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Following a car accident that left 22-year-old Rob Thompson with a brain injury and the loss of his left side, his Dad built a tandem recumbent upright tricycle to aid the healing, both mentally and physically. Luckily his father Dave is not only a keen cyclist, but also a mechanical engineer, so knew exactly what…
Today’s lesson: you can minimize or maximize the real life window, but don’t ever exit it! [Gabeweb via Likecool]
Described as having a “hipster look” with hair that swivels between a mohawk and a “flipped-up front like Jim Carrey’s in Ace Ventura,” 33-year-old Harper Reed is the ex-CTO of t-shirt company Threadless, and will “make sure technology is a successful force multiplier within the [2012] campaign.” Great hair. [Chicago Tribune]
We’re hardly the target audience for a pink phone and Lady Gaga-esque visuals, but Nokia’s latest commercial does make me laugh. Or weep, when I remember that Nokia’s share prices are at a 13year-low. [Reuters and Curious Brain via Adverblog]
Microsoft’z zippy touch-suitable Windows 8 will be compatible with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors, including the MSM8960 chip, the company confirmed. Expect the other old favorites to throw their hats in the ring shortly, too. [PRNewswire] https://kotaku.com/windows-8-and-its-incredibly-cool-new-touch-interface-5807615 TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced today that its upcoming award-winning Snapdragon™ family of…
Making the new service all the more official before, err, going official with it next week at WWDC, the ownership of iCloud.com has transferred from entrepreneurial Xcerion to Apple—although it still redirects to Xcerion’s CloudMe service. [MacRumors] https://gizmodo.com/you-can-finally-check-out-apples-data-center-on-google-5807324
The US military is not only prepared to retaliate when the country faces a cyber-attack, it has an approved list of cyber weapons ready to deploy when hackers come knocking on the door. https://gizmodo.com/white-house-says-theyll-attack-if-enemies-hack-5802892 This Pentagon has secretly compiled a list of cyber-weapons and accompanying rules that govern their usage. This protocol has been around…
The White House has finally decided how it will handle official photos now that it canned fake photo shoots. From now on, one and only one photographer will document a historic speech as it happens. https://gizmodo.com/obama-puts-an-end-to-fake-photo-shoots-5801465 The controversy began after the President’s historic Osama Bin Laden speech. All the official photos that hit the news…
Apple may offer its new iCloud service for free to folks with Mac OS X Lion, according to AppleInsider. To sweeten the deal, Lion may be priced extremely competitive and sold through the Mac App Store. https://gizmodo.com/os-x-lion-will-be-downloadable-through-the-mac-app-stor-5798679 The company is expected to introduce the latest version of OS X, iOS 5 and a new iCloud…
I get it, you’re tired of your iPhone dropping calls. Heard it, lived it. But in light of the WHO report that cellphones are maybe sort of kind of a little bit possibly cancer-causing, Funny or Die suggests that’s maybe that’s not the worst thing? https://gizmodo.com/cellphones-deemed-possibly-carcinogenic-by-worlds-lea-5807049 And yes, okay, that report was probably overblown given…
A warehouse size exhibit by Japanese artist Ryoki Ikeda projects a dizzying stream of scientific data and abstract images on a gigantic, folded screen. Combined with pulsing electronic sounds, the show will literally melt your mind. Ikeda, a well-known visual and sound artist from Paris, wants you to physically experience the overwhelming power of infinite…
These guns are all hand-made replicas of real guns…only they’re shrunken and miniaturized 4 to 4.5 times the regular size. Alexander Perfiliev, the master minigunmaker, has been building these beautiful guns for 30 years. Perfiliev spends an insane amount of time perfecting every detail of the gun. There’s a Mauser, an AK, Smith & Wessons,…
Teak Wood. Leather-bound nets. Custom-made paddles. Black surface. This James Perse-designed, regulation ping pong table is the perfect rec-room centerpiece in the mid-century modern home of your dreams. Aged scotch not included. [James Perse via Uncrate]
Want to know what CEO Stephen Elop thinks about the past, the present and the future of Nokia. Here are some memorable quotes from his D9 interview with Walt Mossberg. 1. Poor Nokia is tanking while it moves to Windows Phone. Walt Mossberg: “It’s a painful transition.” Elop: “It certainly feels painful right now.” 2.…
The Zoom R24 is well known as a sturdy and robust portable 4-function music production system. The new R8 provides that same functionality in a form factor small enough to fit in a guitar case. The R8 provides 2-track simultaneous recording and 8-track playback. Connect it via USB and the R8 acts as both a…
Solar Roast’s current sun-powered coffee roasting machine, the Helios 4, is composed of 600 mirrors and weighs 11,000 pounds. But they need a bigger one. The Helios 5. And your money to build it. https://gizmodo.com/super-roasting-coffee-with-600-mirrors-and-a-giant-ball-5797159 Click to viewIn exchange, while they’re going to use their new solar array with “hundreds” of smaller robotic mirrors that…
Remember that guy who stole a laptop and had his pictures posted all over the internet by victim Joshua Kaufman? Well consider justice served. Muthanna Aldebashi of Alameda was arrested yesterday by Oakland police on suspicion of possessing stolen goods. https://gizmodo.com/is-this-a-laptop-thief-in-action-5807175 Kaufman mentioned on the tumblr that despite filing a police report and providing the…
Before plotting your next Broadway adventure, make sure you’re armed with ILoveNYTheater. It’s an app that’s Fandango for the Great White Way. Created by the Broadway League, ILoveNYTheater servews up show times, price points, schedules, nearby dining/hotel accommodations, and of course, a means to purchase tickets. And there’s no middle man or broker either, so…
Starting tomorrow, remixers will be able to mashup their favorite YouTube videos using a new Creative Commons license. The new feature will let you assign a Creative Commons license to your videos. This open license lets other people use your CC videos in their projects. You can also use their CC videos in your creations.…
Sometimes morons like to shoot lasers at aircraft. I guess it’s a hobby of sorts! But now it’s an expensive hobby, with a new FAA policy decreeing an $11,000 fine for shooting your pointer at a plane. https://gizmodo.com/annoyed-florida-idiot-blasts-sheriffs-helicopter-pilot-5698299 It’s illegal, because, uh, it’s extremely dangerous. What looks like a little beam from the ground can…
