8 Apr
Fairbanks, Alaska schools get more Apple MacBooks
Posted on 2008 under iPod Maintain | No CommentFood, raffle prizes and 78 new MacBook laptops made Monday’s Lathrop High School staff meeting…
Archives for the day Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
8 Apr
Segway has an epiphany, introduces RMP hyperdirectional transporter
Posted on 2008 under Other Gadgets | No Comment
Make no mistake — we’ve been blasting the ridiculousness of the two-wheeled scooter for eons now, but in one fell swoop, Segway just worked itself back into hearts. Introduced at this year’s RoboBusiness, the RMP “hyperdirectional” transporter looks to hold at least one Earthling (up to 400-pounds) and can seemingly scoot about in any direction. Unfortunately, that’s about it for details — no release date or any juicy stuff like that — but if the term “fifty thousand dollars” scares you whatsoever, the video posted after the break is probably as close as you’ll ever get, anyway.
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8 Apr
France’s Eurovia aims to make roads change color to warn of ice
Posted on 2008 under Other Gadgets | No CommentWhile there’s already GPS systems out there that’ll give drivers some indication of road conditions, French company Eurovia is aiming to provide some warnings that are decidedly more real-time, with it now testing a process that’ll actually change the color of roads as the temperature dips into freezing territory. That’s, of course, not an entirely new process (we’ve already seen spoons that change color based on temperature), but Eurovia is apparently fine tuning things to hold up to the wear and tear it’ll see on roads, and working to ensure that it turns color early enough so the salt trucks can be deployed before the roads get too dicey. While there’s no word as to when we might see a wide-scale deployment, the company did test it with five patches over a 50 kilometer stretch of road in France this winter, and it sees no shortage of benefits to the technology in the future, adding that it could also be used to warn pedestrians to watch their steps on sidewalks.
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