Category Archives: Electronics & Gadgets

VW Turning To Crowdsourcing For In-Car Infotainment Application Ideas



VW Turning To Crowdsourcing For In-Car Infotainment Application Ideas
VW will become the first car manufacturer to use the idea of open innovation for the development of its products.

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(Pic) Drivetime TV, Seoul



(Pic) Drivetime TV, Seoul
Drivers in Korea are using their GPS for drive time entertainment.

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The $7 Million Inkjet Counterfeit Scam

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Making counterfeit money, it turns out, may not be as difficult as it seems. Albert Edward Talton, a man from Lawndale, California, figured out how to generate $7 million dollars in bogus currency using nothing more than an inkjet printer and supplies from Staples. Leader of a five-man counterfeiting ring busted in May of 2008, Talton, a man with… Continue reading The $7 Million Inkjet Counterfeit Scam

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Finally, A Handicam Comes With Microphone Jack

Kodak’s released the latest version of their handicam series. The ZI8 has much improved HD imagery but what we’re digging is the jack for a microphone. No more distant conversations or audio-recordings of the wind. Together with it’s straight-to…

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Navigation Device Gives Directions, Teaches English

This week, South Korea saw the launch of Fine Digital’s FineDrive IQ, a GPS navigation device that provides an English Language trainer constructed on voice recognition software- so commuters can bone up on their English while entrenched in their d…

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Window Farms and R&D-I-Y

Taking eco-innovation out of the hands of large corporations and slow moving “official” groups, artists Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray are putting their R&D-I-Y (Research and Develop it Yourself) ethos into practice with their latest project -…

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