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RIM's iPad competitor to be called...Blackpad!

30 July 2010, 8:18 pm by:
Rumors about Research In Motion's iPad competitor started swirling a couple of days ago when RIM registered Blackpad.com, but now Bloomberg has received additional information from two sources said to be close to the project.

Finally, a flying car that actually works

30 July 2010, 6:18 pm by:
Futurists have been promising us flying cars for decades, but most of the proposals we've seen have looked pretty lame. Most are tiny aircraft with folding wings and small road wheels, making them pretty lousy both on the road and in the sky.

Mad scientists develop Wolverine-like healing factor

30 July 2010, 2:39 pm by:
Researchers at the University of Columbia have figured out how to get rabbits to regrow damaged bones with artificial implants. The implants are more like scaffolds, which acted as blueprints for healing. The hope is that tech could be used to help h...

This gorgeous rail station looks like it belongs in some perfect utopian future

30 July 2010, 1:44 pm by:
Denver already enjoys the presence of a beautiful international airport. Adding a rail station to that is one tall order, then, as you can't just attach any ol' block of a structure to it and call it a day. Architect Santiago Calatrava, coming up wit...

Solar sail spaceship cruises along using tech you have at home

30 July 2010, 12:58 pm by:
Japan's Ikaros solar sail spacecraft has certainly made itself into one to watch. After a successful launch and an equally successful deployment, the ship is now showing off how it maneuvers. High tech as the ship is, its method of steering is simple...

Watermelons + 10,000 volts of electricity = awesome explosions

30 July 2010, 12:14 pm by:
What happens when you pump a whopping 10,000 volts of juice into a helpless watermelon? Instant watermelon salad, that's what. You'll just need to gather up the pieces from the blast radius.

GPad adds gamepad buttons to the iPhone, finally

30 July 2010, 11:30 am by:
There are a lot of pretty great iPhone games, but none of what I really, really want: old school NES and SNES games playable with real buttons. With the GPad, that's not necessarily the case.

Cheapest flight to space yet is still a whopping $95,000

30 July 2010, 10:45 am by:
I've gotta give Xtraordinary Adventures credit for bringing the price of a flight to space down from the $200,000 Virgin Galactic is planning on charging. But still, $95,000 is a wee bit out of my price range.

3 reasons you may actually want to spend $1,149 on earphones

30 July 2010, 10:04 am by:
When I first learned the price of JH Audio's 16 PRO earphones, it was all I could do to not do a spit take. A THOUSAND DOLLARS? No, actually it was $1,149, but close enough. Could such a obscene price actually be worth it? The company was kind enough...

Sit back and relax on the Space Invaders couch

30 July 2010, 9:17 am by:
The iconic alien from the classic arcade game Space Invaders could next invade your living room as a piece of furniture.

It's official, Porsche now has the coolest hybrid sports car on the planet

30 July 2010, 3:37 am by:
Tesla is no longer the sexiest green tech sports car on the market now that the Porsche 918 Spyder is being taken from concept design to real world product.

Jimmy Fallon plays the history of gaming consoles in 60 seconds

29 July 2010, 9:34 pm by:
Yesterday on Late Night, Jimmy Fallon attempted to break a record by playing ten different video game systems in 60 seconds, completing at least one play on each before moving to the next.

Is this German Segway knockoff better than the real thing?

29 July 2010, 6:48 pm by:
We've given the Segway a pretty rough time over the years here at Dvice, mostly because it's kind of big and clunky. A sleek slimmed down version is what we really needed, and now a German company called Nolodesign has created one.

Touchable holograms bring us closer to Star Trek's holodecks

29 July 2010, 6:27 pm by:
A team at Tokyo University has figured out how to make holograms "touchable." When you think of holograms, you probably picture your hand sliding right through them, being a projection of light and all. Here, you won't feel anything, but you certainl...

Porche made even more manly with addition of Boeing turbine engine

29 July 2010, 12:14 pm by:
How do you increase the testosterone in a classic 1982 Porsche 928? Well, you could just shove a Hoeing turbine engine that shoots flames out of the hood in there. That'd be a start.

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