Scott Robertson is one of my favorite concept designers of all time, a true master (both figuratively and literally). Anyone who loves science fiction and space and cars and mechs and any kind of awesome vehicle should own at least Blast and Drive. Here’s a tiny sample of his extraordinary work.
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It seemed so superfluous to have a smartwatch for your phone that would tell you what your phone is up to. One motion of pulling it out of your pocket will do the same thing. However, that’s not to say that bringing back the wristwatch aesthetic isn’t appreciated. Paying several hundred dollars for something that can do just about everything your phone can without actually being a phone seemed a bit off.
The creators of the Exetech XS-3 likely felt the same way. This is a smartwatch that will act just the same as any other phone that runs on Android 4.0. It has a MediaTek dual-core processor, 2GB of internal storage with the option to put in a 32GB microSD card. Of course, you’ll also be able to put in a microSIM card as well.
This can sit on standby of about 18 hours, but with use it will snuff out after about 6-7 and need a recharge. Honestly, it’s not much worse than any other smartphone, but it is annoying to have a wristwatch on that’s not doing anything. It can access Google Play, but not everything will be running in tip-top shape as you’ll be seeing things play out on a 1.54-inch LCD touchscreen display that has 240×240 resolution. There is a 2-megapixel camera on it as well, so you’ll still be able to snap selfies, if not even more discreetly than before. You’ll be able to purchase this for around $481, with color options of white and black.
Available for purchase on Exetech
[ The Exetech XS-3 is a standalone Android smartwatch-phone copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
With the nation focused on World War II, Americans of the early 1940s understood that they’d have to wait until peacetime for all their shiny new futuristic gadgets to arrive—including the TVs of the future, shown above in illustrations from the Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corporation. If you can believe it, these were the big screen models.
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You want your pets to live a long life in the best health possible.
It’s only natural. That’s what the inventor group of high-tech
innovators wanted for their pets, and that’s why they created the
Whistle, a wearable monitor for dogs that enables you to set health
goals for them and make sure they’re reaching them, even while you’re
away.
Another day, another round of troubling surveillance news. In a twist, though, today’s nugget has less to do with the US or the NSA but rather, France’s central intelligence agency, the DGSE. According to a leak by Edward Snowden to the French paper…
Say you’re a member of a search and rescue team. You get an alert that a kid is missing somewhere out there in your waterways, but the record-setting drought this year has left your rivers and streams impossibly shallow. Whatever. As long as you have four inches of water, you’re golden.
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(Credit: Bob Walters)
A 66-million-year-old dinosaur has been discovered — a birdlike creature that provides palaeontologists with a first in-depth look at an oviraptorosaurian species called Caenagnathidae (SEE-nuh-NAY-thih-DAY) — one that has long been difficult to study, since most remains have only been skeletal fragments.
Named Anzu wyliei (Anzu after a bird-demon from Mesopotamian myth and wyliei after Wylie, the grandson of a Carnegie museum trustee), the new species was put together from three separate skeletons found in North and South Dakota, forming almost one entire skeleton. The resultant dinosaur measures 3.5 metres from nose to tail-tip, weighing in at 225 kilograms (496 pounds), with sharp claws and a feathered body — resembling, according to the researchers, led by Matthew Lamanna of Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, a “chicken from hell.”
“It was a giant raptor, but with a chickenlike head and presumably feathers. The animal stood about 10 feet (3 metres) tall, so it would be scary as well as absurd to encounter,” said University of Utah biology postdoctoral fellow and study co-author Emma Schachner.
“We jokingly call this thing the ‘chicken from hell,’ and I think that’s pretty appropriate,” added Lamanna.
(Credit: Carnegie Museum of Natural H… [Read more]
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It’s been more than three years since Skype purchased the video calling service Qik, but until now, it’s lived on as a standalone app. Finally, though, it’s shutting down: Qik announced in a blog post today that it will close its doors on April 30th,…
There used to be a time when cellphones were essentially useless if there was no cellular coverage. There was no alternative mode of communication, so the only other purpose they could serve back then was acting as a paperweight. This has dramatically changed over the last decade. Through the internet, one can now make video and voice calls, not to mention send instant messages and emails. Mobile communication is no longer solely dependant upon cellular network. But what if you were in a situation where there’s no cellular and no internet?
As horrifying as that may sound, there’s still a way to keep in touch, albeit only with the people around you. FireChat utilizes iOS 7′s Multipeer Connectivity Framework to enable offline chatting. Through the app, users can also share photos and participate in group chats. It won’t have a major impact on battery consumption and there are no passwords or logins to remember.
Possible use cases would be at the beach or in the subway, perhaps even at a big game or a massive trade show, places where connectivity can often be a problem. FireChat for iOS is available as a free download from the App Store. Offline chat works best when the recipients are within 10 meters of your location. And even if it doesn’t work, you can always try shouting.
FireChat App Lets People Message Without Cellular Or Internet Coverage original content from Ubergizmo. 
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This article was written on June 02, 2006 by CyberNet.
Microsoft is going to be feeling the wrath of Adobe because of the “Save As PDF” feature found in Office 2007 Beta (screenshot to the right). Adobe said that Microsoft can either remove the feature completely or they can charge people extra for the added feature. Aren’t we already going to be paying enough to get that feature? Isn’t the cost of Office 2007 going to be $600+?
What makes this even better is that OpenOffice has had a “Save As PDF” feature since 2003! I am sure that is part of the reason Microsoft really wanted to get this functionality integrated into Office. Not only that but Microsoft said that PDF functionality in Office is the second most requested feature.
So what’s going to come next? Microsoft plans to remove the functionality from Office and make it available as a free download to customers. Here we go again…Microsoft releases new products and other companies complain.
News Source: CNet
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