Goojje Search Engine, Launches in China, Claims It’s Google’s "Sister"

January 29, 2010 – Say hello to Goojje, a Chinese search engine that looks remarkably like one we've seen before. It launched on January 14, and yes, it's filtered for less flavor. The way the name works is this: More »

200-Meter-Long Superyacht Makes All Billionaires’ Existing Yachts Look Merely Clitoral

January 29, 2010 – Ain't it always the way? Just when you think you're the owner of the world's biggest yacht, an even larger one appears out of nowhere? (Well, I say nowhere, I really mean Belgium, where boat designers Emocean hail from.) At 656 ft - 99 ft longer than Roman Abramovich's dinghy - the uberyacht will... More »

First Render of Richard Branson’s Underwater Plane

January 29, 2010 – A few days before Crimbo last year, Blam posted on the news that Virgin boss Richard Branson was getting into deep water. Well, we've now got a render of the hydrobatic Necker Nymph, as it's been named. The billionaire is taking delivery of the carbon-fiber underwater plane on February 20, and it... More »

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January 29, 2010 –

Nokia Demos Mobile Radar Concept

January 29, 2010 – This is what you do when your company is losing consumer confidence - come up with really spanky little ideas like this one. Nokia is researching a concept that it calls Mobile Radar. More »

Portable Freezer Concept is Fisher-Price Nice

January 29, 2010 – This is not a kid's toy to build spatial awareness and Tengu knowledge. Rather, it's a cute idea for a portable freezer by a dude called Ruben Iglesias* that's powered by photocells in two LED lamps, working via magnetic induction. See those two yellow things in the lid? More »

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January 29, 2010 –

This is So Much More Than Just a Black Box

January 29, 2010 – It seems that The Elders Of The Internet have decided to mass-produce the Intartubez. Hurrah! [instructables via BoingBoing]

Earth’s Twin is on the Cusp of Being Discovered, Says Dome-Headed Clever Guy

January 29, 2010 – Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I was a sucker for Battlestar Galactica (while these days I merely mix my sci-fi metaphors. Boldly.) Anyway, Earth's twin is due to be discovered this year - says Michael Mayor. More »

Bad, Lazy Architects Rejoice! Heat-Resistant Glue Makes Buildings a Craft Project

January 29, 2010 – So, una buncha de architectos have inventados a heat-resistant glue for erecciones, have they? (My real Spanish is pretty damn good, I'm just playing to the gallery, you understand.) Well, why am I not surprised it's a Spanish invention? Summers down in the Andalusian city of Seville are hot (but... More »

149 Inches of Goodness makes Mitsubishi Size Queen of OLED

January 29, 2010 – It may be lagging three inches behind Panasonic's big telleh, but Mitsubishi's whopping great screen is OLED. Or should that be ZOLED? It was unveiled at ISE 2010, with Number 6 and Boomer dressy-likeys lending a hand. The screen is actually made up of ten-centimeter-square panels, with a... More »

iType Keyboard from ION for your iPhone is Full-Sized, Half-Baked?

January 8, 2010 – I'm not just sure how practical this is, but ION has just announced details of its iType keyboard, a full-sized, battery-operated keyboard. Available in the second quarter of 2010, there's no price as yet.

Earthquake Spotting Comes to Twitter, Courtesy of USGS

January 8, 2010 – San Andreas fault fans, there's a new TED in town. The United States Geological Survey has developed the Twitter Earthquake Detection project, in an attempt to improve its handling of those natural disasters when they hit across the U.S. The USGSted project relies firstly on an application... More »

Digital Art Frame from Casio Redraws Your Photos into Something Akin to Genius

January 8, 2010 – Digital photo frames? Errrrrrrrm, MEH. Casio's Digital Art Frame, however, I could almost write a QVC script for. It takes your own digital photos and transforms them into paintings - well, it turns them into digital images with special effects. There are, apparently, eight art form effects,... More »

Xbox Marks the Spot for Razer’s Controller and Headset

January 8, 2010 – Razer, the firm that brings us all those high-end gaming peripherals, has made its first foray into the Xbox market with a couple of add-ons. The Onza controller and Chimaera pro gaming headset will be available later this year. The $50 Onza, with its swanky green trim, has Razer's Hyperesponse... More »

What is This?

January 8, 2010 – Clue: It's not the world champion Conker player's special box. There's a clue in those last two words, though. It is, my friends, a big bunch of Woodvibes - sex toys made of wood. More »

NeoVue HD Video Streaming Platform is Wireless, Dongletastic

January 8, 2010 – Those clever people at Sigma have just announced the arrival of NeoVue, a wireless streaming platform that will let you watch stuff from your small-screened gizmo (laptop, phone) on a bigger-screened gizmo (telly.) Yay!

Aneesh Chopra Visits CES, Gets a Slap on the Wrist

January 8, 2010 – Yesterday, Obama's Chief Technology Officer went to Vegas to hang out with Blam, Chen, Frooch, et al. And what did he get from Consumer Electronics Association head honcho? More »

Sarkozy Goes for Google in Attempt to Claw Back Piracy Revenue

January 8, 2010 – President Sarkozy, that small man with the excellent peripheral - wife Carla Bruni - could be going for the Internet giants in order to claw back some of the revenue he claims that creatives are losing through piracy. In his traditional new year speech outlining his plans for the next 360 or so... More »

Moritz Waldemeyer’s Home Disco is Best iPod Dock Ever

January 8, 2010 – Now this is what I call an iPod dock. Behind it, crazy guy Moritz Waldemeyer, the guy behind OK Go's LED suits for their tours a couple of years back. More »

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