iPod nano watchbands — they’re everywhere! Seriously, ever since Steve Jobs said that an unnamed Apple board member jokingly planned to wear the new nano as a watch, we’ve seen all shapes and sizes of wristbands designed to put the diminutive media player on your wrist, ranging from the super-basic to the super-silly to the super-amazing. But hold up — yes, we thought the new nano was a great little media player when we first reviewed it , but why hasn’t anyone talked about what it’s like to wear one as your watch? Is replacing your current timepiece with the nano’s 1.5-inch 240 x 240 multitouch display actually a good idea ? We took the nerd-bullet for you and wore one for a week to find out — read on! Gallery: iPod nano review — as a watch Continue reading iPod nano review — as a watch iPod nano review — as a watch originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Images credit ACS TreeHugger has shown quite a few shipping container houses and even a few shipping container buildings , but never anything on the scale of the work of Allied Container Systems ; they build entire cities out of shipping containers. But they are not inhabited; they are giant sets, training facilities for Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) There are lots … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Yeah, we’re still hanging around playing Q*bert and waiting on folks to get those qubits a spinning. Meanwhile, researchers have found a new path to follow on the way to quantum enlightenment. A new, darker path, which entails the use of so-called dark excitons as quantum bits. While doubling as a great name for future robo-gigolos, a dark exciton is an electron-hole pair with parallel spins. The parallel spin, which makes this quasiparticle “dark,” also enables it to be long-lasting and, critically, to be excited with an electrical charge to set its state, a state that can then be read by looking for an emitted photon. Fascinating? Absolutely. Coming to a desktop near you? Not likely — not unless your desktop is kept at a temperature of 4.2 degrees K, anyway. [Image credit: Smite-Meister ] Dark excitons could light up your quantum computer, life originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Weekday Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Tofu Cake Stuffed with Brown Rice and Mushrooms
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Photo: Kelly Rossiter If you are a vegetarian, chances are you’ve encountered snide remarks about tofu and brown rice. If you are trying to be a weekday vegetarian, chances are you are dreading tofu and brown rice. Worry no more.This tofu “cake” stuffed with brown rice and mushrooms was the surprise hit of our Thanksgiving dinner . This dish was my substitute for the turkey and it passed with flying colours…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …After being inspired by Sarah Palin’s Alaska , Stephen Colbert introduces his new opening credits.
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George Clooney honored for humanitarian work, Eva Longoria files for divorce from Tony Parker; Susan Boyle tops both the US and UK album charts. (Nov. 18)
Continue reading …Virgin Mobile USA partners with Walmart for Broadband2Go offer, $20 a month for 1GB
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If you took a gander at Virgin Mobile USA’s latest Broadband2Go plans you might have noticed a bit of a hole between $10 a month for 100MB and $40 a month for unlimited data. Consider it plugged, with a new $20 monthly 1GB plan that starts today. That’s quite a bit nicer than the previous $20 for 300MB plan, but of course there’s a catch: it’s available only at Walmart , and only to owners of a Novatel MiFi 2200 or Ovation MC720. We hate to say it, but this might just be worth putting aside your hate of all things Walton and making a run over to your local big box — though a trip to Walmart.com would certainly be easier. Virgin Mobile USA partners with Walmart for Broadband2Go offer, $20 a month for 1GB originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Images Credit: Lloyd Alter So much on show at Greenbuild, the huge green building convention put on by the US Green Building Council, has been seen on TreeHugger; one has to set some standards. So no products with LEEDING The Way or any other bad punning on LEED will be seen; We want game-changers , products and ideas that are applicable and affordable, or change the way we think about building. One such product is BioPCM (Phase chan… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Google’s spicy new Android Market to display high-res images, videos, be more tablet-friendly?
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We’re pretty sure that Gingerbread is to be Android 2.3 , but we’re still missing the official Google confirmation, and beyond that still waiting to hear exactly what the heck this point release will entail. It’s certainly looking like there’s a new Android Market in the works, though, with Google adding new fields to the submission that accept higher resolution icons, a high-res “feature graphic” measuring 1024 x 500, and an optional link to a YouTube-hosted promotional video. Google has also confirmed that up to eight screenshots will be able to be submitted in the near future, with a maximum resolution of 480 x 800. This could all be to make things rather more friendly for higher-res displays, like one would find on a tablet or a TV , or it could simply be the web-based interface that the Market so desperately needs. We’ll surely find out when Google dishes all the details on this next version, which should happen any day now. Any day now… Google’s spicy new Android Market to display high-res images, videos, be more tablet-friendly? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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