Scanning receipts and business cards is a great way to stay organized, but using a flatbed scanner to do it can be a pain. In addition to taking up plenty of your precious desk space, with a flatbed you need to lift the cover and arrange the little bits of paper neatly before you can scan them.

The HoverCam X300 eliminates these problems, by using something more akin to a camera to scan your stuff from above. You simply stick your paperwork under the HoverCam, and it will automatically rotate the scan so it’s square, and crop the image at the edges. You can even stream its video output to a pico projector, turning the HoverCam into a mini digital overhead projector.

At 1,600 x 1,200 pixels, you’re not going to want to use this to scan your precious photo collection, but that would be missing the point. This is all about having something readily available to help keep your paperwork organized, while not taking up much desk space.

The HoverCam X300 is available now for about $140.

TheHoverCam.com, via Unplggd

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Come 2011, Tesla Motors plans to stop selling its famed roadster. Why? Because no one will build it.
Deep within the Securities and Exchange Commission paperwork Tesla filed ahead of its IPO was the announcement. The two-seater–and its souped up Roadster Sport sibling–will end production next year. If there is a replacement, it [...]

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Come 2011, Tesla Motors plans to stop selling its famed roadster. Why? Because no one will build it.

Deep within the Securities and Exchange Commission paperwork Tesla filed ahead of its IPO was the announcement. The two-seater–and its souped up Roadster Sport sibling–will end production next year. If there is a replacement, it won’t be available until 2013…at the earliest.

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It’s been a big week for the gadget world. But it’s been an even bigger one for the gadget-parody world. The iPad has inspired unprecedented ridicule worldwide, even for an Apple product. This level of derision is usually reserved for something with the word “Zune” somewhere in its name.

Continue reading for every graphic, video and feminine-hygiene joke we could find about the iPad. Feel free to add any we missed in the comments.

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Ever wonder what it would look like if the Internet threw a party? Well, wonder no longer: this is it. “The Internet: The Picture” tosses together Star Wars, Star Trek, lolcats, Gary Busey, dinosaurs and disco all into one glorious image.

Hey, it’s a Friday — give your brain a rest. Click through for the full-size (there’s a lot more to this image in all directions) and see how many memes you can spot. Whoever gets the most will be crowned King of the Internet!

Via Geekologie

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The U.S. officially committed in writing yesterday to the greenhouse gas emission cuts proposed by President Obama in Copenhagen –4 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. The letter to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) commits the nation to combat climate change, but with a caveat: any such commitment must be backed by legislation, which has not passed the U.S. Senate. [More]

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