Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

Is EH Line’s Street Racer the Ferrari of Ebikes?
Wider 42: A Boat That “Unfolds” in 12 Seconds
VAIO to Release Its Own Chromebook
Paper Waste As Battery Fuel?
URWEK Zeit Machine Pocket Watch
Desktop Power Line Wire Holders by Daniel Ballou
Coleman Comes up with Mobile Stove and Oven
Frustro: The Impossible Typeface
Motorola XOOM WiFi To Get New Update Soon
Robot Barber Shaves Volunteer’s Head for Charity
Facebook Tells Employers Not To Ask For Passwords
Next Xbox Won’t Have Anti-Used Technology
Galileo is Your iPhone’s Remote Motion Control
Hacked Turntables Create Amazing Artwork
Giant Angry Bird Takes Over Seattle Space Needle
Ubisoft: Adding Value To Games Might Make DRM Obsolete
Bethesda Cancels Prey 2, Pulls GDC Talk

Is EH Line’s Street Racer the Ferrari of Ebikes?

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 09:05 AM PDT

Electric bikes are in, and EH Line introduces a new model, the Street Racer, as the “Ferrari” of their ebikes.

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Wider 42: A Boat That “Unfolds” in 12 Seconds

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 09:00 AM PDT

The Italian Wider 42 premiered at the Palm Beach International Boat Show. Wider is indeed a wider with its 42 feet maximum length that can be achieved with a press of a button.

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VAIO to Release Its Own Chromebook

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 08:59 AM PDT

What is missing from this keyboard? If you guessed the Windows key? Then you are right. This right here is Vaio’s version of the Chromebook.

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Paper Waste As Battery Fuel?

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 08:58 AM PDT

Plant powered devices? These may soon be a reality with lignin-based rechargeable batteries.

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URWEK Zeit Machine Pocket Watch

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 08:42 AM PDT

Looking for a more modern pocket watch? The URTWERK UR-1001 Zeit Machine Pocket Watch is an update to the old classic for modern times. It is about the size of a computer mouse and has so many numbers and gauges that it looks like it belongs in a race car.
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Desktop Power Line Wire Holders by Daniel Ballou

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 08:41 AM PDT

Transmission towers may be an eyesore on a perfect road trip, so Daniel Ballou found a better place for them: on your desktop.

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Coleman Comes up with Mobile Stove and Oven

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 08:40 AM PDT

Camping is all fun when you are all around the campfire singing songs and melting S’mores, but you’ll never know when you crave for pizza. Coleman might just save the day with its newest addition to its outdoor gear.

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Frustro: The Impossible Typeface

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 08:37 AM PDT

Hungraian designer Martzi Hegedus created the font Frustro, a font face that will make the impossible possible.

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Motorola XOOM WiFi To Get New Update Soon

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 08:28 AM PDT

Owners of the Motorola Xoom can look forward to a special treat soon. According to some reports, the Motorola XOOM WiFi Android tablet will be receiving an update very soon. It looks like some testers have started receiving emails about a new update that is coming.
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Robot Barber Shaves Volunteer’s Head for Charity

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 08:12 AM PDT

Would you trust a robot to do your haircut? This guy named Tim did, even if the results were predicted as disastrous, since hair styling is not a specialty of the said robot.

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Facebook Tells Employers Not To Ask For Passwords

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 08:07 AM PDT

It recently came to light that many employers are asking job applicants to hand over their passwords to their Facebook and other social media accounts as part of the hiring process. If there’s one thing that the public objects to it is a violation of their privacy, so it has caused some controversy.
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Next Xbox Won’t Have Anti-Used Technology

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 07:51 AM PDT

You may have heard the recent rumors that the next Xbox will have some anti-used technology on-board. Well, it looks like you can rest easy. According to Gamestop, it will have no such thing. They should know, since they would have the most to lose if this technology was on-board. A system like this would kill the secondhand and rental market, after all.
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Galileo is Your iPhone’s Remote Motion Control

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 07:46 AM PDT

It takes two to video calling, and one may not have control over the two devices being used, but remote iPhone controller Galileo is here to better the overall experience.

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Hacked Turntables Create Amazing Artwork

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 07:40 AM PDT

Do you have a turntable or two lying around in the attic collecting dust? Maybe it’s time to turn them into something cool and new, like a drawing machine. Robert Howsare is a printmaking MFA student at Ohio University and he made this one for less than $50 with two turntables he already had.
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Giant Angry Bird Takes Over Seattle Space Needle

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 07:13 AM PDT

The Angry Birds are back to save birdkind from mischievous pigs in Angry Birds Space, and they took over Seattle’s famous landmark to show that they are ready for action.

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Ubisoft: Adding Value To Games Might Make DRM Obsolete

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 06:23 PM PDT

It’s strange seeing the same company that enforces one of the industry’s most draconian DRM systems for its games (or at least tried to before bowing to customer pressure) talk about ways of adding value and eschewing DRM. On the other hand, it’s encouraging to at least hear Ubisoft acknowledge that there are problems with DRM.

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Bethesda Cancels Prey 2, Pulls GDC Talk

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 06:07 PM PDT

As if we needed another reminder of how much of an achievement just shipping a video game is in itself, news is trickling out that the reasonably anticipated sequel to Prey has been cancelled. Bethesda has yet to confirm pulling the plug on Prey 2, but all press event talks planned to support the game are apparently being cancelled, to the developers’ chagrin.

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