First, we had hybrid cars; now, we have hybrid trains. On October 9th, Bombardier Transportation unveiled their new “hybrid” train system in France, boasting a ‘dual mode’, dual voltage, high-capacity Autorail system. By utilizing both electric power and diesel power, hence the ‘dual mode’ label’, the Autorail Grand Capacite system will be able to interoperate [...]
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Kangaru Eco Drive
October 24th, 2007 
admin Electronics can end up wasting enormous amounts of energy. Fortunately, a lot of displays and other electronics have started using energy saving features. Kangaru has introduced a nice external drive that has eco-friendly built right in. And, as Kanguru says, the drive can “drastically reduce energy consumption and prolong the life of your hard drive.”
Solar Energy Drawing New Light
October 24th, 2007 admin Solar Energy is a no-brainer in terms of energy production. It is plentiful and clean. There are still issues concerning available sunlight, times of day, and the technology currently available. But those issues will lessen as consumer demand increases. Cost is another concern at this time. But there are some interesting realities coming about and [...]
Look At How Small That TV Is!
October 23rd, 2007 billy Let’s all give a round of applause for Hitachi. Hitachi, with an announcement earlier today, has beaten the likes of Samsung and LG to the title of the world’s first “ultrathin”, production-ready LCD TV. Earlier today, they unveiled the Wooo UT (ultrathin) series of LCDs at the CEATEC convention in Japan, showing off it’s slim [...]
SanDisk Sansa TakeTV
October 22nd, 2007 admin Yesterday SanDisk announced their newest product called TakeTV. The product aims to grab a piece of the burgeoning home video market. TakeTV allows an easy method for users to transport their computer videos to the TV. That is not a bad idea at all. The key is the USB drive that allows them to drag [...]
Air Cars Are a Gas
October 22nd, 2007 admin The race seems to be on for finding new transportation modes. And whether that is a start in urban areas, or rural driving, we need a better solution. Before I move on, however, here is just a sidebar rant. Why are we hearing about these types of innovations in the rest of the world? Why [...]
Novint Falcon Force Feedback Controller
October 19th, 2007 admin It must be gaming feedback device week here at PaulTech because we are going to look at another one. This one is the Novint Falcon. Don’t let the small size of this feedback device fool you. What it lacks in stature, it makes up with its haptic feedback system. People usually approach the demo of [...]
Festo Pneumatic Car Simulator
October 18th, 2007 admin Gamers are always looking for the next big thrill. And one of the best thrills is bringing realism to the game. The folks at Festo have engineered a pneumatic car simulator that lets the driver ride on a responsive air seat. Air is pumped in and out of rubber hoses that position the seat in [...]
Linux Rocks Media
October 17th, 2007 admin If you haven’t tried linux, you really are missing something. In the 10 years that I have tried and retried linux, it has changed immensely. I can remember not being able to load the desktop on my first go around because I had slightly non-mainstream video card. And I’m not talking too far out of [...]
Oppo Super Five PMP
October 16th, 2007 admin It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Super Five PMP. The Chinese company Oppo has come out with a nice PMP (personal media player). As an aside, doing Google translation on Chinese websites is pretty funny. It’s kind of like going from Chinese to Icelandic to Cajun to Martian to English and back again. Anyway, [...]
