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Hoping to expand its web cornucopia, the Financial Times reports Amazon is planning a home grocery delivery service. Between FreshDirect and other delivery services, competition’s stiff, but there will never be too many ways to be fed by the internet. A pilot program, AmazonTote, has already been rolled out in Seattle—offering “low-priced goods, such as…
Or maybe it is, considering the plane fuselage is 9.3 meters while its wingspan is 12 meters. But then again, perhaps people shouldn’t be driving planes through St. Petersburg at all. Ah well, Mother Russia and all that. [English Russia]
The next time your Aunty Gretel ribs on you for having a nose-ring, point her in the direction of Ron Gilad‘s “wallpiercing” lighting, designed for Flos. Donchaknow Wallpaper* magazine crowned them the best wall-lights in the 2011 awards, Gretel? [Captivatist]
Though Verizon has been quite clear about its aim to end the all-you-can-eat model, the WSJ confirms that the company will offer a $30 unlimited data plan for the iPhone come next month. Phew. Let Verizion iPhone hysteria recommence. Updated. https://gizmodo.com/say-goodbye-to-unlimited-wireless-data-plans-5492176 But this ain’t forever. Lowell McAdam, Verizon’s COO, said that the unlimited data plan…
Want to turn your moderately interesting factoid into a full-blown link machine? Make it a chart! Thank you, Lunchbreath, for nailing how infographics are the catnip of the internet. [Lunchbreath via TDW]
A Best in Show winner at this year’s Outdoor Retailer show, the MAKO is a multitool designed specifically for bikes. Which is good! Because I’ve never been able to figure out what I’m supposed to fix with my regular multitool. Made of aerospace titanium, the MAKO comes with four 1/4″ driver bits, 5 metric box…
This week, Apple screwing over DIYers, hacking a pedal-powered snow plow, 12 ways bacteria can take over the world, a sofa made from 8,000 chopsticks, how to get involved with open-source design, and more. LED Water Bottle Sculptures Illuminate Medieval Cathedral in England The cloisters of Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, England have been transformed into…
By now, you’ve realized that ColorWare likes coating beautiful products with strange, ghastly colors. At least they’re colors you get to choose, mind you. Purchasing Dyson’s fan through them costs $450, but send in your own for $150. [ColorWare]
Yesterday I hiked eight miles with my 11-inch MacBook Air in my bag. Didn’t even notice it was there. These MacBook Air owners sound sycophantic, but discount this praise at your own peril—especially if you’re a laptop manufacturer. Rob Beschizza, Managing Editor, Boing Boing The 11″ model is like a netbook without any of the…
Old people and technology don’t always get along. Like the retired British couple who were driving in Germany last week when their GPS told them to turn right, leading them straight into a 19th century church. Damn you, computer things! The church suffered some $37,000 worth of damage, and the retired couple were briefly treated…
When this curvaceous monitor popped up a few weeks ago on a Korean blog, we all marvelled at the design but didn’t yet know the spec. Now we know it converts 2D-to-3D, and comes in 23 and 27-inch options. https://gizmodo.com/looks-like-samsungs-got-some-curvaceous-3dtvs-to-show-u-5724171 The screen resolution of the LED-backlit monitors is 1920 x 1080, and it has a…
Pizza and cookie dough, joined together in the same orgasmic culinary sensation-causing freezable box at last! What technological advances DiGiorno made in ensuring the pepperoni doesn’t spoil the chocolate chips, I’ll never know. The frozen food company started sending out boxes of the stuff to store shelves last week, along with Pizza & Boneless Wyngz.…
Ben Alun-Jones‘ chair either propels the user into a Billy Jean hellhole, or some sort of cruel ’80s hairsalon vortex. Either way, the acrylic chair’s sensors activate LEDs, forcing this ho-hum chair into a lit-up, flickering throne. As you can see in the video above, it resembles just an ordinary chair before the sensors are…
I’m guessing when Kai broke his $1,300 Canon 300mm f/4 L lens, his first thought wasn’t “oh wow I can now auction it off and donate the proceeds to Australian flood victims!” You can bid for it now. [PetaPixel]
It’s fantastic enough that a british engineer designed his own heart textile implant in 2004 when he realized it was better than an aortic valve replacement. But even cooler is that since then, 23 other people have had them implanted. Using a rapid prototyper to hone in on his design, Tal Golesworthy’s custom implant was…
Columbia’s Electro Amp jacket is arguably as teched out as a jacket can get really. Designed by a former Intel engineer, the jacket warms itself through the carbon-fiber threads woven into the coat. And even it recharges via USB. According to GearJunkie, the carbon fiber threads feel like yarn, and they can keep your warm…
With a title like “Director of Global Security” and a background in Naval information warfare and network vulnerability analysis, it seems like new Apple employee David Rice would be helping to guard secrets. But that might not be the case. More than anything else, All Things D is guessing that Rice is coming to 1…
Click to viewIf you find that your Android phone always runs out of juice at the most inopportune times, never fear! Supermodder Ben Heck has heard your pleas, and is here to teach you how to build one cheap, hand-cranked Android charger. Of course, there’s also the chance that you can’t be bothered with all…
At one point, springing for a camera that could survive a smash or two meant sacrificing, you know, actually getting a decent camera. Not so anymore! Panasonic’s 12.1MP TS3 is thoroughly rugged and does geotagging and 1080p video. First, the basics. You can beat this thing up. It’s waterproof to 40 feet; shockproof to about…
At only 2.75 inches in diameter, the Direct Attack Guided Rocket—DAGR, pronounced dagger—is designed to be the bread-and-butter air-to-surface weapon in the US arsenal. It’s compatible with every flying thing, very low cost, laser-guided, extremely precise and extraordinarily deadly. The secret is its elegant simplicity and delayed fuzing of its 10-pound warhead, which according to…
