Primed goes in-depth on the technobabble you hear on Engadget every day — we dig deep into each topic’s history and how it benefits our lives. Looking to suggest a piece of technology for us to break down? Drop us a line at primed *at* engadget *dawt* com . The world of wireless is dragging us into the 21st century kicking and screaming. Our treatise on NFC was a great sneak peek into how our future will play out over the next five years, but we’re also seeing other types of suave new tricks coming out as short-range wireless technology creeps closer to the mainstream. Wireless is the crux of convenience that will keep us calm enough to make our way through this speed-demon culture. It didn’t take long for our quest to obtain simpler and faster everything to become an obsession, and it shows no signs of stopping; on the contrary, it’s only speeding up exponentially at a rate even manufacturers have a hard time keeping up with. Wireless charging is making some serious headway in public mindshare. Once confined to toothbrushes and other simple household items, it’s now a handy means of powering phones and media players, and it’ll soon be ready to charge up our notebooks and cameras (among other things) at our command. Are we sure this is the future, or will this just be a passing fad? Why should it matter? Read on after the break to get the air-conditioned answers to those burning questions. Continue reading Engadget Primed: how wireless and inductive charging works Engadget Primed: how wireless and inductive charging works originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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At my office, we think it’s hilarious to fill people’s cubes with balloons (and then our facilities people get upset). At Legoland, they think it’s hilarious to replace your car with one made of little plastic bricks. They win. It took 201,076 Legos (that’s 2,934 pounds’ worth) to build this Volvo replica. Link via Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Neatorama Discovery Date : 23/06/2011 03:36 Number of articles : 5
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At my office, we think it’s hilarious to fill people’s cubes with balloons (and then our facilities people get upset). At Legoland, they think it’s hilarious to replace your car with one made of little plastic bricks. They win. It took 201,076 Legos (that’s 2,934 pounds’ worth) to build this Volvo replica. Link via Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Neatorama Discovery Date : 23/06/2011 03:36 Number of articles : 5
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According to cable host Piers Morgan, CNN is bias-free. On his June 22 program, the anchor declared of his network: “What it doesn't have is partisanship, which is a very different thing from having an opinion.” See the video below for examples of just how partisan CNN can be . (MP3 audio here .) Morgan is the same host who on June 07 asked of Ann Coulter , ” Where is the similar mob to Mussolini’s and Hitler’s in the modern democratic era?…Tea Party ?” On January 21, 2009, CNN's Carol Costello gushed about the newly sworn in President, “When Barack Obama started to speak, I was right in the middle of the crowd. People were crying, they were laughing, they were cheering. Suddenly someone would just come up and hug you. It was just amazing.”
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Tempted by the allure of the cloud ? Still not quite ready to give up that local backup at home? Fret not, as LaCie’s new CloudBox gives you a pinch of both. The gizmo pictured above may look similar to the company’s Wireless Space NAS , but it’s actually a 100GB “hybrid HDD.” The device connects to a router exclusively via its single Ethernet port, enabling it to handle local backups while also automatically mirroring an AES encrypted copy to a cloud server daily — even if your computer is off. Using LaCie’s Online Restore software, the offsite copy is accessible by up to ten previous volumes should the box ever become inoperable. The CloudBox comes with a one year subscription for online backups (mum’s the word on future fees), and will be available in July priced at $200. You’ll find more details in the PR past the break, as well as a video showcasing a variety of unfortunate — mostly baby induced — situations it’s intended for. Gallery: LaCie CloudBox hybrid HDD Continue reading LaCie’s CloudBox ‘hybrid HDD’ doubles your backups in the cloud (video) LaCie’s CloudBox ‘hybrid HDD’ doubles your backups in the cloud (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Mexican president Felipe Calderon delivered an impassioned defense of his military assault on organized crime to an audience of people who’ve lost family members to the ongoing violence. (June 24)
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We don’t know if this device is ” super confidential ” or not, but we’ve just come across yet another Nokia N9 lookalike with a non-MeeGo operating system on board. Well, it looks that way, anyhow. There’s no way to verify that the Android homescreen we see above is a legitimate Gingerbread installation and not a mere screenshot (the resolution looks all wrong, for one thing), but the source of this image is the same Chinese fellow that posted a picture of Nokia’s Windows Phone prototype, the Sea Ray , way back in May, so we’re inclined to believe he’s got an inside line on these things. Additionally, the undersized Android UI elements on the screen actually encourage us to believe that this is indeed a Nokia testing device — if we were going to fake something like this, we’d use a regular screen grab for our tomfoolery — and Stephen Elop has openly admitted that Nokia spent a couple of wild seconds contemplating a switch to Android. Well, folks, here’s what that alternate future might have looked like. Continue reading Nokia’s Android flirtations revealed Nokia’s Android flirtations revealed originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Here’s the latest video from film/audio remix artist Pogo. Bloom combines a good number of Disney video and audio sources (Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid and more) as well as some chords from A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. Watch it after the break. On the vid’s YouTube [1] page, Pogo explains: This is the video for my track ‘Bloom’, a patchwork of vocals and musical chords… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : /Film Discovery Date : 22/06/2011 20:53 Number of articles : 5
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Justin Bieber unfazed after security detail altercation outside a Macy’s promotional event in New York. (June 23)
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Around 10:30 p.m. on June 9, a car struck a 7-11 employee in the convenience store’s parking lot. The surveillance footage is shocking. The video above was from a parking lot in Yeadon, Penn. and it shows a young employee, 24-year-old Gejea Ejeta, taking out the trash right before a car hits him, sending him
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