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75-Story Skyscraper Will House Overflow for New York’s MoMA

Jean Nouvel unveiled his design for The Tower at 53rd West 53rd Street this weekend. As well as the now-obligatory apartments and seven-star swank-hotel, the 75-story glass-and-steel structure will have three floors dedicated to housing the overflow collection of the neighboring MoMA. Check the gallery below to see what the skyscraper, whose construction is expected…

Tech News AddyDugdale Nov 19 '07

AMD Spider Platform Is Gaming Supercomputer or So They Say

AMD has just announced their Spider platform, which they claim is the best PC gaming platform out there. Spider combines AMD Phenom quad-core processors, up to four ATI Radeon HD 3800 cards and the AMD 7-Series chipset, with CrossFireX, HyperTransport 3.0, AMD OverDrive, AMD AutoXpress and Nonobtanium-Enhanced Flux Capacitors to provide massive acceleration for high…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 19 '07

Swarovski-Infected Limited Edition Mplayer from iRiver

iRiver’s Mplayer, the Mickey Mouse-themed music player, has been given the bling treatment just in time for Christmas. Just 500 of these glittery rodent-redolent MP3- and WMA-compatible players have been made, and they come with lanyard-style earphones. There’s 1GB storage space, and you skip songs by twisting Mickey’s left ear — exactly what I do…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Nov 19 '07

Touchless Nokmote Controls Nokia N95 With Motion

Nokmote is a Symbian S60 free program that will allow you to use motion to control the Nokia N95, similar to what you do with a Wiimote. The usual cynics will call it a “gimmick!” Some other will say “silly!” Others will shout “French!” And you will be right, but it looks to work quite…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 19 '07

Sanyo Brings out Waterproof Portable TV, a Companion for the Xacti

The LVT-WD40 is a waterproof portable TV that Sanyo claims is the perfect bedfellow for its waterproof Xactic camcorder. Widescreen, and with 480×272 resolution, it will cost 50,000 ($450) when it comes out in Japan on Wednesday. File this one under “chocolate teapot,” I think. [Impress]

Television AddyDugdale Nov 19 '07

Wernher von Braun’s Space Shuttle (1950s)

These illustrations by Fred Freeman show Wernher von Braun’s concept for a space shuttle in the 1950s. The illustrations can be found in the book Visions of Spaceflight: Images from the Ordway Collection. To provide safety in case of a malfunction of the reusable upper stage – von Braun’s 1950s shuttle concept – crew and…

Tech News Matt Novak Nov 19 '07

One-Step DVD/CD Duplicator Rips Without a PC

TEAC’s One-Step DVD/CD Duplicator will rip your CDs, or DVDs, without the need for a connection to a PC. That is enough information for us to decide we like it; it is simple and it can copyright infringe in around 6 minutes flat, thanks to the 48x CD drive read speed / 16x DVD read…

Gadgets Haroon Malik Nov 18 '07

Jump Up Internet Rescue School Provides Rehabilitation for the Internet Addicted

South Korea’s Jump Up Internet Rescue School is the first of its kind, providing rehabilitation to those who cannot escape from the confines of the great interweb. Fittingly, South Korea is the world’s foremost internet connected nation, with over 90% of homes having access to cheap, high speed broadband. Worryingly, this has been the reason…

Tech News Haroon Malik Nov 18 '07

“Recycled” Electronics from U.S. Poisoning Workers Abroad

We ship 50 to 80 percent of the 300k to 400k tons of electronics that actually make it to recycling each year—out of 2 million tons tossed—overseas. The “recycling” part happens when workers in places China, Nigeria and India bust up old gear with hammers, gas burners or their bare hands to pull out metals,…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Nov 18 '07

AT&T Talks With Google About Open Handset Alliance Probably Mean Nothing

AT&T wireless CEO Ralph de la Vega mentioning in an interview on Friday that they’d talked to Google about joining the OHA and are “analyzing the situation” might seem like grist for the rumor mill (and headlines), but it probably isn’t news. Of course AT&T and Google have “talked” about OHA—note the past tense, and…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Nov 18 '07

Amazon Kindle Official Details: $399, “Whispernet” EV-DO, the “iPod of Reading”

There’s a lot to digest in Newsweek’s seven-page all-out feature. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sums it up: “This isn’t a device, it’s a service.” Kindle starts shipping tomorrow for $399 and is “a perpetually connected Internet device” running off of EV-DO—it calls the service “Whispernet.” It’s totally computer independent: You browse for books (88,000 at…

Commerce Matt Buchanan Nov 18 '07

Black Friday at Sam’s Club: TVs, Cams and a Game Chair

Not a wealth of goodies at ridonkulously low prices being tossed at shoppers, but Mr. Walton’s got a few deals up his warehouse-sized sleeves. Weirdly, they’ve split them between the B&M and online stores. Heading up the in-store specials is a 42-inch Sharp Aquos LCD—no model number given, par for the course in this ad—for…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Nov 18 '07

IGN Reviews AG’s RiffMaster Guitar Hero Controller

Our buddies at IGN have just run a comprehensive review of AG’s RiffMaster Guitar Hero controller. The controller is the best looking we have seen, and does a lot to push our rock star credibility that little bit further. Hit the video to check out the full review: The device has real guitar tuning screws…

Tech News Haroon Malik Nov 18 '07

Cool Dude Further Debunks, Improves Glowing Mountain Dew Trick

You may recall that glowing Mountain Dew trick we showed you last month, and the debunking Snopes gave the trick not long after that. Now here’s a likable guy who gives us an amusing demo of what a fake that glowing Mountain Dew was, showing us how it just doesn’t work. In fact, you don’t…

Tech News Charlie White Nov 18 '07

BookSnap Rips Your Book Collection With a Little Help From Your Fingers

Atiz has developed a device called the BookSnap, which allow you to accurately rip your books to PDF format. The product is aimed at the individual consumer, which is interesting given its $1595 price tag. Nevertheless, the method of its operation is rather clever, but the BookSnap does have one tiny flaw: Essentially, the device…

Gadgets Haroon Malik Nov 18 '07

Vonage Ordered to Pay Verizon $120 Million

A recent lawsuit involving Verizon and Vonage has been settled, and Vonage has been ordered to pay Verizon $120 million due to patent infringements. The fine imposed on Vonage means they are edging closer to bankruptcy, with debts mounting to the sum of some $250 million prior to the court’s decision, it looks like Vonage…

Tech News Haroon Malik Nov 18 '07

Zune 8GB Gets Stripped, Starts Hearts Racing

Those great guys at Rapid Repair have done the dirty and stripped the 8GB of all its sexy clothing. There does not seem an awful lot to take note of, except Microsoft has done a good job, tightly packing in all the Zuney innards. The Rapid Repair peeps were less than thrilled at the implementation…

Tech News Haroon Malik Nov 18 '07

Tec Toy Puts a Sega Genesis in Your Pocket, Cheer in Your Soul

The Sega Genesis may well be the greatest gaming platform, ever. Who cares about online gaming, does anything beat a session of Sonic 2? Tec Toy knows the Genesis console rocked, so they are shrinking it and making it kinda pocket-sized. The device, packed with retro gaming orgasmic material, will retail for around $100, but…

Tech News Haroon Malik Nov 18 '07

The Tech in a Pioneer’s Kuro Plasma in About 50 Words

A concise and elegant description of the tech that makes Pioneer’s Kuro blacker, from Pop Sci this month: “Each tiny cell in the [plasma] screen must be primed with an electric charge so it’s ready to fire up quickly, and that charge turns blacks slightly gray. Pioneer designed cells that require far less charge…Then it…

Tech News Brian Lam Nov 18 '07

Rip Saw UGV Tank Fast as a Motorcycle, Yours For Only $200,000

First introduced in 2005, the Rip Saw is about to hit the market with a $200,000 price tag. The custom-built UGV can hit 0-60 in 3.5 seconds, go 80 mph, and can maneuver over any surface or terrain a tank can. And the video is pretty good; watch as it drives through a barn as…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 17 '07

75-Story Skyscraper Will House Overflow for New York’s MoMA

AMD Spider Platform Is Gaming Supercomputer or So They Say

Swarovski-Infected Limited Edition Mplayer from iRiver

Touchless Nokmote Controls Nokia N95 With Motion

Sanyo Brings out Waterproof Portable TV, a Companion for the Xacti

Wernher von Braun’s Space Shuttle (1950s)

One-Step DVD/CD Duplicator Rips Without a PC

Jump Up Internet Rescue School Provides Rehabilitation for the Internet Addicted

“Recycled” Electronics from U.S. Poisoning Workers Abroad

AT&T Talks With Google About Open Handset Alliance Probably Mean Nothing

Amazon Kindle Official Details: $399, “Whispernet” EV-DO, the “iPod of Reading”

Black Friday at Sam’s Club: TVs, Cams and a Game Chair

IGN Reviews AG’s RiffMaster Guitar Hero Controller

Cool Dude Further Debunks, Improves Glowing Mountain Dew Trick

BookSnap Rips Your Book Collection With a Little Help From Your Fingers

Vonage Ordered to Pay Verizon $120 Million

Zune 8GB Gets Stripped, Starts Hearts Racing

Tec Toy Puts a Sega Genesis in Your Pocket, Cheer in Your Soul

The Tech in a Pioneer’s Kuro Plasma in About 50 Words

Rip Saw UGV Tank Fast as a Motorcycle, Yours For Only $200,000

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