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Much to my growling stomach’s dismay, the BrainWave desktop microwave is only a concept and not sitting next to my keyboard. Guess I’ll have to walk all the way to the kitchen to heat up a meal after all. Real or not, the BrainWave microwave definitely appears to be a dream for the laziest among…
Apparently Apple has filed to trademark its official app icons. The trademark motions cover the standard iPhone and iPad icon library as well as the iDisk and MobileMe Gallery icons in ridiculous detail. [TUAW via The Loop]
After Steve Jobs announced that he thinks Flash sucks, Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch replied with a blog post that we’re interpreting as “Yeah? Well, we’re taking our ball and going home!” Of course, he called it “moving forward” instead: https://gizmodo.com/oh-hey-steve-jobs-officially-thinks-flash-sucks-5527204 Moving Forward This morning Apple posted some thoughts about Flash on their web site. The…
Is flatulence ruining your love life? My friends, look no further than the Better Marriage Blanket, a fart-absorbing wünderspread that means you’ll never again have to blame it on the dog. This is a real thing! Remember, it’s got activated carbon fabric: “the same type of fabric used by the military to protect against chemical…
The teasers got us riled up, but April’s almost over and we still haven’t seen Steam on Mac. Oh, wait! Valve says the magic date is actually May 12. Ok, back to twiddling our thumbs again. [Joystiq via Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/valves-mac-teasers-just-made-me-change-my-pants-5484987
This may not be the most glowing endorsement a product’s ever gotten, but I think it’s clear that the best part about an office in an aluminum box is that you can eventually be buried in it. All right, maybe the Armoire Box Office isn’t that bad—although you’re going to have to put in some…
A very long wait, or a very big scam. [Thanks Sergei!]
I put it to you: great watch, or greatest watch? [Vintage Ads via Copyranter]
This is “elastic water,” a substance researchers have created in Japan that’s 95% water yet retains a jelly-like texture that’s perfect for sticking tissues together. The stuff is made by adding two grams of clay and “a small quantity of some organic matter” to regular old water. And if they’re able to figure out how…
The guy behind recent Twitter purchase Tweetie, along with the dude behind Borange, have put together a characteristically pretty SMS replacement app called Textie. There are two things you should know about it: It’s free, and it works. https://gizmodo.com/twitter-buys-tweetie-best-twitter-app-for-the-iphone-g-5513918 Textie texts just about any way you want it to, trading messages through email aliases between…
Mother’s Day’s just around the corner, and NewEgg’s got “gift ideas for every mom.” Let’s see… we’ve got an HDTV for her programs, DVDs for her movies. Oh, and a vibrator for her “home.” Obviously. [NewEgg via The Daily What]
Wired.com’s tracked down the finder of the lost iPhone prototype, 21-year-old Brian J. Hogan. [Wired]
Having a spare tire in your trunk is good, sure, but having two is even better. Especially when they’re attached by a folding, pedal-free electric bike made by Volkswagen. A bike with a cool curvy frame. And two kickstands. The Bik.e, presumably named by a VW marketing intern who made the best typo of his…
Ah, lovely: Just in time for the reignited Flash-on-mobile debate, here’s a browser that can actually play Flash video on Android, right now. Skyfire got its start on Windows Mobile and Symbian, which proved, at least in the US, to have been an unfortunate choice. (Skyfire is historically a US-only app.) They’ve finally crossed the…
This augmented reality billboard in the Netherlands involuntarily pulls passersby into a scene depicting the brutal beating of a paramedic. As the shock wears off, the billboard delivers a brief message regarding the citizens’ role in prevention/cessation of violence. [PopSci]
When you first see this Chinese military shovel in action, you may be tempted to think you’re just watching variations on digging. Impertinent fool! That “shovel” is about to chop down a tree. And row a boat. And saw. And… Well, basically it’s about to do anything you want it to do short of bathing…
According to sources familiar with the matter, Microsoft has cancelled Courier, the folding, two-screen prototype tablet that was first uncovered by Gizmodo. https://gizmodo.com/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet-5365299 We’re told that on Wednesday, Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer Microsoft execs informed the internal team that had been working on the tablet device that the project would no longer be supported. Courier…
Multitasking! On phones! Everybody does it now. But each smartphone platform does it differently. Here are the various tricky ways that the major platforms try to juggle multiple apps. The Constraints A smartphone is a computer that fits in your pocket, but it has some constraints that a desktop doesn’t, which make multitasking far trickier…
It’s Incredible day! Today you can land yourself the hottest Android phone available for under $100. To top it off, this weekend you can land yourself the hottest date on the internet for free on chemistry.com! Life is brighter already. Top Deals: • 23.6-inch Samsung 2494LW LCD $170 Shipped (normally $230). • HTC DROID Incredible…
Take the survey below, email the last question to [email protected], and you will be entered to win a Small Pixels Flip Camcorder. We’ll hook up the camcorder. It’s up to you to find the friends. Heard this guy’s available. [Rules]
