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Grass Charging Valet Hides Unsightly Cables In Unsightly Fake Grass

A desktop grass garden is tragic. A desktop artificial grass garden is tragic and pointless. A desktop artificial grass garden that charges phones is the last thing you buy before an office shooting rampage. [RedFerret]

Tech News John Herrman May 11

PAPERduino Combines Circuit Boards with Paint by Numbers

Cheap, multifunctional arduino boards work brilliantly for DIY projects. Now this cheaper, semi-printable version makes the platform even more DIY. PAPERduino is essentially a template for an Arduino board that, when mounted to cardboard, replaces your typical PCB. (It’s sort of like a printed circuit board, home edition.) Also, if you’re not interested in Arduino…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 11

Wolfram Alpha Opens for Searching On May 18th

A May 18th launch date has been set for Mathematica’s compelling, proudly nerdy computational search engine. I still think they should’ve called it Googol. [Wolfram Alpha via Pocketlint] https://gizmodo.com/wolfram-alpha-search-engine-will-answer-all-your-questi-5167257

Tech News John Herrman May 11

London Transport Authority To Test Tracking System That Stops Speeding FROM SPACE

Transport for London is announcing a large-scale trial of the Intelligent Speed Adaption system, which uses preloaded road data and GPS to slow speeders. Basically, the future is everything you were afraid of. The Mail has assembled the above infographic to explain how the ISA system works, but it’s fairly simple: Cars are outfitted with…

Privacy & Security John Herrman May 11

Garmin Postpones Nuvifone G60 Until H2, Gets This Close to Earning Lame ‘Neverfone’ Nickname

The Garmin Nuvifone G60, a Linux-powered, ASUS-built left-field handset that was pretty exciting when it was announced nearly a year and a half ago, will be delayed yet again, says the company’s president. https://gizmodo.com/garmins-nuvifone-gets-delayed-til-2009-5030844 Explaining the setback: Smartphones are complicated and bringing one to market that’s built totally from the ground up on a custom…

Tech News John Herrman May 11

BlackBerry Onyx Shows Its Face: One Part Bold, One Part Curve

The first handset to fulfill last month’s BlackBerry codename prophesy is here, and we’re pretty sure it’s the Onyx. That means Curve-8900-like proportions, but with Bold genes (read: 3G). https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-leak-lists-product-code-names-onyx-driftwo-5199321 Here’s the alleged spec list: * GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS device * GPS * Camera * Wi-Fi (no UMA support) * QWERTY keyboard * 480×360 resolution screen BGR…

Tech News John Herrman May 11

How the F-35 Demon Helmet Looks Inside

Ever since I saw the F-35 demon helmet—which gives a 360-degree spherical view of the battlefield—I have wondered how it really looks inside, for the pilot. No more: Jump to minute 3:50. https://gizmodo.com/f-35-helmet-display-system-to-scare-the-bejeezus-out-of-260482 The helmet projects an augmented reality world inside its visor. This image is created by a visualization, targeting, and situational awareness marvel…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 11

Mom Translator Turns Kevin Sumerland Into Kiefer Sutherland

Mom, I love you, but this Mom Translator from the fake commercial department at SNL was hilarious. I pretty much relived every high school era dinner conversation in the course of a 1:30 video. [Hulu]

Tech News Jack Loftus May 10

Nostalgic Trekkies Can Cling to the Original Series With This Retro Tricorder Replica

J.J Abrams’ Star Trek took the original characters in a new, wonderful direction, but that doesn’t mean people still can’t enjoy the boxy look of the original series with this sharp-looking tricorder replica. https://gizmodo.com/star-trek-review-5226460 Available at Amazon on June 4, this $50 piece of retro goodness is the tricorder that started it all, and is…

Tech News Jack Loftus May 10

Screaming Into Cellphones Wins This Tuuug of War

At NYU’s ITP, I heard the shrill and desperate scream of a child. It turned out to be a kid playing Nobu Nakaguchi’s multiplayer interactive telephony called Tuuug of War. The game is pretty simple. Users dial in, choose a team, and compete in a game of tug of war. Instead of pulling on a…

Tech News Brian Lam May 10

When Does A Text Message Cost You $9.6 Million?

As one of our T drivers found out this week in Boston, it costs that much when you send it while driving the Green Line and plow into the back of a stopped train. The errant text message also sent dozens of passengers to the hospital and closed down one of the busier sections of…

Tech News Jack Loftus May 10

Do Your Hugs Suck?

Hugs are silent, but they say a lot. A half-body clap is like a “hello” popsicle, informal but icy. Then there’s tucked-head tackle—aka “MmmYousmellsogood.” Celina’s sensor decodes hugs and sends them to Twitter. [ITP, Twitter]

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 10

New Surrogates Video Peels Back The Fleshy Robot Skin For Further Investigation

The future is bright for lazy homebodies and their robot avatars. Jonathan Mostow’s movie adaptation of the graphic novel Surrogates has just released some violent robot footage, complete with hot Bruce Willis wig action. In the Surrogates future, we all get to sit on La-Z-Boys while our robot servants, who look just like us except…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 10

Boeing Goes The Marvel Route With Naming Of New Stealth Drone

Boeing’s experimental unmanned “Phantom Ray” drone is scheduled for testing in 2010. Either Boeing is out of military-sounding code names or it, too, is caught up in the comic book craze that’s seized Hollywood. Surprising no one, the Phantom Menace Ray parent program (X45-C) is funded entirely by DARPA to the tune of $942 million.…

Tech News Jack Loftus May 10

The Pheromone Emitting Seduction Ring

Squeeze the side, and the S ring emits perfume juiced with pheromones. Three scents for each sex, all custom mixed. I liked the citrus one, but wasn’t sure if it was for boys or girls. You have to inject the perfumes into the ring with a hypodermic needle which is supposed to invoke the “clinical…

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 10

Crazies Reboot Footage And A Tokyo Gore Night Announced

The Crazies, because everything needs to be made twice. Plus, the New York Asian Film Festival announces Tokyo Gore Night! The Crazies MTV Shows Yes, they are remaking The Crazies. Say what you will, I’m sure it will be just like the original with slightly better cameras, although I’m not saying that’s a good thing.…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 10

The DIY Cardboard Laptop Stand

You’d think a cardboard laptop stand might be self-explanatory, but you’d be wrong. Lifehacker has some nifty DIY instructions for this surprisingly sturdy (and nearly free) cardboard laptop stand. [Lifehacker] https://lifehacker.com/build-a-sturdy-cardboard-laptop-stand-5246528

Tech News Jack Loftus May 10

What Lies In The Shadow Of The Statue? Dubai, Of Course!

OK. Sorry for the geeked out LOST reference. Couldn’t help it. But seriously, Dubai is planning to build this huge, talking statue for the Zaabeel Park. And I think there’s a discotheque in the head. Called al hakawati (the storyteller), the naked Dr. Manhattan/Jolly Green Giant monolith will ironically contain a children’s library in the…

Tech News Jack Loftus May 10

Why Everyone In Dollhouse May Be A Doll

Friday’s Dollhouse finale answered some questions and raised many more that we may never get the answers to. Not least of which is, what if everyone in the show is an active? Spoilers and speculation! Friday’s revelation that Dr. Saunders is, in fact, a Doll herself may not have been the greatest surprise to those…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 10

NASA Preps For The Worst With Dramatic Hollywood-Style Shuttle Rescue Mission

If the rare event that something goes wrong on a space shuttle mission, NASA is ready with a rescue plan that would undoubtedly make many Hollywood directors and tough boy actors piss their pants. Picture this, if you will… The main shuttle mission, Atlantis, experiences another foam incident, and the heat shield is damaged beyond…

Space & Spaceflight Jack Loftus May 10

Grass Charging Valet Hides Unsightly Cables In Unsightly Fake Grass

PAPERduino Combines Circuit Boards with Paint by Numbers

Wolfram Alpha Opens for Searching On May 18th

London Transport Authority To Test Tracking System That Stops Speeding FROM SPACE

Garmin Postpones Nuvifone G60 Until H2, Gets This Close to Earning Lame ‘Neverfone’ Nickname

BlackBerry Onyx Shows Its Face: One Part Bold, One Part Curve

How the F-35 Demon Helmet Looks Inside

Mom Translator Turns Kevin Sumerland Into Kiefer Sutherland

Nostalgic Trekkies Can Cling to the Original Series With This Retro Tricorder Replica

Screaming Into Cellphones Wins This Tuuug of War

When Does A Text Message Cost You $9.6 Million?

Do Your Hugs Suck?

New Surrogates Video Peels Back The Fleshy Robot Skin For Further Investigation

Boeing Goes The Marvel Route With Naming Of New Stealth Drone

The Pheromone Emitting Seduction Ring

Crazies Reboot Footage And A Tokyo Gore Night Announced

The DIY Cardboard Laptop Stand

What Lies In The Shadow Of The Statue? Dubai, Of Course!

Why Everyone In Dollhouse May Be A Doll

NASA Preps For The Worst With Dramatic Hollywood-Style Shuttle Rescue Mission

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