Will 2008 be "The year of the tablet"?
Tablet PCs are five years old (!) but will 2008 be the year they finally take off? They currently have only a small market share but there seems to be a resurgence with new major players, like Dell, e...
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A Kiwi* at Sony City
For a look behind the scenes where Sony’s video cameras are created; One kiwis journey to the heart of an electronics giant - Sony New Zealand Escaping the chill from New Zealand's winter, NZ V...
Stephen Fry on the phone?
Stephen Fry, yes that Stephen Fry , has just started a personal blog. So why isn’t this post on my personal blog ? Because he’s a gadget freak and his first post is a long, eloquent, discourse on the...
Rich's Footomobile - Salesoft CAD People with wheels
A recent visit to my CAD dealer and reading the brilliant XKCD Blog resulted in a rather remarkable coincidence. Rich Sales (yes, that’s really his name) was showing me his new company vehicle, a S...
Sony dumps ATRAC, Connect and SonicStage?
Have Sony have finally given up with SonicStage? I hope so as their music hardware is great but SonicStage, the software that connected it, was awful . TrustedReviews - Sony Dumps ATRAC Conne...
A Sony Walkman without SonicStage?
A sign of hope, is this finally a Sony Walkman (great hardware) that doesn’t require the terrible SonicStage software for file transfer? It’s only one or two gb but has an tuner records, with USB c...
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Washable Keyboards?
I was reading about Microsoft’s latest Natural Ergonomic keyboard on Engadget. Feature packed it may be, but there is one thing missing. Keyboards can be filthy so maybe I’ll get a Washable Keyboard n...
iPhone free zone...
Here are my requirements for a phone next time I “upgrade”: Make/take calls even in marginal areas* Sync to Outlook for numbers appointments Rugged – Drop Waterproof Long Battery Life*...
Nanotechnology explained...
This is a nice introduction to Nanotechnology; via chris.pirillo
Ponoko, Ideas made real!
I first heard of Ponoko when their “Blog Editor” Stephen Kempton commented on one of my posts. We exchanged a few emails about Ponoko which makes design concepts real providing a new model for manufac...
Is this the ultimate CAD interface?
Combine this with Tablet PC interaction and I think you’re getting close! It’s Alive in the Lab: Touch Wall: Manipulating CAD data with just your hands
A Biofuel Future, not for everyone...
When you discuss the “peak oil” problem, often Biofuel is mentioned as an answer. While it’s likely to be part of the solution this great post on the Tesla Motors blog explains why it won’t be the sol...