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Zune Scene Predicts Zune 2 on October 16th

Nate from Zune Scene predicts an October 16th date for Zune 2’s launch. He also confirms our already double checked Zune photos, making them a surer than sure sure thing. Thanks for the backup, Nate. [Zune Scene]

Mecha Musume Combines Hentai With Transportation For Your Pleasure

If masturbating to jet planes or the Titanic seems a little too weird for you, Joel over at BB Gadgets sheds some light on the Mecha Musume genre, which combines hentai girls with modes of transportation to form one weird-looking pin-up picture. By modes of transportation, we’re talking fighter jets, big boats, cars, Gundams and…

Darth Vader Dog Costume

OK, originally, this was a post about an authentic looking Darth Vader costume. Browsing the site’s extended branches, I bumped into this much cooler Darth Vader costume for Dogs, with cape, belt, and helmet. Original post is below, but for those who disbelieve dog is man’s best friend. This official Darth Vader suit should provide…

Cane Map Empowers Old Man Adventurers

When we see something like this Cane Map, all we can think of is the Sean Connery-esque Colonel Gentleman from Venture Bros., but we suspect any old dude will find it incredibly useful. You see, it’s a cane, but it’s also a map—the duality of which probably exploded as many minds when it was invented…

Erica at TUAW does some quick and dirty math on how many iPhone hackers are out there. Based on 60k SSH downloads, and that being a fraction of those who hack, she guesses 10-20% of all Apple phone users are doing some sort of unofficial cha cha with unofficial apps. [TUAW]

Extra Large Alarm Clock is Extra Annoying

Usually it’s the Americans who want things bigger, but this gigantic clock was found in Japan. The Jumbo Twin Bell Alarm Clock is bound to wake up even the deepest sleeper with its giant ear shattering bells. Measuring in at 47cm and weighing nearly 6lbs this alarm clock is the real deal. The only question…

USB 3.0 Coming in 1H 2008, Adding Fiber Optics and Improved Speeds

The USB 3.0 Promoters Group, which includes Intel, Microsoft, HP, TI, NEC and NXP among others, are planning to release a USB 3.0 spec in the first half of 2008. It will increase transfer speeds beyond USB 2.0’s 480 Mbps by using a second fiber-optic channel in addition to the standard copper channel. The copper…

Malaysian Businessman Tries to Smuggle Heroin Through Airport in Laptops

We’re not sure what’s wrong with the old drugs-up-the-anus technique, but a Malaysian businessman tried to smuggle 2 kg worth of heroin inside two laptops. Where he went wrong was using two incredibly old laptops instead of something current, and well, looking suspicious while he did his smuggling thing. The airport officials took his stuff,…

Darth Vader Alarm Clock

More than a few lucky women have gotten to wake up to James Earl Jones’ smooth visage in the morning, but with this Darth Vader projection alarm clock, you can join that exclusive club without sacrificing your dignity (or your back—the man’s quite heavy). It projects the current time (not just 12:56) up onto the…

Citroën Ad Makes a Giant Rubik’s Cube Out of Cars

This Citroën ad combines three things that dorks like us have a soft spot for: Rubik’s Cubes, flashy special effects and environmentally-sound cars. Sure, it doesn’t really go into any detail about the car itself, but we’ll let it slide this time. [ViaComIT via NOTCOT.org]

First Large Scale Wave Farm Approved in England

Plans for the first large scale wave farm on the planet were given final approval in England today, paving the way for a highly ambitious new method of generating energy off the coast of Cornwall in Southwest England. With an initial cost of over $56 million, the project has the potential to create 1,800 jobs…

39 Megapixel Hasselblad H3D Goes to Mark II

Let’s go Digital has the scoop. While a $37K DSLR is out of the range of even most of our dreams, there is some tech here to be admired beyond the 39MP, 48x36mm sensor it shares with last year’s v1.0 of the H3D. (So similar otherwise, it shares the same press photo, apparently.) Firstly, it…

Death Star Home Theater

Electronic House has this rad story of a home theater designed to resemble the control deck of the Death Star. The entire thing was designed by Doug Chiang, the lead designer on Episodes I and II. DVDs are tucked behind a hidden door replica of Han Solo in Carbonite, and the entire starfield is lit…

Halo Lingerie? Really?

Do you, Halo or Xbox fan, care about all these marketing attempts to grab Halo mainstream attention? I thought of this as I skimmed some article headlines declaring the obvious: Halo is No Longer a Microsoft Game, but a Monumental Brand. Dun Dun Dun! Sure, whatever. But did you know that Microsoft had pitched lingerie…

Chinese Build Piano, Violin Shaped Buildings to Stereotypical Chinese Kids’ Horror

There’s not much detail on why this Huainan building was built in the shape of a violin and a piano, but our guess is it’s to shame every little Chinese kid into taking up the two stereotypical instruments they play: the piano and the violin. Of course, their instruments aren’t made of glass and aren’t…

Hot Tub With 61-inch HDTV Built In

If we’re ever rich enough to afford this hot tub/spa with a 61-inch HDTV built in, we can officially hang up our keyboards and retire from this blogging game. This spa from Catalina Spas seats four, has an extremely obscene amount of jets, and will instantly kill you in a few years when the wiring…

Vaio Zoom Concept is Exactly How We Want Laptops to Look in the Future

This Vaio Zoom laptop concept is one of the coolest we’ve seen. Featuring a holographic glass screen that goes transparent and a keyboard that turns opaque when turned off, it’s slick and beautiful. And sure, a touch keyboard like this would be extremely annoying without haptic feedback and screens like that don’t really exist yet,…

WiiMote Lightsaber Game Finally Here

There’s going to be something else you’ll get besides slightly lousier graphics when you purchase Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on the Wii instead of Xbox 360 or PS3: a lightsaber mode. LucasArts developers just announced that they’re adding a Duel Mode into the game, which lets WiiMote users use their sword just as Miyamoto…

LaCie Taps Designer Sam Hecht For New Portable Hard Drives, DVD Burners

LaCie new line of portable drives are notable for one reason—they were designed by Sam Hecht. The famed industrial designer (Whirlpool, Epson) gave the hard drives, ranging from 30-250 GB, a minimal glossy look, with an end cap that hides the ports and retractable USB cable. The 8X DVD burner sports a similar look and…

Cobra XRS R9G GPS-Enabled Radar Detector Available Now

The Cobra XRS R9G GPS Radar detector we first saw in January is available now. Why would you want a GPS-enabled radar connector? Besides beeping when you go too fast, it also has an index of police red light cameras and speed traps. [PRNewswire] https://gizmodo.com/cobra-xrs-r9g-gps-radar-detector-fights-the-man-by-dod-223452