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Darth Vader Unmasked Mimobot Flash Drive: If You’re Lucky, You’ll Get the Not-Whiny Anakin

Mimoco’s getting more clever with their latest Star Wars mimobot flash drives—Darth Vader and Clone Rex have removeable masks, and one out of six Vaders will have the Uncle Fester face underneath, not the NOOOOO one. [Mimoco]

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jun 10 '09

What Do Matthew Fox’s Bizarre Lost Spoilers Mean?

Matthew Fox’s hints about what happens in Lost season six will turn your brains into froth. There’s new District 9 video, New Moon set pics and Last Airbender casting. Plus Moon, Gamer, Fringe, Stargate Universe, Warehouse 13 and True Blood. District 9: Here’s a better quality version of the trailer we showed you a week…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jun 10 '09

Ultra-HD Military F-16 Flight Simulator Runs on 120 PC Graphic Cards

This is the HD World, an amazing ultra-high definition military F-16 simulator that runs on 120 Intel Dual Core PCs with $400 graphic cards inside a special industrial casing. Looking at this video, I want one in my living room. L-3 Link says that their simulator gives you 20-40 visual acuity—current sims do 20-80—which it…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 10 '09

Snow Leopard Gives Last-Gen MacBooks Multitouch, But No GPGPU or h.264 Acceleration

The conversation about Snow Leopard’s compatibility with older hardware has been dominated by complaints that it won’t support PowerPC—something we’ve all known for months. But Snow Leopard will have some mixed implications for more recent hardware, too. https://gizmodo.com/snow-leopard-will-not-support-powerpcs-after-all-5015495 First, we have a possible bonus feature for last-gen MacBook users. According to Snow Leopard’s “Enhancements and…

Tech News John Herrman Jun 10 '09

Eye-Fi Pro Wireless SD Card Review

The Gadget: Today Eye-Fi Wi-Fi-enabled SD cards have been upgraded with a 4GB Pro version with new features like support for RAW files, selective uploading and the ability to send files straight to your computer with via an ad-hoc network. The Price: $150 The Verdict: The best keeps getting better. We already knew that Eye-Fi…

Reviews Sean Fallon Jun 10 '09

Rumor: Graphics-Infused Atom “Pineview” Processor Slated for Q4 Release

Digitimes has it from one of their annoyingly anonymous, sometimes accurate “industry insiders” that the N450 Pineview, one of Intel’s next-gen Pine Trail Atoms, which boast built-in GPUs and memory controllers for slightly improved graphics performance and massively improved battery life, will ship in Q4—October at the earliest. [Digitimes] https://gizmodo.com/rumor-graphics-infused-atom-pineview-processor-slate-5285647

Tech News John Herrman Jun 10 '09

Ban on Vizio HDTV Imports Upheld, But Does It Even Matter?

Back in April, when the ITC ordered Vizio to stop US imports of HDTVs that infringed on a patent held by Funai, President Obama was given 60 days to intervene. He didn’t! Nor did he need to, it seems. https://gizmodo.com/vizio-blocked-from-importing-tvs-into-the-us-5207605 The best, and really, only source of information on the status of the legal conflict…

Tech News John Herrman Jun 10 '09

Palm Pre Gets Its First Homebrew App, WebOS “Easy to Modify”

Within hours of a leaked WebOS root image spilling onto the internet, would-be developers have coaxed a respectable number of hacks and tweaks out of their Pres—including the phone’s first homebrew app. https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-news-flurry-konami-code-used-for-dev-mode-we-5285381 Their accomplishments are modest in the grand scheme of things, but this is an auspicious start: My first application works!! I’m so…

Tech News John Herrman Jun 10 '09

Nokia Developing Wireless, Accessory-Free Ambient Charging

Engineers at Nokia have hatched a plan for a system that’ll charge phones using nothing more than ambient electromagnetic radiation, or, as you and I might put it, electricity sucked from thin air. It sounds a little sci-fi at first, but it’s not: RFID tags are powered by electrical signals converted from electromagnetic waves emitted…

Tech News John Herrman Jun 10 '09

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 Jun 10 '09

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 Jun 10 '09

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 Jun 10 '09

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 Jun 10 '09

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 Jun 9 '09

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 Jun 9 '09

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 Jun 9 '09

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 Jun 9 '09

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 Jun 9 '09

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 Jun 9 '09

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 Jun 9 '09

Darth Vader Unmasked Mimobot Flash Drive: If You’re Lucky, You’ll Get the Not-Whiny Anakin

What Do Matthew Fox’s Bizarre Lost Spoilers Mean?

Ultra-HD Military F-16 Flight Simulator Runs on 120 PC Graphic Cards

Snow Leopard Gives Last-Gen MacBooks Multitouch, But No GPGPU or h.264 Acceleration

Eye-Fi Pro Wireless SD Card Review

Rumor: Graphics-Infused Atom “Pineview” Processor Slated for Q4 Release

Ban on Vizio HDTV Imports Upheld, But Does It Even Matter?

Palm Pre Gets Its First Homebrew App, WebOS “Easy to Modify”

Nokia Developing Wireless, Accessory-Free Ambient Charging

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

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