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The European Commision on Monday, April 7, cleared the way for airlines to introduce technology that would allow passengers to use their mobile phones in mid-air, but leading carriers in Germany said they would not be offering the service. The aim of the EU is to create a pan-European framework for mobile communications on aircraft, [...]

Boeing announced that it has, for the first time in aviation history, flown a manned airplane powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that converts hydrogen directly into electricity and heat with none of the products of combustion such as carbon dioxide. Other than heat, water is its only exhaust.
A two-seat [...]

A number of credit card companies now issue credit cards with embedded RFIDs.
But at Boing Boing TV the hacker and inventor Pablos Holman shows how you can use about $8 worth of gear bought on eBay to read personal data from those credit cards.

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Pioneer is a concept shoe that converts kinetic walking energy into electrical energy. There’s a tiny battery that charges up with each step and can keep the headlights on for a full 12 hours straight dispersing light at 1.5 meters.

The design is simple but the material is waterproof and the sole is solid rubber to [...]

Nokia keeps coming out with a lot of editions be it a Music Edition, Internet Edition, Navi Pack and so on. Here is someone who is turning his N95-1 into a water edition! Please keep in mind that doing this at home is seriously injurious to your phone’s health and should NOT be done!

Well… not [...]