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  • Pedal Brain iPhone kit smartens up your bicycle

    Pedal Brain iPhone kit smartens up your bicycle

    Posted on December 28, 2009 | No Comments
    Cyclists already have a range of dedicated devices to choose from that will help them with their training, and it looks like they'll soon have an iPhone app / accessory kit to call their own as well. While the folks behind it are apparently still working on the finishing touches, they've nonetheless decided to get official with their so-called Pedal Brain kit, which more or less promises to be a Nike+ alternative for cyclists. That means it comes with an accessory (a case) that relies on the ANT+ wireless protocol to relay all the necessary information form your bike, which in turn is processed and analyzed by the Pedal Brain app (all of which will also work with an iPod touch). Pedal Brain also goes one step further with a coaching component, which will actually let you make your own training plans and sell them through the app (you'll also be able to determine the price, but Pedal Brain will apparently take a $4 a month cut). No word on an exact price or launch date for the kit itself just yet, but it will apparently sell for somewhere between $130 and $200 (or more if you want the spiffy carbon fiber case).

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  • Review: Leatherman Skeletool CX

    Review: Leatherman Skeletool CX

    Posted on December 17, 2009 | No Comments
    Short version: The Leatherman Skeletool is a lightweight, high quality multi-tool that combines striking industrial design with excellent functionality. It also makes an excellent gift for that outdoorsman or geek on your shopping list.

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  • Heated portable chair costs $120, makes being outside slightly less miserable

    Heated portable chair costs $120, makes being outside slightly less miserable

    Posted on December 10, 2009 | No Comments
    If you've ever spent an extended period of time outside during the late fall or winter watching some sort of parade, sporting event, or interpretive dance, you'll have no doubt A) had plenty of time to re-examine your life and B) wished you’d brought a chair. Now add C) to that list: wished the chair you didn’t bring was heated.

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  • Hands on with the Sony Vaio X

    Hands on with the Sony Vaio X

    Posted on September 2, 2009 | No Comments
    Now this is a Vaio I can get behind. Considerably more usable than the P series this tiny little laptop is clad in carbon fiber and looks amazingly cute and functional. The units they were showing were running Windows 7 and Atom chips. The guy at the booth pointed out that there was an earlier model, [...]

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  • Review: Stuhrling Raven Diablo

    Review: Stuhrling Raven Diablo

    Posted on August 14, 2009 | No Comments
    Of all the watches that I've reviewed this week, the Raven Diablo has to be my favorite. The styling really works for me. It's not as traditional as the Atlas or the Millenia, but it's also not as far out there as the Centurion. I like the silver accent points, and the carbon fiber layer really makes it work for me. Like the other watches from Stuhrling, this one is made from surgical steel, and a real sense of quality about it.

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  • Sanyo presents world’s first carbon fiber electric bike (and a foldable model)

    Sanyo presents world’s first carbon fiber electric bike (and a foldable model)

    Posted on July 24, 2009 | No Comments
    Sanyo landed a huge hit with its eneloop brand that includes a number of "green" products, such as lamps, batteries or even Wii controllers. In the past few months, the company also introduced electric bikes that featured eneloop technology, one of which it wanted to sell outside Japan as well. Now Nippon gets another two eneloop-branded bikes [JP], a carbon fiber model and a foldable bicycle. The way both models work is the same: Every time you drive downhill or decelerate, the electric motor switches to a dynamo, allowing for regenerative charging. Both bikes are pretty cool but have one disadvantage: The hefty price tag.

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  • Hitachi reveals the latest SimpleTech line of USB drives, network adapters

    Hitachi reveals the latest SimpleTech line of USB drives, network adapters

    Posted on July 13, 2009 | No Comments
    Months after taking over Fabrik (SimpleTech), Hitachi unveiled today the fruits of their labor: SimpleTough, SimpleDrive Mini and the SimpleNet.

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  • Video: The World’s Fastest Remote-Control Car

    Video: The World’s Fastest Remote-Control Car

    Posted on July 9, 2009 | No Comments
    Friggin’ nuts. If you wish to live a long life, you should never drive a car over 100 miles per hour. But remotely controlling a vehicle at blazingly fast speeds sounds pretty rad. That’s the idea behind Nic Case’s Schumacher Mi3, who holds the world record for fastest R/C car with a max speed of [...]

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  • MIT’s EurekaFest showcases high school students’ problem-solving prototypes

    MIT’s EurekaFest showcases high school students’ problem-solving prototypes

    Posted on June 29, 2009 | No Comments
    EurekaFest is a yearly event held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that showcases the prototype inventions of high school students from around the country. The inventions consist of various gadgets and devices aimed at helping solve real-world problems. One of the more impressive ideas I saw during the two days I spent covering the event [...]

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