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  • Gear & Gadgets

    Wave Runner

    By Posted on 2.22.2008 16 Comments

    This month, 69-year-old Japanese sailor Ken-ichi Horie will attempt to captain the worlds most advanced wave-powered boat 4,350 miles from Hawaii to Japan. If all goes as planned, hell set the first Guinness world record for the longest distance traveled by a wave-powered boat and, along the way, show off the greenest nautical propulsion system since the sail.

    7.12.2008 at 11:11pm - Comment by userdoubleo

    Well for now it is not viable. However if the propulsion of current mass-movers was all of a sudden removed, necessity would be the mother of this invention. Couple this with wind power, and you definitely have an alternative for the would-be oil crises on the horizon. Also I don't think it is time wasted; there are BILLIONS of people on this earth, if this guys hobby is fun for him, good for him. Maybe it will prove useful in the future. Maybe it will save %10+ of the energy of a current sea ferrying vehicle of today. Like if we had pedals in our cars would could save %10+ on our cars gasoline. It would add up.

  • Gear & Gadgets

    Out of Control Gaming

    By Posted on 5.1.2008 2 Comments

    Soon youll be able to ditch your game pad and Wiimote. A new camera system for computers and consoles will track your movements in three dimensions—essentially turning your body into the game controller. For example, play Rock Band by waving your hands at imaginary drums, or dodge punches in a fighting game.

    7.12.2008 at 10:46pm - Comment by userdoubleo

    Sounds like the only real uses will be for action based games. Tetris is out of the agenda.

  • Gear & Gadgets

    Out of Control Gaming

    By Posted on 5.1.2008 2 Comments

    Soon youll be able to ditch your game pad and Wiimote. A new camera system for computers and consoles will track your movements in three dimensions—essentially turning your body into the game controller. For example, play Rock Band by waving your hands at imaginary drums, or dodge punches in a fighting game.

    7.12.2008 at 10:46pm - Comment by userdoubleo

    Sounds like the only real uses will be for action based games. Tetris is out of the agenda.

  • Cars

    BMW Planning Electric Minis for California

    By Posted on 7.9.2008 14 Comments

    As California returns to requiring automakers to sell zero-emissions vehicles, BMW is apparently aiming to get in first on the gold rush. Automotive News reports BMW will export an electric version of its Mini to California. The state's zero-emissions vehicle program will require nearly 60,000 plug-in cars to be sold in the state between 2012 and 2014.

    7.12.2008 at 10:00pm - Comment by userdoubleo

    tundrasea is absolutely correct. The last electric car, GM EV-1, died because the battery technology was insufficient. It would have cost 80k dollars to replace them after 10 years. If it hadn't been leased, the owners would have definitely complained at the 10 year mark when they had to pay $80k to continue to use their cars. 1. GM doesn't make batteries. They had to buy the batteries from another company. 2. Normally when a car company has a car to sell, they aren't in dept by 80k per car before it is sold. 3. When you try to sell a car with a 80k price tag every 10 years that will save at most $73k in 10 years (if you drive 100 miles a day for 10 years [at 22mpg with $4.3 per gallon of gas], and the electricity costs $0) You had better be Ferrari or something like that, or you will go out of business. There you have it, batteries failed the electric car before. I for one am waiting to see how batteries have progressed in the past 10 years. There is no reason why this has to fail so miserably as did the last electric car run.

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