The LA Times profiles Mark “The Cobra Snake” Hunter, who’s living large on the LA party scene for his gregarious digi-pic snapping. The article says he’s packing something called a “Canon D20” but judging from the photos, we think the author meant to say the hipster is using a Canon EOS 20D. [LA Times (reg)]
Berkeley, CA startup H2Volt claims the search for a fuel cell battery that actually works is over…almost. The market for these things is enourmous—who wouldn’t pay through the nose to have a laptop battery that lasts an entire plane ride?—so some of the bigger guys in the tech industry, including IBM, Motorola and NEC, are also working on their own super batteries.
Arm the torpedo bays: it’s open season on the Gizmondo. An AP writer is the latest to take a shot at the device, which is quickly becoming the Ishtar of the gadget world. [Chicago Sun-Times]
Donating old computers to third world nations seems like a noble cause, at least until you realize the equipment just ends up in third world nations’ landfills instead of ours. [NY Times]
Danish engineers design a loudspeaker pillow that emits nature sounds to sooth soldiers’ jangled nerves. If they can retrofit an iPod dock connecter onto the next version, I think they’re ready for the mass market. [USA Today]
