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Samsung’s Soulb is Soul-Like in Spirit, But with B-Grade

Not so many weeks ago Blam was complimenting the Samsung Soul cellphone for its clever OLED touchpad, and already Samsung is capitalizing on the Soul name with a new phone. But the Soulb isn’t a patch on the original “Spirit of Ultra” phone. Instead it’s kind of a B-grade pale echo: that neat haptic touchpad…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 17 '08

Has The Villain Of The Avengers Movie Already Been Revealed?

Sometimes fake spoilers are more fun than real ones — as in the case of a Transformers 2 script treatment that’s probably fake, but hilarious. It can also be fun to watch people speculate wildly, as one insider has about the plot of the Avengers movie. And there’s nothing more fun than a passel of…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jun 17 '08

Toshiba Portege R500 Upgraded to 128GB SSD

That’s a lot of numbers in the headline. Just know that the Toshiba Portege R500-an acclaimed 12.1″ ultraportable-has officially gotten the rumored upgrade to a 128GB solid state hard drive. That’s twice the SSD storage we see in the Lenovo X300 or the MacBook Air. Still priced at $2,999, the new 2.4-pound Portege R500-S5007V also…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 17 '08

How the @&%# Is Crysis Running on the Eee??

The Asus Eee is a fine computer and everything, but we never expected it to run the game-rig-melting Crysis at a high frame rate. So how is it possible? Forgery? Magic? Deal with the devil? No, just a new version of StreamMyGame that now supports UMPCs, mini-notebooks and all those tiny little wimp computers-over 100…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 17 '08

Digital Water Pavilion at Zaragoza World Expo Inaugurated (Verdict: Wet)

Remember the Digital Water Pavilion I previewed last year? Devised by a bunch of MIT brainiacs, who described it as being rather like an inkjet printer controlling droplets of falling water, it was finally inaugurated last week at the Zaragoza World Expo in Spain. Although the video is only short you can see the brazilliant…

Tech News AddyDugdale Jun 17 '08

Talking Twittering Teddy Bear is Nearly A Freaky Mod Too Far

Having a cyborg teddy reading out your Twitter alerts… *shiver* the idea gives me the creeps a little. But not the guys who came up with the idea over at HyHome2.0. They’ve even got an instructional video so you can build your own artificial-voice bear, which uses Bluetooth to get data from your PC so…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 17 '08

Vaja Ivolution is Leather Protection, Not Gimp Suit for MacBook Air

A close-fitting leather suit, complete with cutouts for your precious Air… that’s roughly what the Vaja Ivolution Leather Suit case is. Sure it adds to the bulk of the skinny Air, but it snuggles it in protective leather when open or closed and gives you access to power socket and connector drawer. I vaguely worry…

Tech News Kit Eaton Jun 17 '08

Sony Brings Out Energy-Efficient 32-Inch LCD in Japan

The Bravia KDL-32JE1 is an energy-efficient TV from Bravia which consumes just 89W of power, compared to 160W on an equivalent Bravia. It also uses plastic parts recycled from other Sony departments, such as the plastic waste from collected TVs, polystyrene packaging and the waste from the optical film from LCD TVs. Available on July…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Jun 17 '08

ImAmp by Audiotrack Beefs Up Your Cans on the Go

If you like to watch a movie on the go, but find your headphones don’t give you enough volume for the full-on fillum experience, then you might appreciate the ImAmp. Made by Korean company Audiotrack, the ImAmp is a separate amplifier with a couple of headphone jacks, line input and volume control. The battery takes…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Jun 17 '08

Thanko’s Lazy Geek’s Cushion, Perfect for Prone PC Action

Ages ago I admitted to being a floor-lounger, and it looks like Thanko has come up with a solution that’ll let me combine lazing around and blogging for the Giz at the same time. I might rename it from Lazy Geek’s Cushion to “Relaxed Blogger’s Desk” though. Looking a little like a massage table, it’s…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 17 '08

USB Tube Clock Possibly the Most Expensive Object from Brando Ever

Brando’s tube clock with USB connection is, at $70, possibly the most ‘spenny thing that Brando has ever produced. Six tubes display the hours, minutes and seconds, and it connects via USB to your laptop or computer. Lets not forget that B&W already made a Tube Clock, but it’s three times the price of the…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Jun 17 '08

Torpedo Boat of Tomorrow (1943)

This Alex Tremulis-designed torpedo boat of the future appeared in the January 20, 1943 issue of Yank – The Army Weekly (New York, NY). His design for a personal helicopter of the future was from that same year. See also: Future War Tank (1939) Will War Drive Civilization Underground? (1942) Nazi Paleo-Futurism (1941) Word Origins:…

Tech News Matt Novak Jun 16 '08

Video: Samsung Omnia i900 in Action

MobiFrance got a hands on with the Samsung Omnia i900 at the launch event in Singapore, and as the video shows, there are some nice multimedia features at work with the UI. Homescreen widgets, touch friendly camera interface, clean looking icons, etc. However, the UI also looks a bit clunky with its animations and overall…

Gadgets Adrian Covert Jun 16 '08

Best Mind-Control Device User Interface Ever

The mind-control machine in Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London has the greatest user interface in history. It’s intuitive, easy to use, and versatile. When you want to use one of your mind-controlled puppets to kill someone, it turns into a fighting video-game screen straight out of the mid-1990s. (Click through to see some of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 16 '08

Robot Band is at Least as Good as Coldplay

New Zealand‘s The Trons is a four piece rock band made up entirely of robots playing real instruments, performing real shows and—rumor has it—taking advantage of real groupies. There have been attempts to robotize music before but since up until right now robots didn’t have souls, none of them have made a lasting impact. Ham,…

Tech News John Herrman Jun 16 '08

Gross Binaural Microphone is Clearly Missing a Face

Binaural sound recordings can be creepy enough, but knowing that they may have originated at this Otokinoko ear-mic might just make them unbearable. The concept of binaural microphones is elegantly simple: record sounds from the positions of human ears, creating the illusion of 3D sound at playback. This blue beast makes that concept very explicit,…

Tech News John Herrman Jun 16 '08

Notes: Eat Honey Bee Vanilla Haagen Dazs, Save the Bees From Your Cellphones

Haagen Dazs is selling a limited edition brand of honey flavored vanilla ice cream, and it is the most incredible flavor I have ever experienced. But don’t eat this ice cream for the benefit of your palate. Do it for the bees. Which your cellphones are allegedly murdering. UPDATE: Or not, but who cares? This…

Tech News Brian Lam Jun 16 '08

Kensington ShareCentral Spreads USB Love Between Two Computers

The ShareCentral is a 5-port USB hub that allows two computers to share USB devices without a network. Just plug the devices in the $80 hub, plug the hub into both computers, and you can use your mouse, keyboard, hard drive or whatever on either computer with the flick of a switch. Best of all,…

Tech News Benny Goldman Jun 16 '08

Original Battlestar Concept Paintings for Cylons, Ships, and Bug People

In the original Battlestar Galactica series, the cylons were created by lizard people, creatures who died off before they could hit the “shut down” buttons on their solider creations. Now you can see those old lizard-made cylons, plus some half-robo, half-bug creatures that the humans fight, in these amazing concept paintings by Ralph McQuarrie (also…

Television Annalee Newitz Jun 16 '08

Best Doctor Who Episode Of The Year

It’s hard not to draw some kind of conclusion from the fact that last Saturday’s episode of time-traveling action-comedy Doctor Who was obviously made for 50 pence and a Frobisher and Gleason raspberry flavored ice lolly. And it’s the best episode of the year, far better than some episodes that were full of money being…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 16 '08

Samsung’s Soulb is Soul-Like in Spirit, But with B-Grade

Has The Villain Of The Avengers Movie Already Been Revealed?

Toshiba Portege R500 Upgraded to 128GB SSD

How the @&%# Is Crysis Running on the Eee??

Digital Water Pavilion at Zaragoza World Expo Inaugurated (Verdict: Wet)

Talking Twittering Teddy Bear is Nearly A Freaky Mod Too Far

Vaja Ivolution is Leather Protection, Not Gimp Suit for MacBook Air

Sony Brings Out Energy-Efficient 32-Inch LCD in Japan

ImAmp by Audiotrack Beefs Up Your Cans on the Go

Thanko’s Lazy Geek’s Cushion, Perfect for Prone PC Action

USB Tube Clock Possibly the Most Expensive Object from Brando Ever

Torpedo Boat of Tomorrow (1943)

Video: Samsung Omnia i900 in Action

Best Mind-Control Device User Interface Ever

Robot Band is at Least as Good as Coldplay

Gross Binaural Microphone is Clearly Missing a Face

Notes: Eat Honey Bee Vanilla Haagen Dazs, Save the Bees From Your Cellphones

Kensington ShareCentral Spreads USB Love Between Two Computers

Original Battlestar Concept Paintings for Cylons, Ships, and Bug People

Best Doctor Who Episode Of The Year

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