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Ricoh GXR camera system swaps out the sensor along with the lens {Engadget}
Nov 9th 2009 4:31PM Seems counter-intuitive. In the old days, film was the most replaceable part of your camera system, and lenses were (usually) the least. I believe this holds true today, with most lenses outliving the sensors (using a broad definition of "outliving" to include general usefulness to the photographer), and in fact most bodies working well and fine even once you've determined it time to upgrade the sensor again.
Why not just have bodies, sensors, AND lenses inter-replaceable? This system seems more limiting than what we've already got...
Schools of robotic fish to collect data, stomp out human threat {Engadget}
Nov 2nd 2009 6:26PM I went to MSU- go green! They have a history of odd robotic creations.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7630-robot-hand-performs-remote-breast-checks.html
Schools of robotic fish to collect data, stomp out human threat {Engadget}
Nov 2nd 2009 6:22PM They're working on it, but it doesn't seem to be working so well so far:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/04/shark-shield-experiences-epic-fail-gets-chomped-by-great-white/
Livio's NPR Radio tunes more than just NPR, contrary to popular belief {Engadget}
Oct 20th 2009 8:39AM I too love NPR- no commercials every 5 seconds and generally good programming. If I want music I've got my own, if I want anything else I've got NPR. Course I didn't start liking NPR till I moved to Ann Arbor... must be something in the water here.
Wii Sports Resort bundle doubles-down with a MotionPlus pair: $60 on October 12 {Engadget}
Sep 25th 2009 6:46AM Now just add wi-fi and I'll be happy.
Panasonic's new EVERLED light bulbs to light up your life for 19 years {Engadget}
Sep 16th 2009 4:12PM At some point this long-lasting light bulb idea fails to make economic or even practical sense. The longer a light bulb lasts, the more likely it is to succumb to "accidental trauma" like brooms or flying children and break before its time had come. Also, the more likely that the inhabitants of the building the light bulb is in will move on- at 19 years even homeowners are often moving out or dying, leaving the "cost savings" of the bulb to be passed on to the next inhabitant unless they carefully pack up all their light bulbs with them when they move. Finally, over 19 years there are definitely going to be changes in lighting and maybe even how we power our homes- you may be stuck with an antiquated "energy efficient" light bulb that just won't die and that you need to run a generator to power because everyone else has moved on to luminescent fusion-powered floating sentient mini-clouds.
Engadget's back to school giveaway, part one! {Engadget}
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Bone-anchored hearing aids filter out noise, finally ready for human implantation {Engadget}
Aug 10th 2009 10:39AM I'm sure that it's safer than it sounds, but you'd think attaching a foreign device straight to the bone that also happens to surround a particularly important organ in a man who has chronic ear infections with bugs now resistant to most antibiotics would be asking for trouble...
"I can hear again! I can hear the bacteria eating my brain!"
Study says LEDs are about as efficient as compact fluorescents, all things considered {Engadget}
Aug 5th 2009 5:50AM Why? The thought was that they were much more efficient. Or would you not be surprised by the headline:
"Study says electric cars are about as efficient as SUVs"
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Engadget's recession antidote: win one of 100 Microsoft Windows 7 pre-order discount codes! {Engadget}
Jun 25th 2009 1:01PM If it runs faster on my pc than vista, then my pc will be able to fix the economy faster!
