It would be nice if they would have included an infrared port for universal remotes. The PS3 is reportedly the best Blu-Ray player, but it is hard to integrate into many people's home theaters because of the RF remote.

That is NOT the only real difference. The biggest difference here is that there is NO variable timed engine. No cam lobes. No transmission. Just a gas powered electric generator. There is NO hybrid mode. This vehicle operators only on power from the batteries. When you take it over a certain speed, the generator kicks on to keep the batteries juiced. This decouples the generator from the power source.

This setup is called a Series Hybrid.

There are electric scooters with in-line wheels that are much lighter, have similar ranges and speeds, and can be had for $500 (like the Go Motorboard). The Segway's gyro technology is expensive and unnecessary.

That much energy could supply 1.21 Gigawatts for 3.4 hours. The BTTF time machine only needed that much power for a split second.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=14770+joules+%2F+1.21+watts&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

Your scenario seems like an ideal use of twitter.

How did people know to follow you for scores?

Even if there are copyrights on the structures, that doesn't prevent taking photos, only publishing them.

There is a typo above. Actually the chatpad has 47 buttons, not 37.

Xbox 360 has 18 buttons (a, b, x, y, left-bumper, right-bumper, back, start, left thumb stick, right thumb stick, 8-way D-Pad) and six analog axes (two 2-axis thumb sticks and two analog triggers).

The xbox chatpad accessory adds 37 buttons to the controller, but I don't think that they can be used for anything other than text entry. Additionally, you can plug in any USB keyboard and use it for text entry.

They already sold it. In 2005.

Look at it this way. Text to speech is cheap to implement and gives them another feature to market. Some may find it useful.

I think it would be great if they had hybrid audiobook / normal books which would use a narrator instead of a robotic text to speech. That would save the hassle of having to track down an audiobook version. Of course, the audiobook would have to have page number metadata to allow seemless swtiching between print and audio modes.

Videos can be especially helpful when used to describe motions and processes. Things like engine cycles, swarming behavior, and traffic patterns would be good subjects for videos.

I also used to think that GMT might be sufficient, but, really, it is not.

Local time is useful when knowing when something occurs in relation to apparent position of the sun, which is still how most people order their days. It helps us know when businesses are likely to be open, when it is rude to call people, and helps to deal with countless other cultural expectations.