If they make it run on 3 wheels instead of 4, then they don't have to meet automobile safety requirements that cars have to meet. Take away a wheel and roll out the deathtrap!

Electrolysis you say? So now I can drive my car and be stubble free too!? yippee!

"No pollution produced" ... except for the pollution produced in order to charge the vehicle, and the pollution produced when you recycle the batteries. yippee!

@ddub

Helmets, when used properly, can cause fatigue, and can cause visibility issues, while providing very little protection at high-speed.

Seatbelts, when used properly, trap people in vehicles causing further injury upon accident.

Guns, when used properly, prevent crime and protect people from harm ;)

Nice, so the Secret Service is in the business of tracking down stolen phones now? I guess I'll need to get their number for the next time my phone gets jacked. What a complete waste of money - just buy the guys new phones, and let the regular police do their jobs like they would for every other schmuck who gets their phone jacked, and they'd probably have saved 10-20 grand of taxpayer money.

If there was something so valuable on those phones, then they shouldn't be using those phones for whatever they have that is so valuable. Use something more secure, and backup regularly so that we don't have to send the Secret Service out chasing down every little cell phone that gets misplaced. Yikes!

Imagine tracking down your zoombak-enabled pet, only to end up outside a Chinese restaurant ;)

How do you know that Nate is not being forced to read these forums!? Nate, you'd better not listen to Matt! Get busy and get every one of these dang posts read ASAP or you are in for a major arse whoopin!

I thought people WERE already hacking that fugly device. I swear I read an article about gaining root access via a port on the back of the thing, and making various changes including enabling some internal commands and read ebooks using an alternate ebook reader program on the thing.

I don't get it. They didn't actually describe how to do the hard part - which is determining which buttons should be pressed when and for how long (when programming the device).

There have been kits out there for over a decade that cost less than $40 which let you control at least 8 relays via serial or parallel ports. All you need is a simple VB app running on a computer, and you've saved hundreds.. but how do you determine EXACTLY which buttons to press when and for how long? That's the hard part (at least for me!)

Wal-Mart had them Tuesday. I almost bought one for those drum battles at home, but then decided not to, since I haven't had much time to play at all recently anyhow :/