There’s a fundamental flaw with fan-and-heatsink cooling systems: no matter how hard the fan blows, a boundary layer of motionless, highly-insulating air remains on the heatsink. You can increase the size of the heatsink and you can blow more air, but ultimately the boundary layer prevents the system from being efficient; it’s simply a physical Read more about The fanless spinning heatsink: more efficient and immune to dust[…]

Driving distractions, primarily by cellphones and other electronic devices, are associated with up to 25 percent of U.S. car crashes, according to a report released on Thursday. The study by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), a nonprofit group that works to improve traffic safety, assessed research from more than 350 scientific papers published since Read more about Gadgets tied to 25 percent of US car crashes[…]

Pretty cool – the world is your PCB board! Silver pen allows electrical circuits to be handwritten on paper and other surfaces.

There’s quite a few ways to turn your pc into a motion detector, the most common seems to be using a webcam and flash. This works well, but here are a few ways to do it differently: This is the DIY way Turn Your PC Into a Motion Sensing Security Device with .NET. NB the Read more about Turn Your PC Into a Motion Sensing Security Device[…]

Which is a shitload cheaper than the JVC KD-AVx77 (EUR. 600,-) or KW-AVX840 (EUR 500,-). It’s a two DIN unit and there’s not so much functionality as the JVC’s have – it only has 4 apps which are limited but Pioneer say they will be adding more. Pioneer’s AppRadio delivers iPhone integration, automotive and audio Read more about Pioneer’s AppRadio delivers iPhone integration, automotive and audio bliss for $400[…]

Features: Built-in Media keyboard Built-in Laser Pointer 65 keys Design Wireless 2.4GHz connection, smart & portable size Advance power saving technology Keyboard Backlight function FN lock change function Power by 3 x AAA batteries (included) Operation Range: Up to 15 meters Support Window 7 / Vista / XP, Linux, Mac 10.x or above Dimension: 150 Read more about Brando Flying Keymouse[…]

The German Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration recently reported the development of a camera with a lens attached that is 1 x 1 x 1.5 millimeters in size, which is the size of a grain of salt. At about a cubic millimeter in size, this camera is right at the size limit that the Read more about New Disposable, Medical Camera Is the Size of a Grain of Salt[…]

The evoMouse is the evolution of the computer mouse. With the evoMouse, your finger is your pointer and there is no more pushing around a physical mouse. The evoMouse works on nearly any flat surface and requires very little space. It tracks effortlessly to your comfortable and natural movements. With the evoMouse, you can perform Read more about Celluon evoMouse – laser projected multitouch mousepad[…]

A Japanese inventor has found a way to convert plastic grocery bags, bottles and caps into usable petroleum. Plastic bags are, of course, made from petroleum to begin with, but it is not the same kind of petroleum that is used in fuel. In order to turn home waste into home power the machine heats Read more about Turn your plastic bags into crude oil[…]

inPulse is the perfect hacker accessory – a fully programmable Bluetooth SmartWatch. inPulse is totally customizable. Our SDK can get you saying ‘Hello, Watch!’ in 5 minutes! Dive deeper and create your own app running right on top of our embedded OS. Code in C and get control over the OLED display, Bluetooth connection, vibrating Read more about Get inPulse and Hack Your Watch[…]

My current jawbone has a worse speaker than the Jabra and the earpiece holder doesn’t work so well for me. Now they have a new system to hold it in your ear which hopefully works better, but they’ve addressed all the other niggles I had AND added an accellerometer! oh, and you can see the Read more about Jawbone Era – with 10mm HD speaker, uUSB charger and accellerometer[…]

Waterproof, windproof matches burn in heavy rain and even while wet! Match will not go out until chemical has burned out, then stick can be doused in water to completely extinguish the fire Match sticks are 2 3/4 inches long for added safety to keep from burning fingertips via REI Storm Proof Matches at REI.com.

FPV = first person viewer. These guys put on a headset and fly their UAV’s or drive their cars whilst looking from the vantage of the vehicle. This page tells you about the planes and aircraft and other equipment it recommends. Getting Started in FPV.

13 functions, you can program it by pressing your old remote whilst holding it to your wand. ThinkGeek :: Magic Wand – Programmable TV Remote.

Only $14.99 ThinkGeek :: Star Wars Lightsaber Laser Pointer.

$99,- of awesome Razer | For Gamers. By Gamers.™ | Online Store – TRON® Gaming Mouse Designed by Razer™.

These things are ruggedised and for the price they aren’t expensive at all… GoPro Official Store: Wearable Digital Cameras for Sports.

Israeli researchers have created the tiniest-ever optical gyroscopes, as small as a grain of sand, but still maintaining the keen accuracy of their counterparts hundreds of times larger. Optical gyroscopes are generally used for navigation in airplanes, ships and satellites, in which they track movement without reference to external navigation points, by measuring the vehicle’s Read more about Nano-Gyroscopes Will Let Cell Phones Navigate Indoors, Underground[…]

This system uses a laser and a webcam to scan an item, which can then be printed with the cheap Markerbot 3D printer, or other printers. MakerScanner – open source 3d scanning.

India unveils prototype of $35 tablet computer – Yahoo! News.