Roachmill Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Electric tech could make plugs obsolete"Wiricity" is the latest buzzword being used by a US firm that hopes to make the electric plug a thing of the past. The technique uses magnetic fields to transmit electricity to a mobile phone, a radio or even an electric car without the need for plugs and cables. Video at the link above. Please, boffins of the universe, make this happen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Are folk who live near powerlines complaining about headaches? Ok for close proximity, like charging up a tooth brush... next we will be a warp factor 0.001.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabiaTerra Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 This sounds interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtothet Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 it was cool in star trek then they had that omni drive forklift driving around near the beginning, probably because it looks so 'futuristic' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxFusion Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2009/02/05/cyclone-green-revolution-external-combustion-engine/external combustion engines.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabiaTerra Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 This is just nuts. http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/curiosities/images/flipsh9.gif http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/curiosities/images/flipsh10.jpg http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/curiosities/images/flipsh11.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabiaTerra Posted October 3, 2009 Report Share Posted October 3, 2009 One for the ladies. (Ducks and runs.... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piggywiggie Posted October 3, 2009 Report Share Posted October 3, 2009 actually thats well handy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Couldn't think of a better place to stick this! It's along the same line as that weird computer centre emails jokes that go around: Operator: "Please press the any key"User: "Where's the any key?"Operator: "Doh!" I didn't think these things were possible before I turned up for work today. Sat down at my desk and the Busines Support guy that sits opposite, now since a couple of weeks as our department is shuffled around 'yet again', looked at me and goes - "Check this out! Eh? Can you believe??!". Man .. look at this ---> Magnetic media in an optical drive! I mean .. eh? WHIT?!?!? Pair of us, through not trying to wet ourselves, spent 30 minutes to sort it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roachmill Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Skinput - working gadgets by touching yourself:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCgY_RIvDyE&feature=player_embedded I could see this being really (ready?) handy (I know) once they get the armband tech implantable and controlling moving tattoos sussed. Easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Para Handy Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Auto Socksnot BO now COIf you dont wash your tyres http://www.roofbox.co.uk/car-snow-socks/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted April 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Reminds me of an Asimov story where nobody goes outside anymore... http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2010-04/winscape-makes-world-outside-your-window-whatever-you-want-it-be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Auto Socksnot BO now COIf you dont wash your tyres http://www.roofbox.co.uk/car-snow-socks/ Bits of "Post Office" rope or two or four folds of polyprop baler twine tied tightly around the tyre via holes on the rim in the same positions as the red webbing on these things do the same job, for £49.95 less cost. A reasonable help on snow, but not much on sheet ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebbidy Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 http://cr4.globalspec.com/PostImages/200803/DVD___CD_rewinder_E540E958-03F2-D323-B7F30C71BC5EAD2B.jpg Amazing. . . . . i want one lol[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted May 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 Robot that balances on a bowling ball. http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/30/ballp-bowling-ball-bot-puts-your-sense-of-balance-to-shame-vid/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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