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Sofa boat seems to be missing a few key elements
This here is a, uh, “soft boat.” It’s basically a sofa on a floating platform with a motor, and it costs $16,000.
Think the iPad sucks? That’s because it’s not for you
Yesterday Apple revealed the iPad to the people of Earth, imparting on them the sweet freedom of tablet computing, cementing its reputation as the world’s top supplier of sexy new gadgets, and forever changing the destiny of mankind. Or wait. It could be that Apple has just thrown a big Hail Mary to the gadget world, gambling that tablets — until now the toy of choice for überdorks — are something regular people will actually want to use.
Dell Mini 5 tablet prototype surfaces in China
Back in the real world, there are other companies striving to change the world with tablet PCs , and here’s Dell’s vision of the future. The Dell Streak/Mini 5 has a 5-inch touchscreen, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 5-megapixel camera with dual LED flash, a front facing camera, WiFi, 3G and Bluetooth, and runs the Android 1.6 operating system.
Terrify everyone with an R/C helicopter bomb
Here’s a bad idea: a bomb you can attach to a remote-controlled helicopter. And yes, you can drop it remotely.
Wireless electricity improved, now works over longer distances
Fulton Innovation teased us earlier this year with its eCoupled wireless power tech, near-field inductive coupling to charge gadgets a few inches away as if by magic. Now they’ve spread things out, wirelessly powering a 12-watt light bulb from 3 feet away. There’s a catch, though.
How Blu-ray stole Christmas (and why that should worry you)
Were you naughty or nice this year? I’ll wait a minute while you go look under your tree. Is this the year that Santa brought you a Blu-ray player?
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