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Star Wars: Trench Run 2.0 Turns iPhone to X-Wing

A new update to last year’s Star Wars: Trench Run will allow users to use their iPhone or iPad as a full motion controller. The new controllers will link up with a big screen, in-browser version of the game. The 2.0 update, available as a $0.99 in-app purchase, works using Infrared 5’s proprietary “Brass Monkey”…

Tech News Sam Biddle

This Train Lays Its Own Tracks

This German Belgian train is self-sufficient enough that I’m starting to question everything I’ve done with my life. It’s a train that doesn’t need tracks laid out for it—because it lays them itself. The P811-S Track Renewal Train just finished installing a line to Overpelt, Belgium in May. Presumably, to top this, its next project…

Tech News Brian Barrett

What Tokyo Would Look Like + 50 Years – All the People

Tokyo! It’s a busy place, full of buildings, trains and other non-natural objects. Oh, and people. What if something were to wipe out all those people suddenly and left everything else untouched? This. Deviantartist Tokyogenso’s series of paintings where nature reclaims Tokyo is pretty, but it also makes you think—kind of like Megan Fox teaching…

Tech News Jason Chen

Dangle Or Prop Your Gadgets With the Munkey Mobile Device Stand

OK, Droid X. OK, Evo. You guys win. You have big, shiny screens that I would very much enjoy watching a movie on. But how to prop you up or hang you from a seat back? Ah! The Munkey. There are plenty of phone stands out there—Hell, the Evo has one built in—but the Munkey…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Verizon May Kill Its Unlimited Data Plans Just Like AT&T

It’s almost no surprise that there are rumors of Verizon killing its unlimited data plan offerings after AT&T dropped its own unlimited plans. There’s not much information just yet, but it sounds like Verizon will be switching to some sort of limited, tiered data plans at the end of the month. [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/say-goodbye-to-at-ts-unlimited-data-plan-for-the-ipad-3-5553139

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Absolutely Genius: Slide Your Plugs Into Slots Instead of Individual Holes

I can’t believe no one has thought of this until now. I will never have to rearrange my cell phone charger plug, laptop plug, and the dozen others that fight for space on a traditional power strip ever again. UPDATED. You can thank Chen Yinfeng for this innovation, called, appropriately, the Slot-Type Power Outlet. Rather…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

Count Machine Onahole Counts How Fast You Can Pleasure Yourself (NSFW)

Count Machine Onahole is a Japanese device that is essentially a Fleshlight attached to a counting mechanism, so you can see how many pumps you can get in in under a minute. Oh, dear. https://gizmodo.com/i-had-sex-with-furniture-the-shameful-nsfw-fleshligh-5375323 Apparently, Japanese porn star Hiroshi “Chocoball” Mukai has set some sort of record with 426 pumps in one minute, which…

Tech News Adam Frucci

The iPhone 4’s Gyroscope Makes Augmented Reality Apps All the Better

Acrossair’s video shows that using the gyroscope in addition to the accelerometer and compass makes for a much smoother, much more accurate augmented reality experience. No more looking like you’ve got the caffeine jitters trying to find the nearest subway. [Readwriteweb]

Tech News Jason Chen

Monkey Island 2 Is What All iPad Gaming Should Be

I love Lucasarts’ graphic adventures. I played them all back in the 90s: Indy, Day of the Tentacle, and my favorite: Monkey Island. But even putting personal taste aside, Monkey Island 2 defines what smart, awesome iPad gaming should be. Lucasarts’ graphic adventures are legendary. The humor, the graphics, the animation, the puzzles… whoever plays…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Science Museum Seeking Human Subject for Monthlong Exhibit

If the thought of you sleeping in a museum by yourself for a month isn’t the stuff anxiety attacks are made of, then perhaps you’re just who Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry is looking for. The MSI is accepting applicants for its 30 day “Month at the Museum” project, during which one lucky (?)…

Tech News Sam Biddle

DIY Touchscreen Pinball Machine is Nice, but Why Does it Exist?

Look, this DIY LCD pinball machine is definitely impressive. I’m just wondering what the point is. I mean, does anyone actually think that video pinball is better than the real deal? Is there a reason for video pinball to exist other than the impractical size requirements of an actual pinball machine? So when you take…

Tech News Adam Frucci

The Very Last Roll of Kodachrome Film Ever Made Was Used to Capture NYC

The very last roll of kodachrome film produced by Eastman Kodak was processed recently. It was used by freelance photographer Steve McCurry to take photos of New York City. Steve specifically requested to be the person to use this final roll as he has used the product throughout the years; Kodak announced last year that…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Parents, Your Kids Aren’t Getting High i-Dosing MP3s

I should open by admitting that I’m probably pretty wasted right now. I just took my headphones off after spending the past fifteen minutes listening to some of the droning music that is being heralded as the newest way to get high. It’s call i-dosing and in some quarters, there is a concern that these…

Tech News Dave Pell

There’s 100 Million iOS Devices Out There

Sure, the 225,000 apps in the App Store says a lot about the iOS ecosystem, but the number of actual things running iOS maybe says a lot more: Apple’s sold 100 million of them. In case you were wondering why Apple’s treating iOS like the future. [Apple[

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Coming In Beginning Of 2011

According to the FAQ section of Microsoft’s TechNet site, the first service pack for Windows 7 will be available in the early months of 2011: Q: When will SP1 be released? A: Service Pack 1 will be released within the first half of calendar year 2011. This is a bit later than most expected, but…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Things Harder Than Sudoku: Making a Nixie Tube Sudoku Board

Figuring out where to put all 81 numbers in one of those Sudoku puzzles so that no row or column has any number more than once? No problem. Figuring out how to use 81 nixie tubes for same? No clue! The board, built by tinkerer John Sarik, has two knobs for selecting the correct square…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Timbuk2 Is Discounting A Bag By Up To 60 Percent Each Day

I won’t lie: I’m in love with my Timbuk2 bags. That’s why I’m excited to point out that the company is in the middle of a huge sale. They’re basically discounting one kickass bag by up to 60% each day. Today’s gem is a cooler disguised as a messenger bag and it’s down to $50…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Oh Look, Apple Makes the Most Money Ever

Apple made the most money it ever has over the last three months—$15.7 billion in revenues. And a turning point is approaching: Apple sold 8.4 million iPhones vs. 9.4 million iPods. Keep in mind, a year ago, Apple raked in revenues of $9.73 billion. What’s more incredible, maybe, is that Apple is promising $18 billion…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Track Your Water Usage via an LCD-Equipped Faucet

If you are looking to keep track of your water usage while also using an unnecessary amount of technology in your bathroom, the Koolhaus faucet was designed with you in mind. Using a built-in LCD screen, this faucet tells you your exact water usage stats every time you wash your hands. If you want even…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Combine These Powerful Sanyo Projectors For One Ginormous Panorama

This Sanyo projector’s plenty impressive on its own: native 2k resolution for 2048×1080 images thrown up against your wall, 3,000:1 contrast ratio. But like Voltron, it’s when you get a few of them together that the real show starts. The thuddingly named Sanyo PLV-HF10000L contains not only picture-in-picture, but also picture-by-picture, seamlessly blending multiple projections…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Star Wars: Trench Run 2.0 Turns iPhone to X-Wing

This Train Lays Its Own Tracks

What Tokyo Would Look Like + 50 Years – All the People

Dangle Or Prop Your Gadgets With the Munkey Mobile Device Stand

Verizon May Kill Its Unlimited Data Plans Just Like AT&T

Absolutely Genius: Slide Your Plugs Into Slots Instead of Individual Holes

Count Machine Onahole Counts How Fast You Can Pleasure Yourself (NSFW)

The iPhone 4’s Gyroscope Makes Augmented Reality Apps All the Better

Monkey Island 2 Is What All iPad Gaming Should Be

Science Museum Seeking Human Subject for Monthlong Exhibit

DIY Touchscreen Pinball Machine is Nice, but Why Does it Exist?

The Very Last Roll of Kodachrome Film Ever Made Was Used to Capture NYC

Parents, Your Kids Aren’t Getting High i-Dosing MP3s

There’s 100 Million iOS Devices Out There

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Coming In Beginning Of 2011

Things Harder Than Sudoku: Making a Nixie Tube Sudoku Board

Timbuk2 Is Discounting A Bag By Up To 60 Percent Each Day

Oh Look, Apple Makes the Most Money Ever

Track Your Water Usage via an LCD-Equipped Faucet

Combine These Powerful Sanyo Projectors For One Ginormous Panorama

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Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

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