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- Following devastating earthquake, Elon Musk helping Fukushima go solar
- iOS App Scans Printed Music Notes, Plays Them In Real-Time (Video)
- Nokia and Microsoft hosting special event August 17th, both companies likely to...
- HTC Vs. Apple, Round II: UK Edition
- Sonos Play:3 review
- Video: Fully Charged drives the Renault Fluence Z.E.
- Tokyo Institute of Technology's SOINN robot teaches itself to serve humans (video)
- German geniuses hit 800Mbps with light bulb WLAN
- Walgreens to get electric vehicle chargers from 350Green
- Kyocera Echo Gingerbread update now rolling out, may brick handsets
- The Salty Seduction of Bonneville
- Motorola Triumph review
- Fake iPhone 5 Supposedly Leaks The Real iPhone 5′s Design
- GM CEO: Fuel cell vehicles "won't be practical until the 2020-plus period"
- 4.5 million fps microscope camera powered by ultra-fast X-ray flash
- Adobe's Edge tool promises Flash-like animation through HTML5
- Second quarter average fuel economy dips to 22.5 mpg
- T-Mobile’s New Terms & Conditions Provide For Value Plan Migrations
- Verizon Wireless to tie American Express' Serve into mobile numbers, keep your c...
- BMW's Cars of the Future Revealed
- Dog-Only Bakery Opens in Australia
- Cheap Car Rental, With a Catch
- Motorola MB865 Has A Name, LTE Tracking Code
- University of Mississippi hands out Galaxy Tabs to honors students (video)
- Apple TV streams purchased TV shows -- not just rentals -- from the cloud after...
- Plugless Power getting ready for real, wireless Chevy Volt charging
- Engadget's back to school guide 2011
- Maker Faire pony has Wiimote-controlled indigestion, belches fire (video)
- Survey: Electric vehicle expectations out of touch with reality
- Nokia Revamps Product Naming Guidelines
| Following devastating earthquake, Elon Musk helping Fukushima go solar Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:10 PM PDT Following devastating earthquake, Elon Musk helping Fukushima go solar  Following devastating earthquake, Elon Musk helping Fukushima go solar Filed under: Solar, Tesla Motors In the last few months, Japan's Fukushima Prefecture has suffered through an enormous earthquake, devastating tsunami, and the frightening meltdown of multiple nuclear reactors. Not exactly the best set of circumstances. Though local and national officials have been working to restore services and and infrastructure, it's understandable that prefecture communities are still suffering from the damage caused this triptych of disaster. Japan has some tough decisions to make... |
| iOS App Scans Printed Music Notes, Plays Them In Real-Time (Video) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:10 PM PDT iOS App Scans Printed Music Notes, Plays Them In Real-Time (Video)  iOS App Scans Printed Music Notes, Plays Them In Real-Time (Video) I am extremely unmusical (on the verge of being tone-deaf) so I can't decide whether this new iPhone app is good or bad: Japan-based musical instrument maker Kawai has developed a camera app that scans music notes printed on paper and plays them back in real-time. Dubbed Gakufu Camera [JP], the app is said to be the first of its kind. Kawai claims the app also works with handwritten notes, those printed... |
| Nokia and Microsoft hosting special event August 17th, both companies likely to... Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:10 PM PDT Nokia and Microsoft hosting special event August 17th, both companies likely to give their vows  Nokia and Microsoft hosting special event August 17th, both companies likely to give their vows Between the "accidental" unveiling of the Sea Ray, the announcement of Fujitsu's Mango device, and the less-than-stellar Q2 Nokia had, it doesn't take a lot of crazy speculation to surmise that Stephen Elop's quite the eager beaver in ensuring it'll get the most out of its newfound marriage with Microsoft as soon as possible.... |
| HTC Vs. Apple, Round II: UK Edition Posted: 01 Aug 2011 02:38 PM PDT HTC Vs. Apple, Round II: UK Edition  HTC Vs. Apple, Round II: UK Edition Apple and HTC are at it again — but this time the fight has migrated over to the UK. On July 29 in London, HTC filed a lawsuit against Apple, reports Bloomberg. There hasn't been any word confirming that this lawsuit is tied to the current patent tussle between the two phone makers, but it would be quite the surprise if it wasn't. We had thought that the dispute would grow quiet,... |
| Posted: 01 Aug 2011 02:38 PM PDT Sonos Play:3 review  Sonos Play:3 review Sonos may not inspire the sort of high-end audio lust that a company like Polk can, but it doesn't draw the ire of serious audiophiles the way Bose does either. It straddles a fine line between respectability and gimmicky, and rightfully so -- Sonos isn't really an audio company in the purest sense of the term.... |
| Video: Fully Charged drives the Renault Fluence Z.E. Posted: 01 Aug 2011 02:07 PM PDT Video: Fully Charged drives the Renault Fluence Z.E.  Video: Fully Charged drives the Renault Fluence Z.E. Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Renault Fully Charged drives the Renault Fluence Z.E. - Click above to watch video after the jump In the latest episode of Robert Llewellyn's plug-in-centric show Fully Charged, the former Red Dwarf star takes the Renault Fluence Z.E. for a spin. In terms of price, the Fluence Z.E. starts at £17,850 ($29,288 U.S.... |
| Tokyo Institute of Technology's SOINN robot teaches itself to serve humans (video) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 02:07 PM PDT Tokyo Institute of Technology's SOINN robot teaches itself to serve humans (video)  Tokyo Institute of Technology's SOINN robot teaches itself to serve humans (video) Robots have been replacing more and more human workers for quite some time now, but in most instances they're still just being programmed to perform specific tasks. As evidenced by this bot developed by the Hasegawa Group at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, however, there's also a growing number capable of teaching themselves some new tricks, and they're getting smarter every day.... |
| German geniuses hit 800Mbps with light bulb WLAN Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:35 PM PDT German geniuses hit 800Mbps with light bulb WLAN  German geniuses hit 800Mbps with light bulb WLAN Last year, Chinese scientists showed off some new old-school tech, transmitting data with blue LEDs that flicker faster than the human eye can perceive. This throwback back to the good ol' days of IR receivers was able to hit speeds of 2Mbps, but leave it to the fine folks at the Heinrich Hertz Institute to push the light bulb networking tech to the extremes.... |
| Walgreens to get electric vehicle chargers from 350Green Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:03 PM PDT Walgreens to get electric vehicle chargers from 350Green  Walgreens to get electric vehicle chargers from 350Green Filed under: EV/Plug-in, USA Electric vehicle owners should soon be able to plug in their autos while stopping off for some toothpaste and a refill on Rogaine. Walgreens, the largest drugstore chain in the United States, will be hosting EV charging stations thanks to an agreement with 350Green that will see EV chargers added to 425 Walgreen locations across the country. The press release doesn't mention it, but other sites are saying that... |
| Kyocera Echo Gingerbread update now rolling out, may brick handsets Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:03 PM PDT Kyocera Echo Gingerbread update now rolling out, may brick handsets  Kyocera Echo Gingerbread update now rolling out, may brick handsets Kyocera may have jumped the gun yesterday with word of the Echo's Gingerbread destiny, but today those Android 2.3.4 goods have been made official. Rolling out to users in the next few weeks, the OTA update adds Google's latest OS refinements to the dual-screened phone, as well as a new Downloads app, Swype 3.0 and power-saving Eco Mode.... |
| The Salty Seduction of Bonneville Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:03 PM PDT The Salty Seduction of Bonneville The Salty Seduction of Bonneville MSN Autos visits the Salt Flats on the eve of Speed Week. |
| Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:31 PM PDT Motorola Triumph review  Motorola Triumph review When we first laid eyes and hands on Motorola's first Android offering for Virgin Mobile, we were pleasantly surprised. The Triumph proved to be one of the better looking and performing pre-paid handsets we'd had the pleasure of holding in our sweaty mitts, but we had one major hangup: the name.... |
| Fake iPhone 5 Supposedly Leaks The Real iPhone 5′s Design Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:31 PM PDT Fake iPhone 5 Supposedly Leaks The Real iPhone 5′s Design  Fake iPhone 5 Supposedly Leaks The Real iPhone 5′s Design I'll say it now, before anyone gets their hopes up: this is most definitely not an iPhone 5. Those blurry, Big-Foot-esque shots from last week still may very well be the real deal, but this is not. This is yet another fake iPhone out of Shenzhen, China — but here's the twist: its design is supposedly stolen straight from that of the actual iPhone 5. Skeptical?... |
| GM CEO: Fuel cell vehicles "won't be practical until the 2020-plus period" Posted: 01 Aug 2011 11:59 AM PDT GM CEO: Fuel cell vehicles "won't be practical until the 2020-plus period"  GM CEO: Fuel cell vehicles "won't be practical until the 2020-plus period" Filed under: Hydrogen, GMLast year, General Motors' chief executive officer Dan Akerson says the Toyota Prius is a geekmobile he "wouldn't be caught dead in." That comment caught a bit of fire, and his latest - that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles won't be practical until at least 2020 - will likely do the same. In an interview with CNN, Akerson stated GM will keep studying fuel cell technology.... |
| 4.5 million fps microscope camera powered by ultra-fast X-ray flash Posted: 01 Aug 2011 11:59 AM PDT 4.5 million fps microscope camera powered by ultra-fast X-ray flash  4.5 million fps microscope camera powered by ultra-fast X-ray flash Remember those rugged gadgets we smashed to bits in super slow-mo? Well that spectacular footage was shot at around 1,500 frames per-second. A new camera system being built for the European XFEL (X-ray Free-Electron Laser) facility will record stunning clips of viruses and cells at an almost unimaginable 4.5 million fps.... |
| Adobe's Edge tool promises Flash-like animation through HTML5 Posted: 01 Aug 2011 11:59 AM PDT Adobe's Edge tool promises Flash-like animation through HTML5  Adobe's Edge tool promises Flash-like animation through HTML5 Even as plenty have declared HTML5 adoption the beginning of the end for Adobe's once ubiquitous Flash platform, the company has embraced the web standard, through properties like its Creative Suite and Wallaby. Adobe will be taking things a step further with Edge, an HTML5 design tool that promises to let "web designers to bring animation, similar to that created in Flash Professional, to websites." The software is currently in public... |
| Second quarter average fuel economy dips to 22.5 mpg Posted: 01 Aug 2011 11:27 AM PDT Second quarter average fuel economy dips to 22.5 mpg  Second quarter average fuel economy dips to 22.5 mpg Filed under: MPG, USA 2012 Honda Civic EX - Click above for high-res image gallery Data compiled by the number crunchers over at Ward's Auto shows that the rush to purchase fuel-efficient automobiles is on, but vehicle availability has been an issue. Impacted by quake-related shortages, vehicles sold between April and June averaged 22.5 miles per gallon, a 2.4-percent improvement over last year's second-quarter average of 22 mpg, but still below this year's near-record... |
| T-Mobile’s New Terms & Conditions Provide For Value Plan Migrations Posted: 01 Aug 2011 11:27 AM PDT T-Mobile's New Terms & Conditions Provide For Value Plan Migrations  T-Mobile's New Terms & Conditions Provide For Value Plan Migrations Anyone who's ever taken a stab at reading through a Terms & Conditions agreement knows that they normally rival the Iliad in length. There are two reasons companies do this: first, the more words, the more coverage and protection that company gets within its T&C, and second, the less likely you are to actually read it and find out that you've agreed to sell your first born child as payment for... |
| Verizon Wireless to tie American Express' Serve into mobile numbers, keep your c... Posted: 01 Aug 2011 11:27 AM PDT Verizon Wireless to tie American Express' Serve into mobile numbers, keep your credit card holstered  Verizon Wireless to tie American Express' Serve into mobile numbers, keep your credit card holstered Good news online shopaholics, your tchotchke-buying ways are getting a couple of enablers in the form of American Express and Verizon Wireless. The two titans of industry have teamed up to integrate AMEX's PayPal-like Serve platform into the operator's phones and tablets in the next few months. The service will work by linking your existing mobile number to a Serve account, speeding up the checkout process and ensuring you never second-guess... |
| BMW's Cars of the Future Revealed Posted: 01 Aug 2011 11:27 AM PDT BMW's Cars of the Future Revealed BMW's Cars of the Future Revealed The German automaker has unveiled two concepts that presage its upcoming lineup of "i" branded electric cars, the i8 supercar and i3 compact. |
| Dog-Only Bakery Opens in Australia Posted: 01 Aug 2011 11:27 AM PDT Dog-Only Bakery Opens in Australia Dog-Only Bakery Opens in Australia Animal lovers can load up on everything from "pupperoni" pizza, doggie dough-nuts or Moroccan lamb biscuits at the newly-opened specialist Diamond Dog Food and Bakery. |
| Cheap Car Rental, With a Catch Posted: 01 Aug 2011 11:27 AM PDT Cheap Car Rental, With a Catch Cheap Car Rental, With a Catch Budget is hoping more deal-hungry vacationers want to rent cheaper vehicles — as long as they don't mind driving a billboard. |
| Motorola MB865 Has A Name, LTE Tracking Code Posted: 01 Aug 2011 10:55 AM PDT Motorola MB865 Has A Name, LTE Tracking Code  Motorola MB865 Has A Name, LTE Tracking Code The mystery machine that Jordan introduced us to last week has appeared again, but maybe not in the way we expected. Instead of posing for the camera again, the Atrix-esque handset has popped up in AT&T's billing system, which seems to confirm that the device has been provisioned with a special tracking code unique to LTE devices.... |
| University of Mississippi hands out Galaxy Tabs to honors students (video) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 10:54 AM PDT University of Mississippi hands out Galaxy Tabs to honors students (video)  University of Mississippi hands out Galaxy Tabs to honors students (video) Being an honors student at the University of Southern Mississippi just got a little more awesome. The college is hooking up its highest performers with brand new Galaxy Tab 10.1s, pre-loaded with software from the popular (and widely loathed) Blackboard educational portal. As you'd expect, syllabi, textbooks, and grades can all be easily pulled up by students in the Honors College, McNair Scholars, Southern Style, and Gulf Coast programs.... |
| Apple TV streams purchased TV shows -- not just rentals -- from the cloud after... Posted: 01 Aug 2011 10:54 AM PDT Apple TV streams purchased TV shows -- not just rentals -- from the cloud after update  Apple TV streams purchased TV shows -- not just rentals -- from the cloud after update Don't think Apple's forgotten about its little hobby, as the second generation Apple TV is getting an update today that lets users buy TV shows and stream them (in high definition) directly to the device, with the additional bonus of streaming access to previously purchased shows. That brings a new feeling of permanence to the cloud atmosphere around Apple's hockey puck, but it also means being $2.99 invested in rewatching that... |
| Plugless Power getting ready for real, wireless Chevy Volt charging Posted: 01 Aug 2011 10:17 AM PDT Plugless Power getting ready for real, wireless Chevy Volt charging  Plugless Power getting ready for real, wireless Chevy Volt charging Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive Plugless Power - Click above for high-res image gallery Evatran's Plugless Power wireless/proximity charging system continues to evolve. In the photo gallery below, you can see that the new circular sensor is quite different from the large rectangle that was on display at the Plug-In 2010 Conference.... |
| Engadget's back to school guide 2011 Posted: 01 Aug 2011 10:17 AM PDT Engadget's back to school guide 2011  Engadget's back to school guide 2011 Welcome to Engadget's Back to School hub! We know that this time of year can be pretty annoying and stressful for everyone, so we're here to help out with the heartbreaking process of gadget buying for the school-aged crowd. You've stumbled upon our main hub page, and we're glad you're here.... |
| Maker Faire pony has Wiimote-controlled indigestion, belches fire (video) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 09:45 AM PDT Maker Faire pony has Wiimote-controlled indigestion, belches fire (video)  Maker Faire pony has Wiimote-controlled indigestion, belches fire (video) There's a good reason why My Little Pony wasn't marketed to boys. Shown off at the 2011 Maker Faire in Detroit, this animatronic, fire-breathing horsie got to spread a little heat thanks to the Louisville, KY-based modding duo, LVL1. The partially Wiimote-controlled mechanical filly is the result of the duo's Hackerspace efforts, and plans are already underway to loose this steed into the great, fully wireless open.... |
| Survey: Electric vehicle expectations out of touch with reality Posted: 01 Aug 2011 09:13 AM PDT Survey: Electric vehicle expectations out of touch with reality  Survey: Electric vehicle expectations out of touch with reality Filed under: EV/Plug-in Mitsubishi i - Click above for high-res image gallery A global survey conducted by the folks over at international consulting firm Deloitte shows that the current batch of electric vehicles do not meet consumers' expectations. Or, to look at the results from a different perspective, it shows that consumers' expectations are out of touch with reality. Australia-based Deloitte Motor Industry Services says the vast majority of survey respondents demand electric vehicles... |
| Nokia Revamps Product Naming Guidelines Posted: 01 Aug 2011 09:13 AM PDT Nokia Revamps Product Naming Guidelines  Nokia Revamps Product Naming Guidelines Riding high from the release of the (admittedly) mid-range Nokia 500, the folks over at the Nokia Conversations blog have just released something else they seem very proud of: new product naming guidelines! Starting with the 500, Nokia is returning to their numerical roots for all of their future handsets.... |
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