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Flower Power to Solar Power: Artificial Plant has Solar Cell Leaves

A Japanese science and engineering team have created this crazy artificial houseplant with high-efficiency organic thin-film solar cells as leaves. Developed by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, it’s got about 9 square inches of power-generating area, and each flexible leaf has a complex structure protected by a thin plastic layer. This…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

WowWee Wrex the Dawg Bot Gets Video Review

The guys over at RobotsRule.com have just come up with this review of WowWee’s new Wrex the Dawg toy robot. And sure, it’s no Aibo, or even the robot dog from yesterday, but it’s got a certain something. It’s remote-controllable, programmable and has a suite of 18 tricks to act out, depending on its mood.…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Trapped in the Body of a Microwave, a Tragically-Modded PC

Since I don’t have either a microwave or a desktop computer, I don’t know why this PC-microwave hybrid with an LCD bolted to the door speaks to me, but it just does. It could possibly be something to do with the fact that I still haven’t had breakfast and it’s way past breakfast time here…

Tech News AddyDugdale

Computex the Venue to See Ubuntu Netbook Remix

We spoke about Canonical’s rejigged version of Ubuntu last week, and the Netbook “Remix” as they call it, is on show at this year’s Computex. Although it won’t be available until later on in the year, the company is already working with OEMs to include the new software on portable devices. Full press release is…

Tech News AddyDugdale

Modder Discovers Eee PC 901 is Most Hackable Yet

Just yesterday we brought you the cheap Eee 701 touchscreen hack, and now it looks like the same guy who did that mod has been ferreting around inside an Eee 901, with some unexpected results. In fact, it looks like the 901 is even more moddable than the earlier models, with some extra functions inside…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

iPhone Finally Coming to Japan Courtesy of Softbank

Softbank is to bring the iPhone to the Japanese market later this year. With no release date, no price, and certainly no word on whether the deal is an exclusive one, or whether Japan’s other carriers can get on the act, this is going to be a short post. [Impress]

Tech News AddyDugdale

HTC Touch Pro Advances Slide-Out Windows Mobile Action

HTC’s going back to what they do best-Windows Mobile phones with slide-out QWERTY keyboards-by way of the HTC Touch Pro, also known as the HTC Raphael. It’s got a very Touch-Diamond-like back, and has 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 512MB internal storage, 288MB RAM, microSD slot, a 2.8-inch VGA screen, 3.2-megapixel camera, GPS, video calling and a…

Tech News Jason Chen

Han Solo Is Not a Loser

Once in a while I veer outside my pure SF diet to consume something else — you know, like Grey’s Anatomy. What do you want? It has hot people doing science, OK? Anyway, last week’s season finale on Grey’s involved a bizarre sequence where the docs have to break a guy out of some quick-dry…

Television Annalee Newitz

Nvidia Tegra Videos Show Quake III at 35fps, 3D UI Running Like Butter

Nvidia talks a big game about how awesome its mobile Tegra processors are, but paper muscles tear when wet. They’ve got some videos showing that there is at least some meat behind the pulp. Above the fold is Quake III running at 35fps with anti-aliasing turned on, while below is HD video output at 720p…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Flip Mino: A Smaller, Better Flip Camcorder for $180

The Flip Mino, a pint-sized but more powerful companion to the so-easy-your-grandma-will-be-a-YouTube-star Ultra, is now official. We already saw the $180 mini-cam in a fuzzy picture, but now we know that although it carries 2GB of on-board flash for 60 minutes of VGA-quality recording like the Ultra, it’s 40% smaller—a scant 4″ x 2″ x…

Tech News Benny Goldman

Apple and Google Combine Forces to Explode Your Address Book

The ability to sync your Address Book contacts with Gmail—one of 10.5.3‘s most useful new features—could have used a bit more real-world testing. Rather than just syncing your beautiful, groomed, deliberately added contacts like any reasonable person would expect, Address Book downloads all of your Gmail account’s automatically collected addresses as well, which is to…

Tech News John Herrman

MIT Brings Nintendo Wii To The Blind, Rhythmically Inclined

The guys at MIT’s gaming lab just unveiled AudiOdyssey, a game for the Wii that doesn’t require sight to play. The game is sort of a musical composition tool, in which players create layered beats for an imaginary crowd of dancers. The game does have a minimal visual component but for the most part just…

Tech News John Herrman

The Flaik Armband Tracks Your Airtime on the Ski Slopes

The Flaik armband promises to maximize your bragging rights on the ski slopes by recording jump airtime using a GPS system embedded in an armband. It can also keep tabs on measuring speed, distance, and altitude-data that is automatically uploaded to Flaik servers and can be accessed anytime via a web-enabled device. There is even…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Leaked Terminator 4 Ending Is False, Says Director

That rumor we posted earlier today? About what happens to John Connor in Terminator 4? It’s totally not true, says director McG in a new entry on his production blog. “By the way, there are only three people who know the ending,” he says. And then he tries to change the subject with some info…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Cannondale Bicycles May Get iPod Dock Upgrade + Stat Tracking

Cannondale bikes hired a design firm to render up some possible future features on their rides, one of which is a very interesting one called MetroPolite that has an iPod connector. An iPod seems like the last thing you want to be shoving into your ears when you’re riding in a Metro area, seeing as…

Tech News Jason Chen

What Happens When You Burn a Magnesium NeXTCube Computer Case?

If you are old enough to remember, NeXTCubes were high-end workstation computers built in the late ’80s and early ’90s that featured a die-cast magnesium case. Magnesium was an attractive metal because it was strong and light-but as any high school chemistry student with a penchant for pyromania can tell you, magnesium burns with a…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Is Indiana Jones a Pinko?

Now that Indiana Jones has joined the cold war in recently-released flick Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, it’s time to consider what exactly Indy would have thought about communism. He might be working with the US government to stop the bad guys, but a cloud of suspicion hovers over his head. Even the intelligence agents…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Radiohead Finally on iTunes

Tired of being bold and exciting, Radiohead is capping its return to the status quo by finally making the move to iTunes. Everything is available as iTunes Plus, and you can buy tracks a la carte (a first). Was anyone still really waiting for this? [iTunes via TUAW] https://gizmodo.com/radiohead-offers-new-album-for-whatever-you-want-to-pay-305566

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Inflatable Car Can Drive Off Cliffs, Into Children’s Parties

XP Vehicles wants to sell you an inflatable car that costs under $10,000. It’ll be shipped to you in two boxes and take roughly two hours for two people to build. Completely electric, the car’s light weight means it can get 300 miles on a single charge or up to 2,500 if you use their…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Rush-Hour Traffic On The Moon Is A Bitch

Moving to the Moon won’t solve all our Earthbound problems, such as overcrowding and traffic jams — especially if we have to stay within tunnels and domes. This ridiculously cute art piece by the University of Memphis’ Justin Burns won NASA’s lunar art contest for its mildly dystopian look at a future Moon colony. At…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Flower Power to Solar Power: Artificial Plant has Solar Cell Leaves

WowWee Wrex the Dawg Bot Gets Video Review

Trapped in the Body of a Microwave, a Tragically-Modded PC

Computex the Venue to See Ubuntu Netbook Remix

Modder Discovers Eee PC 901 is Most Hackable Yet

iPhone Finally Coming to Japan Courtesy of Softbank

HTC Touch Pro Advances Slide-Out Windows Mobile Action

Han Solo Is Not a Loser

Nvidia Tegra Videos Show Quake III at 35fps, 3D UI Running Like Butter

Flip Mino: A Smaller, Better Flip Camcorder for $180

Apple and Google Combine Forces to Explode Your Address Book

MIT Brings Nintendo Wii To The Blind, Rhythmically Inclined

The Flaik Armband Tracks Your Airtime on the Ski Slopes

Leaked Terminator 4 Ending Is False, Says Director

Cannondale Bicycles May Get iPod Dock Upgrade + Stat Tracking

What Happens When You Burn a Magnesium NeXTCube Computer Case?

Is Indiana Jones a Pinko?

Radiohead Finally on iTunes

Inflatable Car Can Drive Off Cliffs, Into Children’s Parties

Rush-Hour Traffic On The Moon Is A Bitch

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