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  Meet George Jetson

  08.19.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Meet George Jetson

  Moller M200 prototype Jetson’s Family Transport The early prototype of the Moller volanator looks like something right out of the Jetsons. But later versions, like the M400 shown below have become more airplane/car hybrid than flying saucer. These folks seem to make slow progress toward offering a production flying car, but it is taking a […]

• Innovation

  Return of the amphibian

  08.12.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  About 40 years ago the Amphicar appeared on the scene. This little car/boat could cruise at around 70 mph (112 kph) on the road and 7 knots (13 kph) on the water. As is true with most hybrid inventions, it doesn’t really work because it’s not a very good car or boat. Though Amphicars are […]

• Innovation

  Signal Map is very cool

  08.10.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Signal Map is very cool

  Do you know a dead spot in your mobile phone network’s coverage? If so, here’s a chance to share it with the world. Signal Map Beta (their tag line is “Beta is an understatement”) allows you to see network coverage as reported by users superimposed on a Google map. You can zoom it, select all […]

• Innovation, Technology & Science

  Me.dium Widget

  08.08.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Yesterday I got an email from Herb at Me.dium, it turns out we have a connection in common. Herb wanted to let me know about Me.dium’s new widget release. A few months ago I tried the widget in Firefox on a Mac and it was pretty unstable, thus I had it turned off. Herb’s note […]

• Commentary, Humor, Innovation, Sports

  Wednesday Pot Pourri

  08.08.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  OK, Bonds now owns the home run record. Congratulations Barry. Now, can we please stop talking about him? Via Hacked Gadgets: This is a jet powered school bus. Yes, you read that right, jet powered. There’s also a video of it doing stupid engine tricks at Hacked Gadgets…My guess is more people would want to […]

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