Kinetic Wheel in MIT Hybrid Bike Gives Bicyclists a Boost
It is not easy to reinvent the wheel, but researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are giving it their best shot.
Boxee – Boxee Box by D-Link
Boxee: The Open Source, Connected, Social Media Center. Now available for Windows, Mac OS X, AppleTV and Ubuntu Linux
Boxee – Boxee Box by D-Link
Boxee: The Open Source, Connected, Social Media Center. Now available for Windows, Mac OS X, AppleTV and Ubuntu Linux
Boxee and D-Link Partner For Boxee Box
The big news is that the box is being made by D-link, is WiFi enabled and has an SD slot. Astro, the designer of the XBox 360 is designing the Boxee Box. Oh, and the price is expected to be around $200.
Boxee and D-Link Partner For Boxee Box
The big news is that the box is being made by D-link, is WiFi enabled and has an SD slot. Astro, the designer of the XBox 360 is designing the Boxee Box. Oh, and the price is expected to be around $200.
Lexus Thinks Compact LF-Ch Hatchback Hybrid Would Sell in U.S.
Although the Lexus booth at the 2009 LA Auto Show was rather devoid of inspiring next-gen green automotive technology, I did make a quick stop by to look at their traveling LF-Ch exhibit. The company has put together a display that’s supposed to help figure out what styling cues show attendees like best about the concept hybrid hatchback by giving them the ability to take pictures of the car and upload them to a database. It actually was one of the worst-executed interactive displays I’ve seen in a long time. Needless to say, I decided to pass up the interactivity.
But, hokey auto show displays aside, the LF-Ch concept—which made its official debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show—is actually kind of a cool looking car. And it marks a clearly new direction of thinking for Lexus; it’s the first compact hybrid concept from the automaker that’s geared towards the younger Scion crowd—reflecting a trend in the luxury market towards a smaller scale and outreach to young urbanites.
Lexus Thinks Compact LF-Ch Hatchback Hybrid Would Sell in U.S.
Although the Lexus booth at the 2009 LA Auto Show was rather devoid of inspiring next-gen green automotive technology, I did make a quick stop by to look at their traveling LF-Ch exhibit. The company has put together a display that’s supposed to help figure out what styling cues show attendees like best about the concept hybrid hatchback by giving them the ability to take pictures of the car and upload them to a database. It actually was one of the worst-executed interactive displays I’ve seen in a long time. Needless to say, I decided to pass up the interactivity.
But, hokey auto show displays aside, the LF-Ch concept—which made its official debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show—is actually kind of a cool looking car. And it marks a clearly new direction of thinking for Lexus; it’s the first compact hybrid concept from the automaker that’s geared towards the younger Scion crowd—reflecting a trend in the luxury market towards a smaller scale and outreach to young urbanites.
Bulbdial: a clock whose "hands" are shadows cast by LEDs
David sez,
“Almost two years ago, I came up with a concept for a ‘Bulbdial’ clock. Instead of physical hands, it has three shadows cast by a series of rotating lights indicating hours, seconds, and minutes.
Nine months ago, Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories developed a working model using three rings of LEDs.
Now Bulbdial Clocks are available as a kit from EMSL. They did the hard work on this, coming up with a cool Mantel Clock implementation in various styles. You can get one at their site here.”
(Thanks, David)
Previously:
Bulbdial: a clock whose “hands” are shadows cast by LEDs
David sez,
“Almost two years ago, I came up with a concept for a ‘Bulbdial’ clock. Instead of physical hands, it has three shadows cast by a series of rotating lights indicating hours, seconds, and minutes.
Nine months ago, Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories developed a working model using three rings of LEDs.
Now Bulbdial Clocks are available as a kit from EMSL. They did the hard work on this, coming up with a cool Mantel Clock implementation in various styles. You can get one at their site here.”
(Thanks, David)
Previously:
Exploding clockwork picture-frame
YouTube user MechanicalSculptor’s exploding picture frame does just that — a clockwork frame that explodes into flinders and then reassembles itself, over and over again, in a metaphor for everything that is awesome.
YouTube – MechanicalSculptor’s Channel
(via Make)
Previously:
- Don't tase me bro automaton – Boing Boing
- Magnetic poetry-writer automaton – Boing Boing
- Amazing antique automaton on eBay – Boing Boing
- Repaired inner mechanism 1875 automaton lady – Boing Boing
- Chess-playing automaton remembered – Boing Boing
- Chinese clockwork automaton from 1920 performs magic trick – Boing …
- Robot sex automaton art – Boing Boing
- Boing Boing: Videos of writing automaton from 1772
