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Husqvarna Panthera Leo Concept Mower is Electric-Powered and LCD-Equipped

Growing up, I hated mowing the lawn. My backyard was huge, my allergies were bad and I was stuck with a temperamental push mower. If I had this battery-powered Husqvarna mower, however, I would have begged to do yard work. https://jalopnik.com/husqvarna-panthera-leo-concept-21st-century-electric-m-5284473 The best part of this the Panthera Leo mower isn’t the electric-powered design, or…

Tech News Adrian Covert

ExpressCard 2.0 Spec Is Out and Promises to Be 10x Faster

The new ExpressCard 2.0 standard launched at Computex, and promised transfer speeds of up to 5 GB/s. The new spec will support adapters for PCIe, eSATA and USB 3.0, among other things. The new ExpressCard 2.0 will work with all existing ExpressCard technology, which can be found in most laptops. The new standard will be…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

Here’s the stuff that we didn’t post today yesterday (Until now, obviously.) • New Astronaut spacesuits come equipped with LCD monitors to track malfunctions and offer advice in emergency situations. Want to see one, or hear more about what information it collects and displays? Us too. [NewLaunches] • Logitech puts a little bit of color…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Palm Pre News Flurry: Konami Code Used for Dev Mode, WebOS Root Image Leaks, Palm Eos Pops Up Again

I don’t care if it was just to turn the phone off—the fact the Palm Pre uses the Konami Code for anything is amazing. In this case, you type in “upupdowndownleftrightleftrightbastart” in your phone to access dev mode. According to Engadget, dev mode is apparently what allows you to connect to the upcoming Mojo SDK,…

Tech News Adrian Covert

InnoDisk’s 128 GB NanoSSD Is the Size of a Matchbox, but Still Zips Around

The InnoDisk NanoSSD amazingly packs 128-gigabytes of storage into a form factor not much bigger than a matchbox. And to top it off, InnoDisk claimes the drive still reads and writes at around 150 MB/s. Wow. As part of the testing process, InnoDisk says they test the NanoSSD by hitting it with 20 Gs of…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Health-Monitoring Football Helmets Take All the Fun Out of Death Sports

Too many people overheat or are gravely injured playing sports like football. The latest answer to the crisis is the Hothead helmet, which monitors cranial heat, wirelessly alerting coaches when the wearer runs the risk of heat exhaustion. It’s a good idea, and combined with this technology, which monitors the force of impacts to the…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

The iPhone 3G Ass…Errr…S

The Joy of Tech points out the chief logistical problem with the iPhone 3G’s new moniker. And it has something to do with butts. [Joy of Tech]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Dildroid: Runs On Android, You Know Exactly What It Does

Debby may be all excited about the iPhone 3GSex, but if you have an Android phone, you can join the fun too. The good: So cute. The bad: From now on, the Android mascot will look like a penis. [Fleshbot] https://gizmodo.com/in-iphone-3gs-the-s-stands-for-sex-5284390

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Sit-to-Walkstation Gives You the Option to Be Lazy

Treadmill-desks aren’t new. But the $4900 Sit-to-Walkstation is the first we’ve seen that has a space for a chair, giving you the option to exercise while you work or, once again, stay lazy. [Product Page via BoingBoing]

Tech News Andi Wang

GPS Shoes Help Locate Wandering Alzheimer’s Patients

Did you know that Alzheimer’s patients frequently suffer what are officially called “critical wandering incidents”? These shoes have an embedded GPS chip that sends an alert via Google Maps so the lost senior can be located. The shoes, developed jointly by Aetrex and GTX, should be available by the end of the year. And if…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Futurama is Back For 26 More Episodes

Holy crap. It looks like the rumors were true. Futurama is BACK. After four movies (most of which we covered here), Comedy Central decides that they want more of Futurama and renewed them for TWENTY SIX new episodes starting 2010. That’s twice the amount of episodes that were rumored. Don’t forget to check out our…

Tech News Jason Chen

The Other Apple GS

According to Apple, the S in iPhone 3GS stands for “Speed.” Back in 1986, the S stood for “Sound,” and the “G” stood for “Graphics.” It was the Apple IIGS, the first Apple with a color graphic user interface. The GUI was influenced by Lisa and the Macintosh, and—with its 16-bit architecture, megabytes of RAM,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Firewinder Wind Light, or Photon Tornado?

In practice, the Firewinder wind light won’t look quite this extraordinary. But God bless slow shutter speed photography all the same. [via Inhabitat] https://gizmodo.com/firewinder-turns-wind-into-light-277680

Tech News Mark Wilson

Superman Is Just A Freak Like The Rest Of Us

I kind of love this old-school video where hippies teach Superman that it’s okay to be a freak. But what in Rao’s name is he doing with those chains and that anchor? [Everything Is Terrible]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

HyperMac External MacBook Battery Review

The Gadget: The HyperMac external laptop battery, which, through its Magsafe connection gives MacBook Airs up to 32 hours and MacBook Pros up to 8 extra hours of battery life. There’s also a USB port for USB charging. https://gizmodo.com/hypermac-external-battery-gives-macbooks-a-32-hour-boos-5239442 The Price: $200 for 60Wh, $300 for 100Wh, $400 for 150Wh and $500 for 222Wh The…

Reviews Jason Chen

First Look At Mickey Rourke’s Iron Man 2 Bondage Harness

Here’s the first picture of Mickey Rourke as Ivan Vanko aka Whiplash, a Russian who creates his own power-suit, with light-up electrical whips, in Iron Man 2. Except it seems like Ivan forgot the “suit” part. [USA Today, thanks Tim!]

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

“Robot Uprising” Expert Gives You Invaluable Cylon Survival Skills

The Battlestar Galactica cast and top roboticists may be gathering on Friday to explain how to cope with the show’s killer robots, but there’s no need to wait. How To Survive A Robot Uprising author Daniel Wilson has answers now. https://gizmodo.com/bsg-cast-gathers-with-roboticists-to-discuss-our-inevit-5283987 Wilson did a guest-blogging spot over at BSG special effects supremo Darth Mojo‘s blog,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Snow Leopard’s New Exposé and Dock Explained

With so many people excited (and enraged) about iPhone 3GS, it’s no wonder we glossed over Snow Leopard’s cool UI update, which gives you Exposé control from inside the Dock. Now’s your chance to see the video demo: As John mentioned yesterday, it’s an update that resembles Windows 7’s amazing Taskbar, in that you can…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

First Pic of Mickey Rourke as Whiplash in Iron Man 2

Curious as to what Mickey Rourke is going to look like as Whiplash in next summer’s Iron Man 2? Be curious no longer. Whiplash (Mickey Rourke) sports a power pack on his chest that looks similar to the one used by Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.). “The technologies are definitely related, and that’s part of…

Movies Adam Frucci

Wii Dev Kit on eBay for $1200

Say you love the Wii, really love the Wii. Maybe you’d spend an extra grand or so to secure the bestest Wii in all the land and buy this dev kit on eBay. Normally available exclusively to licensed developers direct from Nintendo, a dev kit could facilitate the development of your own games. Great, right?…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Husqvarna Panthera Leo Concept Mower is Electric-Powered and LCD-Equipped

ExpressCard 2.0 Spec Is Out and Promises to Be 10x Faster

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

Palm Pre News Flurry: Konami Code Used for Dev Mode, WebOS Root Image Leaks, Palm Eos Pops Up Again

InnoDisk’s 128 GB NanoSSD Is the Size of a Matchbox, but Still Zips Around

Health-Monitoring Football Helmets Take All the Fun Out of Death Sports

The iPhone 3G Ass…Errr…S

Dildroid: Runs On Android, You Know Exactly What It Does

Sit-to-Walkstation Gives You the Option to Be Lazy

GPS Shoes Help Locate Wandering Alzheimer’s Patients

Futurama is Back For 26 More Episodes

The Other Apple GS

Firewinder Wind Light, or Photon Tornado?

Superman Is Just A Freak Like The Rest Of Us

HyperMac External MacBook Battery Review

First Look At Mickey Rourke’s Iron Man 2 Bondage Harness

“Robot Uprising” Expert Gives You Invaluable Cylon Survival Skills

Snow Leopard’s New Exposé and Dock Explained

First Pic of Mickey Rourke as Whiplash in Iron Man 2

Wii Dev Kit on eBay for $1200

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