http://jamabase.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:32:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Come 2014, the world's tallest building — the Ghost Protocol -famous Burj Khalifa — will no longer be able to also claim that it has the world's fastest elevators. That honor will go to the Shanghai Tower in China, which will stand 2,073 feet with 128 floors, and have ... http://jamabase.com/uncategorized/chinas-tallest-building-to-get-worlds-fastest-elevator/ Come 2014, the world's tallest building — the Ghost Protocol -famous Burj Khalifa — will no longer be able to also claim that it has the world's fastest elevators. That honor will go to the Shanghai Tower in China, which will stand 2,073 feet with 128 floors, and have ... http://jamabase.com/uncategorized/chinas-tallest-building-to-get-worlds-fastest-elevator/ Cars that run exclusively on solar power make no claims about being the most comfortable vehicles out there, but they're unquestionably some of the coolest looking, and this concept from designer Omer Sagiv is up there with the best of them. See the original post here: The best looking solar ... http://jamabase.com/uncategorized/the-best-looking-solar-charger-ever-also-happens-to-be-a-car/ Just so you know, Window's friction' 8 is coming out this year, and Microsoft just announced it's going to be releasing a "Consumer Preview" (beta) version of it for all to download and test out. Here's what you'll be looking forward to. Read the original post: What to expect ... http://jamabase.com/uncategorized/what-to-expect-from-the-windows-8-consumer-preview-on-feb-29/ Better keep that aging PlayStation Portable around if you want to play your old games. Sony has confirmed that North American PS Vita owners will not be getting the "UMD Passport program" that allows PSP games to be transferred to digital form for a small price. See the article ... http://jamabase.com/uncategorized/north-american-ps-vita-owners-wont-get-psp-umd-passport/ Solar powered watches are a dime a dozen, but most are just electronic watches with a solar panel to boost the battery. Not this steampunk inspired pocket watch, which uses the sun to spin a mechanical turbine that provides the power. Go here to read the rest: Solar steampunk ... http://jamabase.com/uncategorized/solar-steampunk-mechanical-watch-runs-off-a-mechanical-turbine/ Based on their current world domination, it's hard to believe that a little over a decade ago Apple was struggling to survive. If you have nostalgia for the days when Apple was just a blip on Microsoft's radar, you can dress up your iPhone 4 to look like one ... http://jamabase.com/uncategorized/retro-cases-bring-apple-nostalgia-to-the-iphone/ The lucky astronauts up on the ISS have one heckuva view. These recently released videos (put together from series of still images) show the space station flying over Mexio, the central and eastern United States, and Canada and the Aurora Borealis at night. Original post: Breathtaking video shows Earth ... http://jamabase.com/uncategorized/breathtaking-video-shows-earth-at-night-from-the-iss/ If there is one trend sweeping the camera world, it's going mirrorless and designing hardware that looks and feels like the film cameras your parents owned. We didn't think Olympus could top its PEN E-P3 Micro Four Thirds camera, but they just did. The Olympus OM-D E-M5 takes its ... http://jamabase.com/uncategorized/hands-on-with-the-olympus-om-d-e-m5-the-most-retro-digi-cam-ever/ Every year, NASA likes to remind us how the technology that it develops is good for far more than just sending stuff into space. One of the highlights of its 2011 technology spinoff report is a fire extinguisher that uses vortex combustion technology to put out fires faster and ... http://jamabase.com/uncategorized/making-better-fire-extinguishers-with-vortex-rocket-technology/