Archives by Tag 'LCD'
You Shall Not Pass: Cat Prevents Owner From Using His iPad
Reader Gary sent us pictures of his cat blocking his iPad, reminding us all that beasts like this cat know that we are throwing our lives away on technology and our inexorable march to a life chained to machines will cause us more suffering than we know. The cat could also be hungry. You never [...]
Jailbreak A PS3 With Just A Nexus One, Palm Pre, or Nokia N900
PS3 mods are coming from everywhere now. The latest method is similar to the earlier USB exploit. Instead it uses certain handsets to do the dirty deed. The list of supported devices is rather short, but it couldn’t be easier if you have the right handset.
Crushable Garbage Can Concept: Why Not?
This concept garbage can/dust bin is made of thick, deformable silicone, and when it starts getting full, you can squish it down and compact the trash at the bottom. I mean sure, you could just stomp on the trash in your normal can, but then you wouldn’t be able to tell all your friends about [...]
Dyson’s Response To The Air Multiplier Fan Clones
It’s probably a good time to be a patent lawyer over at Dyson. After all since the company produces bonifide innovative products every other week, clones no don’t pop up everywhere. It’s job security. That’s all. Just last week a seemingly perfect clone of the fanless Air Multiplier hit the interwebs and Dyson just issued [...]
William Gibson’s New Book Is Out Tomorrow. Are You Getting It?
While I haven’t honestly enjoyed this latest set of books as well as I enjoyed the Sprawl and the Bridge trilogies, I would still give one of my fingers to give William Gibson a big man hug. He basically defined sci-fi for me, much in the same way Tolkien defined my taste in fantasy, and anything too far from his original dystopian settings peopled with amazingly detailed characters (The Road for example, owes a debt to Gibson, although Cormac McCarthy is a genius in his own right).
Want A Tablet That You Can Actually Use? Buy A WeTab
You can get it for 450€ ($580) and it supports Flash while it’s not just a big expensive smartphone. Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n), optional 3G (UMTS/HSDPA), 16 / 32 GB, Extension with SDHC Card up to 32 GB. The expensive version has Full-HD 1080p video output. Supported TV and Video Formats: H.264, AVI, WMV, DivX, MOV, OGG, FLV. Would you rather buy something as limited as a giant smartphone? Check out all the specifications here.
iPod Touch Has a Vibrating Motor For Facetime Calls
This just in: the new iPod Touch with front-facing camera (aka the iPhone Lite) has a built-in vibrating motor for notifications, including silent call notifications. Why is this important? Well, presumably the iPod Touch is now a Facetime phone and definitely needs new ways to interact with the user. I’m personally very excited. This confirms [...]
No, We’re Not Serving Up Malware
While I would love to share with you guys the logic bomb I wrote in high school that moved my floppy drive read head into a corner of the drive that caused massive damage to the disk inside (it never worked) or the “virus” I wrote that randomly erased blocks of my hard drive when [...]
Sharp Sets New Record For Solar Cell Efficiency
If there’s something solar energy as a technology needs, then it’s better and cheaper solar cells. And now Sharp has apparently made a step forward regarding the first factor: the company says it has developed a solar cell that has the world’s highest efficiency of 42.1%, breaking the record of Spectrolab of the US.
St. Dupont “Service Without Fail” RAID Watch
Here is some serious French testosterone in a watch. Made for or influenced by the special, elite operations branch of the national French police known as RAID. The highly secretive special force is interesting because they often recruit people directly from the public, as opposed to existing police or military personnel. The purpose of the group as part of the national police, is to combat and investigate major crimes and terrorism. RAID stands for “Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion.” In English, “Research, Assistance, Intervention, Deterrence.” They seem to kick enough ass to get a watch made for them with their logo on it.