HP and smartphone provider, Palm Inc. today announced an agreement in which HP will be buying Palm, Inc. for $1.2 billion. HP agreed to have Palm stockholders receive $5.70 in cash for each share of Palm common stock that they hold at the closing of the merger. The closing is expected to take place during [...]
Nine mechanical engineering majors from Yale developed a prototype model for a spokeless bike last semester. As you’ll notice in the photo, only the back wheel lacks its spokes. This is because the group had limited time and money. The students said, seeing the back wheel was a success, they could easily install a spokeless [...]
Apple just announced their 10 billion song downloads contest on iTunes — they’re giving away a $10,000 iTunes gift card to whoever downloads the 10 billionth song on iTunes. If you visit the contest page, you’ll notice the countdown is moving preeetty quickly. Currently, the countdown is nearing 9.9 billion, so if you want to [...]
Researchers at the University of Michigan developed the smallest solar sensor ever created–the dimensions are 2.5 x 3.5 x 1 millimeters. The sensor can run nearly perpetually if periodically exposed to reasonable lighting conditions as its only limiting factor is battery wear-out. The sensor’s solar cells, processor, and battery are all compacted into a tiny [...]
Search Engine Land claims to have received a tip from a New York retailer called Oh Nuts, saying that Google visited their store and took several photos for a new Google Maps product called “Google Store Views.” Apparently, Google took photos of the store every 6 feet, in all directions. They also took pictures of [...]
Ever wonder when Sonic went from addicting 2D side scrolling to werehog? Anyone who grew up on ’90s gaming will remember all the fun they had while playing Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the Sega Genesis. If you’re one of these people, you’ll be pleased to hear that Sonic the Hedgehog 4 will be arriving [...]
A German company called Nanopool just invented a new technology that may change our everyday living. Its flexible, its breathable, its 500 times thinner than a millimeter, its liquid glass. When sprayed over an object, liquid glass resists bacteria, dirt, water, UV rays, you name it.
Boeing, Wednesday, unveiled a real photo of the 787 dreamliner’s interior for the first time. Shown above is the picture, taken on board the third test flight 787, known as the ZA003. The interior of ZA003 includes work stations for engineers, flight-test equipment and racks of instruments that monitor the aircraft and systems during tests. [...]
You may have read our post about Steve Jobs unveiling the Apple iPad earlier today, but we didn’t give a whole ton of information about the device. If you’re interested in learning more about the iPad, we’ve got all you need to know right here. Design The first thing you’ll notice about the iPad is [...]
In an interview with CNBC, McGraw-Hill CEO, Terry McGraw leaks some important information about the highly-anticipated Apple tablet. McGraw confirms that the machine will run on iPhone OS, and is going to be “terrific.” McGraw’s words, shown below, can be seen 2 minutes, 50 seconds into the video. “Yeah, Very exciting. Yes, they’ll make their [...]
Amazon has announced a Kindle app store to open up in the mere future and that the Kindle is now open to development with select partners. Initial partners including EA Mobile and Zagat, according to Amazon, will bring the Kindle restaurant review apps, recipe books, gaming, and more. Payment and app size will vary in [...]
The Los Angeles City Council voted today to begin using email service from Google, making it the largest city in the nation to do so. This is a big thumbs up for Google as they try to become a software provider to the world’s cities and businesses. Council members eventually voted 12-0 to approve the [...]
Greenpeace just announced that they took a trip down to the HP headquarters to work on their finger painting. A few of their activists climbed onto the building’s roof and, in big bold letters, painted the message “Hazardous Products”, to show the public what they think “HP” stands for. The message was said to be [...]
We’ve heard reports of so-called pico projectors coming as a direct complement for mobile phones for more than a year now, first in demos at CES 2008, and later in the form of the Optoma Pico Project Projector. Meanwhile, a non-projector company may be first to actually market a pico projector as a bona-fide mobile [...]
