As transport goes, some is indecently luxurious and some bone-janglingly exhausting; Hammacher Schlemmer’s Hydrofoil Water Scooter falls definitely into the latter category. Powered by, well, jumping up and down like a bear wearing a wasp nappy, you drive the hydrofoil blade through the water and – so the theory goes – propel yourself forward.
Make sure to check out the video of the daft thing in action after the cut!
I’m not going to go into the pros and cons of wardriving; instead I’m going to marvel at a healthy brace of antennas and congratulate Mark and Boris of geektechnique for their WiFi aggregator.
If you’re looking for a game emulator to take around with you, you might want to check out Ben Heck’s latest project. While it’s not actually his creation, he did design the case and give it a name.
There’s definitely still no clear victor in the battle for the high-def disk formats, but HD-DVD has made an advancement into an area that Blu-ray has yet to touch. Your car.
Do you love shooting video? I know plenty of people that love to walk around with a camcorder in their hands for no apparent reason. I tend to avoid those people as often as I can. But for those enthusiasts out there that want to get the most bang for their buck, you might want to check out Aiptek’s new GO-HD.
We’ve been looking forward to true 3D display technology for a long time. Now and then we’ll see a company that promises us that it’s only a few years off. SeeReal is the latest company to give us such a promise.
Despite AMD’s lacking sales recently, more manufacturers are turning to them to power their PCs. Dell was one of the first Intel-only companies to start offering AMD processors in their PCs last year. Now Toshiba has announced that they will also include them in upcoming notebooks.
If you think your Mac mini is too boring sitting there by itself, why not spice it up a bit? You could get a crazy new case built just for your tiny Mac.
video after the jump
Jeff Hawkins, founder of Palm, Inc., will host a live video webcast on Wed., May 30, to describe a new category of mobile device. The webcast will follow the announcement of this new product at the D: All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, Calif.
What: Live video webcast hosted by Jeff Hawkins
Date: May 30
Time: 11:30am Pacific
This webcast is for media, industry and financial analysts only. No pre-registration or RSVP is required.
Make sure to check back tomorrow for live coverage from D5!
With the comment fires raging at Microsoft’s claim to have sold a million Zunes in less than six months, perhaps it’s a good time to look at another of Apple’s competitors, and one which provokes a little less bile. Samsung has already shown itself to be capable of taking on the iPod Nano in features and style, lacking only the brand recognition in the portable media space to make full impact, with their K-3 player; now they’re back with feature overload, packing solid-state flash memory into a box with music, video and FM radio playback as well as Bluetooth. The player is the YP-T9, but can it really best the iPod?
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