Archive for the 'Sports Stuff' Category

Solar-powered kayak attachment nixes

Although this isn’t the first time we’ve heard “solar-powered” and “kayak” used in the same sentence, the SPK-1 does its darnedest to make us shake our heads in disbelief.

Six different treadmill models

It’s not every day a company has to recall their recall, but Cybex International is once again recalling six different treadmill models after first recalling them in 2003 — because the wire nuts used in the first recall repair are causing the units to overheat and catch fire.

Steelcase’s Walkstation

Anyone who reads the fine site Book of Joe knows that the man behind the blogging empire is religiously devoted to working out while writing, and prides himself on having integrated a treadmill into his workspace.

WaveBreaker: the electric, inflatable jet-sky

Nah, the WaveBreaker probably won’t provide the kind of thrills that a jet-powered kayak would, but riding around on this thing is a lot less likely to leave you maimed. This electric, inflatable watercraft comes loaded with a 600-watt motor, weighs 66-pounds, and touts the ability to scoot around for “45 to 75 minutes” before [...]

Ford Fusion Hydrogen 999 breaks 200 miles-per-hour

Looks like minuscule RC cars aren’t the only alternatively powered vehicles trying to break 200 miles-per-hour, as Ford just became the “world’s first automaker to set a land speed record for a production-based fuel cell powered car.” The whip used to set the bar, of course, is none other than the Fusion Hydrogen 999, and [...]

Free Software Foundation releases version 3 of the GPL

Although June 29, 2007 will probably be most remembered for the release of some cellphone, another release that will hugely affect the tech community went out on that fateful Friday — version three of the GNU General Public License was officially released, revising the terms that govern the use and distribution of many open-source projects, [...]