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The “S” in NZXT’s Cryo S must stand for Super effective at heat removal. Compatible with laptops up to 15 inches, it removes heat from the fan vents, as well as the entire notebook case. Like NZXT’s other devices, these puppies were essentially designed to give you a competitive edge at PC gaming. Two adjustable…
Objectified rocked my fucking world, making me so much more appreciative of the effort that goes into every device, giving me a video interview of Jonny Ive and Dieter Rams. It also made me feel very guilty and self conscious for peddling all this crap on our site. In a good way! The movie is…
Remember that crazy DIY Discovery Channel miniseries from the producers of MythBusters, where they build RC cars to kill each other? Well, the first of three episodes airs tonight, so set your DVRs. [Discovery]
Forget Kindle DX: I liked the TimesReader a lot—it echoed the experience of a newspaper in a way that exploited the best parts of reading it on a computer. Version 2.0 is better. https://gizmodo.com/kindle-dx-vs-magazines-journals-and-newspapers-5242555 Maybe the idea is slightly anachronistic, but the experience was solid. Version 2.0 is built on Adobe AIR, which makes it…
Despite butting heads with Apple in the past, Greenpeace is jumping on the iPhone bandwagon with an app based on their Recycled Tissue and Toilet Paper Guide. https://gizmodo.com/electronics-industry-analyst-group-dismisses-greenpeace-313411 Essentially, the app gives iPhone users a quick and handy guide to finding the greenest toilet paper, tissues, paper towels, and paper napkins sold at the supermarket.…
With the upgraded 5big Network array, LaCie gives users the ability to go into double-digits with regard to terabyte storage capacity—10 TB to be exact. If you are counting, that’s a 2.5TB upgrade from their previous model. It offers up five hot-swappable drives that support seven RAID modes and it has been upgraded to include…
The Open Office guys have upgraded their already-comprehensive office suite. New features include improved screen appearance, further grammar checker integration, formula hints, improved sorting, and performance enhancements. Get it here. [OpenOffice via CrunchGear]
The SimMan 3G is a robot that can cry, bleed, convulse, go into cardiac arrest and do any number of other things that humans do when their bodies are malfunctioning. Also, it’s super creepy looking. This is one crazy robot. Here’s just a partial list of features: Quality CPR Feedback Laerdal’s Q-CPR technology measures the…
Having mastered the art of making square watermelons and even pyramid watermelons, Japanese farmers turned to making heart-shaped watermelons. https://gizmodo.com/pyramid-melon-17988 These 15,750 yen ($160) watermelons were grown by a couple and took three years to perfect down to the point where they were good enough to convince people to pay $160 for them. There’s only…
If you really like technology, this beautiful Exploded 128 t-shirt showing the guts of an original Mac 128k is the best $18 you are going to spend this week. [Exploded 128 via Cult of Mac]
Splashes become a worry once you hit the high end of five feet, which is why this Japanese “Angels Knee Pillow” is a decent alternative, even if it is a little degrading. The pillows come in two options, a split-mode one and a larger, single unit variety. It’s pretty gross when you think about getting…
People are always eager to point out cool technologies that America ignores, but what about the ones that we—and only we—use? Enough with the grousing: Here’s what we’ve got that they don’t. https://gizmodo.com/six-technologies-that-passed-america-by-5162719 TiVo For a long while, TiVo was the undisputed king of TV recording. Other DVRs have come a long way in the…
Need to recover from all the Mother’s Day fanfare? A new camcorder, 46″ LCD TV, and some cheapo $6 DVDs should do just nicely. Computing and Peripherals: • Lenovo ThinkPad X200 12.1″ Tablet Laptop for $1,239.20 plus free shipping (normally $1,549—use coupon code USPEMAILMD). • Dell Inspiron 15 Intel Dual Core 2GHz 16″ Laptop for…
The historical rupture of the atomic bomb makes the moment it was dropped almost ahistorical—Hidezaku Furuya’s videogame documentary forces you to inhabit it as a crewmember of the Enola Gay. It’s quite startling. Each person playing the game wears a headset, speaking the lines onscreen like a member of the Enola Gay’s crew as it…
Denon has refreshed their complete line of receivers, meaning that you can read the press release below to discern the precise discrepancies between the 9 new/updated models. What I find notable is what’s become standard in the line: USB iPod connectivity, analog-to-HDMI conversion, and Dolby Pro Logic IIz decoding (which adds front height channels). Also,…
Denon has announced the AH-NC600—their first foray into noise canceling earbuds. They claim this new model can reduce ambient noise by 99% while delivering high quality sound. Speaking of noise reduction, all three of their new models, including the AH-C710 and AH-C360 feature a Radial Cascade Damper that reduces noise from touched cables. The AH-NC600…
Denon’s DBP-2010CI and DBP-1610CI Blu-ray players are made with high-end components, but at $700 and $500 respectively, they are missing perks found in much cheaper players. They both have what pretty much every $300 Blu-ray player from Samsung, LG, Sony or Panasonic has: • An Ethernet port for BD-Live and firmware updates • DivX and…
Who doesn’t love tubes? This Lexon tube looks like something you would shoot down a pipe at the bank, but it’s actually a FM radio that you twist to turn stations. [Singulier via Aquire]
The latest .NET-based programming language by Microsoft is Axum, which was previously known as Maestro. It’s neat because it’s aware of concurrent computing, the paradigm of having multiple processes or programs run simultaneously, which makes it optimal for taking advantage of multi-core processors. [MSDN via Slashdot]
I failed miserably trying to catch a fly with chopsticks in Mr. Miyagi’s Fly Catcher Game. Honestly, it’s because a fat woman in a green shirt walked by and made it go wonky. [ITP]
