May 20 2009

WTF lamp

Posted by Jim as Engineering

Well... I honestly said that. What could you do if you find something that's made for "opposite day". It sure is fun to see your friend's eyes to roll up when he switches this lamp on and find the base light up! This is still in its design stage... by John Nouanesing. Have a look at his website and you'd see a lot of promising stuff all waiting to roll out. I just love it when engineering designers think out of the box. There's no predicting what the world will see next. While it may be a little "blinding" to use, I guess in ...

Comments (0)

Aug 24 2008

New Foundation Accelerates Growth In Zero Emission Driving

Posted by Mr Butterscotch as Automotive Features, Energy, Engineering

Consumers and businesses are increasingly more concerned about global warming and climate change, and market demand for zero emission electric cars is developing rapidly. As a result, a whole new technology base needs to emerge quickly, to keep pace with social and legislative change. Liberty Electric Cars recognises that a significant challenge to turn innovative zero emission ideas into volume production rests with the industry's first tier of component suppliers. The purpose of the Liberty Zero Emission Vehicle Foundation is to raise awareness, and attract funds and investment into this sector from private and public sources. It will accelerate the market introduction of zero emission vehicle technologies, over what can be achieved by global market forces alone. Barry Shrier, CEO, Liberty ...

Comments (0)

Oct 25 2006

Banana Power Baby!

Posted by Geezer as Energy, Engineering, Gadgets, Science

At Gadzooki we think that the biggest tech innovations over the next century will be directly tied to energy. That may be wishful thinking, but we love the prospect of there being a decentralization of energy. Ultimately there are two goals we'd like to see reached regarding energy innovation. First we'd like to see control of energy put into the hands of the individual citizen! Empower the citizen to create his own (clean) energy. Second, we'd like to see the emergence and dominance of alternative, renewable energy sources. One of the great things about alternative, renewable energies is that they allow for the development and decentralization of small-footprint plants near the renewable source. As an example, ethanol plants are popping up near large corn farms. One of the benefits of the decentralization of energy is that less energy gets wasted in the transport.

Comment (1)

Oct 03 2006

Radical Innovation: Self-Healing Material

Posted by Geezer as Cool Stuff, Engineering, Gadgets, Military, Science

At Gadzooki, the thing that drives us the most is excitement about future technology. Sure gadgets are nice, and we love our tech, but deep down, we love innovation and thinking about the future. Just the other day I encountered one of those few stories that bring me to say "Hey, that just might change our future in radical ways." NewScientist reports on a self-healing material that is able to identify the exact location of damage with exquisitely high-resolution. The material uses epoxy sealant to make any minor repairs - think about small cuts on your skin (as opposed to gashes to your tendons). One could imagine this material being used to ...

Comments (2)

Jul 20 2006

Tesla Roadster – 130mph of pure battery power

Posted by Geezer as Cars, Energy, Engineering, Gadgets

Wired has given us the first glimpse of the new Tesla Roadster which runs on 6,800 lithium-ion batteries. In other words, the Roadster will be a high performance, electric car - quiet engine, no more gasoline. Instead of filling this guy with gasoline, you'll charge it from home (and presumably at charging stations in the middle of the Nevada desert). The Tesla Roadster will come with a home-charging kit that will allow a 3.5 hour recharge. The bigger question: how long does each charge last? No matter. I'm a big fan of a new energy technologies. We all know that technology improves over time, so even if I have ...

Comments (2)

Jun 14 2006

Tech In Review – 6/14/06

Posted by Geezer as Computers, Engineering, Gadgets, Gaming, Mobility, Science

In an earlier post, Jack gave us a glimpse of real technological advance in mobile energy. The dream (...er, nightmare) of limitless energy is fast becoming a reality. The main problem, of course, with "quick charge" technology is the need for a power source. But what if you don't have a power source? What we need are self-charging systems that constantly pull in energy from the environment around them to avoid the need for dedicated charging times. Turns out, that a new cell phone technology aims to do just that...using solar. Speaking of energy, researchers at Tufts seem to have overcome a major hurdle for Fuel Cell technology. In ...

Comments (0)

Jun 04 2006

Weekend Tech In Review

Posted by Geezer as Cellphones, Engineering, Gadgets, Gaming, Science

Do you do Moto? Motorola, that is. Enjoying that Slvr L6 lately? Getting your daily dose of radiation? Erh? What? Moto Slvr L6

Well, CNet is reporting that of all the cellphones in the United States, the top eight phones, as far as radiation goes, are Motorola phones. So go ahead kids, start bragging to your friends. Maybe you'll be one of those X-Men mutants in need of a cure;-) Just as you need to protect yourself from cell phone radiation, you may also need to protect your crotch from a motorcycle accident. Yamaha has unleashed an airbag for your crotch. Protect the family jewels at all costs. Good ...

Comments (0)

May 31 2006

A Marvel In Engineering

Posted by Geezer as Cool Stuff, Engineering, Gadgets

If you're a gadget geek then you're probably like me: you live for those moments when humans acheive exquisite and enormous engineering feats.

Well, it took over six years and about 642 million dollars but the channel bridge over the River Elbe (a river that partially split East and West Germany) has been completed. Basically what you have here is water route engineered to go overtop another river and connect two canals on either side. Previously, boats would have to actually enter the River Elbe to cross from one canal to the next, creating a water intersection. This channel-bridge eliminates that intersection. Now I wonder how thick the designers of this water bridge had ...

Comments (0)

Search Gadzooki

Our Features

Software and Security

Silverlight – Is This Going To Be Web 3.0?

It’s not that often when a technology comes along that leaves me amazed. You know, the sort of thing when you look at it you think “wow, this is good. Not just good, but perhaps is going to make a difference to websites in a very real way in the near future”. [...]

Read on
More Software Features

Hardware and Gadgetry

The CrunchPad is dead. Now what?

It’s dead, Jim.

And now, news of the CrunchPad’s demise has reached the blogosphere (twice-over, I must say), we’re here to examine the post-mortem. It was an ambitious project: an internet tablet meant to sell cheap. Everybody was waiting for it with bated breath, but it never came.

Read on
More Hardware and Gadget Features

Gaming

Sony reveals PlayStation Move

I have to admit, my mind is officially blown. Sony finally revealed its new PlayStation 3 motion controller at GDC 2010 in San Francisco, and boy is it looking good.

Dubbed the Playstation Move, the advanced motion controls on this baby makes it supposedly more accurate than that other motion controller from that little-known console from [...]

Read on
More Gaming Features

Automotive

Pagani Zonda R

The Pagani Zonda R is a truly awe inspiring car. With a price tag of about £1.3 million, this was always going to be a special motor. What made it even more impressive is just how tuned it is, the level of performance and technical specification is breathtaking. Here’s the official line [...]

Read on
More Automotive Features

GADZOOKI TEAM