Google Chrome OS on Dell

All you need to do is download the ChromiumOS image file, load it on an 8GB USB thumb drive, and then you're off and installing it onto this little laptop with no hacking required. Of course, the Chrome OS isn't going to be completely stable, since it's not due to be completely finished until year from now, but this would be a magnificent way to get a feel for this upcoming juggernaut from Google. [Read more...]

Nvidia rebrands once more

The Geforce 310 is a plain vanilla OEM graphics card for system builders who think their customers don’t know any better, and let’s face it, more often than not, that’s true. The card is a carbon copy of its predecessor, the Geforce 210, a 589MHz core clock, 1402MHz shader clock and 500MHz memory clock graphics card with 512MB of DDR2 memory on a 64-bit wide bus. Same specs, same feature set, same everything.

These cards are one and the same. Period. [Read more...]

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Most Amazing Garages in the World

Rich people sure know how to spend their money – especially when it comes to cars. In examining the garages of some of the wealthier people around the country, we noticed some really extravagant solutions. In one of the places, we saw a luxurious lounge room with a leather couch and a whole bar, sporting a nice view at the few, but tastefully picked cars parked inside. [Read more...]

Nvidia accelerates GPU pixel processing

Nvidia has patented a method of optimizing the GPU pixel processing pipeline. According to company spokesperson Hector Marinez, patent no. 7609272 "helps" the shader process textures in a way that makes "full" use of any extra circuits. [Read more...]

Nuclear fusion: Coming to a basement near you soon

Unlike standard nuclear fission — which involves bombarding a fuel, like plutonium or uranium, with neutrons to break it up into isotopes and releasing massive amounts of energy — the Focus-Fusion-1 bombards boron atoms with neutrons, turning it into helium and even more massive amounts of energy. [Read more...]

Blower app gives your iPhone mysterious wind power

It's always nice to have an iPhone app that you can whip out and blow someone's mind with. Now you can do so literally with the new Blower app, a piece of software designed to allow you to blow out candles or cool your forehead with your smart phone. In much the same way that the Smule app depends on air being forced into the iPhone, the Blower app forces air out of the phone's speaker.

Acoustic cannon' used to fend off Somali pirates

Known as a Long Range Acoustic Device, or LRAD, the non-lethal weapon is capable of cranking out enough decibels of noise to permanently damage hearing and even muck up one's vision. Hundreds of them are being used in Iraq, though cruise ships and commercial vessels are now being outfitted with LRADs to combat pirates.

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Flashlight hides a hidden camera inside

Sure, when the power goes out the first thing you'll want is light. And this flashlight will provide that handily, in LED form. But what's the second thing you want? If you said a video camera, well, you're in luck, because this flashlight is one of those as well.

Yes, this flashlight hides a video camera that can record in AVI format directly to its 4GB of built-in memory. It's got a USB port on the back for transferring video to your computer. But yeah, first and foremost, it'll supply you with light. After that, what you do with it is up to you.

Super-accurate ultra-micro copter is almost like the real thing

The minute we gazed upon this $180 E-flite Blade mSR RTF Electric Mini Helicopter, we wanted one. [Read more...]

ZeroEdge aquariums bring infinity pools to your fish

Infinity pools, where the water pours over the edge and makes it look like there's no sides to the pool, are the coolest. So it only makes sense that giving the same treatment to an aquarium brings the same level of coolness to your fishy friends.

ZeroEdge Aquariums do just that. Sure, for upwards of $2,000, they're more expensive than your average aquarium, but aren't you and your fish worth it? Just don't try to get in it with them.

Solar collectors in space could finally solve Earth's energy problem

The Japan Space Agency, along with Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and IHI Corp., are getting even closer to next big thing: harnessing the power of the sun with a solar collector in geostationary orbit. Now there's cold hard cash involved. The plan is to drop $21 billion into a solar power generator that beams electricity to Earth via microwaves. The 1-gigawatt solar station will gather sunlight with a gigantic array of solar panels that is 4 square kilometers big. [Read more...]

Underwater flight a possibility with the Super Aviator

he company behind the Super Aviator, SAS (or Sub Aviator Systems) are hoping that the sub's business possibilities are endless. The craft could be used for surveying oil rigs and underwater pipelines, for reef exploration, shipwrecks — even underwater filming. And there are plans for an underwater "flight school," which will set you back around $16,000. [Read more...]

Video Tour: Energy-producing house gets the power company to pay YOU

Walk up to this house, and you might think it was just like all the others on the street. But take a peek in the backyard and basement, and you'll see that it's bristling with high technology. The $350,000 house, located between Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, creates so much electricity that its owner receives a check from the power company each month. [Read more...]