Photo credit: Carly & Art / Creative Commons Bird’s with strange , elongated, beaks, crossed beaks, elongated claws, and uncommon skin and feather coloration are turning up with increasing frequency in Alaska and the Northwest. The trend, dubbed “avian keratin disorder” by researchers, is alarming and, at the moment, it’s cause is unknown. However, in the past, such outbreaks of mutations and deformities in b… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Continue reading …Sprint ZTE Peel officially announced, adds a little 3G to your iPod touch
November 10, 2010 No Comment
As expected , Sprint’s just announced the ZTE Peel for the iPod touch will arrive on November 14th. The $79 slider case for Apple’s media player features a built-in mobile WiFi hotspot, essentially turning your iPod into a bulky iPhone without a native phone or SMS app. Of course, you’ll still be stuck paying Sprint for a $29/mo data plan, but you’ll be able to connect up to two devices to the Peel’s WiFi as well, so that’s a plus. Another big plus: since the iPod thinks it’s on WiFi, you’ll be able to use FaceTime on the road — something we’ve tried using a MiFi with pretty decent results. Of course, you’ll be saddled with a big fat case around your oh-so-slim iPod, and we can’t imagine why the Peel is limited to WEP when it comes to security, but we’ll definitely applaud Sprint for attitude when it comes to iOS devices on its network — now just kick out a 4G Peel and we’ll be all set. PR after the break. Continue reading Sprint ZTE Peel officially announced, adds a little 3G to your iPod touch Sprint ZTE Peel officially announced, adds a little 3G to your iPod touch originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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When the inevitable Robot Apocalypse goes down, you can credit SRI International for helping the forces assimilate. The aforesaid entity has apparently been toiling around the clock on a technology it’s calling compliant electroadhesion, and to put things simply, it gives robotic climbers the ability to scale all sorts of walls made of all sorts of materials. Tests have shown wall-gripping robots climb surfaces made of steel, brick, concrete, glass, wood and drywall, which effectively eliminates any hope of you surviving the fallout based on the construction choice of your bunker. Thankfully, it does seems as if this could also be applied to human footwear, giving Earthlings at least a fighting chance of standing toe-to-toe with these guys on the side of the Menara Kuala Lumpur. Head on past the break if you’re looking for a horror film. Or a demonstrative video… same difference. Continue reading SRI’s electroadhesion tech enables new army of wall-climbing robots SRI’s electroadhesion tech enables new army of wall-climbing robots originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …The Washington Post is getting out ahead of the pack in hating the new Sarah Palin reality show on TLC, “Sarah Palin's Alaska.” It isn't really about whether the show is entertaining. TV critic Hank Stuever tore into the Republican VP nominee with relish from the first sentence at the top of Wednesday's Style section: Who is this woman, this fruit bat in fleece and Gore-Tex, clenching the side of the rock face above a glacier, screaming “Tahhd! Tahhd!” at her husband, piercing the tranquility of the Alaskan paradise? Isn't this the kind of person whom forest rangers usually despise? The one whose loud command to heed the bears actually startles the bears? The hapless camper whom taxpayers have to rescue at great expense after she loses her Verizon signal and gets hopelessly disoriented? read more
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Image credit: Adam Keys , used under Creative Commons license. I may not have been a huge fan of Colapsus’ alarmist depiction of peak oil , but with IEA whistleblowers warning of inflated oil stats , business leaders warning us to prepare for peak oil in 5 years, and
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There’s just nothing quite like a promised kept, you know? Back in May, we heard that the financially troubled Clear would be making a comeback this fall, and lo and behold, the first Clear security lanes in quite some time have opened up in Orlando International Airport (MCO). Just as before, customers angels who fork out $179 per year and pass a litany of personality tests (we kid, we kid… sort of ) will be able to breeze right through a dedicated security lane, enabling them to show up just moments prior to takeoff, claim their seat and simultaneously draw the ire of every other nearby passenger. In the next few months, Clear will roll out a family plan that enables the $179er to add members at $50 a pop, and during the introduction period, all members will receive a free month. Best of all, those who used Clear before can have their cards reactivated once it returns to their home airport. The company intends to open lanes in Denver later this month, but expansion plans beyond that remain a mystery. Feel free to get amped by watching the video just past the break. Continue reading Clear security lanes reopen in Orlando, coming soon to Denver Clear security lanes reopen in Orlando, coming soon to Denver originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Shure’s SE210m+ sound isolating earbuds include iPhone remote, $170 price tag
November 10, 2010 No Comment
The mid-range earbud wars are raging harder than ever these days, with high-end stalwarts and newfangled boutiques all striving for your hard-earned cheddar in the $100 to $200 range. Take Shure, for example, who is better known industry-wide for upper-end headphones and in-ear monitor systems than consumer-level ‘buds. That said, none of those truths are keeping the company from pushing out a new set today in the SE210m+, which arrive with an obligatory three-button iDevice remote to control playback on your iPod, iPad or iPhone. For all intents and purposes, these are just a set of SE210s with an inline remote thrown in, but that’s probably enough to catch the eye of quite a few consumers who would otherwise flock to any competing model that was doused in white . You’ll find these guys at your local Apple store right now and online starting November 19th, but you’ll need to bring $169.99 (or a really bodacious ski mask) to take ‘em home. Continue reading Shure’s SE210m+ sound isolating earbuds include iPhone remote, $170 price tag Shure’s SE210m+ sound isolating earbuds include iPhone remote, $170 price tag originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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