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- 50.6% of households in Japan now own a small, frugal kei car
- Telex anti-censorship system promises to leap over firewalls without getting burned
- DOE awards $175 million for development of advanced vehicle technologies
- Take Tesla's Model S for a spin this October, if you can get past the velvet rope
- ASUS Eee Pad Slider shows off its specs, may launch in September
- 14 Household Uses for Beer
- Google’s U.S. Mobile Head Talks Local Intent, M-Commerce, Geo-Targeting And More
- Swarm robots attack your bookshelf, win AAAI Oscar
- JBI will "mine plastic" from RockTenn landfills to convert to oil
- Orange UK's official HP Pre 3 support page goes live, still not available to pur...
- OEMs to spend more on semiconductors for wireless devices than computers in 2011
- Zynga's Pioneer Trail is like The Oregon Trail without the typhoid
- Windows Phone Mango RTM leaks into the wild, offers tropical sweets for the daring
- Ask Engadget: best 1TB+ USB 3.0 external drive on a budget?
- Visualized: the Apple mothership
| 50.6% of households in Japan now own a small, frugal kei car Posted: 14 Aug 2011 02:02 PM PDT 50.6% of households in Japan now own a small, frugal kei car  50.6% of households in Japan now own a small, frugal kei car Filed under: MPG, Lightweight, Japan Daihatsu e:S - Click above for high-res image gallery For the first time since 1986, more than 50 percent of households in Japan own at least one kei-category vehicle. The Japan Mini Vehicles Association (JMVA) began tracking the mini vehicles back in 1986, and this is the highest level of ownership ever. Despite the belief that kei vehicles are nothing more than urban runabouts, the figures show that rural... |
| Telex anti-censorship system promises to leap over firewalls without getting burned Posted: 14 Aug 2011 01:27 PM PDT Telex anti-censorship system promises to leap over firewalls without getting burned  Telex anti-censorship system promises to leap over firewalls without getting burned Human rights activists and free speech advocates have every reason to worry about the future of an open and uncensored internet, but researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Waterloo have come up with a new tool that may help put their fears to rest. Their system, called Telex, proposes to circumvent government censors by using some clever cryptographic techniques.... |
| DOE awards $175 million for development of advanced vehicle technologies Posted: 14 Aug 2011 10:27 AM PDT DOE awards $175 million for development of advanced vehicle technologies  DOE awards $175 million for development of advanced vehicle technologies Filed under: EV/Plug-in, MPG, Lightweight, USA Can you build a better car for $175 million? The U.S. Department of Energy hopes so, and Secretary Steven Chu has announced that the DOE will award more than that amount over the next three to five years to accelerate the development and deployment of advanced vehicle technologies.... |
| Take Tesla's Model S for a spin this October, if you can get past the velvet rope Posted: 14 Aug 2011 10:27 AM PDT Take Tesla's Model S for a spin this October, if you can get past the velvet rope  Take Tesla's Model S for a spin this October, if you can get past the velvet rope Tesla's been showing off its Silicon Valley-bred saloon for months now, from the touchscreen-laden console to the mechanical bits beneath its shapely skin. We even got a spread of a road going Model S last month, and this October a lucky few will get to cruise in some beta test cars at Tesla's factory in Fremont.... |
| ASUS Eee Pad Slider shows off its specs, may launch in September Posted: 14 Aug 2011 08:40 AM PDT ASUS Eee Pad Slider shows off its specs, may launch in September  ASUS Eee Pad Slider shows off its specs, may launch in September ASUS' Eee Pad Slider is fast becoming just as mythical as the flying horse the company's named after. We've had several encounters with potential release windows for the slate, only to see it continually creep back into fall. Well, judging by a recent report from Notebook Italia and the tab's new product page, it looks like we may actually see a September launch for the 10.1-incher -- in Italy.... |
| Posted: 14 Aug 2011 08:40 AM PDT 14 Household Uses for Beer 14 Household Uses for Beer Most of us don't usually think of beer as an earth-friendly alternative to improving our gardens and lawns or dealing with a host of pests but you'll be surprised by beer's many uses. |
| Google’s U.S. Mobile Head Talks Local Intent, M-Commerce, Geo-Targeting And More Posted: 14 Aug 2011 07:29 AM PDT Google's U.S. Mobile Head Talks Local Intent, M-Commerce, Geo-Targeting And More  Google's U.S. Mobile Head Talks Local Intent, M-Commerce, Geo-Targeting And More Mobile advertising is a booming business, and Google, armed with its $750 million purchase of AdMob, clearly wants a piece of that pie. One angle Google has been pushing late is the combination of local and mobile, whether that be through Places, Offers, Sites, and soon, Google Wallet. Jason Spero, Google's head of mobile for the Americas sat down with us to give us a little more insight to how the... |
| Swarm robots attack your bookshelf, win AAAI Oscar Posted: 14 Aug 2011 06:53 AM PDT Swarm robots attack your bookshelf, win AAAI Oscar  Swarm robots attack your bookshelf, win AAAI Oscar What's more frightening than a swarm of robots? An award-winning swarm of robots trained to raid your library -- that's what. This SciFi-worthy outfit of mechanized literature swindlers, known as the "Swarmanoid," landed themselves the Best Video Award at this week's AAAI (Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence) conference in San Francisco.... |
| JBI will "mine plastic" from RockTenn landfills to convert to oil Posted: 14 Aug 2011 06:18 AM PDT JBI will "mine plastic" from RockTenn landfills to convert to oil  JBI will "mine plastic" from RockTenn landfills to convert to oil Filed under: Biodiesel, Emerging Technologies, Etc.JBI has entered an exclusive deal with RockTenn Company to convert mill by-products into fuel using JBI's patented Plastic2Oil technology. Under terms of the agreement, JBI has a ten-year license with a renewal option to construct and operate Plastic2Oil processing stations at RockTenn's facilities. JBI will take RockTenn's waste plastic and covert it to useable fuels, including naphtha, fuel oil and something similar to natural gas. RockTenn's paper... |
| Orange UK's official HP Pre 3 support page goes live, still not available to pur... Posted: 14 Aug 2011 05:41 AM PDT Orange UK's official HP Pre 3 support page goes live, still not available to purchase Orange UK's official HP Pre 3 support page goes live, still not available to purchase If you haven't been paying close enough attention to the matter, you'd think the HP Pre 3 had already been released. After all, it's been myriad months since it was originally announced and the Veer and TouchPad were both pushed out to store shelves (arguably a little too early). Sadly, it's still sitting on deck, waiting to try its luck when the time is right.... |
| OEMs to spend more on semiconductors for wireless devices than computers in 2011 Posted: 14 Aug 2011 03:55 AM PDT OEMs to spend more on semiconductors for wireless devices than computers in 2011  OEMs to spend more on semiconductors for wireless devices than computers in 2011 Well, if you didn't believe that we live in a post-PC world before, the latest report from IHS iSuppli should help persuade you. According to its research, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) will have spent $55.4 billion on semiconductors for phones and tablets in 2011, as compared to just $53.1 billion on PC silicon.... |
| Zynga's Pioneer Trail is like The Oregon Trail without the typhoid Posted: 14 Aug 2011 12:59 AM PDT Zynga's Pioneer Trail is like The Oregon Trail without the typhoid  Zynga's Pioneer Trail is like The Oregon Trail without the typhoid Zynga has finally released The Pioneer Trail, the long promised sequel to FrontierVille on Facebook. Those familiar with The Oregon Trail will be right at home here but there's no indication as yet that you can die of dysentery. The game abandons many of Zynga's social gaming trademarks; rather than doing anything related to farming, players must instead journey across one of three maps.... |
| Windows Phone Mango RTM leaks into the wild, offers tropical sweets for the daring Posted: 13 Aug 2011 09:27 PM PDT Windows Phone Mango RTM leaks into the wild, offers tropical sweets for the daring  Windows Phone Mango RTM leaks into the wild, offers tropical sweets for the daring For those who've longed for Twitter integration and multitasking capabilities on your Windows Phone, the folks at xda-developers have a weekend project you're bound to flip over: the final version of Mango has leaked, and it's available for download today. Internally, it's known as build 7720, and it requires the post-NoDo update dubbed 7392.... |
| Ask Engadget: best 1TB+ USB 3.0 external drive on a budget? Posted: 13 Aug 2011 07:34 PM PDT Ask Engadget: best 1TB+ USB 3.0 external drive on a budget?  Ask Engadget: best 1TB+ USB 3.0 external drive on a budget? We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is coming to us from Patrick, who can't wait another day to start taking advantage of his newfangled blue USB port. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com. "I just got... |
| Visualized: the Apple mothership Posted: 13 Aug 2011 05:49 PM PDT Visualized: the Apple mothership  Visualized: the Apple mothership We've already caught a glimpse of Apple's proposed science fiction museum new campus in Cupertino, but screen grabs just don't do this behemoth justice. A recently released set of renderings of Apple Campus 2, as it's known to the city of Cupertino, however, give it that proper otherworldly glow. According to the accompanying proposal, the building will take up a measly 2.8 million square feet, contain a 1,000-seat auditorium and research... |
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