Gizmodo: shell

Slender Asus Eee 1008HA Priced at £359

Mark Wilson — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:59:00 EDT

We don't have North American pricing for the thin and light Asus Eee 1008HA, but we do know its European price of £359 (or about $500). So...would you? [Electricpig via Slashgear]

Shell Station in LA to Offer Hydrogen Later This Month

Sean Fallon — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:20:00 EDT

A Shell station on Santa Monica Boulevard will begin dispensing hydrogen fuel later this month as part of a research program run by the US Department of Energy in conjunction with GM. The station will be followed in the next few months by other stations in the LA area in an effort to build the mini networks necessary to jump-start the production and adoption of hydrogen-powered vehicles. Shell's hydrogen is created on-site with an electrolyzer, but all parties agree that this is only a short-term solution.

In order to service a heavy load of vehicles down the line, it will be necessary to produce hydrogen at petrochemical plants until it becomes possible to manufacture it from cleaner sources like carbon capture and storage, bio-feedstocks and municipal solid waste. There are numerous hydrogen stations located throughout the world, and it isn't the first of its kind in California, but the fact that it is backed by a major company could be the spark needed to generate real progress. [Ecogeek via CNET]

i-Mate Creating Palm Foleo-like UMPC With i-Mate Shell?

Jason Chen — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:29:19 EDT

According to Ubergizmo, i-Mate's working on a Palm Foleo-like UMPC/PDA device that has a 1024x768 display, a built-in keyboard, an 80 (!) hour battery, and a price point of only $300. However, this shell is just a "shell" (like its name), and uses one of i-Mate's Windows Mobile Ultimate smartphones as a base/processor. That makes sense with the VGA and XVGA display out on the phones, and is slightly more reasonable than what the Foleo was trying to do. [UberGizmo]

Hands-On Gallery: Colorware Makes Xbox 360 Elites Obsolete

Jason Chen — Thu, 17 May 2007 15:21:36 EDT

If you're one of the few who wanted an Xbox 360 Elite more for the color than for the HDMI or the 120GB hard drive, then you're in luck. For around $99, you can get your own black (or blue or green or red or orange or whatever color you want) Xbox 360 that, in our opinion, looks even better than Microsoft's matte paint job.

As you can see from the gallery, not only can you have Colorware color your console, but they'll even paint the controllers as well. You have to ship them your console for the process—unless of course you buy an entirely new one—but it's sure to come back looking better than ever. Then, if you really want a 120GB hard drive, you can go ahead and install your own hard drive and save $100. As for HDMI, there's supposedly a faux HDMI cable due out for non-Elite Xbox 360s soon. No 1080p, but you do get to use HDMI.

Check out the gallery to see all the gorgeous details. – Jason Chen

Gallery [Gizmodo]

Product Page [Colorware]

Zoozen Makes Complete Ovo 360 Shell

Jason Chen — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:15:00 EDT

If you thought the Xbox 360 Elite was good-looking, check out this complete body mod from Zoozen. It's only a prototype for now, but the Ovo mod replaces the entire shell of the Xbox with a spaced-out looking breadmaker-type case.

We're digging the blue lights and complete roundedness, so we're hoping Zoozen actually takes this into production sometime soon. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Zoozen via Kotaku]