Horizon

Science

HydroFILL Squeezes Electricity Out Of Your Tap Water

5:40AM July 23, 2010 | Sam Biddle

Fuel cell outfitter Horizon is now offering a personal hydrogen power plant for use with its MiniPAK and HydroSTIK products. Although it isn’t cheap, the system will (cleanly!) charge all of your small devices using the same water you drink. More »


Science

Horizon’s Cheap Personal Fuel Cell Now On Sale—Charge Gadgets Cleanly And Cheaply

5:02PM June 16, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

First seen at CES years ago, Horizon’s MiniPak has (finally) gone on sale for $US100. It’s the first personal, portable fuel cell—if you don’t count the Japan-only Toshiba one—and is like a mini power plant for charging gadgets. More »


Software

Symbian’s App Publishing Platform Sounds Like A Rehab Clinic

12:48AM July 18, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Symbian’s Horizon program works like a record label or book publisher, says Cnet. You submit an app—please make it a good one, since they have to manually review it and they’re “starting small”—and Symbian will make sure it’s kosher and then push it to a bunch of phone app stores, like Noka’s Ovi trainwreck. Good luck guys. I mean that very sincerely. [Symbian via Cnet]