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Alpine announces iDA-X200 and X300 iPod-friendly headunits for 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio, Transportation Alpine’s cutting straight to the chase with its new iDA-X200 and iDA-X300 headunits. Forgoing a CD mechanism entirely, the two systems are designed primarily for use with an iPod, though they do pack a few extra goodies. The X200 works with Alpine’s Sound Imprint system for some fancy DSP, while the [...]

Taiwanese solar car may not appeal to the fashion conscious

Filed under: Transportation Anyone can claim to be a friend of the environment while proudly jaunting about in a sporty Tesla, so what really separates the hardcore greens from the Hollywood posers is the willingness to shell out nearly twenty-five grand for a no-frills, no hype (and no doors?) solar-powered runabout. It must be this dedicated [...]

PICTURES: Inside Japan’s High-Tech Tokyo Traffic Center

CScoutJapan gives us an inside look at Japan’s high-tech Tokyo traffic center, which boasts a Central Display Board that shows “1,000 intersections, and has 15,154 traffic signals in the system.” Click here for first picture in gallery. …a bunch of people work 24-hour shifts and try to stop the city from grinding to a halt. Cameras, [...]

TechBlog’s greatest hits: 2007 edition

As we reboot the calendar for yet another year, it’s time to take a look at the most popular posts from 2007 on TechBlog, as well as some blog-visit statistics culled from our ace crew of tireless abacus operators. If you like, you can compare the results to last year’s edition. Here are the 10 most [...]

Maxed out on memory on the iMac

One of the first things I did after rolling back into town from a Christmas visit to Indianapolis was make use of my lovely wife’s generous gift — 4 gigabytes of memory for my 24-inch aluminum iMac. On one level, 4 GB of RAM in a Mac is overkill for everyday use. You don’t need that [...]

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VIDEO: Pleo Dinosaur Robot Goes Under the Knife, Gets Taken Apart

If you’ve always wondered what lies beneath Pleo’s skin, then check out this long (24-minutes) yet interesting clip. Video after the break. Believe it or not, things get pretty interesting once the garb comes off, but you’ll have to endure a near-24 minute clip in order to say you saw the entire procedure from start [...]

PICTURES: Honda Sports Modulo Civic Type-R

Honda unveils its revamped Civic Type-R. The Modula CTR boasts “19-inch Modulo wheels wrapped in 225/35 R19 R-compound tires and a revised suspension, along with a new front fascia, rear bumper, side skirts and wing.” Click here for first picture in gallery. The checkered livery speaks to its track-friendly nature, but the inside of the Civic [...]

VIDEO: The First VoIP iPod Touch Call

Our friends over at TouchMods have just released a video of the first successful VoIP call made with the iPod Touch, running a custom application. Continue reading to watch. If you missed it, we already told you about the microphone that has been prepared for the iPod touch, which can be preordered now from touchmods directly. [...]

Feature: Engineer Builds LEGO Car That Parks Itself, Doesn’t Crash (Video)

An engineer/LEGO artist has built a self-parking car that uses ultrasonic sensors for 360-degrees range of motion and to avoid obstacles. Plus, “it steers with trapezoid steering instead of parallel steering.” Video demonstration after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.