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retromodo

BlackBerry Design Evolution: O How Far We've Come?

For any med students who coveted the original BlackBerry pager back in '98 almost as much as they can't wait for the Bold to drop on AT&T, CRN's evolution of the BlackBerry will bring joy to your heart. Within which we realize that RIM actually hasn't evolved their drug-metaphor-laden email device all that much. More »

10:30 AM on Mon Sep 8 2008
By John Mahoney
12,157 views, 51 comments

Latest by KLanD: @RoboChop: I don't find BBs ugly at all. A lot of them are very sleek and well designed. @shenanigans: LMAO! Honestly more »

pens

Evolution Pen Can Shift its Weight from Butt to Bust

Luxury pens make for a peculiarly classic gadget. Instead of being driven by the latest microprocessor manufacturing techniques, pens innovate purely on design alone—mechanics at their most simple. And this Conway Stewart Evolution pen features a mechanical trick that took three years to develop. The user can adjust the pen's center of gravity from the front to the back depending on fatigue and handwriting style (surely just an adjustable weight, to engineer it perfectly is the challenge). And with its engraved solid silver body, the Evolution is quite "sharp," as my pen-collecting mother would say. Only 200 will be produced for $2,700 apiece. [Conway Stewart via BornRich]

2:00 PM on Mon Jun 23 2008
By Mark Wilson
3,956 views, 26 comments

Latest by Canthros: @Canthros: Ah, inexpensive but good fountain pens well under $100. I knew there were others than the Pilot Knight, but more »

darwin

Darwin Manuscripts Evolve From Paper Notes to Online Archive

The manuscripts that later became On The Origin of Species are going online for the first time. The good guys at the Cambridge University library, who were the only people with access beforehand, have put Charles Darwin's notes on his book and another 20,000 archive items online, turning it into one vast educational/scientific resource. Apparently it's actually so vast that if you downloaded one image a minute, it'd take you two months to view it all. More »

9:50 AM on Thu Apr 17 2008
By Kit Eaton
1,872 views, 12 comments

Latest by GadgetPlay: @zenpoet: You're right, I should have said "like bread pudding,only with muffins." As for the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, more »

airplanes

Evolution Pod Travels Through Land, Water and Air

Alexander Begak is a test pilot and the chief designer of Evolution, a flying pod that can travel on land, slide through water and snow, and fly thanks to a gliding parachute that acts as a soft, highly portable wing. The one or two-seater vehicle made of Kevlar and titanium was presented at the crazy 2007 Moscow Air Show, but it's now available starting at $7,200. While the Evolution looks nice, their most amazing personal planes are yet to come: the Sirius and Iris, after the jump.
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12:15 PM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By Jesus Diaz
37,358 views, 44 comments

Latest by citizen.lambda: @Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Bah, those've been around for a while, and not too many people kill themselves in them, but yeah, quite more »

robots

Norwegian Scientists Create Evolving Hardware While Jeff Hawkins Creates the Brain (Verdict: Start Building Nuclear Shelters NOW)

Say hello to Kyrre Glette, Jim Tørrenson, Jeff Hawkins and one of your future robot overlords. The first three have developed two different ways to create independent machines. The fourth is just looking to destroy you. More »

1:05 PM on Wed Apr 4 2007
By www.gizmodo.com
5,298 views, 21 comments

home entertainment

Wii Controller Strap, v3.0: It's Thickerer

Evolution is alive and well, and here's proof: the Wii controller strap has now mutated into its third iteration, after the first one was accused of hurting, maiming, and otherwise causing deadly mayhem to innocent users. What's new? The new straps are thicker, longer and have a supposedly more-durable plastic restraint that better helps it cling to your wrist. More »

1:30 PM on Mon Jan 22 2007
By Charlie White
1,125 views, 20 comments

Latest by Whitney Lynn: I love Andy's idea. Punishment if you let it go. Man those bungees can kill when you get more »