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#google
Android Event Scheduled for January 5th: The Google Phone Is Nigh
Invites just went out for an Android event at Google HQ, scheduled for a week from today. They don't mention the Nexus One, but they don't have to. More » -
#imagecache
Spectacular Air Rescue of Crewman from Moving US Navy Submarine
The US Coast Guard has released their best videos from 2009, and this crewman emergency medical rescue mission—using a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter over a moving nuclear US Navy submarine—just blew me away. Check them out in the gallery. More » -
#apple
Tell Us Your Genius Bar Horror Stories (and Win Free Pizza)
The Genius Bar is considered, by some, to be the paragon of tech support. But capricious pricks just "following the rules" that happen to completely screw you work everywhere. So tell us your Genius Bar horror stories. More » -
#wii
WiiWaa: Playing With a Wiimote Crammed Down a Stuffed Doll's Throat Isn't as Weird as It Sounds
Check out the trailer for WiiWaa and tell me that this isn't a really good idea. Kids would beg their parents and parents would trample each other to get their hands on one of these interactive dolls. [Wiiwaa via Joystiq] -
#augmentedreality
Even Epson Has Caught The Augmented Reality Bug
Did you send Christmas cards this year? Perhaps an e-card? A text? Whatever you did, Epson has just one-upped you with its augmented reality greeting cards. More » -
#nexusone
Google Nexus One Sold Directly and Only by Google, Officially Supported By T-Mobile
It looks like Google won't be entirely shaking up any wireless industries at the present time, but it will be pushing forward with its own "flagship" device by selling it directly to consumers. More » -
#iphone
The iPhone Is a Stone Cold Network Killer
Being among the first of the world's networks to carry the iPhone practically guaranteed a flush few years. Also: network trouble! Take the UK's O2, whose spokespeople now seem to be reading from an apologetic PR script written by AT&T. More » -
#review
SteelSeries Xai HD Gaming Mouse Review: Amazingly Ambidextrous
An outlier in PC gaming, SteelSeries' gear won't outglow Chernobyl. It's unassuming and utilitarian, like ThinkPads. They take themselves a little too seriously. But Xai is possibly the best ambidextrous gaming mouse I've ever used, despite the ridiculous HD gimmick. More » -
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#seagate
Ex-Employee Says Seagate Stole Quiet Hard Drive Tech From MIT Researchers
An ex-Seagate employee turned whistle-blower claims that Seagate not only stole hard drive-silencing technology from the MIT researchers who developed it and they company they formed, Convolve, but destroyed blueprints to hide the evidence. [NYT, Image via Scoblizer] -
#photoframes
The Only Digital Photo Frame That Makes Sense In This Cruel, Non-Analogue World
Digital photo frames, schmigital schmoto frames. I wouldn't give this model a second look if it weren't for the fact that it's packing a FRICKIN' INTEGRATED PHOTO SCANNER. More » -
#dictionary
This Pocket Dictionary's Camera Reads All Those Abstruse, Recondite Words For Me
Unichal's Dixau DX3 digital dictionary saves you all that trouble of typing out words you don't understand. Instead, it takes a picture of the offending verbiage with a pop-up digital camera and automatically translates it. How efficacious! More » -
#imagecache
What Is This? The Year's Most Mysterious Images
It's been a great year in pictures—some more identifiable than others. Here is a retrospective of 2009's best mystery shots. Care to take another guess? More » -
#iphone
Apple Approves "Tits & Boobies" and "Pussy Lovers" Apps
I knew this was bound to happen sooner or later, but it's wrong. From the iTunes description. "If you love pussy, this application is for you. Each and every pussy is more and more tight and super tempting." Really? More » -
#design
Electric (Reading) Chair
Don't worry, pushing the big red button on this chrome reading chair by Aleksej Iskos simply turns on the lights, though we insist that you try it first...err, because we're so hospitable. [Aleksej Iskos via HomeQN via notcot] -
#security
How Three Guys Dismantled One of the World's Most Powerful Botnets
If you're envisioning lines of code flying across bays of screens, amphetamine-fueled digital manhunts and dramatic, albeit rendered, explosions, I'm sorry. When major botnets fall nowadays, it's the product of hard work, patience, and some well-placed phone calls. More » -
#japan
Gaming In the Streets
Only in Japan would you find an arcade with the theme of playing in China's "backstreets." Called Your Warehouse, the whole complex is basically eight stories of rusted scum...that actually provides amenities like towels to sweaty DDR players. [Kotaku] -
#roundups
EcoModo - The Best of TreeHugger
This week, hacker heaven hits MAKE with their opensource hardware guide, EcoSnoop iPhone apps makes you a green vigilante (sorta), and say goodbye to "sticker price" as IBM starts manufacturing e-ink labels for store shelves. More » -
#iphone
I'm on a Phone, Muth*f*cka
I had my doubts about this "I'm on a Phone" video—the winner of the $5,000 I Am T-Pain iPhone app music video contest. Until I heard these lines: [Warning: NSFW for strong language] More » -
#apple
Rumor: 8GB iPhone 3GS Imminent?
Could Apple be giving the iPhone 3G the slip, replacing the $99 model with an 8GB iPhone 3GS? It certainly seemed plausible when we first heard about it, and now a forum-dweller has received packaging suggesting it could be true. More » -
#tablets
Notion Ink's Tablet Named Adam, Will Be Birthed In June
The curvaceous, sexy tablet from Notion Ink has some serious gender issues, as the company has named it "Adam." It'll still be the first tablet to use a Pixel Qi screen, Notion Ink's hoping, despite its June release date. More » -
#phones
What The Future Of Touchscreen BlackBerrys Nearly Looked Like
Almost makes you like the Storm more, right? I'm guessing the (presumably resistive) touchscreen was so shoddy that the trackball was actually a required addition. Thank goodness this prototype didn't leave the R&D department. [PocketBerry via CrackBerry] -
#nature
The Northern Lights Get Time Lapse Video Treatment
It's on my list of Things To Do Before I Die, but like most inclusions I fear watching a time lapse video is the closest I'll ever get. What a marvelous view. [TWAN via Boing Boing] -
#dtv
Doesn't She Look Thrilled About LG's First DTV Devices For The US
Yes, your eyes are deceiving you, LG's not licensed the StarTAC design. Phew. That telescopic antenna doesn't just harp back to ye olden days though, it also receives a digital TV signal, one of the first US DTV devices. More » -
#jobs
Amazing Jobs: Wind Turbine Cleaner
It may not offer the toehold-challenge of traditional rock climbing, but then, traditional rock climbing doesn't usually come with a paycheck. These climbers have been employed to scale huge wind turbines for maintenance, which is green in so many ways. More » -
#nsfw
These Star Trek Fans Are One Weird, Naked Bunch
Uh, I don't have a clue what's going on here. All I know is, it's Star-Trek-related, and it's very, very NSFW. [Dinner in the Darkroom] More » -
#architecture
This Subway Sandwich Store Will Fly 100 Stories High to Feed Ground Zero Workers
The world's most exclusive Subway is also cooler than you'd ever thought Subway could be: Fully-functioning, inside a shipping container, delivering sandwiches up and down the full height of the Ground Zero construction—soon to top 100 stories. More » -
#oversharers
Facebook Fugitive Taunts Cops with Pictures and Status Updates
Remember how, in Catch Me If You Can, fugitive Leonardo DiCaprio kept calling Detective Tom Hanks to taunt him? Here is a convicted burglar doing the same thing, in real time on Facebook. Should we celebrate or fear him? More » -
#brain
Remembering Kim Peek, The Uncanny Human Computer
The New York Times has a fascinating obituary on Kim Peek, the man who was Dustin Hoffman's inspiration for Rain Man's character Raymond Babbitt. Some of his powers were absolutely uncanny: More » -
#terror
The True Odds of Airborne Terror Chart
After the crotchbomb there has been a lot of noise about airplane security again—you can see how stupid the leaked new flight rules are here. But what's the actual risk of an airplane attack? Here's the definitive chart: More » - Yesterday - December 28, 2009
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#robots
This is a $2.1 Million Robot Hummingbird and It Could Save Your Life
This tiny, flying robot flaps its wings 30 times per second—just like a real hummingbird—and will one day save lives by searching for survivors in wreckage and spots not easily accessible by humans. More » -
#robots
Remo Robot Channels Silent Hill for Extra-Terrifying Visage
At this point, it seems passe to accuse every robot post-Roomba of trying to kill you, but if this one isn't a homicidal psychokiller, somebody should tell its face. More »
