VelEau, The Most Complicated Bike Drinking System You Could Possibly Imagine

Why use a perfectly good water bottle on your bike when you could use a complex, expensive and awkward to use ?hydration system? instead? That?s the promise of the VelEau Bicycle Mounted Hydration System.

The VelEau comes in several parts. First, there?s a saddlebag which holds 42 ounces (1.4 liters) of water. Then there?s a tube through which you drink, much like those found on CamelBak water bags. This runs from under the seat, along the top-tube to the handlebars, where it is secured to a retracting cord on the stem. This cord pulls the mouthpiece back into place when you?re done drinking, where it is secured by magnets.

If that seems like it?s complex, unnecessarily heavy and annoying to use, that?s because it probably is. However, there is at least a compartment to carry a multi tool in the same bag, which adds some utility.

The VelEau will cost just $80, or the price of around 16 water bottles. Available now.

VelEau product page [VelEau via Bike Snob]

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LG Revolution hits testing hands, inches ever closer to actual release

Good news for those of you waiting anxiously for the LG�Revolution -- the 4.3-inch, LTE-capable Froyo device (see our first look from CES)�is hitting the hands of testers, which brings it that much close to hitting your pocket. The Revolution isn't the latest and greatest from LG, which is a shame, cause its latest and greatest is pretty darn good. But it's a slight shade better than a lot of what's out there, even if Bing is still on board.

We've got more shots of the demo phone after the break. Thanks, anon!

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FRIDA Robot Could Appear in an Assembly Line Near You

Workers in factory assembly lines could be rubbing elbows with the FRIDA Concept Robot. Photo: Geeky-Gadgets

Manufacturers and factory owners needn?t worry about pesky human workers for too much longer.

ABB has introduced FRIDA, a half-humanoid robot designed for the industrial life.

Although FRIDA could easily replace a horde of human workers, it?s actually designed to work side-by-side with its mortal counterparts. The robot features a human-like torso with padded arms that are capable of a wide range of motion, a flexible gripper for handling small components, and cameras for identifying and locating parts.

FRIDA?s humanoid build makes it easy to be interchanged or inserted between human workers. It has a convenient handle placed where a head would normally go, which makes the worker bot easy to carry while eliminating that nasty uncanny valley problem.

FRIDA, a ?harmless robotic coworker?, has already left the research stage, with prototypes currently being tested in pilot applications.

Perhaps FRIDA will be the one putting together the components of your next smartphone or tablet.

FRIDA Concept Robot [ABB via Geeky-Gadgets]

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Bamboo MacBook Cases Offer Sustainable Style

The bamboo Silva case looks mighty tasty to a panda

Bamboo: lightweight, strong, cheap, handsome and sustainable. And ? if bamboo-scoffing pandas are anything to go by, an excellent anti-aphrodisiac. Now it comes in the shape of an MacBook case.

It?s called the Silva, and it comes sized to fit 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pros (but not MacBook Airs). The cases are CNC machined and then hand assembled, and have a leather strap for carrying. They are lined with wool felt and finished on the outside with tung oil and then a couple layers of polyurethane.

The Silva is certainly striking, and offers a lot of protection for its diminutive two-pounds weight. It?s also a little precious. I use a padded, bubbled envelope to protect my MacBook, and it does a great job. Then again, I seldom get out of bed before I have finished the day?s work, so perhaps my testing isn?t the most rigorous there is.

Also, my padded envelope cost almost nothing, whereas the Silva case goes for $180 (both sizes cost the same). You can buy one now, if you can live with the guilt of denying a panda a meal.

Silva product page [Silva Ltd. Thanks Justin!]

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Sprint Music Plus Debuts, Powered By RealNetworks

Does the mobile realm really need another way to download music? Competition is almost always a good thing for consumers, but we're guessing that Sprint's new service will have a tough time rivaling the likes of

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Music Plus is the new service, powered by RealNetworks and capable of delivering ringtones and songs. All of the content is DRM-free, and Sprint will be selling bundles that include f

Rock Out No Matter Where You Go - New Sprint Music Plus Application Provides Access to Full Music Tracks, Ringtones, Ringback Tones and More on Sprint Phones

Want your music downloaded FAST? The Sprint 4G network enables downloading music up to 10 times faster than 3G1

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Apr 12, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

Most people never leave home without their mobile phone, although they may leave behind their MP3 player. Now you can share your musical tastes with those around you - or those who call you - with Sprint Music Plus, a new music application, accessed either on a Sprint phone or sprint.com, which serves as a single, convenient destination for customers to discover, purchase and play individual and bundled offers of full track music, albums, ringtones and ringback tones.

Sprint Music Plus, powered by RealNetworks(R) Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK), is a full-featured music and tone manager, which allows users to:

��� * Create music playlists.
��� * Assign ringback tones to play for different callers and times of day.
��� * Search for music by artist, title or keyword.
��� * Organize full tracks/albums by artist, genre and custom playlists using the music library manager.
��� * Preview content - sample millions of music tracks and tones, which are updated daily.
��� * Get new music recommendations based on their musical tastes.

Love a new song and want the full track, ringtone and ringback tone? Customers can save money when buying a bundle of all three products with just one click. DRM-free full tracks range from $0.69 to $1.29 per song. Customers are conveniently charged right on their Sprint bill.

"Sprint Music Plus is an easy way for our customers to discover new music and tones and manage all of their music content in one convenient place," said Sean Khurana, vice president-Consumer Product Marketing at Sprint. "Sprint makes sure our customers always have access to their favorite music by providing a wide array of options, ranging from free apps downloaded from Android Market(TM), BlackBerry App World(TM) or GetJar.com to Sprint Radio to purchasing tunes from Sprint Music Plus."

Everyone is busy these days and the last thing we have time for is to wait for our music to download. The Sprint 4G network offers one of the fastest wireless experiences among all U.S. national wireless carriers and enables downloading music up to 10 times faster than 3G. Sprint 4G, available today in 71 markets across the country, was the first national carrier to offer wireless 4G service.

Sprint Music Plus is available for Android(TM) powered Sprint smartphones from the Sprint Zone app and can be found on the home screen of BlackBerry(R) and Java Feature Phones launched after May 2010. Devices introduced before May 2010 will have access to ringtones and ringback tones from Sprint Music Plus via Sprint Mobile Web (WAP). For more information and to download the application, visit http://sprint.us/smp on your Sprint phone.�

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Jerry Lawson, creator of cartridge-based video game consoles, dies at 70

Gerald "Jerry" Lawson, the man who invented the video game cartridge, died Saturday morning of a heart attack at a Mountain View, California hospital at the age of 70. His brainchild, the Fairchild Channel F Video Game System, more commonly referred to as the Channel F, came out just one year before Atari's cartridge-based console, the VCS, opening the floodgates of modern gaming. His earliest foray into consumer electronics began early on, but it wasn't until he joined Fairchild in 1970 that he really made his mark on the tech industry. During that time, he became the only black member of the infamous Homebrew Computer Club that counted Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniack as members. He was honored at this year's GDC for his monumental contribution to modern gaming.

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