Archive for March, 2010
Spyker Releases Saab 92 Concept
A few months ago BAIC (Beijing Autos) were in talks with GM to buy their ailing Saab brand, unluckily for them the deal wasn’t pulled off due to government deadlines, and all they managed to get were the plans and rights to build Saab 95 based vehicles. You can find more info on the BAIC [...]
Armed to the Teeth Chang An Ben Ben!
Chang An’s Ben Ben was released a few years ago to compete against Chery’s QQ. The Ben Ben is, in my opinion, a much better deal as a city car, due to its 1.3 engine, and proven high quality. As it only costs around 35,000 RMB, plenty of young drivers have chosen the tiny Chang [...]
The iPad Clones are Coming!
The ink reporting the iPads launch date is still wet on the paper, but that hasn’t stopped Shenzhen’s Teso from leaking spy shots and spec details of its own iPad wannabe. By the tone of Teso’s CEO, Wu Ye, the announcement sounds to be a preemptive strike out against foreign tech industries in bringing their [...]
Living Color for the Masses
Philips’ range of Living Color lamps have generated a huge amount of interest from those wanting to add a bit of atmosphere to their daily lives. The remote control lamps can produce more than 16 million colors! and use as little as 5.5 watts of power. Like most designer gadgets though, Philips’ new age lava [...]
Old Jetta New “R32″ Face
I can proudly say I have owned 15 cars in the past 10 years! Sounds impressive doesn’t it!? 1.5 cars a year! the stuff of dreams! It matters not that the majority of my jalopies weren’t road worthy, nor that I may have fibre glassed an aluminium sign to the sill of a particularly rotten [...]
Qi Smartbook U1000 Review
Back in the 80’s hordes of yuppies wandered the busy streets wearing 3/4 length sleeve jackets and piano ties. Ghastly orange band headphones, with crappy foam cushions covered their ears and played the B52’s or Wham from ‘state of the art’ Sony Walkman cassette players. The true sign of yuppy success, however wasn’t your fake [...]
WeFound Kindle Clone
Before I start I would like to offer Founder, the manufacturers of this Kindle like device, a genuinely large thank you. So here goes: “Dear Founder, Thank you so very much for naming your Kindle clone the ‘WeFound’. Most companies have no idea how difficult it is to come up with a simple, but interesting [...]
Chinese Ingenuity: Homemade Submarine Video
Chinese inventor Tao Xiangli made the headlines last year with his homemade submarine. Taking roughly 2 years to complete and approximately $4000, the recycled oil drum sub is fitted with a periscope and depth gauges. Electric motors are used for propulsion, although the video below doesn’t show much movement apart from the sinking kind. Video [...]



