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Some web developers got their hands on special effects equipment and decided to build an Internet-controlled snow machine in their office. You just have to click the “make it snow” button and watch what happens on the live video feed. The team does note that they’re using shredded paper instead of real snow, but that…
Cyber Technologies‘ CyberQuad UAV, implementing four silent, ducted fans in lieu of traditional rotor blades, has already been used to survey damaged oil rigs. Someday it will be used to transport troops in campaigns to exploit interplanetary resources. The CyberQuad, an “electric ducted quadrotor Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV),” gains…
Techcrunch hears that Google is in advanced talks to buy Yelp (supposedly for $500 million), and that the deal, while not finalized, is very close to that stage. This could be a huge boon for Google’s mapping and mobile efforts. This is a little bit odd because Google already has Places, which is a fairly…
Here is the top of the Educational category in the Apple Store, earlier today. [Sent by Max Justicz]
It took 172 minutes on a rooftop to shoot 1655 overlapping 21.6 megapixel images and 94 hours to stitch them together. The result is not only a gorgeous 26 gigapixel view of Dresden, Germany, but also the world’s biggest photo. You can click on the image here for a slightly bigger version or follow the…
Oh, that naughty iPhone! And you, filthy Android! What about you, Kindle, you raunchy digital book, you! You just don’t get tired of being fondled and rubbed in front of the cameras, don’t you? Apparently not, according to Danielle Korwin: The heyday is now for hand models. In the wild, wacky, [and] wonderful world of…
As the guys at Autour D’un Cafe pointed out, the Playstation controller has de-evolved over the years. There was a lot of inbreeding at first, but that changed after a night of heavy drinking. As the story goes, the DualShock got it on with a ’60s era Baterang and the Gaming Gods retaliated—smiting their unholy…
Sometimes the deals we post are so flashy and impressive, it can be overwhelming. Here’s a deal that won’t necessarily make you buy something you ordinarily wouldn’t, but is a nice discount if you’ve already decided on the purchase. Amazon, who saw the best-selling month yet for its Kindle, is in turn offering free two-day…
I revisited this summer post from Core77 by Dave Malouf. I must have missed this amazing piece of research that explains the different positions one can use a netbook in and the corresponding points of pain and stress each causes. Researchers found that “a conventional small clamshell laptop is most comfortably used lying down in…
The details about Samsung’s Bada OS have been scarce, and while even these leaked screenshots don’t tell us much that we didn’t know, we can at least look forward to an eye-pleasing interface design. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-bada-details-fleshed-out-3g-multitouch-handset-5421422 It’s a shame that these screenshots don’t really reveal much aside from social media integration, a music player, a dialer,…
The only thing geekier than slow dancing at arms length apart is Pong Prom. Covert Athletics’ hoodies are embedded with arduino controlled LEDs that display a game of pong. The controller? Your dance partner’s swaying hips, monitored by accelerometer. It is safe to assume that as the speed of the game goes up, you’re required…
Some people can’t wait to be captured on Google Street View. Others are caught pantsless on a busy street in the middle of the day. If you’re the pantsless type, this is the t-shirt for you. [Fashionably Geek] https://gizmodo.com/musician-finds-minor-fame-by-stalking-google-street-vie-5423773
True audiophiles are a rare, mysterious phenomenon. They scoff at what you and I consider top-of-the-line audio equipment, and wouldn’t dream of touching an iPod. What do you buy for these strange creatures? https://gizmodo.com/why-we-need-audiophiles-5213042 Wilson Audio Specialties MAXX Series 3 loudspeaker Might as well start at the top: Wilson Audio Specialties current top-of-the-line loudspeakers weigh…
Dragon Search is a voice search app that aggregates results from Google, Wiki, Twitter, YouTube, and iTunes, and more. It’s good for free, and free for now, so get on it before they start charging. After Dragon Dictation, this is the second app that Nuance has released gratis for a limited time this month. The…
Man, what can’t toilets do these days? The latest innovation, Drugloo, washes feces, separates drug packages and seals the evidence in a container—all without prison guards having to get their hands dirty. Apparently, Drugloos are already in use at prisons, secure hospitals, police stations and airports around the world. There are several different variations on…
If I lived in Winnipeg, I’d be doing this, too. This fine gentleman was captured by a roving Google Van with a couple of friends, a cold one, and a t-shirt that’s just a wee bit too small. Carry on, brave citizen of Canada! You’re an example to all of us. [Google Maps via Geekologie,…
Despite being generally unnecessary, we couldn’t help loving the little Chumby One WiFi widget machine. Speaking of love, a secret message revealed after iFixit’s teardown reveals that it is adorable inside and out. https://gizmodo.com/chumby-one-review-totally-frivolous-but-totally-adora-5403517 iFixit’s teardown didn’t reveal anything totally unexpected, with the exception of an inscription on the logic board from the designer that…
Intel’s dropping a big bowl o’ chips January 7th—17 of ’em—like the first lower-end Core i3 chips, but we’re most excited about the Arrandale Core i5 for laptops: still fast but more efficient ’cause they’re shrunk to 32nm. https://gizmodo.com/intels-32nm-arrandale-core-i5-and-i7-chips-for-anorexic-5403468 Remember all the excitement about Penryn a couple years ago, which took the Core 2 and…
With some film and a saltshaker, you can take radioactive pictures. Everyone knows light exposes film, but other forms of radiation do as well-a fact you can use to take pictures in some pretty unusual ways. It’s also how radioactivity was first discovered. In 1896, French physicist Henri Becquerel stored some x-ray film in a…
Kind of similar to a Tenori-On, this interactive 3D display would look great in my house, connected to my home audio set-up, visually illustrating every song with popped-out pixels. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-yamahas-tenori-on-synthesizer-we-love-it-380767 Philips should speak to the designer of this concept, Ivan Poupyrev, and work together on a new Aurea TV, combining it with their AmbiLight technology…
