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Category: Future Gadgets

Lyon, France’s Rent-a-Bike System Loaded with Technology

Reading Time: < 1 minuteVelo’v Grand Lyon is a bike rental network in Lyon, France. Wired News published a great little article about the system works and how technology is being used to try to ensure that it stays solvent. To use Velo’v in Lyon, you have to make a €150 deposit via check or…

August 24, 2005
Polar and Adidas Planning a Line of Apparel and Shoes with Built-in Fitness Measurement

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJanus Sandsgaard pointed out that Polar Electro is teaming up with Adidas to produce a line of fitness clothing and running shoes that will have embedded transmitters for heart rate and running speed and distance. According to a Polar press release, the products will collectively be called Project Fusion, and will…

August 10, 2005
Bike-Powered VoIP System Created for Use in Developing Countries

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJonathan Maus told us that Inveneo has developed a bicycle-powered, Linux-based VoIP phone system for use in developing countries. No kidding. I found an explanation of a Pedal and Solar Powered PC and Communications System on the Inveneo web site. This article does not discuss the inclusion of the Asterisk open…

July 20, 2005
InfoSync World Provides One of the First Looks at the H-P iPAQ hw6500 Series

Reading Time: 2 minutesI bought a palmOne Treo 650 after reviewing the RIM BlackBerry 7230 and the H-P iPAQ h6315 integrated communication devices. This doesn’t make me a PalmOS zealot. In fact, I’d love to have a Pocket PC that I could recommend as strongly as I recommend the Treo 650. I was hoping that…

June 10, 2005
Siemens Demonstrates Runster, Prototype Mobile Music Application for Exercise

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGizmodo reports that Siemens demonstrated an application called Runster that varies the tempo of music played on a Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone based on how quickly the user moves. The idea is to allow the user to listen to songs that are appropriate to the intensity of his or her exercise. The…

March 10, 2005
What’s at Stake as a Result of Recent Mobile Phone Network Security Issues

Reading Time: 3 minutesA friend of mine at T-Mobile USA got in touch with me yesterday about the recent disclosure of Voice Mail access and Sidekick II personal information disclosure issues that have made news this week. He initially contacted me in a “Yo, why are you all over us like this?” kind of way,…

February 25, 2005
Student Mobile Phone Create New Campus Management Issues

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently a couple of interesting stories have illustrated the major changes that student mobile phone use has brought to school campuses across the country: In Chelmsford, Massachusetts, parents jammed phone lines at the local high school moments after a security lockdown began. Security personnel were looking for a suspicious man in…

February 16, 2005
Glofun RayGun is an Interesting Game that Can Help You Stay in Shape

Reading Time: 4 minutesGlofun RayGun: a Java-based, GPS-enabled game coming soon for the Motorola i710 and i730. [ Graphic: GloVentures LLC ] I finally got the opportunity to put a new mobile phone game called Glofun RayGun to the test, and I was pretty surprised at the workout I got. Glofun RayGun is advertised as…

February 10, 2005
“Verizon One” Intended to Be a Home Telecom Hub

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA number of sites have reported that Verizon has chosen Westell as the supplier of the equipment for their Verizon One service. This is intended to unite voice, video, and data services into a single device in the home. The Verizon One appliance includes: a DSL modem, 802.11g wireless router, 5.8…

January 19, 2005