Nokia N810 Pocket Computer
By Alice Hill RealTechNews Call them Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPCs) or pocket computers – this is a category that just won’t die. Here’s why: I got the PepperPad back when it launched – a small tablet-style...
View ArticleOptimus Prime Peterbilt Hits eBay
By Michael Santo Executive Editor, RealTechNews Transformers fans with some extra disposable income (all right, a lot of disposable income), here’s your chance to own Optimus Prime. Or at least, the...
View ArticleWorld’s Smallest Solar Car
By Alice Hill RealTechNews OK – so this won’t solve the energy mess we are in when it comes to our cars, but it’s a pretty cool little gadget just the same. No batteries – just power from the sun! No...
View ArticleLotus Cranks Up the Hybrid Volume
By Michael Santo Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews You may recall I wrote earlier about how quiet hybrids are, and the test conducted by the U.S. National Federation of the Blind’s Committee on Automotive...
View ArticleChrysler’s In-Vehicle Wi-Fi to Launch Aug. 25th
By Michael Santo Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews As I noted earlier, Chrysler was planning to add wi-fi to the list of distractions available in cars, in addition to text messaging / email, reading,...
View ArticleSpeed Vest – Biking Speeds in Real-Time
By Alice Hill RealTechNews Anyone who rides on two wheels instead of four knows the dangers of being invisible on the road. Here’s an innovative cycling vest that shows the rider’s speed in real-time....
View ArticleRe-Defining the Personal Mobility Scooter
By Alice Hill RealTechNews When I was at CNET we were obsessed with “Rascals” or personal mobility scooters. We would send away for literature and post pics on our office doors. Don’t ask me why. But...
View ArticleVectrix Electric Super Bike
By Alice Hill RealTechNews Now this is what I call being green! The first all-electric super bike from Vectrix sports a very innovative new look, and can top out at 124 miles per hour (or 200 kph.) It...
View ArticleInnovative Single Seat Helicopter By Igarashi Design
By Alice Hill RealTechNews This design is straight from the future, don’t you think? And yet Igarashi Design has unveiled an innovative single-seat helicopter you can buy and fly someday soon. (No...
View ArticleThe Sashimi Tabernacle Choir: An awesomely effective assault on good taste
By Yan Fortin Contributing Writer, RealTechNews What do you get when you cover an old Volvo with singing fish and lobsters and combine the whole thing with a Linux server? This is what you get: Texan...
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