Funny, My License Says "WHERE2CHRG"

For only $101,500 plus the cost of a custom plate, you too can laugh at the thought of using gas to run your Tesla Roadster.

An Anime About Gundam Models

Remember those cartoons you watched as a kid? You know, the ones that were really thirty minute commercials.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Gundam plastic models, aka "Gunpla" in Japan. Bandai is commemorating the occasion with another 1/1 scale Gundam and a new show called "Mokei Senshi Gunpla Builders Beginning G".

EcoModo - The Best of Treehugger

Doomsday arks on the moon, switching your house to all-electric, best apps for the oil spill, a microhouse you can build yourself, solar airplane setting a 2-week flight record, and disgusting light switch designs.

Ask Pablo: Why Should I Switch My House Over To All-Electric?

Lenovo Commits to LePad Android Tablet By End of LeYear

Lenovo's finally made a definitive statement on what they're doing in the mobile computing space, and they're going to finish the year differently than they started it: the Android-powered LePad is coming in the next few months.

Asus Wants Android For EeePad

After confusing the world by saying it would use Windows EC7 as the OS for its upcoming10.1" EP101TC EeePad, Asus has now seen sense—and stuck Android in the thing instead. Goodbye, familiar bland Microsoft leafy background image.

DECE's 'digital locker' take-anywhere DRM dubbed UltraViolet, launches later this year

We're still not sure if we believe in the promises made by the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) yet -- buy a piece of content once in physical or digital format, and gain access across all formats and devices via a cloud based account -- but we're closer to finding out for ourselves now that it has a new name, UltraViolet.

Palm Pre hits 1.2GHz courtesy of SR71 Blackbird kernel, not for the faint-hearted

Whoa! After breaking the 1GHz barrier just three weeks ago, dauntless modder unixpsycho is back with yet another insane hack for the aging Palm Pre. What's new? Why, this "SR71 Blackbird" custom kernel,

Kindle's digital book sales overtake hardcover, device purchases triple after price drop

While Amazon is being as coy as usual when it comes to an actual number (still keeping to the vague "millions" figure), the company has revealed that sales of its Kindle hardware has tripled since the price took a plunge from $259 to $189. While it's hard to gauge just how many champagne corks are being popped over that statistic, news that downloaded kindle books has overtaken its hardcover brethren is certainly cause for major celebration.

Nokia Kinetic concept offers some ideas Nokia might want to heed

Cellphone concepts are a dime a dozen, but a couple of particularly interesting ones have cropped up in recent days, including Andrew Kim's HTC 1, and this so-called Nokia Kinetic concept from British designer Jeremy Innes-Hopkins. Obviously, the most eye-catching aspect here is that prominent base, which is not simply a design flourish but actually houses an electromagnet that allows the phone to spring up on cue -- when an alarm goes off, for instance, or during a hands-free video call (simply flip the phone back down to dismiss the action).

Iron Man fanatic crafts his own repulsor, shows you how to do likewise (video)

It's certainly not the first homegrown Iron Man repulsor to surface, but it's definitely one of the best. And frankly, we're fond of any mod where the modder details the build process to the rest of the peons in attendance (us included).

RIM finally catches up to the competition with non-GPS-based BlackBerry 'Locate Service'

It's hardly the first company to implement the technology in a smartphone, but it looks like RIM finally has an answer for folks not satisfied with the GPS capabilities of their BlackBerry.

Aptera co-founder expands Epic Boats beyond boats, spurs hiring spree

It certainly looks like Aptera co-founder is Chris Anthony is intent on making a name for himself with his own company, Epic Boats, which has recently be renamed Epic Electric Vehicles to better suit its more ambitious goals.

iHome iA100ZE iPad alarm dock raises questions, supplies few answers

So, the iA100ZE iPad dock isn't anywhere in the same league as the iTar. To be fair, you can't fault iHome for trying to stir up some interest in an over-saturated market by strapping an iPad onto a fairly typical FM radio / alarm clock / dock. And if that's your bag,

The Ribbons Of Life Lamp Draws Inspiration From The Source

The DNA inspired double helical design would look especially great in any mad scientist's lair, or geneticist's dining room. Tough to believe this popped out of a 3D printer.

How To Hide a Cell Tower

While older cell towers were topped with those those unsightly satellite-looking antenna fixtures, newer ones can be contained entirely in sleek, featureless polls and thus disguised as trees.

iPad Projector Renders 3D Objects for the Naked Eye

N-3D DEMO from aircord on Vimeo.

Experimental design team Aircord Labs has released a proof of concept videodemonstrating an iPad with 3D capabilities visible to the naked eye. The effect is achieved with a specially designed projector that beams images into a pyramid shaped screen.

Airbus' Lightweight Plane of the Future Features Holographic Projections and Invisible Floors

What sorts of airplanes will we be flying in 2030? According to Airbus, this "fantasy plane" concept is a reasonable guess, a lightweight model with curled wings and a U-shaped tail. Oh, and invisible floors.

Feed This Machine Rice And It'll Spit Out A Fresh Loaf Of Bread

If you want to make delicious bread out of rice, you normally have to get rice flour and work from there. But with the Sanyo Gopan rice bread machine, all you have to do is pour in handfuls of rice.

Holy Giant Steel Balls!

What weighs 4.5 tons, measures 8 feet in diameter, it's made of pure steel, and can destroy 50 acres of woods per hour? The bowling ball lumbering machine, that's what.

"Smart" Alloy Will Make Your Air Conditioner 175% More Efficient

Leaving your air conditioner on full blast all day might soon come with a little less guilt,thanks to an alloy developed by the University of Maryland. The "thermally elastic" material could allow air conditioners to run 175% more efficiently.