This cool watch has a display which pushes up the top row of lights and they float back down in a real equalizer effect, finally all the lights fall down off the face of the watch to leave only two lights to indicate the time for 5 seconds, then the two...

The Watt has done a study of Wind Installations in every state in the United States. Wyoming has 568 watts/person of wind power. Thus it narrowly beat out Denmark, the number 1 wind power generator in the world with 540 watts/person. As far as how...

If NewtechSpy is true to its words, then Ford is working on a hybrid hydraulic system for their popular f-150 series. How it will work: The hybrid system stores the excess energy in hydraulic cylinders; which in turn increases the vehicle’s fuel...

Researchers have found out that in the 20th century, the flow from the world’s big continental rivers has increased by about four percent, coinciding with an increase in the average global temperature of some 1 C (1.8 F). How do you explain this...

I have seen people taking final pictures of the deceased even here in India. But using camera phones? I guess that’s why the Japanese are leaders in mobile usage. This certainly gives one a touch of poignancy and an indescribable sense of loss...

After Motorola’s Pink Razor, I think manufacturers have taken a fancy to the color. From designer Karim Rashid and LaCie comes the Skwarim: two rubber-cased, soft-touch, design hard drives in Baby Blue (30G) and Pink (60G). Priced at $149.99 ,...

xTaurus has compiled a handy timeline of key incidents in history regarding free speech. Some highlights: 399BC Socrates speaks to jury at his trial: ‘If you offered to let me off this time on condition I am not any longer to speak my mind... I...

Police in North Staffordshire are using a high-pitched “dog whistle” device , also called The Mosquito for obvious reasons, to stop groups of nuisance youths hanging around shops. Interestingly, the Whistle’s output of 80-decibel...

G.T. Marx, a sociologist has examined the growing trend of mandatory volunteering of personal information to both governments and private businesses and how this trend has been aided by technological advances. The writer also points out to the...

Semantic Paranoia has aggregated the following wisdom from around the web: 1. Check out the US govt.’s help sheet. 2. A new product has been formulated according to Dieticians’ guidelines. 3. Or, if everything else fails, you can pray.