Megadgets

About a year ago I purchased a hand-crank, solar powered radio with NOAA weather band from Eton corp. It’s been a good performer and a welcome addition at the camp site in the evenings when the family wants to listen to the ball game or music. Well, the folks over at Eton have come up [...]

You have got to be kidding me. This video talks about how certain Volkswagen models being built here in the U.S. with high mile per gallon motors are only available in Europe. Come on Man! After hearing this guy talk about why these highly efficient cars aren’t sold here really got my blood boiling. These shenanigans have to end.

For many of us, the anticipation of Christmas day is more than our kids can stand. Heck if your like me, I have trouble getting to sleep too. With the help of NORAD, we can track the jolly fat man on his journey to fill stocking and the underside of Christmas trees. NORAD Santa is your [...]

New telescope will be ‘second biggest structure created by mankind’ after Great Wall of China   Telescopes come in all shapes and sizes – from orbiting space telescopes just a few metres long to the ambitious ‘square kilometer array’ planned for South Africa or Australia, where a network of linked dishes will stare at the [...]

When a patient has a cavity a dentist normally uses a drill to prepare the tooth to receive a filling. The pain associated with that drill may soon become a thing of the past. Engineering researchers at the Univerity of Missouri and Nanova, inc. may have found a way to use plasma to painlessly repair [...]

No, Really. According to the author over at Instructables you can build a projector that according to him, has good enough quality to enjoy a full length movie from your iPod Touch or iPhone. It looks like a fun project and if the thing doesn’t work for you shoot, you’re only out a buck. Instructables [...]