Bars of the future to offer brew-to-order beer
March 22, 2009
The good public at Guinness (the Irish beer company) has sketched out a vision of the future: Bars that offer brew-to-order beer delivered with magnetic levitation, robot bouncers, and holographic images of your friends in far-away bars. I’ll drink to that.
iPhone App boosts radio audience by 15 percent
March 22, 2009
An iPhone app that I highlighted in a recent column (”Why global is the new ‘local’”) has actually increased the number of listeners for Clear Channel Radio by 15 percent.
Lenovo’s Pocket Yoga a concept only, not a product
March 22, 2009
Tragically, it has emerged that Lenovo’s awesome Pocket Yoga, which is being heralded as a new netbook that Lenovo is about to release, is in fact a two-year-old concept prototype. The company has no plans to invent or sell it. Too poor. It looks awesome.
Thief used Google Earth to find lead roofing to steal
March 22, 2009
A thief named Tom Berge reportedly used Google Earth to find museums, churches and schools with lead roof tiles so he could steal those tiles and sell the lead as scrap.
Corvette-like car gets 100 MPG, ships next year
March 22, 2009
Colorado-based Lightning Hybrids plans to ship that biodiesel-fueled vehicle next year for $50,000 (give or take $10,000). The car is a hybrid, but not a gas-electric hybrid like the Prius. It’s got a biodiesel engine and a 150 hp hydraulic motor/pump and accumulator system. It should offer a total …
Fugly new mouse most precise ever
March 22, 2009
Japan’s Elecom claims their new Scope Node Mouse is the most precise ever, with a resolution of about 1,600 dpi. The initial “rollout” is for Japan only.
Prosthetic finger doubles as a “thumb drive”
March 22, 2009
A Finnish man named Jerry Jalava lost a finger in a motorcycle accident. He got a prosthetic finger, next modded it to include a USB “thumb drive.” (props to MedGadget)