Li-ion Motors INIZIO: all-electric supercar hitting 170 mph next year, all yours for $139k

Tesla, schmesla. This, friends, is the electric vehicle that your garage has been waiting for. Designed by North Carolina's own Li-ion Motors, the downright stunning INIZIO is being hailed as the world's first all American-made electric supercar, and while the Roadster is definitely peppy, it ain't got nothing on this. Using the company's own lithium-ion battery technology and management system, the car can purportedly cruise for up to 250 miles on electricity alone, and it can hit a top speed of 170 miles per hour without breaking a sweat. Naturally, you won't (legally) fit more than two humans into this thing at once, but those two individuals will enjoy adjustable, leather / suede Recaro seating with heating and cooling features, an inbuilt 12-inch subwoofer, digital surround sound system, integrated navigation system, DVD player and rotational doors that raise on a 90-degree angle. Oh, and they'll probably drool a little after racing from zero to sixty in 3.4 face-numbing seconds. The company also adds that it emits no carbon emissions, can be recharged over 2,500 times and can go from drained to rejuvenated after just eight hours on the plug. It's expected to launch in mid-2011 with a starting price of $139,000, or just a few pennies more than the current value of the wretched Carolina Panthers franchise.Continue reading Li-ion Motors INIZIO: all-electric supercar hitting 170 mph next year, all yours for $139kLi-ion Motors INIZIO: all-electric supercar hitting 170 mph next year, all yours for $139k originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |  Li-ion Motors  | Email this | Comments

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I Found the White iPhones (And the Green Ones. And the Pink Ones) [Shenzhennotes]

In Shenzhen's electronics markets, an entire building is dedicated to Apple products. You can buy white iPhones—at least the backs—by the case. But why pick drab old white when you can get something even snazzier? More »

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No Longer Shall Bloggers Sit Cross-Legged in the Field [Laptop Bags]

Thanko's laptop bag/desk hybrid should be very popular with photographers and bloggers. Not only does the bag come with extendable legs, but two fans are located inside for cooling laptops down—plus a cupholder's added too, for good measure. More »

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Flattr Starts To Monetise Its Like Button For Content

In a post back in July we asked, "Is Flattr the new Facebook Like, but this time with real money?". With 342 comments, that post got a LOT of discussion going. And it's even being used by the controversial Wikileaks whistle-blowing site.

Now they are releasing data which suggests the service is starting to pick up at a clip.

Flattr started testing with alpha users back in February, but went public in August.

Now, two months after going public, it says it has garnered over 46,056 registered users with over ?114,057 ($158,438) of "flattrs" passing through the system. It now also has Twitter and Facebook integration which should really start to get the platform motoring.

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Phras.in helps you decide which of two words you should use

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Here's something that I do all the time: when I want to know how to use a certain word or phrase, I just google it. And when I'm trying to decide on one of two options, I just google them both and see which one is more common, or how it works in a sentence. I use it a lot when I translate ("do people really say that?"), but I also use it when I just write in English.
And now, Phras.in lets me do the exact same thing, but I can do it in style (or is it "with style"? Exactly!) and a great deal faster. So, I just type the words "in style" in the top text box, and then I type "with style" in the bottom text box. By the time I'm done typing, I can see that "in style" got 43.4 million hits, while "with style" has only 23.5 million hits. The search is live, and it's super-fast; there's no Enter required. And clearly, "in style" wins.
But maybe I'm not sure, or I want to see how they're really used. I just have to hit the big Contextualize 'em button, and I get a whole bunch of Google results that show the phrases in their natural habitat.
It even works in Hebrew, so I guess it can handle pretty much anything that you throw at it (anything Google can handle, that is). It's very, very useful!Phras.in helps you decide which of two words you should use originally appeared on Download Squad on Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Why Is There a USB Drive Sticking Out of This Wall? [Art]

Across New York, there are USB drives embedded in walls, buildings and curbs. The idea is to create an anonymous, offline file-sharing network in public space. The drives are completely public and anyone can plug in to drop and download files. More »

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Makr Carry Goods Case for iPad

If you like your leather goods to have a slightly more rustic look, you’ll want to see the iPad Case from Makr.� All products from Makr are handmade by a small group of artisans, so all items are made in limited numbers.�This iPad case is a simple envelope-style case made from a single piece of [...] Filed in categories: News, iPhone, iPad, iPod relatedTagged: Handmade leather case for iPad, iPad caseMakr Carry Goods Case for iPad originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on October 31, 2010 at 2:41 pm.

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