoft expands its warranty coverage of the Xbox 360™ video game entertainment console from 90 days to one full year. Microsoft has announced that any Xbox 360 purchased in both the United States and Canada will include this added warranty coverage, and it even applies to those who have already purchased an Xbox 360 console and who are still within their first year of ownership! Click here to see the full story.

Bio diesel boat earthrace in Vancouver

JoeDigital — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:00:31 +0000

The most coolest looking boat I have ever seen! Earthrace is a New Zealand-based bio-fuel powerboat project set to tackle a world navigation and challenge the existing record held by the British boat Cable & Wireless Adventurer.

The boat is to be fuelled with 100% biodiesel, a fuel made from renewable sources such as canola and rape and will attempt to set the world record for circumnavigating the globe, to prove to the world that renewable fuels are synonymous with power and performance. The current world record is 75 days and the earthrace will try and beat this record with an estimated time of 65 days! the earth race website can be seen here

The earth race will be docked in Vancouver until August 06 2006