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(All photos by the author) I attended an event today at the General Motors Assembly Plant in Arlington, Texas, that gave me cause for deeper reflection. Chevy is celebrating the 75th year of the Suburban model. A single product with three-quarters of a century lineage – now that is something

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Chevrolet celebrates diamond anniversary of Suburban

I’m a pretty crappy journalist. I do it in my free time, and for the most part, I’m an opinions and hands-on writer. I don’t go monstering around the nation’s capital with a fedora and notepad, and I rarely find myself in a position where I have to probe into anything that matters past an arbitrary release date. I don’t always fact check if I’m not making accusations. But I know a scummy move when I see one.

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Opinion: Apple, iPhone 4, and the Case against Gizmodo

May is here, spring’s in full swing, and folks are in happy circulation. From my home office window, it’s a steady stream of people on leisurely walks, kids and adults on bikes, kids on skates n’ skateboards, and the old guy down the street who proudly rides his Segway to the 7-Eleven. With gas prices and the economy being what they are, growing concern over environmental impacts, and a greater public harangue over obesity and health issues, I’ve definitely seen an increase in neighborhood biking in the past few years. And for all these reasons — not to mention the tinker-building-hacks potential of these diverse conveyances — it’s a trend we welcome here at MAKE. To celebrate spring, and all of the human-powered and other-powered vehicles, we decided to make May “Alt.Transportation” month

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It’s Alt.Transportation month!

Aus dem Hause Samsung wurde passend zum aktuellen Kinofilm “Iron Man 2″, die neue Samsung Monte Iron Man 2 Special Edition vorgestellt, welche wahrscheinlich in einigen Ländern über O2 vertrieben werden wird. Die neue Limited Edition soll bereits erhältlich sein und bietet die gewohnten Spezifikationen, die auch das normale Samsung Monte anzubieten hat

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Samsung Monte: Die Iron Man 2 Special Edition

The good folks at Speck are rolling out a multitude of ways for you to protect your iPad in style. The latest Speck case I’ve had a chance to try out is the Speck CandyShell for iPad. The CandyShell retails for $49.95 and offers… “Hard Shell. Soft Center. Looks Sweet.” Let’s take a look… From Speck… Our award-winning CandyShell just got bigger! This iPad case has a thin, hard-shell coating with soft rubbery interior lining, bezel, & button covers.

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Speck CandyShell for Apple iPad – Review

I’ve been hiring Angus Hines of Carrolton, VA, for a couple of months now for all my contract laser-cutting, and I can’t say enough good things about him. But, heck, I’ve never met him, so let’s focus on the empirical: Angus consistently quotes me about half what the big-laser cutters want to charge on the same jobs. (Hopefully he knows that, and I haven’t just shot myself in the foot by pointing it out.) Seriously, Angus himself says, “one of my goals is to help bring the price of DIY tech down to a more reasonable level.” Now Angus is offering a kit of all the acrylic parts for the open-source Fab@Home Model 2 3D printer at about 75% of what the Fab@Home preferred vendors are charging.

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My favorite laser-cutter offering 3D printer parts kit deal

Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool : Wie-Chieh Shih made this somewhat intimidating laser jacket using 200 laser diodes. Looks great, but I’d be worried about blinding any audience that I wore it for. There are a few more photos of the build in his Flickr stream. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!

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Laser jacket!

Journalists are already getting warmed up for the next big Apple event, the Worldwide Developers Conference in June, where they will most likely get a look at the next generation of the iPhone. But there might be fewer people lined up, and not just because we got a peek inside the new model when photos of a prototype were leaked on a blog two weeks ago.

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A Lost iPhone Shows Apple’s Churlish Side

Chris Carter (founding member of Throbbing Gristle ) presents his latest sound generator, the elegantly styled Dirty Carter – The Dirty Carter Experimental Sound Generating Instrument uses a dual 4-stage shift register. Each register is controlled independently.

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Dirty-Carter Experimental Sound Generating Instrument

TiVo recently launched their TiVo Premiere Series4 DVR with much hype, only to reveal a box that, at least for now, is crippled and underpowered. Sure, there’s a new Flash-based TiVo interface, but the box couldn’t be any more plain, and the dual core processor is currently being held back from its full potential, as TiVo tries to get both cores working with its new interface. In the meantime, only one core is enabled, and that makes from some painfully slow TiVo menu browsing. We got our hands on the TiVo Premiere, and wanted to give you a look at the packaging, and the device itself, as well as the included accessories in the box. At least here, we can see that TiVo did something right.