Archive for December, 2008

Energizer’s Rechargeable Solar Charger gets detailed, pictured

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

You don’t usually equate CES with big time Energizer introductions, but this year is going to be different. While our fingers are still crossed that a 50-foot drum-toting bunny is seen storming around in the Vegas heat, we do know that said outfit will be bringing along its minty fresh Zinc Air Prismatic batteries, not [...]

Digitally Assisted Billiards makes everyone a pool shark

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

There’s cheating, and then there’s out-thinking the room. Georgia Tech’s own Justin Needham and Matthew Straub are clearly headed for great things, as their Digitally Assisted Billiards is reason enough to give these guys a degree in our eyes. Using an array of low-end kit — just an eBox 2300 embedded computer, Logitech webcam, 4- [...]