Jet pack fails Fox news broadcast
A man with a water-powered jet pack is supposed to introduce a San Diego Fox station’s news broadcast by taking off. Instead, he falls straight into the water, almost taking a Fox presenter with him.
Originally posted at Technically Incorrect
Android 3.2 rolling out on Xoom, Motorola says
Android 3.2 is launching on the Motorola Xoom. A couple of marquee improvements include a new zoom mode and support for long-dormant hardware. The new version of Honeycomb will also come to other tablets in the near future.
Originally posted at Nanotech – The Circuits Blog
App designed to make travel by public transit easier
We know how it is … you would use public transportation more often, but it’s such a hassle trying to figure out which bus, train or tram to take, where to transfer, and what to do if your plans are altered. In the future, however, that might not be a problem. Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems is working on SMART-WAY, a mobile phone app that would make using public transit as simple as following the directions on a vehicle navigation system – you would just indicate your destination, and it would show you how to get there using public services, updating its information in real time…
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Section: Urban Transport
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Guinness World Record for iPad typing broken
How fast can you type the alphabet on an iPad? The previous record of 6.31 seconds has been busted by the teenage son of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili who did it in 5.26 seconds.
Originally posted at Apple Talk
Adastra one-off luxury trimaran is in the works
Some readers may remember the incredible-looking biodiesel-powered Earthrace trimaran. Originally designed to circumnavigate the world, it ended up being donated to the Sea Shepherd Society, and was promptly rammed and sunk by a Japanese whaling ship. Well, while we may no longer have it to gawk at, a one-off watercraft that could almost be considered its gigantic, luxurious sibling is currently being constructed in China. Behold, the Adastra…
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