Michelin Develops Revolutionary Active Wheel for Electric Cars [Electric Cars]
Is this tire really the “Holy Grail of Eco-Transportation,” as Treehugger believes? Maybe. Time will tell if the electric engine inside the Active Wheel from Michelin will catch on and further drive down the cost of electric vehicles. For now, [...]
The Impact of Having Less Cores in Real World Games: Minimal
The editor of Tweaktown just sent me an interesting link to a test that they performed so seek out what happens to gaming performance when using less cores on a new Intel Core i7 CPU. While I can’t vouch for [...]
A longer delay for the Large Hadron Collider
The world’s largest physics experiment has seen a series of setbacks since September, but CERN is determined that “the LHC will run next year.” More: continued here
A penny for my thoughts. Maybe even less?
Using the Internet to cut costs, James Macpherson’s outsourcing gambit looks a lot less crazy than it seemed to many a year ago More: continued here
eBay ‘Cyber Monday’ Luxury Door Buster Might Include $1 Corvette [Cyber Monday]
Today, Black Friday is a distant, blood-soaked memory, and the tamer online affair known to the marketers who created it as “Cyber Monday” will arrive tomorrow. Look for a Gizmodo roundup of what to expect on tomorrow later this evening. [...]
Waistband Stretcher Only Delays the Inevitable Mumu Purchase in Your Future [Wardrobe Malfunction]
While many people use the shopping bonanza Black Friday (now deadly, btw) to secure new clothes as gifts for loved ones, I use it as an excuse to buy new pants because my old ones don’t fit after Thanksgiving dinner. [...]
Refrigerated Digital Camera Used to Take Amazing Space Pictures [Digital Cameras]
Greg Parker is a professor of electronics at Southampton University. He’s also a wizard. Like his co-author Noel Carboni. Real wizards, capable of obtaining some images that rival the best of Hubble’s and giant Earth-based telescopes using less than $15,000 [...]
M.U.S.C.L.E Men USB Dongles Revive Childhood Memories, Sour Them With Humping [USB Dongles]
I was overcome with nostalgic joy this fine afternoon when I first laid eyes on these M.U.S.C.L.E Men USB dongles (short for Millions of Unusual Small Creatures Lurking Everywhere). The memories! These fleshy pink rubber men, featuring unforgettable names like [...]
ComScore: Black Friday e-commerce hits $534 million
The Thanksgiving weekend was all right, according to ComScore and the National Retail Federation. Predictions for the entire holiday shopping season aren’t so rosy. More: continued here
Refurbished Amazon Kindles Surface for $360 [Kindle]
Amazon Kindles are back-ordered until February, but an interesting development popped up over there today if you’re still holding out hope: Refurbished Kindles for $360. Our tipster says these Kindles are factory refurbs, and come with a 30 day return [...]