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Nissan ECO Pedal pushes back {Autoblog Green}
Aug 6th 2008 3:37PM On the other hand, if you want a simple, low-tech device that will do much the same sort of thing, just use two pedal springs.
One for normal driving, with just enough resistance to make it easy to hold at 60 MPH, and a second one that engages when you push the pedal down really hard.
Congratulations, I just saved them a couple of hundred bucks a car, for pretty much the same result.
Amazon rumored to have sold 240,000 Kindles {Engadget}
Aug 1st 2008 9:37PM That's odd...
I work in the convention business, and a lot of the people I meet are real techheads. They collect all of the newest gadgets - whatever gives them something to do when out of town.
Zero Kindles.
The Weighted Companion PC isn't bitter or anything {Engadget}
Jan 21st 2008 11:30AM You can get the song from iTunes...
Specs from Panasonic's new DMP-BD50 {Engadget}
Jan 6th 2008 3:57PM Of course, except for the Web hookup, the 50 is pretty much identical to the BD30... all of those neat little buzzwords (Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD MA, PIP, Viera-link, and SD playback) are all right there in my week-old DMP-BD30 (yes, I got it on sale, so I'm not too bitter).
Moletech Fuel Saver theoretically saves fuel {Engadget}
Jan 6th 2008 12:45PM Definite scam.
The only actual report they have is a PDF from a Professor of Environmental Engineering in Australia who talks about the theoretical benefits of the device (with no actual testing done). They have a single letter from a California engine testing lab, which has a couple of nice phrases but no actual numbers on those thoretical increases in efficiency (wonder how much they paid for that no-details letter), and a whole lot of gobbledegook about how the thing's supposed to work.
I can't believe you guys actually put this on Engadget without a big "NEWEST FRAUD" headline.
Let me guess - the next story is going to be about monometal impedance-tuned catalytic wiring for speakers, with vastly improved conductivity so your stereo saves money on electricity...
JVC Victor exhibits 4k x 2k D-ILA projector at CEATEC {Engadget}
Oct 5th 2007 2:40PM Nice resolution, but 3500 lumens for a super-high-res large-venue projector?
Not so great.
The big problem is that, for the kind of thing this resolution is going to be used for, you need a lot more light. A 200 inch (16.6 foot diagonal) screen isn't particularly huge nowadays - 14 feet wide (usually, a 10.5 x 14 screen). If I had to use these for a big show, I'd have to stack up two of them to get enough brightness for the image (or the client would complain the whole time) - and that ends up dropping your effective resolution in half right off.
The hundred gadget giveaway, grand prize round: Insignia NS-LCD37 LCD HDTV {Engadget HD}
Sep 14th 2007 3:43PM That would fit just perfectly in my living room, in place of my old Sony CRT.
The hundred gadget giveaway, grand prize round: unlocked iPhone (4GB) {Engadget Mobile}
Sep 14th 2007 3:40PM My current iPhone needs a little brother.
The hundred gadget giveaway, grand prize round: Nikon D40 DSLR {Engadget}
Sep 14th 2007 3:40PM I sure could use a nice DSLR. Okay, I'll take one.
The hundred gadget giveaway: round 23 {Engadget Mobile}
Sep 9th 2007 12:58PM Jim Carrey is not amused.
