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Sweden’s Ice Hotel Charging $200,000 for Space Trips in 2012

So this Swedish destination, The Ice Hotel, has linked up with Virgin Galactic to begin selling space travel packages for about $200,000, beginning in 2012. Wilson says that’s cheap. I say that’s relative. Anyways, Virgin Galactic apparently linked up with five nordic travel agencies to start booking these packages, which will take off from the…

Space & Spaceflight Adrian Covert

Comcast Bundling WiMax With Cable

Comcast owns some of Clearwire, and so they’re going to bundle Clearwire’s wireless 4g WiMax network with cable services soon. It’ll be in Portland first, by midyear. If it does well, I have no doubt it’ll reach the rest of us Comcastards. [Oregonlive]

Tech News Brian Lam

Rumored Toyota Hybrid Sportscar is Prius-based

The thing that’s always kept me from wanting a hybrid car is that they aren’t all that fast. And the ones that are fast cost too much money. That might change with Toyota’s MR2 Hybrid. https://gizmodo.com/what-it-feels-like-to-drive-a-tesla-roadster-5091319 The rumored MR2 Hybrid is said to be built around the Prius design, but would go 0-60 in under…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Philips Emotion Jacket Touches You In Movie Theaters

End of Titanic. Rose floating on debris, Jack in the water. You want to cry but can’t. Philips’ new concept jacket gives you a little hug (out of sympathy? pity?) and there go the waterworks. Philips senior scientist Paul Lemmens and a team of researchers have devised a jacket—but sorry dudes, no matching pants—that augments…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Tissue Box Spy Camera Watches You as You Wipe Your Snot

Ignorance is bliss, but if you reeaaally want to know what goes on behind the scenes, this tissue-box spy camera will catch those moments: hopefully the good, not the bad, and definitely not the gross. You can set the tissue box to record when scheduled, to be motion-triggered or to be controlled by remote control.…

Tech News Erica Ho

City of the Future Postcards (circa 1910)

Leominster in the Future (postcard circa 1910) At the turn of the 20th century, the postcard seemed to be a popular medium with which to imagine the future. While these depictions were often tongue-in-cheek they, like the Jetsons in the 1960s, held some kernel of truth about society’s expectations for what was to come. We…

Tech News Matt Novak

WalkyDog Is an Animal Abuse Charge Waiting to Happen

Unless your name is Ron Mexico (not Ron-Mexico…maybe?), there’s no way you can look at this thing dog walking contraption that attaches to your bike and think its a good idea. WalkyDog essentially places your dog on a treadmill it can’t get off of without breaking it’s neck. And check out the picture—i don’t even…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Deaf Barn: 6400 Watts of What Recession??

There are those who appreciate a good stereo, and there are those who appreciate destroying their hearing one sweet watt at a time. Todd Whitworth falls into both categories, but mostly the latter. His barn/garage, filled with vintage sports cars like a 1969 Camaro and modern Aston Martin, is also home to over 6,000W of…

Tech News Mark Wilson

11 Books About People Whose Childhoods Were Worse Than Yours

Are you wasting thousands of dollars in therapy unraveling your horrendous upbringing? Check out 10 science fiction books about kids who really had it rough, and put your issues into proportion. It’ll be cheaper! Germain from A Game of Universe by Eric Nylund: Germain’s life isn’t that great now – he’s an assassin who absorbs…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Retromodo: GE’s Principles of Electricity Circa 1942

I seem to remember watching something like this on a projector in middle school…in the 90’s. Damn my second rate education! [Internet Archive via Make via Boing Boing Gadgets]

Tech News Sean Fallon

How Does Shark-Jumping Really Affect Audience Numbers?

When fans say a TV series has jumped the shark, do the masses really notice? We did some research on Battlestar Galactica’s audience numbers to see if bad moments in the show drove audiences away. The chart above shows Nielsen Ratings that measure audience numbers on the Y axis, and every episode of Battlestar by…

Television Annalee Newitz

Lasers Become Weapons Grade For the First Time Ever

Northrop Grumman just made a laser that measures 105 kilowatts, just north of the 100 kilowatt bar that defense researchers have called the weapons grade cutoff. Pew pew indeed. Wired’s Danger Room says that this won’t be like Star Wars’ blasters or Star Trek’s phasers, but it can shoot “mortars and rockets” in war zones…

Tech News Jason Chen

Hanwha Duo Turns Your Laptop Into a Tablet PC

Hanwah Japan’s new Duo digital pen allows you to turn a standard 15.4-Inch LCD laptop into a tablet PC through infrared and ultrasonic magic. In order for the system to work, a receiver must be placed on top of the screen to capture pen movements, but the result is a decent-sized screen for your doodles.…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Bang & Olufsen’s 4-103 BeoVision Plasma Is Huge and Self Calibrating

At over $135,000, Bang & Olufsen’s BeoVision 103-inch plasma set costs nearly triple Panasonic’s 103-inch baby or just as much as the 150-inch plasma champion of the world. Why? https://gizmodo.com/panasonic-updates-103-inch-plasma-drops-price-by-one-c-5041874 Besides the fact it’s from the B&O, when you turn the monster on, it comes alive, the stand elevating itself to your viewing level as…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

First Kindle 2 Firmware Update Available Now

In case you’re curious, Kindle 2 firmware version 2.0.2 is being rolled out to users over the air. Apparently it doesn’t really do much, except let publishers disable text-to-speech, but it’s the FIRRRRRRRRRSSST. [Engadget]

Commerce Adrian Covert

AT&T Confirms $600 No-Contract (But Locked) iPhones

AT&T just confirmed the rumor that they’re going to be selling $600 and $700 iPhones (8GB and 16GB) that are contract-free starting next Thursday. The bad part is that you’re still locked into AT&T unless you jailbreak and SIM-unlock your phone, but if you’re paying an extra $400 upfront for these (which is also another…

Tech News Jason Chen

I Wish Things in Space Really Went This Fast

I was watching NASA’s channel—admiring Discovery’s pitch maneuver as it approaches to dock with the ISS—and I found myself thinking, “This is glacially slow.” So I sped it up by four.* While launching is a pretty fast business, maneuvering in space is even more boring than turtle porn. How are we ever going to have…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Daniel Was Battlestar’s Biggest Fiasco, Says Ron Moore

Battlestar Galactica creator Ronald D Moore prepared us for tomorrow night’s season finale, by explaining how it went down. Plus, the backstory to the most mysterious name drop in BSG’s history, the missing Cylon Daniel. When did you figure out what you wanted to do with the ending? Because I heard with President Roslin, you…

Television Meredith Woerner

Urban McHugly Is My New Best Friend

I was just thinking, “I want a friend who has a touchscreen belly with LED Swarovski eyes that light up when someone calls, and loves me unconditionally.” Lo and behold, there was Urban McHughly. He’s coming soon, and is powered by your iPhone in his chest, like Tony Stark’s heart. And I’m pretty sure we…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Blazewear Heated Sportsvest: Lightning Review

The Gadget: Blazewear’s heated vest is powered by a lithium ion pack and good for hours of user controlled heat. It also has a built in flashlight on the battery. It’s very warm! The Price: $139 The Verdict: OMG warm! Although not as fitted or high quality as the Ardica jackets, which have padded battery…

Tech News Brian Lam

Sweden’s Ice Hotel Charging $200,000 for Space Trips in 2012

Comcast Bundling WiMax With Cable

Rumored Toyota Hybrid Sportscar is Prius-based

Philips Emotion Jacket Touches You In Movie Theaters

Tissue Box Spy Camera Watches You as You Wipe Your Snot

City of the Future Postcards (circa 1910)

WalkyDog Is an Animal Abuse Charge Waiting to Happen

The Deaf Barn: 6400 Watts of What Recession??

11 Books About People Whose Childhoods Were Worse Than Yours

Retromodo: GE’s Principles of Electricity Circa 1942

How Does Shark-Jumping Really Affect Audience Numbers?

Lasers Become Weapons Grade For the First Time Ever

Hanwha Duo Turns Your Laptop Into a Tablet PC

Bang & Olufsen’s 4-103 BeoVision Plasma Is Huge and Self Calibrating

First Kindle 2 Firmware Update Available Now

AT&T Confirms $600 No-Contract (But Locked) iPhones

I Wish Things in Space Really Went This Fast

Daniel Was Battlestar’s Biggest Fiasco, Says Ron Moore

Urban McHugly Is My New Best Friend

Blazewear Heated Sportsvest: Lightning Review

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