The World’s Fastest All-Electric Car

The 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-cell

Time was that electric cars were glorified golf carts. No longer Today's all-battery-powered vehicles are larger, better looking—and faster. Exhibit #1: The 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-cell. With a top speed of 160 mph (260 km/h), this day-glo packet of German engineering is set to become the world's ...

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The World’s First Line of iPad-Compatible Clothing

Scottevest’s jackets stow Apple goodness

Well that didn't take long. A few short weeks after Apple started selling the iPad a manufacturer started selling iPad-compatible clothing. That manufacturer is Scottevest; Spot Cool Stuff regulars might remember our review of Scottevest's full-of-pockets travel jackets. Read the rest of this Scottevest iPad jacket review on ...

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Sonos: Music Throughout Your House, Wirelessly

Thee cool, wire-free, multi-room music system

You are hosting a cocktail party and want music—the same music—playing in your living room, your dining room and your outside patio. You want to control your music from a single source but don't want to run wires all over your house. The Sonos Multi-Room Music System is exactly ...

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The Kindle 2 vs the new Graphite Kindle DX

Amazon’s latest ebook readers compared

Amazon offers two “current” versions of its popular e-book reader: the Kindle 2 and, as of July 2010, the Kindle Graphite DX. Both Kindles are among Spot Cool Stuff’s favorite gadgets, especially for traveling. But why? And what’s the difference between the two Kindle models? And which one is ...

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The Kindle 2 vs the new Graphite Kindle DX

Amazon’s e-book readers compared

Amazon offers two “current” versions of its popular e-book reader: the Kindle 2 and the Kindle DX. Both Kindles are among Spot Cool Stuff’s favorite gadgets, especially for traveling. But why? And what’s the difference between the two Kindle models? And which one is better? For the answers, Dear Reader, ...

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Olympus PEN Stop Motion

355 billboard-sized photographs telling a story

Stop motion animation has been around almost as long as cameras have. But Olympus took it to a whole new level when creating an Olympus PEN digital camera advertisement. For the ad, Olympus took 355 photographs with a PEN camera and printed them out to billboard size. They ...

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