It was the X-Prize that Burt Rutan’s Spaceship 1 took when it launched into space and recovered. Google is offering the Lunar X-Prize together with the X-Prize foundation for the first team that lands on the moon and transmits back to earth. The N-Prize is for a microsat launched into space for a price of Read more about The N-Prize[…]
Trayconizer Makes Any Program a Permanent System Tray App by changing the startup shortcut to first refer to trayiconizer and then the program as a switch / option.
Synchronica is the one solution I’ve found for synching the iphone. Winfonie Mobile 2 has been tested and known to work allowing you to synchronise your iphone with lotus organizer 6.1. There are two versions: one for your contacts and one for your calendar. No to do list or notes as the iphone doesn’t support Read more about Push and Synchronization – Email, Calendar, Address Book[…]
With the prices of external HDs nowadays there is no excuse for not having a backup! Here are some (free) Windows tools Syncback Karen’s Replicator Cobian backup
There are a couple of *NIX distributions out there that come on a CD with loads of hacking and cracking tool. None is officially released by Microsoft. Untill now. COFEE (Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor) is a USB stick with allegedly over 100 tools and a mouseclick away from hacking your base, some of it Read more about Microsoft Coffee[…]
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This is an SD card with 2 GB RAM which uploads photos wirelessly to your computer and to the web, of course. But, Eye-Fi Explore also automatically adds geographic location labels to your photos. Eye-Fi ยป Eye-Fi Explore It plugs into loads of online galleries, not just Flickr but also Gallery… The technology also works Read more about Eye-Fi[…]
Origo Industries has developed a system that captures the CO2 from your vehicle’s engine and then allows you to turn these emissions into fuel at your own home to re-power your car. The same fuel could also be used to power your house. The system uses a revolutionary new approach where CO2 is regenerated through Read more about Origo Industries: Capture your car’s CO2 and use it to re-power your vehicle – and your home[…]
This gamepad thing can have all the buttons and paddy bits changed around and completely programmed. It’s only available in a limited run though.
Yup, Sweden is the next country to trounce on everyone’s privacy: it’s going to tap all communications passing through it and analyse it. So if you’re sending an email from the UK to Norway, the data passes through Sweden and is thus subject to review. Nice thought, eh, that the EU has so much to Read more about Sweden’s gonna tap y’all![…]
The problem with surveillance is not primarily that some bored officer might learn about some embarrassing private detail (although this is a problem as well). The fundamental problem with surveillance is that it changes people. People under surveillance behave differently than people who are not monitored – differently than free people. Unfortunately, this fundamental problem Read more about Data Retention Effectively Changes the Behavior of Citizens in Germany[…]
The reprap machine sprays plastics in layers untill they solidify and then sprays more layers, thus creating 3D plastic objects. It can even replicate itself! The machine is completely open source and you can build it yourself for around EUR. 450,- and some time. You can find the instructions here
StyleTap will allow you to run all those Palm Pilot programmes on an iPhone or iPod Touch, which means finally a proper agenda (Agendus!) and hopefully a graffiti input? Wonder how the sync works… Anyway, if Palm won’t give me a good phone / organiser thing, then I’ll take the iPhone now kthxbye
Following on an older pimp your ride with display post here the Defi Link DF05704 VSD X HUD Heads Up Display is all kinds of cool over your windscreen It retails for around $319 here
A nice overview of webcam tools: Webbased video chat motion sensing security login with your face creating time lapse videos turning your pc into a photo booth chronicle your face document the weather make a birdfeeder webcam make your phone a webcam
Yes – it’s Wikipedia for big breasted women!
In 2006 a second red spot was observed which now rivals the first in storm furiousness and also almost in size. The third red spot, recently discovered is the same size as the Earth and is growing rapidly.
Powerset is another semantic web search engine – ie. it searches by meaning instead of by words and phrases. It’s a total new way to look at information retrieval and is useful in that it can (should be able to) answer questions and make relevant conclusions. This becomes more and more important as the size Read more about Semantic Web Searching[…]
Oh dear – after being the most insecure computer OS of the lot and being hacked a full day faster than even Vista, now it turns out that it’s also slow at browsing the web. About 50% slower than XP. Oh well. They’re still cool. If you’re still wearing black turtleneck sweaters.
I mainly agree with Maddox on his list. No Crocs and no tit curtains being the main ones I totally see eye to eyegina on…
This electric car prototype will do 0-60 mph in 3.07 s – and they expect the production car to be a whole load better. I hope they manage to get the gearbox to hold up!
Cheap, renewable energy for everyone? In Japan, Yoshiaka Arata has produced cold fusion in front of many witnesses AND claims the experiment is easily reproducible, which was a problem with the first time anyone saw it.
As an advertisement for DHL, this guy sent a package with a GPS device and a tracker all over the world from destination to destination, and made a drawing that spans the world
Ultimate Defrag allows you to choose where on the platter to put files or directories – stuff you use a lot or want to run faster should be near the centre. It has an auto mode so that it puts the files in the right place automatically as it monitors file useage. It’s tiny (1.7 Read more about UltimateDefrag Freeware Edition 1.72[…]
Nowadays, fireplaces are no longer just the plain old hole in the wall with chimney and wood affairs anymore. Designer fireplaces are the way to go! Digifire: Radius Design: Safretti BV: Of course all these guys have a whole load more models available, and variations on the models shown here.