Eye-Fi

This is an SD card with 2 GB RAM which uploads photos wirelessly to your computer and to the web, of course. But, Eye-Fi Explore also automatically adds geographic location labels to your photos. Eye-Fi ยป Eye-Fi Explore It plugs into loads of online galleries, not just Flickr but also Gallery… The technology also works Read more about Eye-Fi[…]

Origo Industries: Capture your car’s CO2 and use it to re-power your vehicle – and your home

Origo Industries has developed a system that captures the CO2 from your vehicle’s engine and then allows you to turn these emissions into fuel at your own home to re-power your car. The same fuel could also be used to power your house. The system uses a revolutionary new approach where CO2 is regenerated through Read more about Origo Industries: Capture your car’s CO2 and use it to re-power your vehicle – and your home[…]

Data Retention Effectively Changes the Behavior of Citizens in Germany

The problem with surveillance is not primarily that some bored officer might learn about some embarrassing private detail (although this is a problem as well). The fundamental problem with surveillance is that it changes people. People under surveillance behave differently than people who are not monitored – differently than free people. Unfortunately, this fundamental problem Read more about Data Retention Effectively Changes the Behavior of Citizens in Germany[…]

Self-replicating 3D Printer

The reprap machine sprays plastics in layers untill they solidify and then sprays more layers, thus creating 3D plastic objects. It can even replicate itself! The machine is completely open source and you can build it yourself for around EUR. 450,- and some time. You can find the instructions here

US to EU : y’allz a bunch terrurhists, y’hear?

Apparently the entry requirements for the US will require an electronic registration with the US government at least 3 days before travel. El Reg is there. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/03/us_visa_scheme/. Keep in mind this is on top of the anal probe, DNA swipe, taking of fingerprints, retinal scan, drug use inquiry and all the other fun stuff potentially Read more about US to EU : y’allz a bunch terrurhists, y’hear?[…]

Turn the iPhone into a Palm

StyleTap will allow you to run all those Palm Pilot programmes on an iPhone or iPod Touch, which means finally a proper agenda (Agendus!) and hopefully a graffiti input? Wonder how the sync works… Anyway, if Palm won’t give me a good phone / organiser thing, then I’ll take the iPhone now kthxbye