Archive for March, 2008

Electric Cooling Fan Switches

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

The work of these electric cooling fan switches is to sense the temperatures in the car engine environment and then turn on the cooling fan if cooling is needed. Different electric cooling fan switches have different temperature settings in order to enable the required operation when it reaches a desired temperature. You can set the […]

Ipod As The Most Popular Mp3 Mp4 player

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

This is an mp3 / mp4 player that music lovers acknowledge the most in the modern time. US-based Apple, one among the largest producers of computers, notebooks and computer hardware and software, introduced iPod in 2001 with a single model for the international music market. Apple kept on introducing new iPods for each generation. The […]

The New Apple iPhone - Blessing or Curse?

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

In just a single weekend, Apple Inc. managed to sell over 500,000 units of its new Apple iPhone. The anticipation was huge, and while there were a few minor glitches - mostly resolved now - the general consensus is that they were worth waiting for.
The advance of this micro-technology in the form of cell […]

Sponsors Get Us Off the Island [Announcements]

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Who else saw Lost last night? Was that not the best episode ever? Desmond! Desmooooond! I love that guy. If we were stuck on an island, we’d want to have that crazy bloke with us. But thanks to Alaska Airlines, Ask.com, Bell Business Mobility, BMW, Insecticide, Mini, Sprint, The 88, Toshiba and Zoombak, we […]

Robotic Hunting Trophies—Every Wall Should Have One [Robots]

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Made from bastardized I-Cybie robots, this set of 11 hunting trophies only come to life when approached, an IR sensor alerting them to the presence of movement. Their eyes flash red, orange or green, and the closer you come to them, the louder they growl. Created by France Cadet, a robotics teacher at Aix-en-Provence School […]

Siafu Computer Brings Eyes To Hands [Concept]

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

As our monitors eat away more at our retinas every day, we’re increasingly interested in computers for the blind. “Siafu” is a concept by Jonathan Lucas that combines a dynamic Braille surface with tactile control. Aside from clicking on the words that your hands read, photos could also be displayed on the same surface, protruding […]

Heated Sleep Suit Uses Same Technology as Spacesuits, for Insomniacs, Not Astronauts [Holland]

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Dutch researchers have come up with a heated sleep suit that could help insomniacs and older people who suffer from disturbed sleeping patterns. A system of micropipes filled with water warms the patient, increasing their body temperature by just 0.4 degrees Celsius. At 35.4ÂșC, the body shifts from nocturnal wakefulness to a deeper sleep because, […]

Exercising Dog Returns Some Dignity to Animated USB Toys [Usb Dog]

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Our friend the animated USB dog has returned, this time with more of a healthy G- rather than a rampant R-rating. Just plug him in, and watch him do sit-ups all day long. It may inspire you to head down to your gym, or perhaps find a bar because the sight of all that abdominal […]

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside [Concepts]

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Designer Nuno Teixeira has redesigned the iMac, giving it a curved screen, second display at the back (not sure what that’s good for—educating the mice who live behind the skirting board in the office, perhaps?) and a second webcam. Apparently, he was inspired by the wraparound Cinerama screens from the ’50s. [Yanko]

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FCC Fridays

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Filed under: Features

We here at Engadget Mobile tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol’ Federal Communications Commission’s site. Since we couldn’t possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there, we’ve gathered up all […]