New Technologies
Charge Lockers
A ChargeBox is a set of lockers designed to charge batteries of phones and other mobile devices. Created by British Boxbrands, ChargeBoxes have six lockers with each locker containing four different chargers. The user picks the appropriate locker for their device, opens the door and attaches the device to a charger inside. Payment is then [...]
Synthetic fuel: A perfect energy fix?
In the search for clean-burning alternatives to gas, many fuels have had their moment in the sun: ethanol, diesel, hydrogen. Now add to the list synthetic fuel, made from carbon-based products like natural gas and coal in a process that dates back to the 1920s. In December the Air Force successfully tested synthetic jet fuel [...]
Start Your Own Radio Talk Show
BlogTalkRadio is a podcasting service, like PodoMatic and GCast, but with a difference: it lets you stream your podcast in real time and lets you take telephone callers to your show and put them on the air with you. It’s a just the thing for podcasters who want to add interactivity to their work. And [...]
Clever Marketers Infiltrate Video Web Sites
MerlynDHZ shot a digital video of himself and his buddies flying down ramps, gliding across railings, and doing other skateboard-like stunts in their Heelys, sneakers with retractable wheels hidden in the soles. The next day, he uploaded the clip onto the video-sharing Web site YouTube. Within a month, more than 2,000 people had viewed the [...]
Digital Cookbook
You might have heard, but soon there will no longer be a need to risk your laptop in precarious situations in the kitchen. Modeled after a spatula, coo.boo is a digital cookbook that fits into the kitchen environment better than any laptop or printed cookbook. Recipes stored on the user’s computer are automatically synchronized through [...]
Online ads find new landscapes
Virtual mapping tools like Google Earth and Microsoft’s Virtual Earth 3D are great for those who want to ogle their neighborhood – but they may soon turn out to be an even bigger boon for the advertising industry. This spring Saturn is looking to roll out a nationwide version of an online ad for its [...]
How to create your own TV channel
Mark Hall, a former executive with RealNetworks, fell in love with online video two years ago, thanks to an ultrafast broadband connection in his London home. When he returned to San Francisco last year, he decided to address the growing need in online video, VodPod: a way to find just the good stuff and skip [...]
