Lego Mindstorms NXT Shipping
I got an email last night saying Lego has shipped my Mindstorms NXT pre-order. Looking at the tracking number, I don’t think they’ve actually been handed over to UPS yet—probably tomorrow. Nevertheless, if you, too, pre-ordered the NXT set, expect to be building your first robots as soon as this week. I’ll definitely be doing…
Alienware Shipping PCs With nVidia 7950 GX2
Do you hear that? It’s the sound of graphics card queens everywhere jumping for joy with news that Alienware is set to ship two systems in the next few days featuring nVidia’s latest graphics card beast, the 7950 GX2. Both the Area-51 7500 and the Aurora 7500 (pictured here) come with the nVidia card standard…
TREKINETIC Wheelchairs
Wow. Now that is some nice design. These TREKINETIC wheelchairs are built for off-road and city riding and include shock absorbers and high-performance brakes. Plus, they’re completely foldable and look way cooler than the metal monstrosities we’ve seen up until now. The page has reached its bandwidth quota, unfortunately, but MedGadget has most of the…
Army Improves Tourniquet After 2000+ Years
We all know how tourniquets work. You take off your tie and make a big fat knot just about where your friend’s bloody stump is squirting buckets of blood, thereby saving him long enough so he can tell you “who did this to [him]! Who did this to [him]!” Well, since the military doesn’t wear…