Archive for Archive for October, 2007

Nissan puts R2D2 in a car

Nissan has taken it’s inspiration from Star Wars and put a cute, happy little R2D2-like ‘bot aboard it’s Pivo2 Concept Car.
This annoying character is known as ‘DashBot’ and exists to "lighten the mood of the car".
Is there an optional squeaky mallet available to hit it on it’s head when it pops up? That’d [...]

Posted by: Andy on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Mobius Speakers look like Clangers

(clangers pic from CliveBanks.co.uk)
So, the Clangers are a British thing - or at least were before my time. I’ve seen reruns and YouTube videos and such but as soon as I saw the pictures of the Mobius MK II Speakers on ShinyShiny I immediately thought about the Clangers - anyone else see the [...]

Posted by: Andy on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Lex: Advertising on your spokes

Lex has a little gadget to attach to your bike wheels to display your very own message as you go whizzing around town.
Running on an AA battery, Lex runs for about 96 hours and comes with it’s own software to put it whatever you want it to say.
See more here

Posted by: Andy on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

So, who has the new Gmail version?

Apparently the new version of Gmail is available on some accounts.
I want it!
According to Google Blogoscoped some people have the faster, mail prefeching, enhanced address book, etc etc version of the google email system.
Do you have it yet?

Posted by: Andy on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Site Review: PremierStudentLoan.com

It’s hard to find the right school, private loans, federal loans, colleges and universities for you or your children these days. There are so many choices and it seems there are more and more hurdles to jump.
PremierStudentLoan.com is a resource full of all the expert advice and information you need to find schools (colleges and [...]

Posted by: Andy on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007