Crap Time Capsule
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8 Feb 2012(Credit: CNET) The HP Envy 14 Spectre, our Best of CES category winner in the Computers and Hardware category, is now available to pre-order on HP’s website. This unique-looking system caught our eye thanks to sheets of Corning Gorilla Glass covering both sides of the lid, plus additional glass over the entire wrist rest and [...]
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7 Feb 2012Sony gave us the Xperia Ion at CES. Could the Xperia Sola be next? With Mobile World Congress just three weeks away, rumors continue to fly about what we might see out of big players like Nokia, LG, Samsung, and HTC. Sony has been a notable exception up until now, but a recent filing with [...]
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7 Feb 2012Nissan will be showing its updated 370Z at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show. (Credit: Nissan) The news that Nissan updated the 370Z for the 2013 model year seemed promising. The update that took it from the 350Z to the 370Z produced a brilliant little sports car. But after reading the press release and looking at [...]
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7 Feb 2012The last time I went to talk with venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson, managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, I spent more time ogling his museum of NASA Apollo gear than I did talking about his startup investments. So I made an appointment to go see him again, with enough time to snap pictures of the [...]
Are you ready for a car that teleports?
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8 Feb 2012The Mithos Electromagnetic Vehicle concept. (Credit: Endpoint) What kind of car would you design if you didn’t have to pay attention to cost, practicality, or even the laws of physics? To visualize the potential of futuristic technologies, Portuguese industrial designer Tiago Miguel Inacio penned a halo vehicle for the 22nd century–the Mithos Electromagnetic Vehicle concept. [...]