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smart speed bump rewards good driving

smartbump intelligent speed bump

A pair of designers, Jae-yun Kim & Jong-Su Lee, have come up with a speed bump that actually knows and rewards you if you’re obeying speed limits. Vehicles who just gun it upon driving over the speed bump will encounter a normal speed bump, but those who do slow down to below 30 km/h (about 19 mi/h)…

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December 16th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: design future tech technology

xcm hyper gear case overclocks your nintendo ds lite

There are plenty of replacement cases out there for the Nintendo DS Lite, but this one has a nifty trick up its sleeve.

The new XCM Hyper Gear case for the DS Lite not only gives your handheld a new look, it turbocharges your games. See that little switch that says “N”, “1.4X” and “1.7X”…

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November 5th, 2008 comments (6) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods video games

microwave zaps fleeing cars in their tracks

general lee pulled over

Let me start by saying this — I need one of these. A new technology is in the works that can stop moving vehicles cars dead from a distance.

Pasadena’s Eureka Aerospace has developed high-power microwave-based system that can be fired at a specific car and kill its electrical system in an instant. The prototype…

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December 4th, 2007 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: future tech

high speed camera snaps 1000 pictures per second

Phantom Miro 3 Digital Camera

Need to take photos in really, really slow motion? Look no further than Vision Research’s Phantom Miro high speed digital camera series.
These cameras can shoot close up images at an insane rate of speed. They can take as many as a thousand 800×600 (SVGA) resolution photos every second. The lower the resolution is set,…

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June 26th, 2007 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: digital imaging strange + wonderful

pogoalert keeps speed traps at bay

PogoAlert GPS Traffic Alert System

This wondrous little auto gadget uses GPS satellite tracking, radar and laser detection technologies to alert you to the presence of speed traps and traffic cameras.

The PogoAlert features a compact 1.8-inch LCD screen that mounts on your car’s dashboard or windshield, and lets you know when you’re approaching a speed trap or traffic camera.…

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March 5th, 2007 comments (6) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets

nike speed+ watch details leaked

Nike Speed+ LCD Watch

Apparently, Nike is getting ready to release a new digital watch that can record and upload data from their Nike+ shoe sensors without the use of an iPod. The new watch, called the Nike Speed+ appeared for just a few minutes on Nike’s European website before vanishing. Luckily, an enterprising visitor managed to grab a…

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January 17th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: mobile tech timepieces

ps3 faster load times eat up hard disk space

PS3 Hard Drive Montage

While using a small amount of hard disk space to cache a portion of game content is a trick long used by the Xbox 360 and pretty much all PC games, it’s been revealed that some PS3 games would be using a very significant portion of the console’s hard drive to speed performance.

For example,…

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October 31st, 2006 comments (7) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: home entertainment video video games