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I’m sure they’d be just as enthralled jiggling homescreen icons around on an iPad as they would at Disney World, but if not you can now treat them with a trip to visit Tinkerbell—through the 360-degree iPad app. Mobile-Ent describes the Walt Disney World Magic Vacation Mirror iPad app as an interactive travel brochure, which…
November 1st for New York, December 1st for Los Angeles and San Francisco in “late December.” That’s the promise from Clearwire, Comcast and Sprint in regards to the big switching-on of their 4G WiMax services—Clearwire in the case of CLEAR, Comcast with XFINITY Internet 2go, and Sprint for Sprint 4G. [Clearwire]
Interesting. Certain Facebook apps (ahem, Farmville) are sharing user info. Maybe that big Jobs-Zuckerberg sit down two weeks ago was a scolding about privacy and user experience? Probably not. In any event the sharing goes against Facebook’s own rules. https://gizmodo.com/steve-jobs-and-mark-zuckerberg-break-bread-talk-ping-5666028 The report arrives this evening thanks to reporting done over at the Wall Street Journal.…
This Metal Slug-inspired tank is one of the nicest Lego constructions and RC toys I’ve ever seen. But what puts this in another league is how the builder—Peer Kreuger—used Lego RC camera cars to shoot this video. This at the details of its omniwheels: Such a beautiful and ingenious construction. [Brothers Brick]
For some toddlers today the venerable “toys of choice” are not dolls or blocks, but iPhones. Experts worry their development is hampered by this “screen time.” I’m inclined to argue every generation has its vices and parents need to parent. Touchscreens and ultra-portable communication devices are the inevitable future, you see, and as long as…
Times are tough, even for billionaire playboy super heroes, so Bruce Wayne moved to Hinsdale, Illinois. The Air Force gig didn’t pay, apparently. [41.791908,-87.916719 – Thanks, Dan] https://gizmodo.com/holy-military-secrets-batman-google-maps-revealed-the-5665243
For $90 Dexter Industries will sell you a solar panel that provides enough juice to power an NXT control brick and one servo. Surely, Lego Mindstorms Mars missions aren’t far behind. The 9V/250mA panel seems to sync up with your Mindstorms kit easily enough, and if you want expand beyond that the company also offers…
Forgive my ignorance, but the Siemens miniTek hearing aid “audio system” is the first I’ve seen that combines Bluetooth, mp3 and other wireless controls with the traditional sound-boost typically associated with these devices. Did the hearing aid just get cool? I know they’ve become incredibly small and inconspicuous with brands like Miracle-Ear (Patrick Duffy, what…
Behold! The kitchen futuristic kitchen of 1975, as depicted in Arnold B. Barach’s book, 1975 and the Changes to Come, from 1962. The dishwasher thing (or is it a shelf?) looks like it’s floating, people. Floating. [Paleofuture via Boing Boing]
Android users were able to get their first crack at the addictive Angry Birds game this weekend and they’re just as crazy for the game as their iPhone counterparts. How crazy? One million downloads in a day crazy. Free helps. https://gizmodo.com/android-apps-october-15th-5665239 Developer Distributor GetJar fittingly tweeted the news this weekend, and why not? The pig-smashing…
Earlier this morning rumor had it that Best Buy was getting—and selling—the new Sony Internet TVs as early as today. An anonymous tipster sent us some pics confirming that this could indeed be the case.
Lego master builder Mark (Legoagogo) tackles what every Stormtrooper must wake up to each and every morning. Pick the one in white! [Flickr via Brothers Brick]
Holy dinner date! Two of tech’s heaviest heavyweights, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, had supper together two weeks ago and talked about—well, we don’t exactly know, but you can be sure it was probably more about Ping than poking. It’s true! Apple CEO Steve Jobs had Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over for dinner at his…
Researchers at the National Physics Laboratory in the U.K. have modeled what they believe to be the perfect human ear. It will replace the “flawed” one created by the International Electrotechnical Commission in 1990. Perfect headphones for everyone! Why create better 3D ears? Well, as a standard, the model helps gadget companies create headphones. Or…
Oops! A massive service outage has apparently bricked older Peek devices. Peek CEO Amol Sarva is on the case though, offering existing customers a free Peek 9 to make up for their lack of email access. Uh, great? Sorry for the bloggy angst, but I’m still with Barrett on this one: https://gizmodo.com/who-in-their-right-mind-would-buy-a-peek-9-5642837 Here’s the full…
Raptr, a social network for gamers, just released an iPhone app that makes it even easier to track your friends’ gaming habits on Xbox Live, PSN and Steam. It’s a pretty nice way to keep in touch across platforms. You’ll need to get a Raptr account to start but you can sync it up with…
TV of the future Meat Puppets drummer Derrick Bostrom has a wonderful Flickr set of images from the 1962 book, 1975: And the Changes to Come by Arnold B. Barach. While some of the products like this bacon toaster would be well suited for a 1960’s version of Sky Mall magazine, others were practical visions…
With so many bars, wires and knobs, this Swedish Chameleon DSLR Rig looks more like a torture tool than anything else. In reality, it’s a $3500 tool used to give photographers and filmmakers insane stability and a sick level of customization. I’m not exactly sure if this sort of possibly heavy, probably complicated rig is…
News Corp. and Cablevision are currently stuck in a classic cable vs programming “we pay too much, you pay too little” fight. But this time around News Corp. is flexing more muscle by banning Cablevision Internet users from accessing Hulu too. When the clock struck midnight on Saturday, Cablevision customers could no longer watch FOX…
Halloween is coming up and you need a costume, but who wants to spend the money? No one! Just follow these instructions from a resourceful Transformers fan and make an Optimus Prime suit out of cereal boxes and cardboard instead. It cost him 20 bucks to get all the cardboard and spray paint he needed…
