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Little Ionic Winds Stop Laptops From Burning Body Parts

We first heard about ionic winds cooling down computers by 250% in 2007. Two years later, Tessera—a chip-packing company—has modified the technology so that it would fit into a working laptop. https://gizmodo.com/ionic-wind-may-help-cool-computers-250-better-than-reg-289419 How ionic winds differ from typical cooling system is that by ionizing the air and passing it over a processor chip, the ionized…

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

Here’s the stuff that we didn’t post today. (Until now, obviously.) • Sprint’s having a launch party for its Premiere customers. Are you a Premiere customer? Probably not! [Boy Genius Report] • Sprint’s about to release the HTC Touch Pro2 in July, if this rumor is correct. Seems to me this is not the phone…

Microsoft’s Wireless Mobile Mouse 6000 Has a Tiny Dongle

One of three new peripherals from Microsoft, the Wireless Mobile Mouse 6000 is the first to use Microsoft’s nano transceiver: A 0.3-inch wide dongle that is barely visible when plugged into a USB port. The three newest additions to the BlueTrack family—Microsoft’s line of peripherals specifically designed to work on any surface—run on 2.4GHz wireless…

E&S’ 8K Laser Projectors Also Display 3D Content in HD

Fresh off of JVC’s 8K projectors announcement, Evans & Sutherland’s newest laser projector, the ESLP 8K, not only displays a resolution of 8K in 2D, but also projects visuals in 3D as well. https://gizmodo.com/jvcs-first-8k-projector-and-4k-live-camera-are-under-2-5251466 Different from other lamp-drive projectors, the ESLP 8K laser projector displays quality that is apparently sixteen times 1080p HD resolution, with…

Magazine Story to Reveal Itself During One Thousand Years

Forget about electronic ink. This month Opium Magazine’s cover is showing a story that is not there now, but will reveal itself over a thousand years, word for word, thanks to a specially-formulated ink. https://gizmodo.com/esquire-e-ink-cover-hacked-to-death-with-knives-and-f-5054022 His creator, American conceptual artist Jonathon Keats wrote the story and came up with the idea. Nobody knows what the…

Microsoft Wins Patent for Crippling Your Computer Until You Pay Up

Oh ho ho. Microsoft just got a patent for crippling your computer until you pay them dammit. Specifically it’s for “making selected portions and functionality of the operating system unavailable to the user or by limiting the user’s ability to add software applications or device drivers to the computer” until an “agreed upon sum of…

3D Gauge Car Cluster Fills the Eyeballs With Information Overload

This concept, a joint effort by NVIDIA and icon icar, packs a ton of data into one screen. In addition to a standard speedometer and fuel gauge, it houses radio and navigation information. [KickingTires]

Those Pirated Versions of Windows 7 RC Are Building a Botnet

The botnet just added 25,000 users in the last few weeks. Nice job, geniuses. Couldn’t you have downloaded it from Microsoft directly? [MSDN]

Resistance Fighter Moon Bloodgood Gets Her Own Terminator CG Web Series

Want to know more about a minor character’s climb up the ranks of the Resistance? The new six-episode Terminator Salvation machinima takes place two years before the film, exploring new bots and resistance-building. The machinima series follows Moon’s character, Blair Williams. So far, it looks like all the same storylines as the Terminator Salvation game,…

Modular Shower Lets You Arrange Your Bath Gadgets Like Building Blocks

This designer-friendly shower kit is for people who really like squares. The simple, elegant 5×5 modules can be arranged freely and serve several functions, including thermostat, speaker, volume and diverter controls, showerhead, lighting and shelving. No word on whether each block can be removed from and reapplied to the wall for even more bath time…

@TheWerewolf: wait, so you mean that its their strategy to enter a market with a shite product, and then slowly shift their sodden arse up the quality ladder, presuming that the customer will be there waiting for them? mmm. that is some classic strategy.

Say Hello to the Kindle 9 XXXD

We’ve already seen Amazon make the Kindle larger, but this video takes that idea to the extreme. [LandlineTV]

Discover The Secret Origin Of 9’s Deadly Machines

An explosive trailer for Shane Acker‘s 9 just premiered on Attack Of The Show. It gives the origins of these post-apocalyptic ragdolls… plus why the terrifying red-eyed machines are so determined to wipe them out. 9, produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov, comes out on Sept. 9. (And that other movie called Nine comes…

$100 of Free Music

Get your music legally for once. If you take some time out of your day to take this fun filled survey for us, we’ll pick one winner and mail them a $100 iTunes GiftCard. Remember to email the color of your answer bar to [email protected] . Standard contest rules apply.

Microsoft Will Unveil ‘Kumo’ Search Engine At All Things D

The May 26 to May 28 conference will allow Microsoft to show off a search engine that’s supposedly more competitive to Google than its current solution. (“What current solution,” you may ask, if you’re trying to be a jerk.) [All Things D]

Mickey Rourke’s Whiplash Body Armor, Or Photoshopped Red Space Suit?

Possible villain concept art from Iron Man 2 is floating around, with Mickey Rourke‘s face painted on top of a steampunky suit. Real or fake, it’s not what we expected. More at link. [Latino Review]

Lawnmowers, Killer Bees and Fire: Five Tales of Mowing Madness

Who knew a machine with razor-sharp blades spinning at 200RPM you’re supposed to sit on top of might cause injury or death? Here are gruesome tales of mowing mishaps—from this past month alone! Lawnmowers, with their spinning, ground level blades, are most dangerous to small animals, young children, and feet. Recently, one Mowing Menace trapped…

The GameDr Doesn’t Have a Ph.D, But Will Drive Your Kids Nuts

I’m so very glad this didn’t come out twenty years ago, or my parents would have used it to set my console usage at 15 minute increments, allowing me to never reach a save point. The GameDr—whose degree I’m almost positive is honorary—can beep warnings at T-10 and T-1 minutes, hopefully to let them reach…

In Which Someone Unboxes a Copy of Windows 3.1

Why? Why not, that’s why.

A Scanner Darkly Meets Brazil, Creating A Fascinating Mess

I’m surprised Martin Martin’s On The Other Side got shortlisted for a Clarke Award. To be sure, it brings a unique narrative voice to the dystopian future canon. But it’s also derivative and muddled. Spoilers! In Martin Martin’s On The Other Side by Mark Wernham, it’s about 40 years from now, and everything has gone…