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Video coming to your glossy Mag Rag!

Kyle — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:44:56 +0000

Gismodo – That’s right, aging, future-minded denizens of the 50s, video magazines are here! Almost. Come fall, Entertainment Weekly will feature the world’s first video-screen-in-a-page advertisement, to sell you some TV shows.

Option announces uCAN remote data access for iCON USB modems

Kyle — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:20:07 +0000

Engadget – Fresh from Barcelona, the wireless modem gurus at Option have announced their new uCAN software platform. To be implemented across the entire iCON modem lineup, the software allows users to run applications (such as Open Office) from their USB modem and interact directly with documents situated on their workstation at home. You can also have those apps you might need to use in a pinch — such as Skype — preconfigured with all your data. If that weren’t enough, the device sports something called “Zero Footprint” technology, which is designed to ensure that “no trace of activity is left on the host computer, running either Windows XP, Windows Vista or Mac OS, when the device is disconnected.” You can even launch a browser from the thing, keeping all those passwords and cookies safely off of whichever machine you happen to be borrowing. The first uCAN devices are expected to appear sometime before July of this year. Click on Link for more pics.

Well after reading a little more from Engadget and the Option website this looks like a really cool deal if you happen to need access to your files but forgot your laptop. Almost feels kind of James Bond sort of gadget.

World’s smallest working fuel cell has high potential, low voltage

Kyle — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:15:06 +0000

Engadget – University of Illinois researchers have developed what they claim is the world’s smallest working fuel cell, and it’s certainly a good bit tinier than anything we’ve seen. The itty-bitty battery measures 3 mm x 3 mm x 1 mm and is comprised of just four layers: a water reservoir, a thin membrane, a chamber of metal hydride, and an assembly of electrodes. It can produce 0.7 volts and a 0.1 milliamp current for about 30 hours, with a newer model boasting similar voltage and 1 milliamp of current. That’s not gonna juice your BlackBerry anytime soon, but scientists suggest it could be used for simple electronics and microbots. As for future application, we’re hoping one day can power a fingernail-sized smartphone.

–Freaking Cool!

Happy 40th Birthday to the Mouse.

Kyle — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:11:08 +0000

On Dec. 9, 1968, Stanford Research Institute scientist Douglas Engelbart demonstrated his unique invention — the computer mouse — for the first time in public. It took a decade and a half for it to catch on, but once it did, computing was never the same. And today, it’s hard to imagine using a desktop or laptop computer without a mouse (or one of its latter-day substitutes such as the touchpad).

Click on Link to be taken to a picture gallery following this revolutionary device that we all know and love.