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A Phone You Can Hear in Your Bones

@mkogrady I still have one. It used regular speakers, pointing away from your neck and thus right below your ears. The backs of the speaker frames... (read full comment)  

Posted on May 10, 2012 at 1:34 PM EDT

Could Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels Do More Harm than Good?

@JoeReal  You're right about installation. Imagine building a house if there were no 2x4s and no 4x8 panels, if every board and sheet was its own... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 21, 2012 at 8:17 PM EDT

Battery to Take On Diesel and Natural Gas

Some real-world experience:   $300 per nominal kWh is just about what I paid for my new 34 kWh off-grid solar storage battery system, including... (read full comment)  

Posted on February 28, 2012 at 2:32 PM EST

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Dropbox: Founder Drew Houston Simplifies the Cloud

"We care deeply about making something that's excellent from an engineering standpoint..." As someone who has been trying to use Dropbox for... (read full comment)  

Posted on February 23, 2012 at 3:21 PM EST

Device Could Drive Down Solar's Cost

Balance Of System costs I was glad to see the mention of how BOS costs are now interfering with the steady drop in PV panel costs. Having just... (read full comment)  

Posted on January 31, 2012 at 2:54 PM EST

Can Touch Screens Hurt You?

Push vs. tap? Some "users press virtual keys eight times as hard as the real thing"? I find that totally doesn't work - My devices, both the Win7... (read full comment)  

Posted on January 18, 2012 at 4:27 PM EST

Need E-mail in the Wilderness? Here's the Gadget for You

2400 Baud? PCMAG says, "According to Iridium, data speeds are around 26-27kbps." That I might believe. I don't think even the most enthusiastic... (read full comment)  

Posted on September 9, 2011 at 4:12 PM EDT

The Thorny Problem Of Fair Allocation

Kicking the can... This is a nice application of math, but it doesn't really offer a "scientific" answer to the real question - who should get the... (read full comment)  

Posted on August 17, 2011 at 11:45 PM EDT

Why the Internet Is Fundamentally Less Secure than It Used to Be

Provided the browser you are using has JavaScript and AJAX support (required by their "we can't see your data, so nobody else can" system), you can... (read full comment)  

Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:46 PM EDT

The Human Body, Searchable in 3-D

Have you really tried Google Body? "Google is working on a similar project called Google Body, which is part of Google Labs. Unlike BodyMaps, it... (read full comment)  

Posted on May 10, 2011 at 5:45 PM EDT

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