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Parking Your Car Enters The Smartphone Age

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12:00PM February 24, 2011 | Daniel Long

I don’t know about you, but parking in the city (or any city for that matter) is akin to pulling out nostril hairs. Yes, it can be that painful. But a Spanish funded solution may have come up with the best way to fix these common parking congestion woes: by fitting each parking spot with an electronic sensor and alerting drivers to the precise spot. More »


Gadgets

Watch A Ton Of Pigeons Being Trapped By A Catapulted Net

11:00AM August 17, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

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Ahhhh! If you get freaked out by pigeons, wait until you see a whole writhing mass of the winged rats trapped inside a catapult-sprung net. Truly terrifying. And apparently the solution to Spain’s big pigeon problem. More »


Mobile

Mobile World Congress 09: The Good, The Bad, the Ugly and the Boring

11:40PM February 19, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Despite the new HTC Magic, the Sony Ericsson Idou, and Windows Mobile 6.5—which is still not Windows Mobile 7—the Mobile World Congress was a bag of lame. Some blame the economic crisis. I don’t.


Cars

Christmas Tree Powered By Bikes, Supposedly

11:45PM December 19, 2008 | Mark Wilson

In Barcelona, anyone passing by is invited to lend some stationary bike exertion to a cause—lighting a tree to create a true Christmas miracle. It’s a neat idea, if you believe it.

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