After nearly a decade of rumors and speculation, Apple’s finally unveiled the iPad.

It’s a half-inch thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds, with a 9.7-inch capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD display, and it’s running a custom 1GHz Apple “A4″ chip developed by P.A. Semi.

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This is how Russians melt snow and ice during their intense winters-by strapping a Klimov VK-1 engine from Mig-15 onto a truck. I think one of these would have taken care of the snow and ice in my street with no problem.

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Most thermostats let you make your house warmer or cooler. The fancier ones let you program it for various times during the day. But the Silverpac takes things to a whole new level.

The touchscreen thermostat not only lets you program a 7-day cycle of temperatures, but it also manages all of the electricity use in your home. If a certain appliance is being an energy hog, it’ll tell you. It also does fancy stuff like show you the weather, but the real goodies are the energy conservation tools. [SilverPac via DesignBoom] Read the original via Gizmondo