You might already have Skype on your iPhone, PSP, or desk phone,
but 2010 looks to be the year of Skype on your HDTV, with Skype-enabled
HDTVs from LG and Panasonic in the pipeline for a Spring release. Read More
World’s tallest building opens with a new name: Burj Khalifa
By Gizmag Team
January 5, 2010
The world’s tallest building opened yesterday,
with a number of surprises including a new name. The 828-meter Burj
Khalifa after UAE President Khalifa Bin Zayed, now holds a raft of world
records including the world’s highest occupied floor (160th floor), the
world's highest observation deck (124th floor), the world's highest
mosque (158th floor), the world's highest swimming pool (76th floor),
and the world’s tallest service lift. The tower is so tall it can be
seen 95 km away, and breaks the previous record by 63% - quite some feat
- check the CTBUH Top 100 Tallest Buildings database and the World’s tallest structures list for all the numbers. Read More
In this age of HDTVs, home theaters, game
consoles and media streamers, you're likely to have a growing collection
of remotes in your living room, and regularly battle the issues that
arise with such a collection. Inconsistent designs, missing battery
covers, a myriad rechargeable AA batteries, a significant other who
still can't figure out how to play a DVD, and our favorite - not being
able to find the remote for the TV. Logitech's Harmony series
of universal remotes are one answer to the problem, but L5 Technology
has a promising device that will turn an iPhone or iPod touch into a
customizable universal remote for just US$50. Read More
The advent of ever-more sophisticated software
being at our immediate disposal via smart phones will continue to
transform our lives in many ways, some we probably haven't even
considered prior to now. The USD$5.99 iSwing iPhone application allows
users to record their golf swing on video and replay it frame-by-frame
in slow motion and analyze their flaws by drawing lines over their
screen to make sure they’re “on-plane.” This swing analysis application
represents remarkable value, given that professional swing analysis
usually costs USD$60 a visit. Coming soon on Android too. Read More
Roehr Motorcycles,
producers of the American-built 180 bhp 1250sc sportbike, is to
introduce two electric motorcycles before mid-year, topped by a 96 bhp
motorcycle with race level performance, 210 lb/ft of torque, and premium
suspension and brake components which it has dubbed the eSuperbike.
Significantly, even a lower spec eSupersport model with 48 bhp, 105
lb/ft of torque will top 100 mph. No details have yet been announced on
the range of the bikes, but viable electric sports motorcycles are
clearly going to be available before the end of the year. Read More
The Gibson Dusk Tiger: Robot guitar technology moves to v2.0
By Loz Blain
January 4, 2010
Gibson is pushing forward in its quest to build
the most technologically advanced guitars on the planet, undeterred by
many guitarists' disdain for its Robot Guitar technology and recent design choices. The New Dusk Tiger is an evolution of the Dark Fire,
and it maintains and expands upon the Dark Fire's ability to tune
itself in seconds and produce a huge range of tones. While it's a fully
analogue instrument, the Dusk Tiger can be plugged into a PC to change
tone, EQ and tuning settings to provide a range of customisation and gig
setup options that simply dwarf the capabilities of any guitar that's
come before it. Pity, then, that behind that glowing Master Control Knob
it's packing a face only a mother could love! Read More
More consumers than ever are considering the
purchase of an Android-powered smartphone according to ChangeWave
Research, who surveyed 4,068 consumers in December. The research shows
that 21% of consumers who plan on buying a smartphone in the next 90
days would prefer their smartphone to run Android, up from 6% in
September 2009. Read More
For millions of commuters around the world,
motorcycles are a compact and cheap way of getting around town in
congested traffic. The Victory Vision is the absolute opposite - there's
only been a handful of production bikes ever made that are bigger and
heavier than this 400-kilogram, 1740cc American behemoth. It's built to
eat up thousands of open-road miles with Harley-beating performance and
buttock-coddling luxury - but in a surprise twist, this retro-futuristic
mammoth can actually handle surprisingly well to boot. Loz Blain
discovers how 10 days on one of the top five heaviest production bikes
ever built can change your perspective on motorcycling in our video road
test. Read More
Singaporean company Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies
will release a small home hydrogen refueling and storage solution at
the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas later this week that could
kickstart mankind’s transition to a hydrogen-based economy. The
HYDROFILL is a small desktop device that plugs into the power supply, a
solar panel or a small wind turbine, and automatically extracts hydrogen
from its water tank and stores it in a solid form in small refillable
cartridges. The cartridges contain metallic alloys that absorb hydrogen
into their crystalline structure, a storage method which the company
claims offers the highest volumetric energy density of any form of
hydrogen storage, even higher than liquid hydrogen. Read More
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