You also don't have to use your finger, but can use a nail or stylus to be more precise- definite advantage to resistive there. Also, newer resistive touchscreens will soon be coming out that are capable of multitouch ([www.gottabemobile.com]). I've used a TouchCo panel and it was both dirt cheap (~$10/sqft) and…

Don't forget that people might say that they want cars with good mileage, but most of them actually buy cars with good performance. Even the high MPG econoboxes are more powerful and better performing than they used to be, which also cuts their MPG.

I am so with you- all I want is a hardware keyboard and I'm going to wait until I can get it. I want to know why they don't just release a ROM to use on any Android phone.

Even biometrics have problems. Retinal scan? Might not work if you get pink eye. Fingerprint? Not going to work if you get a cut or burn on that finger.

That may be what they're supposed to do, but I've got a continuous glucose monitor (I'm diabetic) taped to my side that no scanner has ever noticed without me telling them it's there. I warned airport security the first time I went through with it and got a little too much additional scrutiny because of my honesty, so…

The difference is, you screw through the back of the cabinet and into the wall to keep them from sliding or lifting off. That better not happen to my flatscreen!

Just to take this belief to it's logical conclusion- only around 30-50% of fertilized eggs are implanted in the uterine wall to begin a pregnancy. The rest are flushed out on a monthly basis. If you believe that a fertilized egg is a human with the full rights of an adult, then you also believe that nearly every woman…

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Awesome. I have a similar story, but the leaf blower was on suck instead of blow to vacuum & mulch leaves into a bag. My dog left me a large "present" hidden under the leaves. First was the odd "fump" sound immediately followed by a nasty "splut". Cleaning poop out of that impeller isn't any fun either.

I don't trust Billy Mays for a second, but I had seen a good review of the original Craftsman Twin Cutter, which was the first tool like this. I assume that their patent ran out, which is why we're seeing a ton of these cheap knock-offs now. A good tool like this would handle the occasional nail and mixed cutting…

Uhh, Heliodisplays are the exact same thing as this and they've been around for almost a decade now ([www.io2technology.com]). Even if he could get financial backing he'd probably be violating every one of their patents.

This saw would indeed suck for many things, but it would be perfect for demolition work. You don't care how wide the cut is or even where it goes. You just want to cut things apart and you don't want them flying back at you or across the room like they might for a normal circular saw. Normally you'd use a sawzall for…

Not any more they don't. They still might for data on "dumbphones", but they force you to pay for the "everything's included" plan for any smartphone newer than a Treo even if you don't want it. At least that's what they always tell me when I bitch at them about this very issue.

I pay $60/month for two phones on Sprint with no data plan. I'm very happy with this plan, but my skanky old Treo 650 won't last forever. I'd like to get a new smartphone that I'd be able to use on WiFi, but every other carrier in the US will not even allow me to get a newer smartphone without a data plan. The…

These guys don't need any "thimble" and could probably get a lot more out of this interface:

That was the easy part- they've been using flexible circuits in small things like phones and batteries for well over a decade now. Double layers and everything- they were in the Motorola StarTac phones and batteries back in 1995 when I was there and had been in use for some time before then.

This is called "passive dynamic walking" and was first demonstrated by a guy names Tad McGeer back in 1990. Interesting, but by no means new. In fact, several groups have created robots using this concept that are generally powered with a slight ankle push-off. These robots are far more efficient than Honda's Asimo…

Not all that innovative. Lever-drive wheelchair propulsion systems - many also with gearing - have been around for a while now:

That's because normal rowing involves pulling. This most likely uses a pushing motion (like many other similar devices) that anyone capable of pushing a normal wheelchair would be able to do.

It looks like pheromones don't work that well in humans. Instead we develop an innate sexual aversion to people we grew up with, whether we're related to them or not ([en.wikipedia.org] In fact, that link says that the opposite is actually true and there may be some form of genetic sexual attraction ([en.wikipedia.org]