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Ultra Motor intros A2B electric bike for urbanites

Aug 14th 2008 4:46AM on Engadget

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The advantage of an e-bike is that you have to option to choose how much you want to assist by pedalling.
This would help get more people commuting on bikes to work if they didn't have to show up all sweaty; yet still had the option to pedal for exercise the way home.

Neither cars or bicycles have this option.

Irate driver rams fellow motorist due to cellphone use

Feb 23rd 2007 2:07AM on Engadget

"it's been proven that listening to the radio can be just as dangerous"
"proven" By who?

Also, I gave you the finger for using your GPS but you too busy frigging with it to notice.

Super Talent thumb drives work with Vista's ReadyBoost

Nov 7th 2006 8:22AM on Engadget

USB2.0 can handle up to 127 devices, no?
How much more performance would one get with 254gigs+ of highspeed flash??

Seriously though, would this possibly aid older systems in meeting requirements to run Vista?

Also how fast is highspeed flash compaired to RAM? Megs/second if anyone can tell me.

Tactile passwords thwart snooping, facilitate old-fashioned muggings

Oct 7th 2006 1:05PM on Engadget

Haha, what about if ATM had a handgun on a cable that could pop out for customers to use, but not remove.

See someone shifty waiting near the ATM... just press 'OK Handgun' grab the either the Glock, Tec 9 or Desert Eagle .50 and start blasting!

Venturi's Eclectic solar / wind-powered car

Oct 1st 2006 6:29AM on Engadget

GM's EV1 in early 2000's had nearly a 200 mile range and did Zero to 60mpg (100kph) in just over 6 seconds...
... it looks like we're slowly going backwards in technology here folks.

What they should do is put solar cells on hybrid car hoods/roofs and double (or triple) battery capacity (as an option) so you could drive to work on battery alone... let it charge in the sun (ambient or direct) all day in the parking lot, then drive home again for free.
Save the gas engine for the trips over 30-50+ miles.

Swarmanoid robot project foreshadows certain robotic takeover

Sep 30th 2006 4:10AM on Engadget

Excellent!

A cohesive mass of multifaceted autonomous machines! Until individual robots can do everything from making breakfast, building cars, to running trenches and preforming surgeries specialized teams will be the way to go.
Vive le machine!

Aldebaran Robotics promises humanoid "Nao" robot by 2007

Jul 22nd 2006 4:33AM on Engadget

Bard, good point.

One of the only ways a household robot like this would ever catch on is if be became cool to own one (or horribly uncool not to own one). If a show like Big Brother or Newlyweds or Friends paraded one of these things around simple people (with maxed out credit) everywhere woudl be snatching them up.

Something that can hover with fans (keep away from people) equiped with a camera to do security for homes and businesses would be marketable... that is if practicality comes into play. Anything's possible though.

Rehab center for video game addicts opens in Amsterdam

Jul 16th 2006 4:04AM on Engadget

This isn't a bad idea. People get addicted to those video gambling machines, casinos or other things that aren't drug related. Its the natural high these people get while doing these things that they're addicted to.

Going back to the mid 80's I remember hearing about guys ending up with severe RSI (wasn't called that then), crippling their hands from the hours they'd spend on arcade machines.

You can blame gamblers for gambling, or crack heads for smoking crack, but it doesn't do anything to solve the problem.

Atlanta families test washers and dryers of the future

Jul 15th 2006 10:11AM on Engadget

Lame. I hope they come out with wireless shoes that message you when you've stepped in dog poop. Or tooth-brush with USB connection for improving your bytes.

Skyguard defense laser protects humans, kills missiles

Jul 14th 2006 8:12PM on Engadget

More expensive toys to prolong the game of war.
I say no more pissing around doing wars half-a$$ed. Either let the nukes fly or scrap em!
$#!T or get off the pot.

Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.

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