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Rumor: MacBook Airs Not Coming Until Late June

Forget about MacBook Airs being delivered to Apple.com this Wednesday—the Taiwanese paper Economic Daily has scrounged up some details about the Air going on sale later this month. They also claim the iPad 3 will launch later this year, with an image resolution “5-6 times higher than the iPad 2.” [Reuters] https://gizmodo.com/rumor-unlocked-iphone-4s-revamped-macbook-airs-and-ne-5811267

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 14

New Cable Technology Promises 4.5 Gbps Download, 575 Mbps Upload Speeds

Watch out DSL providers, your fancy, schmancy fiber optic technology is about to be blown away by a cable telecommunications company from Suwanee, Georgia. At the Cable Show 2011 conference in Chicago, ARRIS is demoing a new technology that delivers 4.5 Gbps download and 575 Mbps upload speeds over a cable connection. The system steals…

Tech News Kelly Jun 14

A See-Through Cabin In The Woods of Japan

Hidemi Nishida built a translucent cabin in the woods for the minimalist camper with a fondness for voyeurism. The Shukaijo House is a temporary winter shelter constructed in the back woods of Sapporo, Japan. It’s frame and flooring are timber and its walls are translucent sheets of plastic. It’s designed to let you see out…

Tech News Kelly Jun 14

The Airlines Make a Killing Off Bag Check Fees

Ruh-roh, looks like the Associated Press uncovered what every US airline passenger already knows – the airlines are nickel and diming its customers to death with bag check fees. These fees were introduced in 2008 as a way to offset the rising cost of fuel. It’s been a cash cow for the airlines who collected…

Tech News Kelly Jun 14

Apple and Nokia Shake Hands On Patent License Agreement

Nokia and Apple are no longer suing each other over multiple cases of patent infringement. The two have entered an agreement and Apple will be paying Nokia both a lump sum amount and on-going royalties. Needless to say Nokia is happy with this arrangement. [Nokia] https://gizmodo.com/nokia-sues-apple-over-ipad-and-iphone-related-patents-5533482

Tech News Kelly Jun 14

Nature’s Slow Path to Destruction

Imagine buying your dream house and gradually losing it to a slow-moving landslide. For Jim and Charity Marlatt of Keene, NY, this is a living nightmare they face every day. The ordeal began with a small crack in the dirt that gradually turned into an 82-acre landslide. As a result, their house is now literally…

Tech News Kelly Jun 13

Save Dad $120 On His T-Mobile Data Plan

Father’s Day is next week and many of you are still trying to figure what to buy. If you have a T-Mobile smartphone lying around, you may want to introduce Dad to the world of mobile broadband. As part of its Father’s Day sale, T-Mobile is dishing up some free data on Saturday, June 18.…

Tech News Kelly Jun 13

Ortho-Tag Uses RFID To Identify Your Implants

When you have a prosthetic device implanted in your body, how do you retrieve information about it? You can’t look at the bottom for a model number and you don’t want to go under the knife to find the manufacturer. Orthopedic surgeon Lee Berger along with Marlin Mickle of the University of Pittsburgh developed a…

Tech News Kelly Jun 13

I Can’t Believe This Is How You Really Unload Stuff from Giant Trucks

Apparently, if you are carrying certain goods—like woodchip—in giant nine-wheeled trucks, this is how you unload them: Strap them to a gigantic platform. And then tilt them more than 45 degrees until it empties completely. Being a complete ignorant about logistics, this simple fact amazes me to no end. Not to talk about the photo.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 13

New York Is The Top Tweeting City In The World

London may have the most Twitter accounts in the world, but New York City residents tweet more than anyone else in the world. This little factoid from Sysomos was recently dredged up in a NY Times op-ed piece. It’s not surprising, really, even gangs in NYC picked up on the Twitter trend years ago. And,…

Tech News Kelly Jun 13

Make Your Own Beautiful Cookbooks and Share Them With Friends

Being a foodie with the iPad should come naturally. And with panache. So you can look to Yummrs as a way of nurturing your palette in a way that’s great for you and for the party you’re throwing. Yummrs connects to your favorite cooking blogs, and manages them by presenting the delicious foods you’ll want…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jun 13

Hanging Bike Beacons Show Cars Where You’re Coming From

Fixed-gear bikes are a testament to minimalist styling, however most light mounting hardware isn’t. The BikeLit aims to rectify the situation by simply hanging on. The BikeLit by Nite Ize uses two LED beacons — one white, forward-facing that clips to the front brake cables and one red, rear-facing that hooks to the saddle rails.…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jun 13

Use Magazines To Rest Your Weary Feet

Nju Studio’s Sammeln Stapeln Setzen lets you use those old magazines as a foot stool while sitting on the couch. The piece of furniture is a simple block of wood with two straps and a pillow. Pile your magazines to the desired height, strap them in and, voilà, you have the perfect footstool for your…

Tech News Kelly Jun 13

We Love Superheroes!

THE PHOENIX LIVES! | Beautiful Phoenix art from Worth 1000’s superhero art contest, via BoingBoing. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-the-most-scientifically-plausible-superpower-5811568 What is the most scientifically plausible superpower? We all know that superheroes like Superman or Thor are completely impossible. But just for the sake of argument, are there any superpowers that could actually exist in the real world? More »…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 13

When you fight a gang of evil henchmen, be sure to pack your fur suit

In this sequence from the Japanese tokusatsu TV show Kaiketsu Lion Maru, the hero becomes his dead-eyed feline alter ego to beat the crud out of some baddies. Things get extremely real around the 1:38 mark. Yiffjutsu! Soundtrack’s funky though. You can watch episodes on YouTube if this is, y’know, your thing.

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 13

Man Pierces His Back to Hook His Body onto a Hot Air Balloon

I’m totally cool with alternative piercings. Your life, your choices, whatever. But Zane Whitmore is testing my limit of accepting crazy: he pierced his back, attached the piercings to a hot air balloon and suspended his body in the air. Pain and grossness aside, what Whitmore did probably makes it feel like you’re really flying…

Tech News Casey Chan Jun 13

Little girl’s TARDIS stolen from her front yard

A batch of criminals have run off with this poor girl’s TARDIS. Watch in horror/hilarity as the local news crew tries to come to terms with a “bus stop” time machine. The crime happened in Little Ave, Oklahoma. The victim: just a couple of Doctor Who fans with the creative juice to build their own…

Television Meredith Woerner Jun 13

Chinese Man Goes To Work Dressed As Iron Man

ZTE employee Wang XiaoKang was so inspired by the Iron Man movie that he built his own replica outfit and wore it to work one day. https://gizmodo.com/interview-the-man-who-really-built-iron-man-5530804 The Chinese man spent about 3,000 yuan (US$460) and three months of his free time to build the superhero outfit. The suit has its own custom arc reactor,…

Tech News Kelly Jun 13

Google Wants to Make Internet Faster…Again

Last year, Google launched their own DNS servers in an attempt to speed up internet load times for those who trusted them enough to handle their web routing. Now, they want to speed up those load times again using SPDY, a new optimization protocol. According to Technology Review, SPDY has been around since late 2009.…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jun 13

Rumor: MacBook Airs Not Coming Until Late June

New Cable Technology Promises 4.5 Gbps Download, 575 Mbps Upload Speeds

A See-Through Cabin In The Woods of Japan

The Airlines Make a Killing Off Bag Check Fees

Apple and Nokia Shake Hands On Patent License Agreement

Nature’s Slow Path to Destruction

Save Dad $120 On His T-Mobile Data Plan

Ortho-Tag Uses RFID To Identify Your Implants

I Can’t Believe This Is How You Really Unload Stuff from Giant Trucks

New York Is The Top Tweeting City In The World

Make Your Own Beautiful Cookbooks and Share Them With Friends

Hanging Bike Beacons Show Cars Where You’re Coming From

Top Stories: Monday, June 13, 2011

Use Magazines To Rest Your Weary Feet

We Love Superheroes!

When you fight a gang of evil henchmen, be sure to pack your fur suit

Man Pierces His Back to Hook His Body onto a Hot Air Balloon

Little girl’s TARDIS stolen from her front yard

Chinese Man Goes To Work Dressed As Iron Man

Google Wants to Make Internet Faster…Again

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