Electric car “range anxiety?” Real, says GM, anyway. So, to limit the potential for mass hysteria as future commuters’ e-tank gauges slide slowly towards E, a solution is needed. Mitsubishi’s portable, networked charging stations could be a start.
Remember those photos from Apple showing their amazing foam padded reception testing rooms? Well, Telstra’s got one of their own, plus a guy called Warwick who tests every single Telstra handset’s antenna performance.
Every consumer electronics company raves about their quality testing, but Lexar actually published a video showing how they do it.
The HULC exo-skeleton, Lockheed Martin’s prototype heavy lifter for infantry troops in the field, has its battery and is now ready for human trials. If they’re successful, field tests could be close on their heels.
At today’s event, Steve Jobs gave the audience a glimpse of the the space-age chambers that Apple uses to test its prototype iPhones. Apple posted the pictures and, as MG Siegler said, it’s basically Professor X’s brain scan room.
Could be something, could be nothing, but an “iPhone3,1″ mysteriously popped up in the usage records of a Bay Area App Store developer. If you’ll remember, the “iPhone2,1″ turned out to be the 3GS.
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes at ZDNet tested pre-beta Windows 7 release 6956 against Vista RTM and Vista SP1. Win 7′s snappy boot time and dominance in other tests suggest that a good OS is on the way.
