Gadget and invention thoughts and stories from Inside Chris’s head

Is It Time to Junk My Television?

Is It Time to Junk My Television?

I have been trying to figure out what the video setup of the living room of the future is (or at least of my future) and a new discovery on ABC.com makes [...]

Play Pumps : Kids Play and Communities Get Clear Water

The world has a lot of problems. One of the leading causes of illness is diseases that come from contaminated water supplies. Even if a village has a well, they cannot always [...]

New Navy Railgun

New Navy Railgun

SciFi.com’s Dvice blog had news about a new railgun the navy has. I find myself discourage that we continue to find more ways to kill each other and yet I must admit [...]

EVDO – Blogging at 50+ MPH

EVDO – Blogging at 50+ MPH

MacWorld is in San Francisco this week and I had a chance to go up for a Geek Brief meetup this evening. It is on days like today that I appreciate that [...]

Eye-Fi – Make Your Digital Camera Magical

Eye-Fi – Make Your Digital Camera Magical

The new 2Gb Eye-Fi secure digital memory card, like memory cards for your digital camera, can hold your pictures. That is not too surprising. The surprising part of the Eye-Fi is that [...]

Newton Modem Dominos

I missed this episode captured on tape from the old Newton days of when 4000 Newton modems arrived at Apple and the engineers set them up like dominos. It was fun for [...]

Abibliophobia and the Amazon Kindle

Abibliophobia and the Amazon Kindle

Abibliophobia (noun) Definition: The morbid fear of running out of reading material. This was my word of the day today from Dictionary.com and when I saw it I suddenly had insight into [...]

Podshow Holiday Gift Guide – Sanyo Xacti VPC-E1 review

Here is my review of the new Sanyo Xacti VPC-E1 6MP Waterproof MPEG4 Camcorder which I recently purchased for use on my upcoming cruise.

Transparent Kayak

Transparent Kayak

I won’t be taking my own kayak on my upcoming trip to the Caribbean, but if I was I would be interested in taking this transparent kayak. Why struggle with other tourists [...]

Nissan NV200 Mobile Office – Shortest Commute Every

Nissan NV200 Mobile Office – Shortest Commute Every

Sci Fi tech has a story about a new idea from Nissan where you could bring your office with you. Instead of commuting to the office you would commute with the office. [...]