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Teardowns

Canon Lens Completely Disassembled (Result: A Lot of Rings)

Zoom lenses are by no means a rarity, but it's not often that someone chooses to sacrifice one to the internet. FredMiranda forum member sbv20 found himself with a useless Canon 17-85mm lens after the aperture became stuck, so he did what any good gadget freak would: he tore it apart. He documented the process with a fantastic series of photos which demonstrate that even the boring lenses found dangling from necks at any tourist destination are obscenely complicated. More »

9:20 AM on Mon Oct 6 2008
By John Herrman
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Blu-Ray

Sony Pictures Blu-ray Club: Kool-Aid Points for Early Adopters

If you're that guy replacing all of your old DVDs with hi def Blu-ray movies, then you may be interested in the Sony Pictures Blu-ray Club. Through the promotion, new Sony Pictures Blu-ray discs enabled with BD Live content can be registered online through ethernet-connected Blu-ray players. This registration will then redeem the disc purchase for Sony Rewards points that are good for special giveaways and offers. More »

9:00 AM on Mon Oct 6 2008
By Mark Wilson
233 views, 1 comment

Latest by OMG! Ponies!: Or not. Captain Bringdown Here. I don't know if people have heard, but there's a financial crisis on which has affected almost all sectors of the economy, including the job market, the credit market, and the value of the dollar. While I did rebuy 300 and The Godfather, I see no reason to more »

Htc

HTC Touch Diamond Pops Up in Seven Colors

We were surprised to see the HTC Diamond just coming in white, but those in France now have the opportunity to pick up the Diamond in one of seven colors: White, blue, brown, fuchsia, yellow, purple or rose. Unless you're packing up to move abroad, chances are you'll never see most, if any of these Skittlesfied options. But we thought we'd show you just to rub it in. Happy Monday! [Phone and Phone via NowhereElse]

8:43 AM on Mon Oct 6 2008
By Mark Wilson
389 views, 7 comments

Latest by DustyButt: They need one in carbon fiber. more »

Led

The World's Largest LED Screen Is, Of Course, In Dubai

It's not built quite yet, but Tameer Holding is constructing the world's largest LED screen in Dubai for a commercial office building named The Podium. The gigantic display will be implemented as the building's facade, reaching 33 stories into the sky and maintaining visibility up to a mile away. (Needless to say, that's a lot bigger than we are building displays in America.) More »

8:14 AM on Mon Oct 6 2008
By Mark Wilson
1,104 views, 14 comments

Latest by tommo: Practicality? Please. Awesome? Yes. more »

mousing

Ergonomic HandshoeMouse Is Like A Bed For Your Fingers

Or a shoe, if the name is anything to go by, though I've always preferred the term "glove" to "handshoe." But that's neither here nor there, and despite its name the Hippus HandshoeMouse looks pretty fantastic. Ergonomic mice often fall into different=better trap, simply offering you a new contorted position in which to place your hands. This mouse is designed such that it isn't so much gripped as it is laid upon, contouring to the natural at-rest position of your hand. Available in black, white and clear finishes, the HandshoeMouse sells for a hefty $120, but you can't put a price on and comfort. Well, I mean, obviously you can, but it's somewhere at or above $120. [HotHardware via Engadget]

7:40 AM on Mon Oct 6 2008
By John Herrman
714 views, 10 comments

Latest by WiglyWorm: OMG! Back in the 90s I owned a mouse called the Mouseman 4+ by logitech. It was, and remains to this day the most ergonomically beautiful mouse I have ever had the pleasure of using. It has long since bit the dust, but this "hand-shoe" as they call it appears to more »

sprint instinct

Sprint Instinct Firmware Update Includes Non-Crappy Browser

The Instinct firmware update BH29 was pushed out over the air (a cool feature in and of itself) a few days ago, with one main purpose: fixing the browser with an entirely new codebase. Lame page rendering and navigation were our biggest problems with the Instinct, so this update is definitely worth exploring. Release notes after the jump. [EverythingInstinct] More »

7:00 AM on Mon Oct 6 2008
By John Herrman
1,189 views, 4 comments

Latest by kenleewrites: what browser is it? more »

Research in Motion

BlackBerry Storm Can Cut and Paste, Multitouchily

If browsing through the leaked PowerPoint and User Guide showing how to sync your contacts or, you know, send an email didn't get your heart pumping, BGR has found a punchier little feature that might. RIM's documentation indicates that multitouch (!!) cut and paste functionality will be built into the Storm's software, something that Apple has been stubbornly disinterested in. Hopefully BlackBerry is saving more multitouch announcements for later. [BGR]

6:30 AM on Mon Oct 6 2008
By John Herrman
1,530 views, 6 comments

Latest by braddanick: Yes, but does it have "the hundred floors"??????????????? more »

Always Low Prices. Always.

Walmart Unwittingly Sells iPod Nano Knockoff as Actual iPod

Reader Mitchel Jones noticed something seriously wrong with the iPod display at his local Walmart. Was there another new iPod Nano? Has Apple finally abandoned its iconic wheel? The answer, as deduced by Mitchel himself, is much more depressing: retail fraud. More »

5:50 AM on Mon Oct 6 2008
By John Herrman
8,446 views, 31 comments

Latest by canuckistani: why wouldn't you shop at wal-mart? i don't get it..you like paying more for stuff? more »

Research in Motion

Leaked Screens Show BlackBerry's Own App Store

Far be it from us to be criticize something like this, but RIM has been spilling some serious beans lately. The newest (and pehaps tastiest) comes to us from CrackBerry, where they've uncovered a few screens of the BlackBerry App Center. They've also got a wealth of information about the service, which will unfortunately be available for Storm users only. More »

5:00 AM on Mon Oct 6 2008
By John Herrman
2,226 views, 8 comments

Latest by xenoastro: can we pleas stop leaked !, it is "released" every smuck website is screaming LEAKED images of this and that, bull ! it's called marketing ! more »

Architecture

The Highest Skyscraper in the World

When it's finished in ten years, Dubai's latest architectural monolith will be the tallest skyscraper in the world. At more than one kilometer high (3,280 feet), the Nakheel Tower will have the hundred floors. More »

12:33 AM on Mon Oct 6 2008
By Jesus Diaz
15,394 views, 68 comments

Latest by fsusmithc2: I really just don't get Dubai at all. The guy that runs the place has no idea what to do with his money obviously. Why build these massive skyscrapers, man-made gigantic islands, indoor ski slopes, hugetastic malls, and all of that when there's nobody to visit the place? It's a gigantic, more »

Holy Flying Penguins

Penguins Flying in Military Planes from Brazil's Beaches to the South Atlantic

Get ready to fight to dead for this one, Disney, Pixar, and Dreamworks: More than a thousand penguins have suddenly appeared on the beaches of Brazil. The scientists can't explain why this is happening. Some say they are somehow confused. Knowing the views in Brazil's beaches, I personally think they are not confused at all. Brazilian National Institute for Space Research climatologist Jose Marengo thinks the penguins—who are being airlifted back to its origin by the air force—got lost because of changes in the ocean circulation in the South Atlantic: More »

9:00 PM on Sun Oct 5 2008
By Jesus Diaz
6,837 views, 45 comments

Latest by Three_Part_Bandit: When I saw the first pic I just wanted to hug my laptop awwww... more »

What Bailout?

Chelsea Football Club Owner Building $400 Million Mega-Yacht with Submarine, Missile Defenses

Russian billionaire and Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich is building a $400 million mega-yacht. Yawn, you say? You have two? OK, well, this yacht has its own submarine. And armor plating with bulletproof glass. And little boats that fit inside the bigger boat. And a frickin' missile defense system that will alert he and his crew of 70 former SAS soldiers that there be pirates in those waters. It should be noted that Abramovich's other yachts—the 377 ft. Pelorus, 282ft Ecstasea and 160ft Sussurro—all pale in comparison to the 550 ft. Eclipse, and do not include missile detection systems. You can never be too safe, right? More »

8:30 PM on Sun Oct 5 2008
By Jack Loftus
16,077 views, 62 comments

Latest by hammertime1994: I would shoot at him. more »

hp hdx 16

First Look at HP HDX 16 Almost Breaks It

CrunchGear got their meaty hands on the new HP HDX16 Blu-ray notebook we previewed back in September, and it's pretty shiny. And I say "meaty" because they damn near broke some of those flashy, flush buttons during the initial feeling up. Keep those paws away from the 16:9 high def widescreen and I think we'll be OK, fellas. [CrunchGear]

7:35 PM on Sun Oct 5 2008
By Jack Loftus
3,328 views, 39 comments

Latest by OprahBabb: aaaaannddd...you can mute it. more »

Paralympics 2008

ESA Space Tech Catapults Olympian to New World Record

The 2008 Paralympics wrapped up over the summer, but we're only just today learning about some of the awesome stories to come out of this amazing tech-assisted sporting event. We've covered these bionic athletes before, with some help from the Big Picture, but today's story out of Germany shows just how much goes into helping these young men and women compete. A previous sporting injury left Wojtek Czyz without a left leg and the ability to long jump. The ESA, using materials developed for space, helped him get to the Olympics and vault into the record books. More »

5:00 PM on Sun Oct 5 2008
By Jack Loftus
3,886 views, 6 comments

Latest by tylerstyle: Seen the Sprinter running on 2 of those Baby's? That got me impressed and led me to think about the Future of this kind of Tech. Cyborgs will come big and beat all Man held records in the years to come. Impressive and most awesome. more »

Spinning Tops

Non Stop Top Never—Wait For It—Stops Spinning

Like a Ronco rotisserie or the perfect politician, you can set this non Stop Top and forget it, because it never stops spinning. Well, it never stops until it runs out of battery juice, which takes about eight hours. Mileage for pols or rotisseries is probably much more than that. It's a cool, shiny top, however, even if they don't really go into detail about the inner workings that keep it spinning for so long. [I Want One of Those]

4:30 PM on Sun Oct 5 2008
By Jack Loftus
5,616 views, 16 comments

Latest by diehippiedie: wooo finally a great toy upgrade for hanukkah this year. more »

Fire extinguishers

X Sting Wish Fire Extinguisher Turns Firefighting Into a Shoot Out

When everyday devices become autonomous and start mating in the far future thanks to nanotechnology, items like fire extinguishers will become what designer Adam Scott has envisioned with the X Sting Wish. Mixing one part Dustbuster, one part machine gun, and a final part carbon fiber-wrapped fire extinguisher, Scott has managed to cook up a device that looks as at home in a kitchen as it would in Gears of War made real. There are even side-mounted LEDs for night missions. So, why make a lifesaving device like the fire extinguisher so, well, weapon-y? As the mock-ups reveal, it's all about easy recognition in an emergency situation. Apparently, when fire strikes, people are more apt to reach for their shotguns than that red cylinder marked "FIRE EXTINGUISHER." More »

4:00 PM on Sun Oct 5 2008
By Jack Loftus
9,042 views, 40 comments

Latest by DisposableInterloper: I could see this working really well. Lightweight, color coded, and handled like a gun. Definitely an improvement over that old red can. My first impression was pretty bad, but looking at the rationale and the attention to details, I must say that I'm all for something like this. more »

Greenliness is Godliness

Vatican Fights the 'Sin' of Pollution with $1.5 Million Solar Panel Roof


As part of its continuing effort to fight the "sin" of pollution, the Vatican has revealed that the first few panels of its 2,400-strong solar panel roof project were installed this week. The $1.5 million project will require minimal maintenance over the next 25 years, and is part of an ambitious environmental project that could see the tiny European state become the first carbon-neutral body in the world. "Those who destroy the environment are also big sinners", said Italian Cardinal Deacon Renato Raffaele Martino earlier this year. "It's a big insult to God." I see it as more of an insult to my lungs, Martino, but I hear you barking on that one anyway. Good form. [Treehugger]

3:30 PM on Sun Oct 5 2008
By Jack Loftus
1,905 views, 45 comments

Latest by winsucker: What about all the mental shit that they produce? >> more »

sega vision

Sega Returning to the Hardware Biz with Vision PMP for 2009

Sony's PSP is currently getting its butt handed to it by the Nintendo DS, but don't tell that to Sega. With its upcoming Sega Vision PMP, due out in the UK sometime in 2009, the former hardware company-turned-sub par software maker is hoping to take on the jack-of-all-trades portable market. The prognosis for such a device is OK, but then again how could it not be? After all, this is the company that brought us the 32X, Saturn, and the Dreamcast—the only direction any Sega hardware offering could go from this point forward is up. More »

Feature

3:00 PM on Sun Oct 5 2008
By Jack Loftus
12,643 views, 58 comments

Latest by Jesus_Jones: it'd be cool if you could play all the mega drive/master system games on it through a non emulated interface. I'd buy that...well if they came with a save function Imagine you'd fought your way up the tower in Streets of Rage II and then suddenly you have to get more »

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