The Chinese Government is planning to send an orbiter named Change-1 to the moon by 2012. The Chinese have stated that a primary goal of Change-1 is to make it "better" than the early US and Russian rovers. The average speed of this rover is 100m or 328ft per hour. The rover is nuclear powered, which will allow it to operate for a longer period of time, and use more energy than conventional battery based systems. American rovers have traditionally run on lithium-ion batteries for safety and enviormental reasons. Source: Gadget Lab
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This alarm clock rolls around and makes sounds like R2-D2. It sounds pretty annoying, but thats exactly the point, it should get you out of bed pretty quick. It’s hard to tell if this clock is a droid with a built in alarm clock or a alarm clock with droid abilities. The clock will roll its way off your desk and hide if you don’t wake up. You can hit snooze once before it starts to run away and hide. Thankfully you can disable his wheels if you don’t want it to run away. This very interesting alarm clock requires 4 AAA batteries which should last 6 to 8 months. You can own Clocky for $49.99. Check out the video below. Source: Digg, Nanda
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This bike is for non-cyclists, as weird as that sounds. The Trek Lime Automated Bike is an electric powered bike with an automatic transmission on the rear hub thats powered by a generator on the front hub. The 3 speed automatic Trek Lime also has a trunk-like feature, the seat opens up for some storage space ( I cant imagine it would be much though). This unique bike retails for $580. Source Gadget Lab, Oh Gizmo
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