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...MIXING CONSOLE If you haven't had enough seamless integration, check out the Numark iDJ mixing console for iPod, which transforms your portable music library into a source playback device. Its slick blue-on-white board features extruded, anodized aluminum panels and zero-tolerance precision switches and knobs for a tight, precise feel. Rock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A to Z | 11/29/2005 | See Source »

WHEEL RIMS It was only a matter of time until Sean (Diddy) Combs extended his bling empire to automobiles. Weld Wheels has introduced a Sean John Wheels line. The one- and three-piece precision-forged aluminum rims are custom-made for sport trucks, high-end SUVS and American and German luxury cars. In nine signature designs, including elegant six-spoke and intricate 18-spoke versions, they are built to have low inertia for improved acceleration and increased air flow to help cooling and reduce lift and drag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A to Z | 11/29/2005 | See Source »

...Learn More: nemoequipment.com Tired of fumbling with tent poles as the sun goes down at some campsite in the woods? Nemo Equipment's inflatable tent has two supporting beams that are virtually pop-proof and are inflated with a foot pump to give the tent a rigid structure without aluminum poles. Designed by Cam Brensinger, a consultant for a NASA project designing spacesuits for Mars, the Nemo tents bring aerospace technology to the great outdoors. The company says the tents can be erected in less than a minute - in our test it took 48 seconds! Next Product: New Wave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Inventions 2005: Sporting Life | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...Learn More: hydroepic.com After decades of riding waves on boards made of foam and fiberglass, surfers have a high-tech alternative. Hydro Epic boards are hollow on the inside but have an extra-sturdy shell made of a carbon fiber-Kevlar composite and a thin aluminum honeycomb. To keep the air in the board from expanding and contracting in extreme heat or at high altitudes, there is a small vent at one end that lets air pass through while keeping water out. The radical design makes Hydro Epics stronger, faster and up to 30% lighter (the short board weighs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Inventions 2005: Sporting Life | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...tricycle, whose rear wheels move closer together as the rider picks up speed, then separate for easier balance at slower speeds or at a standstill. A spring-loaded mechanism in the rear hub controls the rear wheels, and there are no spokes or exposed bike chain. The 25-lb. aluminum trike won an international bike-design competition in Taiwan this year. Now its creators want to produce it commercially. Next Product: Round Trip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Inventions 2005: Up and Away | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

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