If you could have make your iOS device display the look and feel of Apple’s Mac OS X, would you do it? Some people certainly would, that’s why some coders in the iOS jailbreaking community have come up with a mod called the Lion Ultimatum that turns your iOS into Mac OS X. The Lion Ultimatum, created by college freshman and ModMyi forum member Timothy Elliot, is a fully functional iOS theme for jailbroken iPhones that goes beyond just skins and icons. The theme overhauls the whole iPhone and iPod Touch user interface, making...
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Electric vehicles, as good as good at they are at conserving scarce resources, has a well-known shortcoming: they can only be driven short distances. For example, the Chevrolet Volt has only a maximum range of 80.5 kilometers (50 miles) on a single charge. And, while it is possible to use fossil fuel to back up the car’s electric system, that takes away the point of having an EV in the first place. Now, researchers at Toyohashi University of Technology and Toyota Central Research and Development Labs have come up with the first mid-drive...
A theme park inspired by a popular mobile app game has opened in China’s Hunan province. An unlicensed Angry Birds theme park was opened in Changsha City, where the park’s visitors take turns to shoot pig balloons placed inside brick castles with birds using giant slinghots. A news report by CBS News said that the theme park is completely unlicensed by the game’s publisher, Rovio. The theme park is indeed a complete rip off of the game’s concept, just like what Chinese businessmen has been doing for a long time. The...
Considering the hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis and other forces of nature that continue to destroy homes, Hong Kong-based architects at 10 Design have designed a way to protect neighborhoods with a simple but elegant solution: build a house that can duck underground. Designers at 10 Design have come up with a house that uses a set of hydraulic levers that pulls it into the ground when it is activated by high-velocity winds. Once the house is moved underground, the roof locks to prevent flood water and wind from entering the premises. “Isn’t...
For those who don’t want to be bothered by people and don’t want to change their phone numbers, Ringcentral has a new service just for you. RingCentral has just released the RingShuffle, a new cloud service that promises to give stalkers a hard time. The service gives you a temporary phone number that redirect to any phone for free. The RingShuffle service is currently in its beta phase, and is only available for the first 10,000 users who register through its website, iPhone app or Facebook. Each RingShuffle number lasts for...
Swiss accessory maker Logitech has been busy making wireless accessories for a number of devices. The company has just announced its new line of audio peripherals, the Logitech Wireless Headset and the Logitech Wireless Boombox, following the recent unveiling of its Wireless Touchpad. The Logitech Wireless Headset for the iPad is a headset that can connect to your device via Bluetooth. The device can also be used with iOS devices, such as the iPod Touch and the iPhone, and a range of Bluetooth devices. It also has a built-in microphone,...
Global defense and security company BAE Systems has developed a series of antennas that will reduce the load soldiers have to carry while providing them with connectivity and high-level battlefield data. The newly developed antenna, called the Body Wearable Antenna (BWA) enables soldiers to communicate with other soldiers without the need for the usual radio whip-antennas that weighs a lot. By weaving the antennas into soldiers’ uniforms, it allows very effective communication and helps improve agility. A BWA concept has been developed...
Molo, a design firm in Canada, has created a comfortable and cheap housing innovation designed for disaster relief situations. The Softshelter is a system that was designed to create personal space in a communal shelter. It provides people or families with privacy during hard times. To demonstrate how useful the Shoftshelter is, one member of the Molo design team has volunteered to use a Softshelter module located in the Molo workshop space for a couple of weeks. “By occupying the shelter as it is being designed, we will be able...
Fans of the popular post-apocalyptic video game Fallout, check out this new Pip Boy 3000 mod that will surely make you say “Shut up and take my money.” A hardcore Fallout fan made a real-life, fully functional Pip Boy 3000 that is not only good for display purposes. A YouTube user named MyMagicPudding posted a video showcasing his newest creation based on one of the key items seen in Fallout games. The video shows the Pip Boy 3000 prototype he created that features fully functioning knobs and switches, instead of a touch screen...
MobileFun, the leading online retailer for mobile devices and accessories in the United Kingdom, has announced that the company is now shipping to over 50 countries, including the United States, India, Brazil, Canada, Russia and many more. This news is part of the company’s announcement that they are currently stocking a SIM Free white Samsung Galaxy S II, the latest and most powerful smartphone offered by the Korean electronics giant. Now that they are shipping internationally, more customers will now have the chance to buy one. MobileFun...