Posts Tagged ‘mexico’

Filed under: Cell Phones , Visionaries As many city-dwellers know, it's hard to scrap together even a few seconds of cell phone service in underground metros or subways. But a student barely old enough to drive has just invented a new device that can send text messages from well below the surface. Los Alamos, New Mexico's 16-year old Alexander Kendrick won the 2009 International ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones Now that most of us text at a decent rate (phone permitting, natch), it was inevitable that someone would go and make a competition out of it. Yesterday, LG did just that with the first ever Mobile World Cup Championship in New York City (video after the jump). The culmination of an eight-month competition started back in May 2009, first-prize ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones Cell phones -- and for that matter, app-enabled smartphones -- have typically been aimed at the middle class, containing software designed to help balance meeting agendas, check a flight's status, and the like. But what about the potential for cell phone apps to help a notoriously under-served section of the population? Well, there's an app for that. The ' Transborder ... Full story

Filed under: ATT If you find yourself frequently dialing Guadalajara, Chihuahua, or La Paz, you might take a gander at a newly-introduced calling plan from AT&T that's offering a package of features custom-tailored to the needs of the carrier's largest long-distance destination. The so-called "Viva Mexico" plan bundles 1,000 anytime minutes for use in the US and Mexico, a total annhiliation of international long-distance ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones Everyday, people drive with their ears stuck to cell phones or their eyes glancing between text messages and the road. Most never even give their DWT ( driving while texting /talking) a second thought. The team behind a new ad campaign hopes to change that. The not-for-profit National Safety Council just launched a Florida billboard campaign called 'Death by Cell ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones We here at the Switched offices have seen a lot of stories about stupid people , including a few about seriously dumb thieves , but this tale about some moronic criminals from Morelia, Mexico is certainly our favorite. Unlike this tale about thieves who left behind perfectly good steal-ables, our friends from Mexico didn't take anything that could possibly be ... Full story

Filed under: Misc Regardless of the caveats, $3 a month is a microscopic penance to pay for the ability to call Mexico ad nauseam , but buyers just need to be careful that it's going to meet their needs before taking the plunge. The newly-introduced feature on value carrier MetroPCS advertising "unlimited calls to Mexico," but as the asterisk up there implies, there's a ... Full story

If Street Fighter 2 was a 3D ride, it would probably look something like this. Apparently, this CG animation reel was created to be used as an actual motion simulator attraction in theme parks. Full story

Originally built in 1964, this Orbitron show car was uncovered in Mexico. Full story

This picture shows where not to place a burning candle on your desk: above any computer. Sure, it may just all scrape off in minutes, but the electronics inside may need to be replaced Full story

In this MythBusters segment, "Jamie and Adam are not satisfied with the two semis not pancaking a compact and fusing together...so they go to New Mexico to get a rocket to smash into a car at 650 mph." Video after the break. Rockets move very quickly. Or as Adam Savage so aptly puts it, "When that second stage kicked in I was thinking 'I've ... Full story