Techotic

Over at Jojo Mango they’re selling this cool pre-cut retro robot pieces in which you can stitch together with thread to build a somewhat rather odd looking bot. The Retro Bot will only cost you a mere £5 GBP or $9 USD.

In the old days when we used to drive around the block locating free wi-fi spot we could use for free. Finding a free wi-fi hotspot in your locality now is made easier by using Wi-Fi Hotspot Finder, it is a free web service which gives you a list of free wireless internet locations for any address you enter and then presents these on Google Map. Cool!

Many of the spinal injuries that can leave people permanently paralyzed are incurable. Researchers from North-western University in the US are trying to change situation. With a new piece of nanotechnology that may enable us in the near future to completely heal spinal cords that have been cut or severed. This would then allow paralyzed people the opportunity to walk again.

The Japanese corporation, Taito is going to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its masterstroke of 70s technology, Space Invaders.

An 11-year-old student named Jon Penn took over a small private school’s network when the IT support person suddenly quit. Ben’s mother Paula initially took over the role as an IT support, adding another responsibility on top of her already heavy workload as the school’s librarian.

Cybernet is selling an all in one PC ZPC-GX31. Ok, the idea of an all in one PC is good, but I’d prefer a laptop any day. For $1,400 USD you’ll get a 3.4GHz Intel Pentium 4 proc, 2GB of RAM, Dual Display capabilities, 4MB of DDR2/667MHz RAM, 1Gb LAN, DVI interface and a 750GB HDD, which is not at all bad, but i feel for the same price, i could get a better laptop.

Vehicles in Europe are getting smaller and smaller as gas prices are getting more expensive. Take a look at those Smart cars driving around. I’m not so sure what to make of this new three-wheelers from Chinese built Sidam Xnovo, it resemble more of a motorcycle than a car, or maybe just the mix of the two.

Eco-friendly buildings are designed cut down on the amount of energy they consume. The new headquarters of Abu Dhabi’s Masdar is set to change that. This new building is the world’s first “positive energy’ structure.