Tuesday’s midterms could mean more than just a routine reshuffling of the House and Senate majorities. The fates of a number of important science and technology policies also hang in the balance. More »
We’d all like to think that when we leave our homes absolutely nothing happens there — except maybe a Roomba making its solitary rounds or a pooch waiting somberly by the door. Of course that’s not the case, lots of things can go wrong in your absence and if you’re of the paranoid variety surely you’ve entertained a few of those ideas. With a camera capable of remote monitoring you can assuage some of those fears, and the models from Dropcam are about the easiest we’ve seen to use. But, at $199 to $279 with monthly monitoring fees ranging from $8.95 to $24.95, they sure aren’t cheap.
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Dropcam Echo review originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Will you tell of your hopes and your dreams and the goodness you have seen? Or will you tell them of the darkness you’ve created with your own hands? More »
Windows Phone 7 could be amazing. It’s not, yet. Right now, it’s a good start. This is what’s broken, and what Microsoft has to do to make it truly awesome. More »
We live in a world full of fabulous idle distractions — a million TV channels, videogames at our fingertips, the world’s greatest literature just a few menu selections away. Yet still we’re stuck cleaning the same floors more or less the same way our forefathers did, despite the fact that they had a lot less fun stuff they could be doing instead. The $249 Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner is another attempt to free us from that burdensome task and, like the Neato XV-11 we recently reviewed, it is quite clinical and comprehensive in the way that it does things. However, while this one is likewise a heck of a lot smarter than a Roomba, for some it’ll be of rather more limited usefulness. Why? Read on to find out.
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Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner review originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It seems like everyone wants to get into your living room this year. Most companies are invading with media streamers, but Google wants to sneak an actual computer in there. It’s an Android for your TV. More »
More than 25 years ago, a commercial warned us about the future of computers. Closed. Censored. Dark. A “garden of pure ideology.” How strange that that’s exactly what the future of Apple’s computers looks like today: the Mac App Store. More »
Nokia has problems. Smartphone problems. Software problems. American problems. But to fully understand what’s wrong, we’ve got to understand what’s been right, or to put in another way, what’s distracted Nokia. Meet the most popular phone in the world. More »
The Brammo Enertia has the honor of being one of the first electric motorcycles released to the public and easily available at retail, and now it’s getting a heck of an upgrade. When we test-rode one last year it was a little thing with an $11,995 MSRP and a 40 mile range. Today Brammo is announcing its successor, the Enertia Plus. That bike will manage 80 miles to a charge and do so for $8,995. That’s $1,000 more than the normal Enertia sells for today, though specs other than range remain the same. That means a weight of 324lbs, 30lb/ft of torque, and performance better suited to leisurely commutes than canyon carving — though optional saddle bags (shown below) will let you do more with that extra stamina. The bike will be shipping sometime in 2011 and current Enertia owners will receive a very welcoming $2,500 rebate. You can’t buy love, but that kind of treatment certainly should help with loyalty.
Brammo introduces the Enertia Plus electric motorcycle with double the range (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The future of modern transportation awaits us. By 2012 we expect to have multiple proper, reasonable choices for fully electric vehicles, but check your calendar and you’ll see it’s still 2010, leaving us still waiting for cars like the Leaf and the Volt to make their proper appearances. Toyota would like to remind you that the Prius is still here, celebrating an amazing tenth year of availability in the US and teasing us with the upcoming plug-in model, offering a taste of EV with the practicality of a hybrid. We just spent three days with one and managed a quite impressive 91mpg average — no hypermiling required. Click on through for our detailed impressions of this five-door eco-warrior.
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Toyota Prius PHEV preview: three days in plug-in paradise originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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