2011

DIY Gas Hot Water Tank to Electric Conversion

If you have a gas hot water tank you might be agonizing over the large heating bills for your hot water. Gas prices are going up and when using gas lots of your heat ends up the chimney. So you are convinced that going electric is a good idea. Only problem is that purchasing a new electric tank would negate your energy savings. That is where this DIY Gas Hot

E Rex Electric Sports Car - CES 2011

CES has a bit of everything. After you are done looking at the glow in the dark iPhone cases you can check out the E Rex. Mike Worry, the CEO of Nuvation Engineering gives us an overview of the car. It’s an electric sports car which has been built using a Campagna Motors T Rex as the donor vehicle. Of course the T Rex is gasoline powered so converting it

CES 2011 Panasonic Electric Concept Car

When I think of Panasonic I think of phones, stereo systems and other house hold electronics. At CES they has an entire area showcasing their green technology. This Electric Concept Car is by far the most interesting out of all the technology they were showcasing. I love the simplicity of the electric vehicles, I am thinking that as soon as they are adopted mechanics will have the same fate as

Bodymedia - Intelligent Calorie Calculator

The Bodymedia is an interesting small device that keeps track of your activities and helps you get fit easier and quicker using technology. The small device connects using Bluetooth so the device is sure to be compatible with all current and future mobile devices. The device might even find other uses since I am sure the data would be simple to extract and use for any purpose desired. “Using our

CES 2011 Unveiled

The CES Unveiled Event was fun, there was some good food, some light background music from the live band and an open bar. Oh yeah, I forgot there was also a ton of press struggling to get in position to record some clips of the latest and greatest products. All I can say is the main CES event better be less congested than this was! There were lots of people

Camera and Camcorder Tripod Mount

While planning my trip to CES I was trying to think of an easy way to enhance the ability to take decent pictures of products and decent video. My camera takes decent videos but doesn’t have mic input. On my budget I settled on keeping my existing Canon camera to take pictures but as you can see from our Island Tech 2009 coverage the audio was horrible. I also wanted

Hacked Gadgets CES 2011 Intro

Hey guys, Hacked Gadgets will be live at CES this year! This is my first time at the event so I am looking forward to seeing what all the hype is about. From what I have seen, no matter what niche you are interested in you will find what you are looking for here. If there is something you would like to see let me know and I will try