Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
Here's the stuff that we didn't post today. (Until now, obviously.)
Here's the stuff that we didn't post today. (Until now, obviously.)
Our friend Elaine in China sent us a report that Chinese police use umbrellas to thwart camera crews from shooting video at Tiananmen Square. Here's a whole CNN report of the protest's 20th anniversary, replete with government-endorsed in-yer-face...
Extremely nerdy tattoos are popping up more and more these days. Not that you are crazy enough to get one, but let's say you blacked out after a drunken evening and woke up with a gadget tattoo. What gadget might it be...and where would you find it?
Now that it's summer, us cold-weather-city types want to spend every possible waking moment outdoors. But that separation from technology is sometimes just too hard to bear, which is where the Powerbrella comes in. Its solar panels keep your...
It's going to be a rainy weekend here in NYC. Time to snuggle up indoors with some new gadgets, a free Xbox LIVE weekend, and my good pal Wolverine.
After unidentified hackers made away with untold amounts of protected data on a highly-classified fighter jet project, the Pentagon decided to step up their cybersecurity. The first step? Creating the badass-sounding Cyber Command.
The Nabaztag, known for reading you the news and playing back podcasts, has come out with a new kind of reader: The Violet Mirror RFID reader.
Only the teeniest of zombies will fear this little USB chainsaw that normally comes packed in limited edition copies of Resident Evil 5. $23.99 is pricey for 2GB storage, but...bloody chainsaw. [eBay via OhGizmo]
Microsfot's collapsible Arc Mouse will be available this month in frost white, eggplant purple, deep olive green and marine blue for $50. Nice, but I do prefer my colors marketed under one umbrella theme. [Microsoft]
Kudos to Dutch designer Joonsoo Kim for attempting to give the plain old umbrella a whimsical cumulus makeover. Unfortunately, I think there might be some problems with the concept.