Archive for the 'Mobile gadgets' Category

Are flying cars on the horizon?

Tuesday, February 21st, 2006

At least since the days of the Jetsons, we’ve thought about having flying cars.  Terrafugia, a start-up created by Lemelson-MIT Student Prize winner Carl Dietrich and others at MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics is working to give us just that.  They’ve named this upcoming prototype, The Transition, which they describe as a “personal air […]

Toshiba will offer cellphone service that scans barcodes for product reviews

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

So, you are standing in front of the latest gizmo at your local store, and are considering purchasing it. But you haven’t gone online yet to check out what the buzz is. What do others think of this gizmo? How is it rated? You don’t know, but Toshiba will allow you […]