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For those who have been softened by years of artificially produced 72-degree work, sleep and play, this “air-conditioned bed” is a promising tool to fight midsummer sleep sweat. A simple air pad that circulates fresh air under your body, the air-conditioned bed gets the cool air just where you need it—under your sweaty backside (a lesser man might call it “swass”). And for a measly 24 cents a day in operating costs, the $399 price tag becomes a Read more… »
10 Jun
The Organic Thin-Film Solar Cell has been created by Mitsubishi and Tokki Corps. The solar cells are currently prototype at the moment, but are not that far away from being launched looking at the pictures.
The first usage of this technology could be built in to an imitation plant. With the solar cells being so thin, it would allow them to sit on the leaves of a fake plant and provide a green environment in both how the plant looks in the home, but also how the plant provides electrical energy. Read more… »
6 Jun
VoIP has been ushered onto the iPhone in quite a few incarnations, but we’d wager than none of ‘em are as useful as iCall. Said application is currently in beta form, though a release isn’t quite ready for the public at large. Put simply, it enables iPhones to switch from GSM to WiFi (when WiFi is nearby, of course) on-the-fly in order to save cell minutes and bypass the hassle of manually changing over.
5 Jun
The Nereus is a kite-powered watercraft which looks like the product of an orgy between a hammerhead, a manta ray, a Japanese bike and a Storm Trooper. Inspired by kite-surfing, the designers of this water pod racer say that it will “achieve relatively high speeds on and under water.” We don’t know how high speed diving can be possible with the sea dragging you, but we know how you make it work.
According to them, you Read more… »
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