Keepin’ it real fake: PSP Phone features NES emulator, cognitive dissonance
November 5, 2010 No Comment
This is not the first KIRF PSP Phone we’ve seen, but recent news of the actual, long-awaited device (you heard it here first , folks!) makes the Unmei Q5′s appearance in the stalls of Shenzhen all the more timely. What will your hard earned yuan will get you? How about a 3.5-inch touchscreen, front and rear cameras, dual SIM card slots, an NES emulator, 3.5mm audio jack, and a mini-USB port — all crammed into the shell of a PSP Go? Available in black or white, this bad boy has been spotted for 399 CNY, or about $60. We just hope the real handset looks this good! [Thanks, Chris] Keepin’ it real fake: PSP Phone features NES emulator, cognitive dissonance originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo: Bjoertvedt , Wikimedia Commons, CC Ah, the fallout from the 2010 midterm elections — it just keeps on getting more depressing, at least from a climate and clean energy perspective . Yes, the folks over at Think Progress did some background research on the incoming Congressmen, and they reveal a disheartening stat: 50% of them outright deny that climate change is real. Nice. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …When the detestable Rep. Alan Grayson was defeated by 18 points on Election Day many of us assumed his next job would be as an MSNBC host, however we couldn’t figure out where they’d fit him in.
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PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber killed 67 people on Friday at a mosque frequented by tribal elders opposed to the Pakistani Taliban. Hours later, three people died in a grenade attack on another mosque associated with anti-Taliban militia. The strikes in northwest Pakistan were a reminder of the potency of the Taliban and their al-Qaida allies along the Afghan border despite U.S.-backed army offensives. The Obama administration believes success against insurgents there is key to its hopes of winning the war in Afghanistan. The Pakistani army has supported the creation of militias to fight the Taliban, who are unpopular in…
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 5, 2010 – CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 5, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NASA has postponed the launch of space shuttle Discovery to no earlier than 4:05 a.m. EST on Nov. 30. The delay will allow engineers and technicians time to diagnose and repair a hydrogen gas leak detected while filling the external tank Friday morning. They also will assess a foam crack on the external fuel…
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SINGAPORE/SYDNEY – A Qantas Airways Ltd jet was forced to make an emergency landing in Singapore on Friday, less than 48 hours after another of the Australian carrier’s planes had to land prematurely due to engine failure. The Sydney-bound Boeing 747-400 aircraft, with 412 people on board, returned to the airport 20 minutes after takeoff in a move that an unidentified official from Qantas told Channel NewsAsia was ‘a precautionary matter.’ That came a day after a Qantas Airbus A380 jet was forced to make an emergency landing after one of its four Rolls-Royce Plc engines appeared to break apart in flight, scattering debris over an Indonesian island. ‘It was a very big shock to us, especially…
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It may come as a bit of a surprise to some considering that seemingly every company and government agency has one these days, but the Federal Trade Commission has never had a Chief Technologist. It’s now finally filled that gap, however, and has appointed Edward W. Felten to the post. As you may be aware, Felten’s a professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton and the founding director of the university’s Center for Information Technology, but he’s probably best known for his efforts to expose problems with electronic voting machines , and for his vocal advocacy against DRM — he also uses his Mii for his profile image on the Freedom to Tinker blog, so you know you’re not exactly dealing with your usual government bureaucrat. Felten has actually already been serving as a part-time adviser to the FTC, and it seems like he’ll now basically be continuing that role in a full-time capacity, with the FTC only saying that he will “advise the agency on evolving technology and policy issues.” FTC appoints Ed Felten as agency’s first Chief Technologist originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A BMW concept car shown at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show. Photo: Michael Graham Richard E-Autobahn The German luxury car maker BMW announced today that it will invest 400 million euros (about 560 million dollars) by 2013 to develop and produce an electric model. The teutonic company already has some experience with EVs, but it’s mostly conversions of existing models like the Mini E or concept cars for Auto Show (like the one above). No electric cars designed from the ground up to run on electrons … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Broadacre City. Frank Lloyd Wright, 1950-1955. [Image via urbannebula.nl.] The politics and planning of our food system is a big topic these days, with urban farming being all the rage. In Design Observer, Charles Waldheim, Chair of the Department of Landcape Architecture at Harvard, looks back at earlier approaches to merging agriculture and urbanity, at the way that urban farming might affect urban form. Frank Lloyd Wright was convinced that the automobile would cause the city to decentralize, and envisioned Broadacre City, a mix of urbanity a… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Colorado Coal Mine Refuses to Capture Methane – Releases Directly into Atmosphere Instead, Depriving Government of $250M
November 5, 2010 No Comment
Image: Flickr via Steven Damron For all their environmental woes, most coal mines in the U.S. at least capture the methane released when the coal is mined. It can then be used for fuel, which in terms of greenhouse gas emissions is tons (ha) better than simply releasing it freely into the atmosphere. However, 12 mines do not capture methane, according to the EPA, including one that is currently expanding and might get away with continuing t… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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