Sunday, 9 September 2012

Will Apple save the wristwatch?

http://www.cultofmac.com/189414/will-apple-save-the-wristwatch/

/ wrist band stopwatch stop watch iPod nano /

2014 Cadillac ELR Spy shots



http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1078981_2014-cadillac-elr-spy-shots

Photo credit: Motor Authority / Gas 2
/ 2 door luxury EV electric vehicle car automobile battery LiIon lithium ion charge range extender internal combustion engine generator camouflage disguise /

With 2 days left, Google Fiber has signed up 21,000

http://gigaom.com/2012/09/07/with-2-days-left-google-fiber-has-signed-up-21000/

/ fiberhood neighborhood gigabit fiber-to-the-home project pre-register digital divide rent landlord schools libraries fire stations /

Saab reborn as EV manufacturer

http://www.chargedevs.com/content/news-wire/post/saab-reborn-ev-maker

/ electric vehicle car automobile China Japan battery LiIon lithium ion /

Digital Innovations Nest Earbud Protector review

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/09/08/digital-innovations-nest-earbud-protector-review/#more-104674

http://gigaom.com/mobile/say-goodbye-to-knotted-earbud-cords-for-10/

/ tangle tangled the Nest wrap silicon untangle earbud earphone cable knotted cords /

NVIDIA announces new Quadro K5000 video card for Mac Pro

√ card supports up to four displays simultaneously
√ 4GB of dedicated graphics memory
√ single Mac Pro can support two K5000 cards
√ wow!

http://www.gizmag.com/nvidia-quadro-k5000-mac-pro/24045/

/ Macintosh Apple upgradeable upgrade /

Magisso teacup

http://www.blessthisstuff.com/stuff/living/bar/magisso-teacup/

/ brew replaceable disposable filter tea /

Which 3D printing service will make you a gun?

Almost anything can be manufactured, in a range of materials, using 3D printing.  As has previously been reported on these pages this includes gun parts.

One of the barriers to this happening is that 3D printers are (for the time being) expensive.  One potential way of overcoming this barrier, is to have gun parts printed by a company which provides 3D printing as a commercial service.   Cnet did an abbreviated survey of the attitudes of some companies in the 3D printing business:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57508385-76/which-3d-printing-service-will-make-you-a-gun/

/ firearm 3-D three dimensional i.materialise Leuven Belgium via customer support additive manufacturing Ponoko worldwide representative components gunsmith lawful terms of use Shapeways New York Eindhoven the Netherlands Holland weaponry license Cubify Cloud Print systems Thingiverse Thingiverse.com plans AR-15 Ruger handgun Defense Distributed Project design file /