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Erected to highlight an English river’s pollution, this 14m-tall metal flower has dozens of LEDs which glow brighter the more the wind around it increases. Residing by an English river (not the Thames, anglophiles, the Mersey river), it’s in aid of a regeneration project to highlight the river’s pollution, with the flower not just consisting…
We’re STILL reviewing as many iPad apps as possible LIVE and updating all day. If you have a specific app you want reviewed, let us know in the comments. So many apps that we had to start a third post! For Part 1 of our iPad Review Marathon go here. For Part 2 of our…
Well, what to make of this? A man walks into an Apple Store in Santa Monica, asks for a 2.66GHz MacBook Pro, and suddenly security gets thrown into high alert. Beware the “forerunner,” my friends. The full video, wherein Owen JJ Stone recounts his odd encounter, can be found here. Apparently when he walked up…
Western Digital has updated its two-year-old Velociraptor range of hard drives with the SATA 3.0 drives, coming in 450 and 600GB capacities. They’re the fastest-writing hard drives around, transferring up to 6GBs a second. They’re the only 10,000 RPM SATA hard drives available, and come in an IcePack mounting frame measuring 3.5-inches altogether. On sale…
There are people out there who are interested in a tablet computer, but refuse to buy the iPad on principle. Well, take a gander at ICD’s Gemini, an 11.2-inch tablet that’s got a damned impressive spec list. With the 1GHz Tegra 2 SOC running the show, this thing should be able to handle 1080p video…
It is obviously just a cloud, isn’t it? Actually, no, it’s not just any cloud. Updated. Photographer Kent Phillips captured the Space Shuttle Discovery’s on an early morning launch to the International Space Station, which happened 60 miles from his position at Orlando’s Walt Disney World. The light of the sun and the chemical properties…
They are not ready to replace Kevlar yet, but scientists are working on armored cotton t-shirts that are light and flexible but acquire the properties of boron carbide, the third hardest materials on the planet, according to researcher Xiaodong Li: We were able to make large quantities of high-strength B4C nanowires using cotton T-shirts as…
The Alienware™ M11x gaming laptop lets you play anything, anywhere, in HD. It weighs less than 4.5 pounds—and has over 6.5 hours of battery life. The scores are in—and they are out of this world. Specs below! The M11x offers the graphics power of a 15″ laptop in a much more portable 11″ form. With…
Shame you’d have to fork out $39.99 for the iBookend to give the iPad purpose (if it were a real product, obviously). [Dominic Wilcox]
The promising-but-pricey Plastic Logic Que was enticing when first announced, but extensive delays have made it less appealing. Still, major Plastic Logic investor Herrman Hauser selflessly thinks now would be the perfect time for someone to buy the company. UPDATED: The fact that Hauser would see a “multiple” on his portion of the $200 million…
Accessorize summer’s dreamy palette of nudes and pastels with a pair of circuit board heels from little-known designer Steve Rodrig. While kitten heels are the height du jour this season, Rodrig’s jade pumps redefine modernism. [XactStudios via Make via UberGizmo]
The SuperNES emulator for iPad is extremely fast and, according to Snes4iphone developer ZodTTD, “it looks, sounds, and plays great.” The best thing: It’s just a quick port of the iPhone version. The worst thing: It’s not an official app. I just got my iPad and the first thing I did was install a build…
Strap the wrist charger ’round the skinniest part of your arm, and juice up your console, or other miniUSB-supporting device. The 1,500mAh Li-Ion battery won’t power you to level 47 but will get through a couple hours’ usage. On sale now at ThinkGeek, for $35. [ThinkGeek via OhGizmo]
Any USB drive—be it a thumb stick or a full-blown 1TB enclosure—now works with the Xbox 360 to store content like game saves and DLC. Just keep in mind, 16GB is the limit—you may need to partition. [Kotaku]
The PS3 Slim wasn’t much lighter than the previous model, but that hasn’t stopped crafty Japanese manufacturer Hori from cobbling together a portable PS3 Slim with a 720p LCD screen. It also plays Blu-rays, so if you look at it like a portable Blu-ray player as well, then it’s far cheaper than buying a new…
Our brothers at Lifehacker have highlighted a nifty sounding Android app called CallTrack, which shows all your calls on a Google Calendar. Those who claim calls as work expenses would get the most use out of it, but it’d also be interesting to see how many times a month you call your friend—and how few…
If there’s one thing that turns me off more than a man in a vest, it’s a man in a vest with an iPad. Of course, just a man with an iPad is too much for me. Not saying I’d rather have a man with a HP Slate in a jacket—but at least that shows…
Internationally-known for its harmonicas, Hohner doesn’t like to discriminate. Especially against little people. Measuring just 3.5cm long, the world’s smallest harmonica plays the whole octave in C-Major and costs an equally small $23. [LatestBuy]
Doubling the Li-Ion battery life from 5 years, Hitachi reckons its new technology which extends the life of batteries will also cost less too—thanks to reducing the amount of cobalt used. Hitachi hopes to get them onto the production line in the next year. [Akihabara News]
Cater for those who find it difficult reading emotions, with the “How’s It Going?” glasses. “Post-Easter Bloggers’ Droop” not labelled. [Eunah Kim via Tumblr]