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more about #olympics OCEntertainment: "In an official Tweet (ugh)" My favorite part of this article.^ more » Odin: That Acer laptop would be more likely to have a "Go Taiwan!" sticker on it instead. more » Benguin: Next on the Consumerist: Olympic flame complains about airline, loses luggage. more » Serolf Divad: You'd think that a guy holding up his lighter would do, no? more » Dreamwriter: Wait, why are they flying in a plane? Shouldn't some athlete be running with the flame? more » dimsum4u: hey at least it's not 6 of airbus a380 super first class seats. more » steve holt!: I think the Festivus pole took up more space than this more » Jacubious: Woot woot! Can't wait until they get here! more » reddyroc: those are coming to my hometown eventually, vancouver, bc. maybe me and my fire extinguisher could meet up with them later. do they have to fly back i... more » twoeightnine: Maybe it's just me or maybe people are now sitting 2 to a seat but there's 6 lanterns on 3 seats. Yeah, the BP got it wrong. more » Nathan Obbards: At least they're not fat. more » mexi1010: They are burning more oil than what is in those lanterns... Couldn't they donate the money they are spending on those six seats to, you know, the sta... more » Hello Mister Walrus: They put it in economy class? Those cheap asses! How come they never let me bring fire on airplanes? I get that more lanterns means lower chances th... more » banmojo: No, I don't think the world economy is so bad that we can't bring the Olympic flame to the games. Not when Pelosi flies weekly to and fro from her ho... more » dragonfire312: No, but after China(which is a third-world country) totally owned any other opening ceremony from developed countries, the developed countries have to... more » averyrm: So I can't carry on a bottle of water, but lamps full of oil that are currently on fire are ship shape? more » peteywell: What I want to know is how they got past customs. I can't even take a tube of toothpaste on board, let alone 12 bottles of highly flammable fluid. more » The Magnificen7: Do you have a better way to do it? Or would you prefer we give up on one of sport's oldest traditions? more » Jake Kirshner: Thanks for the votes guys! Keep 'em coming if you can! I'd love a chance to blog both CES and the 2010 Games! more » OCEntertainment: Done and done. Best of luck, Jake. (We will of course expect a few exclusive shots from CES for Giz in exchange for our...*ahem*....services.) more » -
#remainders
Remainders - The Good, Bad and Ugly Things We Didn't Post (and Why)
Abandon all hope, ye who enter Remainders. Today, we've got: Windows 7 needs less tech support than anyone expected, Acer's Olympic-themed laptop, Sprint's Android phones skipping Android 2.0, and a leaked Panasonic (non-Micro) Four Thirds camera. More » -
#what
The Olympic Flame Gets Six Airplane Seats to Itself
I love symbolic gestures as much as the next guy, but is flying the olympic flame from Greece to Canada in a bunch of miner's lanterns spread across six airplane seats really necessary? [The Big Picture] -
#architecture
Amazing 400ft Tall Spherical "Cloud" Structure Proposed for London Skyline
An international team of architects and designers has created this stunning center-piece for London's 2012 summer Olympics village. Dubbed The Cloud, three 400ft towers would be joined by giant plastic spheres that serve as both observation decks and projection screens. More » -
#wrongmodo
On the Auction Block: 5,000 Leftover Condoms From The Olympics
Hot date this weekend? Impress with your sports memorabilia collection by snatching up these 5,000 condoms leftover from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. With inscriptions like faster, higher, and stronger, they're a bargain at a starting bid of $730. More » -
#olympics
2010 Olympic Medals Made From Melted-Down Circuit Boards
The gold medals for the 2010 Vancouver winter Olympics have been revealed, and they're made from melted down old circuit boards. Because athletes will really appreciate that geeky touch. More » -
#mods
Computer Modeled After Incredible Bejing Digital Building
The Bejing Digital building wasn't the breakaway star of 2008 Olympics architecture, but if Michael Phelps built circuit boards, things might have been different. Luckily, one modder created a case to commemorate the building. -
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#sports
Paralympics: The Games Where Bionic Athletes Reign
Tech and the Olympics are a recipe for controversy. Before double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius (right) was finally approved to compete in the Olympics (he failed to qualify, barely), naysayers claimed his carbon-fiber Cheetah blade prostheses gave him an advantage over non-cyborg competitors. And Speedo's LZR suit has been decried for rendering meaningless any world records that came before. But that debate is dropped entirely for the Paralympic Games, which are currently going on in Beijing and as we see in today's Big Picture, is where the sports tech comes out in force. More » -
#photoshopcontest
135 Ways to Ruin the Olympics Using Technology
I received a downright insane number of entries for this week's Photoshop Contest. Apparently, you folks really had an itching to bastardize the precious Olympic Games. Nearly every event got its due, and we have some pretty amazing images. Hit the jump for your top three winners and then marvel at the humungous Gallery of Champions. More » -
#olympics
RC Cars Are the Javelin Errand Boys of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics
Track and Field athletes will probably roll their eyes at me for this one, but still I have to say I was amazed to see this little four-wheeled RC car scurrying across the field last night during the men's 5,000 meter race carrying javelins, and dammit, I wanted to write about it. After a little digging, I discovered a photographer who had documented the little cars (there are two at the Beijing games), and how they're a first for the Olympic summer games. More » -
#olympics
What's It Like To Stand On the Water Cube's High-Dive Platform?
Full-screen this beautiful high-res panorama cooked up by the New York Times's top-notch interactive graphics folks and find out. [NY Times via Kottke] -
#photoshopcontest
Ruin the Olympics by Inserting Tech Where It Doesn't Belong
The Olympics end this weekend. Have you been watching? Personally, I had trouble getting into them. Maybe it's because there was a general lack of tech in most of the events (except for those gymnastics girls, who I'm pretty sure are all robots). Time to change that! For this week's Photoshop Contests, I want you to ruin the Olympic Games by inserting technology and gadgets where they really don't belong. I'll leave "ruining" open to your interpretation, but the more creative the better. More » -
#retromodo
Tattoo? Symbiote? What the Hell is That Thing On Olympian Kerri Walsh's Shoulder?
For the longest time I thought the black sinewy thing on Olympic beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh's shoulder was either a confused Alien face sucker, a horny spider, a bad tattoo decision (a la Mike Tyson), or all of the above. Turns out I was way off, and it's actually Kinesio athletic tape from a company in Albuquerque. And upon further inspection, the hype surrounding the $15 tape appears justified, and goes way beyond helping athletes. More »
