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I’m almost too scared to tell you that the BioLite camping stove can burn anything. I don’t want to know what you’d shove in there. Still, the leftover heat can be used to power your gadgets—that’s good, right? Shame it’s not on sale yet, and if it does it’ll be for developing countries only. It’s…
To be suspicious of Apple manufacturer Foxconn, especially when it comes to treatment of workers, is reasonable: They have issues. But today’s Telegraph report about a spate of suicide attempts at Foxconn’s Longhua plant can be explained away by statistics. The story, cynically titled “Four suicide attempts in a month at Foxconn, the makers of…
The Android Market still has a lot of catching up to do, but they’re certainly picking up the pace: in March, over 9,000 applications were added. But more apps could mean more problems. One of the advantages of the Android Market so far is that though smaller, it’s been relatively free of junk and redundancy.…
Computer skins are nothing new, but there’s something different about these offerings from Karvt—namely, they’re made of real wood. Bamboo, cherry, maple, pine and walnut—available stained or unstained—pick whichever you’d like. They’re all backed with 3M adhesive for easy stick-on; they all sell for $35 a pop (which really isn’t bad if you’ve seen what…
If you’ve always wanted to work for minimum wage, but in typical overachieving fashion haven’t quite got there yet, the Minimum Wage Machine will pay you $7.15 for an hour of turning the crank-handle. Workers will receive one penny for every 5.04 seconds’ worth of work, which at $7.15 an hour is the minimum pay…
Love karaoke, but hate the sound of your singing? Do friends point and laugh when you attempt a warble? Why not buy the Noiseless USB Karaoke Mic for the Wii? They’ll even throw in a set of free steak knives!* It works by plugging into the Wii, or a laptop running Vista or XP, via…
This is pretty preposterous, particularly if you’re already of the thinking that the iPad is just a large iPod Touch. Digitimes, the Taiwanese rag that relies on Chinese whispers, has quoted itself as saying the 5-7-inch iPad will launch 2011. Digitimes quoted senior analyst Mingchi Kuo, who also works at Digitimes, as “citing talks with…
Many of us travel the world, but stick to just the green parts. Google’s urging people to discover the blue parts, helped largely because Google Earth now includes layers of information and annotations for all oceans. Last year all the oceans were 3D mapped, and had video and photos added for good measure—but it’s taken…
Floppy-haired Justin Long has said in an interview with the AV Club that the ‘Get A Mac’ adverts “might be done…I think they’re going to move on.” Move on to more ads with disembodied hands and loud indie-pop? Long’s full quote on the matter: “You know, I think they might be done. In fact, I…
Use the force to protect young ‘uns from the boogymen, with the remote control lightsaber nightlight. It changes color eight times, and will cost $25 when it goes on sale later this year. [BigBadToyStore via NerdApproved]
While he hasn’t released it into the wild just yet, Geohot’s video proves he’s got the goods to allow other operating systems—such as Linux—to work on the PS3 after the feature-removing 3.21 update is installed. He’s called it 3.21OO, and claims it can “be installed without having to open up your PS3, just by restoring…
V erizon Wireless sure is busy. Word on the street is that they’re preparing to launch seven new phones, in addition to wrangling an iPhone deal if you believe everything you hear. HTC’s next Android wonder-phone, the Incredible, is next apparently. AndroidAndMe has spoken with “several trusted sources,” each of which confirmed the rumored April…
China’s been the endless source of negative news for us recently, so it’s heartening that Nokia’s helping them out with some DRM-free music. Specifically, from their not-so-well-performing all-you-can-eat music download service, Comes With Music. They’ve teamed up with Huadong Feitian, a Chinese network, with eight phones supporting the download service. Nokia hasn’t made any mention…
To my knowledge the only fullHD webcams available are external ones—so Samsung’s CMOS sensors could prove a hit for people not wanting to fork out extra for a webcam. True, you’d have to buy a Samsung laptop though… The CMOS sensors, by the name of S5K6A1 and S5K5B3, can both record 1080p video at 30fps,…
You’re hanging on the edge of your seat, just waiting for the Droid 2.1 update to be sent down the chute from Verizon Wireless’ HQ and into your phone. Watched paint never dries, but a Droid update does eventually appear—with Verizon telling us it will be rolled out to all handsets “by the end of…
You’re completely broke after buying all the equipment and supplies for your latest creative venture, so why not save money on lessons. The best way to soothe your inner cheapskate? Free online classes. A site called creativeLIVE is offering free online lessons in photography, programming, image editing, design, and fine arts. There’s no catch from…
Imagine NYC getting destroyed by 8-bit evil forces from 70s and 80s games, including Space Invaders, Pacman and Donkey Kong. Actually, you don’t have to imagine it. Just watch this amazing video. It’s so cool that it makes me giddy. Click to viewThe video was produced by Patrick Jean at OneMoreProd, using Naïve New Beaters…
Rupert Murdoch is in love with the iPad. It’s not hardware. It’s not the software. It IS THE FUTURE!. The future of newspapers, he says. Well, Rupert, here’s some news for you: The WSJ iPad app sucks kangaroo balls. Other pearls by Rupert: I’m old, I like the tactile experience of the newspaper, (but) if…
Turns out that there’s a financial center in Madrid, Spain which is so damn big and confusing to navigate that you’ll desperately need these multilingual robots to guide you around. Here’s how it works—in-action video and all: You stroll up to where the mechanical swarm is waiting, tip-tap your way through a menu on a…
We love Pixar around here. Who doesn’t? Which is why this Pixar Studio Stories series is such a delight: animated, behind the scenes goodies from the company’s illustrious history—including when they nearly lost most of Toy Story 2. The shorts are part of the bonus features on the Toy Story and Toy Story 2 Blu-ray…
