Recent Comments:
Video: ReWalk exoskeleton helps paraplegics walk {Engadget}
Jul 22nd 2008 9:15AM @Ridgecity
Up front, I don't want this string to become combative. I have to state, though, that most modern strides in medicine come from military research and technology dollars. The development of prosthetic and assistive technology in particular has made leaps and bounds in the past 5 years. The research of the past several years has led to discoveries which will come to market as astounding products 5 - 10 years from now. I mean badass stuff like re-growing small limbs and tissues -- with major limbs, organs and nerve tissue to follow 10 years after that.
In an ideal world, these technologies would be funded out of benevolence -- but we all know this is not an ideal world. Again, ideally, the tech would have developed as follow-on technology to the US Space Program -- similar to the advancements made in the 60's - 80's. But that's not the world we live in.
Deserved or undeserved, Pres. Bush gets a bad rap because of the war. Remember, though, his vision in 2001 was for an expanded space program (and hopes for a moonbase by 2015, a trip to Mars by 2020), funding for energy and education system development. That vision was derailed in September of 2001.
I said that to say this: your statement is very evidently true. However, living in the world we live in, it's better to accept the help that we can from where we can. If the collateral effect of war dollars is research and technology that helps people, let's do everything we can with the help we receive. We could live in a country (pick one of many in the Middle East) where war money *only* leads to death.
The BMW Museum's kinetic sculpture takes your brain to another dimension {Engadget}
Jul 7th 2008 8:20PM @Paul
Face!
Nanosolar solar film rolls off the presses at 100 feet-per-minute {Engadget}
Jun 19th 2008 9:53AM @Danakin
LOL! That was really really funny!
Dash Express now $300 on Amazon {Engadget}
Jun 1st 2008 9:49PM @Sly Fox
Yeh, bud. We're all happy you like standing on the side of the road laughing at car accidents.
oh wait. at an intersection**
sorry.
Swarm robotics project further ensures our doom {Engadget}
May 15th 2008 3:52PM This guy is a *serious* candidate for a Sarah Connor ass-whoopin'...
AlphaGrip Handheld Computer concept mimics Atari Jaguar controller {Engadget}
May 2nd 2008 10:21AM @Mischa G
If by "...sell it in a month for gas money." you mean "clobber some poor fool over the head with it and steal his car" then, yeah, that'll prolly work.
Next-gen iPhone spotted in the wild? {Engadget}
May 2nd 2008 10:00AM @Rob
I know anecdotal evidence contrary to a statement is generally annoying but:
My wife and I also both have iPhones. I represent the worst case scenario for the iPhone. I keep mine in my front pocket with my keys. I've dropped it like a good 15 or 20 times over the past -- what -- 10 months (I'm an "iPhone Day 2007" guy). I've (my little girl) even dropped it down concrete stairs -- twice. Don't really care -- damage will justify buying a Gen 2 when it comes out. End result? A coupla minor scratches on the screen and a coupla dings on the shell.
My wife represents best case. iPhone only out of its soft wallet case to initiate a call then back into its case (bluetooth headset). In the past almost year she has *never* dropped her phone -- I mean it is Day 1 pristine. Last weekend she was pulling weeds. While on her knees, she leans forward, iPhone falls like *1 foot* from its hip holster onto a garden tile. Screen completely spiderwebs.
So, yeah, I agree with you, Rob, 100% that the iPhone has the most durable of any screen I've seen -- but a screen protector is something I'd recommend to anyone who wants to keep their iPhone for a long time.
AT&T WiFi hotspots free to iPhone owners, anyone with a brain {Engadget}
May 1st 2008 11:06AM Worked for me yesterday in McDonald's as well...
I was happily surprised!
RC-12 wireless mini video camera can record itself getting lost {Engadget}
Apr 30th 2008 3:13PM 45 minutes? I need 45 days.
My hot neighbor has me check up on her cat when she's out of town. This would be AWESOME to check her out when she's in town...
An army of these all around her house. booya!
I suck.
Wii Fit now available in Europe {Engadget}
Apr 25th 2008 10:32AM $89 -- the Japanese are taking pity on us and our pathetic neo-Ameripeso...
