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Dress Your iPhone 4 In Gleaming Chrome

That bumper you’ve got? It’s looking a little… stale. A little saggy. What your iPhone 4 really deserves? A smooth and shiny chrome slider case. It’s purty. The 1mm thick cases don’t add much bulk at all, and while I might have some long-term concerns about fingerprint smudges and scratches and scrapes, I’m going to…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Nook Color Rooted, Hello $250 Android Tablet

XDA is making steady progress unlocking the full potential of the Nook Color as a cheap Android tablet. Angry Birds is just the first step. [XDA, Thanks Jeremy!]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

App Deals of the Day

A few extra apps on your phone can make the difference between a boring and a fun-filled, entertaining travel experience. Do yourself a favor—check out the great selection in today’s #appdeals and stock up! Free Apps: iOS: • Gate Guru (iPhone) for $0 • Haypi Kingdom (iPhone) for $0 (normally $4.99) • dBricks TWIDDLE (iPhone)…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

The Ultimate Cyber Monday Deals Cheat Sheet

Today’s one of the biggest online shopping days of the year, and we wouldn’t want you to have to navigate it without any guidance. So, we’ve found all the best Cyber Monday deals we could find, and rated them here for you. We’ll be updating as fast as we can, so check back here throughout…

Tech News Adam Harris

How To Make Google Translate Your Own Personal Beatboxer

Google Translate’s helpful for so many things! Well, one thing, really. Until, that is, you re-purpose its Rosetta Stone prowess towards beat boxing. Here’s how it works, in four simple steps. Step One: Head on over to Google Translate. Step Two: Set both your “From” and “To” parameters to German (naturally). Step Three: Copy and…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Wow, Some of You Really Do Need a Smart TV

When we asked how smart TV would change your lives, we weren’t sure what you’d come up with. The best argument we thought of is that a smart TV would facilitate tweeting in horror while cringing at Sarah Palin’s Alaska. Turns out a few of you are more than deserving of a life change. Read…

Tech News Gawkercreative

Humans Can Only Walk In Circles and We Don’t Know Why

Click to viewHumans can’t walk in straight lines. If there’s no fixed point of reference, we just walk in circles and inevitably get lost. Nobody knows why, but researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics have confirmed it in several experiments. If you walk, drive or sail blindfolded, in the middle of the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Richard Branson’s iPad-Only Mag May Launch Tomorrow With Tron Cover Goodness

Whatever Rupert Murdoch’s got planned for The Daily can wait; fellow billionaire Richard Branson has beaten him to the iPad-only publication punch with Project. The tablet magazine reportedly launches tomorrow, promising some sweet Tron-pegged Jeff Bridges action. UPDATED: https://gizmodo.com/is-apple-helping-to-create-rupert-murdochs-ipad-only-ne-5695375 It’ll be exciting to see just what a magazine built from the ground up for the…

Tech News Brian Barrett

What If Your Entire Desk Were a Touchscreen?

Big touch surfaces are nothing new, but we like the approach taken here. A familiar form factor—the traditional sitting desk—mixed with the (now) ubiquitous tech of touchscreens. Is the BendDesk what your office will look like someday? The prototype doesn’t use the most sophisticated guts—relying on cameras and clunky projectors instead of an actual capacitive…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Turn Your iPad or iPhone Into a Pinball Machine

I’ve been lusting for the iPad arcade machine for a long time now. I like the idea of sliding my iPad into a little cabinet and play Galaga or Pac-Man. Until that time comes, I may survive using this pinball cabinet. https://gizmodo.com/hey-apple-make-the-ipad-arcade-possible-already-5559213 The Pinball Magic accessory turns your iPad or iPhone into a mini-pinball machine.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Kinect 3D Video Capture Just Got Even More Insane

If Oliver Kreylos’ Kinect 3D video capture work was amazing already, his hack to use two Kinects to eliminate shadows and fully capture reality in 3D space is just crazy. https://gizmodo.com/creating-3d-holographic-videos-with-microsoft-kinect-5689787 In Oliver’s previous experiment, the 3D video capture was limited by Kinect’s single point of view. This point of view created shadows of nonexistent…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Maybe FBI Surveillance Vans Should Have Invisible Wi-Fi Networks

I don’t know if this is a real FBI surveillance van or a prank by some smartypants neighbor, but I’m renaming my Wi-Fi network right now. [Thanks Karl!]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

5 Things to Know Before Buying a Cordless Power Tool

There’s no better way to say “Merry Christmas, dear friend” than with a double-bevel compound miter saw or a heavy-duty 18V impact driver. But before you pick up a cordless tool for that special someone, keep these five things in mind. Don’t buy a Lamborghini if you don’t drive fast. Cordless tools used to be…

Tech News Alex Bandon, ThisOldHouse.com

What Are Anticrepuscular Rays?

Perhaps you have seen something similar to this one day, probably when you thought you were hearing a choir of angels and the Apocalypse was about to break loose. They are anticrespuscular rays, and they happen opposite to the Sun. Crepuscular rays—as captured here by John Britton over Colorado—happen when the sun is behind some…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Best Drinking Apps

Don’t get me wrong: people were perfectly good at getting drunk well before the telephone was even a dream. But with a few apps, your smartphone can turn you into a champion bartender, drinker, or both. iOS GOLD MEDAL: Mixologist A bartending app in the purest terms, Mixologist (and its worthwhile free counterpart Mixology) is…

Tech News John Herrman

If I Had These Stamps, I’d Find Paper to Push

From the desk of Kyle VanHemert. Ha! I don’t have any important documents to send to people or even a desk from which to send them. But these stamps. These stamps! They might just spark my professional renaissance. You can’t put a price on happiness! Unless you push paper in a dead-end office job, in…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

A Cadre of Coffee Gifts for Caffeine Fiends

Good coffee is easier to get a hold of than ever, and it’s not so crazy anymore to obsess over every cup. Here’s some gifts for certified coffee dorks, or the coffee curious, ready to ditch Starbucks for something better. 1. Baratza Virtuoso grinder Put simply: If you bone the grind, you bone the coffee.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

WikiLeaks Diplomatic Bombshell Reveals Strange Tech Snooping Schemes

Today’s not a good morning to wake up as an American diplomat. The weekend’s WikiLeaks disclosure of covert communications has revealed some strange tech plots surrounding world figures—Bluetooth bugs implanted in prisoners. DNA gathering. UN stalking. Weird stuff. https://gizmodo.com/how-a-burnt-lady-gaga-cd-helped-leak-thousands-of-intel-5701089 Bluetooth Human Tracking Implants First up—injecting released Guantanamo Bay prisoners with internal tracking devices, so that…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Who Put This 1,000-Ton Boulder Here?

That’s not a tiny man. That boulder—shot by Icelandic photographer, volcano adventurer and overall awesome guy Ragnar Sigurdsson—stands 50 feet high, weighs about 1,000 tons, and it wasn’t there before. Who put it there? This guy: I call him Mike, but you know him as Eyjafjallajokull. This boulder came out of nowhere after the unpronounceable…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Trying to be Mario Using Kinect Is Just Ridiculous

This guy thought it would be a good idea to hack Kinect to play Super Mario Bros. You know, actually run to make Mario run. Jump to make him jump. Duck to get into pipes. Bad move. Nobody can be Mario, unless you grow up a big honkin kick-ass moustache. [Kotaku] https://kotaku.com/kinect-hacked-to-play-super-mario-bros-5700284

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Dress Your iPhone 4 In Gleaming Chrome

Nook Color Rooted, Hello $250 Android Tablet

App Deals of the Day

The Ultimate Cyber Monday Deals Cheat Sheet

How To Make Google Translate Your Own Personal Beatboxer

Wow, Some of You Really Do Need a Smart TV

Humans Can Only Walk In Circles and We Don’t Know Why

Richard Branson’s iPad-Only Mag May Launch Tomorrow With Tron Cover Goodness

What If Your Entire Desk Were a Touchscreen?

Turn Your iPad or iPhone Into a Pinball Machine

Kinect 3D Video Capture Just Got Even More Insane

Maybe FBI Surveillance Vans Should Have Invisible Wi-Fi Networks

5 Things to Know Before Buying a Cordless Power Tool

What Are Anticrepuscular Rays?

The Best Drinking Apps

If I Had These Stamps, I’d Find Paper to Push

A Cadre of Coffee Gifts for Caffeine Fiends

WikiLeaks Diplomatic Bombshell Reveals Strange Tech Snooping Schemes

Who Put This 1,000-Ton Boulder Here?

Trying to be Mario Using Kinect Is Just Ridiculous

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