Best Buy’s level of attention to the customer pissed me off again after this on digg: — Now, instead of sit here and laugh and sob about it, I’m using $2 bills for every Best Buy purchase that I make. The results of such a campaign will be much more fun than a simple boycott.
Valet? We don’t need no stinkin’ valet. We’ll have our cars automagically ensconced in a Rubik’s Cube-like parking maze at the robotic garage, thanks. When built, the recently-approved mechanical parking structure will be only the third fully automated system in the country (after Hoboken, NJ and Washington, D.C.). A driver will pull in and onto a mechanical parking tray, which scans the car for any potential stowaways before rising into the structure like an elevator and distributing the vehicle into an empty spot. A new tray comes down to await the next vehicle owner who can afford to drop $30,000 on a parking spot, and the cycle begins anew. When residents of the associated condo project wish to retrieve their vehicles, a handheld device can be scanned in the elevator on the way down so that cars can be ready and waiting. For $30K, let’s hope that Rubik’s Cube never misplaces your Jag.
Originally posted by Barb Dybwad from Engadget
Japanese tire manufacturer Bridgestone is producing these e-paper price tags as part of a new billing system being rolled out to Japanese retails stores. Using ‘Electro Liquid Powder,’ the displays have a quicker refresh time than earlier-generation e-paper solutions and are able to be printed on a substrate just 0.12mm thick.
Electronic paper for shelf labels in Japanese stores [MobileRead]
Originally from Gizmodo
Under normal circumstances, a 1984 GMC Vandura van with 130,000 miles on it would probably go for about a grand. So why is a version of this vehicle listed on eBay with a starting bid of $3,500? One word: wardriving. The van, a custom job with a $1,200 alarm system, $1,200 sound system, GPS, police scanner, 160 watt power inverter and a homemade WiFi dish, was designed for one thing: driving around looking for WiFi service that you can snarf. While we assume that this van is a better solution than a $25 WiFi detector, we still have to wonder whether it’s worth all that just to find open networks that you can use. Perhaps that’s why the current owner (who says he spent over $10,000 to outfit the van) suggests that a better use might be to “transport very valuable stuff ” — and why, as of April 5th, one day before the auction’s close, there were no bids posted.
[Thanks, wifigod]
Originally posted by Marc Perton from Engadget
Shoot a kitten out of a cannon! Sweet flash game as seen on AOTS.