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Tech News Roundup - BMW Hydrogen 7
- We skipped this event. Now we wish we would have shown up. BMW Hydrogen 7 Test Drive - Crave
- You're a fool if you don't enter to win.
BMW Designers Help Make Laptop Line More Luscious
Intel might be making the snazzy Santa Rosa laptops, but Acer has its own shiny trick up its sleeve - a lineup of luscious and shiny laptops with a pearly interior. Apparently, Acer's design team worked with BMW Group Designworks USA to study design trends, develop the concept and visualize new forms. Findings showed that three of the most important design features to consumers were color and material, branding and naming, and shape treatment.
First All-Electric Mini Comes to US Later This Year
I'm all about going green, especially if I could ride in a hot little number like this Mini Cooper! The first ever electric powered Mini to hit the US will be rolling into a select number of driveways later this year to gain some road-tested street cred. Since only 500 of them are being released across California, New York, and New Jersey, you're probably going to have to wait awhile to get your own.
Daily Tech: A New Touch Screen Web Tablet Is in the Making
- TechCrunch IT has just kicked off a design project where they are hoping to build a basic web tablet machine for only a few hundred dollars. — TechCrunch
- Qik video streaming, which allows you to stream live video from your cell phone to the web is now open in public beta. — Gizmodo
- Microsoft rolls out a "Vista isn’t so bad, see?"
Daily Tech: Look at Johnny Mnemonic's Lame Gadgets
- Remember Johnny Mnemonic, the set in 2021 Keanu Reeves masterpiece? The gadgets are as hilariously lame as the lines. Switched guides us through the fax machines and Zip Disk-like passports.
How To Wire An iPod Connection Into Your Car
If you're not rolling in a BMW, Subaru or one of the handful of new cars that rock built-in iPod connections, you probably use iTrip or another radio/tape adapter to listen to your iPod in the car.
If you're looking for a more permanent built-in connection and you're willing to get your hands dirty, you can always install a connection by yourself. (It can cost up to $2,000 to have this done professionally, although it's not always so pricey).
Tech News Roundup
- Popgadget found some colorful hotel boxes for shoe storage. Now if I only had room to spread these all around my apartment - and fill them with shoes.
- Shiny Shiny loves a luxeed keyboard you can personalize by color. There's a choice of 512 different colors for each key.
- The New York Times reports that Netflix will deliver movies to PCs.
Tech News Roundup
- While the car hasn't been revealed yet, Hiptechblog thinks the Toyota FT-HS Hybrid Sports Concept Looks Cool. geeksugar agrees.
- Bornrich is featuring the World’s Most Expensive Office Chair. In case you're in the market, it's a gold plated chair, designed by Hadi Teherani, and flaunts a rich price tag of 50,000 euros.
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