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This 5-foot long torpedo with a moray eel painted on its sides is the Reusable Unambiguous Swimmer Warning Vehicle. It’s designed for one thing: To hunt enemy swimmers at 8 knots. The torpedo can swim after potential terrorist or enemy soldiers trying to get into coast bases or near ships. For now, it’s not lethal:…
Spot the difference. Yes, there is a difference. It’s called Cuchini, a pad that adheres to bikini bottoms, panties (iPhone panties too, rendering them useless,) or shorts to “smooth the ridges of a woman’s mons pubis.” Why would you like to do that? I don’t have a single clue. Maybe I don’t get this because…
PhD Comics has a great desktop for your machine to sort your icons into. Head over there for full sized versions. [PhD Comics]
Here’s the stuff that we didn’t post today. (Until now, obviously.) • Apple’s caught up in another class action lawsuit, this one for a flaw in their MagSafe power connectors that could cause sparks, which could cause a fire. [Apple Insider] • The Nokia N97 is now available for pre-order in the US. [PhoneArena] •…
Ever wake up in a fitful cold sweat with the cutting realization that there’re certain areas in your home where you can’t watch TV!!??. Then Electronic House’s Home of the Year is for you. Everything associated with this is so deeply stupid I want to cry. From this: Our Home of the Year sits among…
Tired of craptastic BlackBerry Twitter apps, Boy Genius decided to make his own. TweetGenius launches today for the Bold and Curve 8900. Definitely slick, though it’ll cost you $5. [TweetGenius]
The 1,200 cut today follows up their 1,400 count layoff in January, which were its first ever. This makes 2,600 total out of the 5,000 they announced would be cut, back in January. Maybe it can use some of that $11 million in stimulus money to build a bridge so the poor people who got…
iPanties. Slide to unlock, people. Get it? Someone do them. Now. Do them, damnit! These are better than the bloody iDoormat. [Thanks G-Ram] Click to view https://gizmodo.com/slide-to-unlock-iphone-doormat-5240017 Original photo from here and here and here.
What happens when you make visual puns out of the names of popular fonts and then have said visual puns fight to the death? Here’s your answer. Click to view[CollegeHumor]
Using money she earned through her voice over work on the Star Trek light dimmer, Majel Roddenberry was able to set up a trust for her dogs to the tune of $4 million. https://gizmodo.com/star-trek-voice-activated-light-dimmer-pretend-youre-t-238715 A domestic employee named Reinelda Estupinian—the person who cared for the pups —gets $1 million and the right to live in…
The Pentax K20D DSLR will set you back about $700, which isn’t too bad for a DLSR. But the Titanum version? Oh, that one’s $1,200. It’s got titanium on it, people! Yes, the only difference between the two versions is that the Titanium Edition has titanium-finish body pieces on it and it comes with a…
According to some “super-secret Apple source”—who hopefully is not the Infinite Loop campus’ building #5 janitor’s brother in law who has a son working at the Minneapolis’ Apple Store in—Mac OS 10.5.7 will be out this Friday. It’ll bring networking, syncing, iChat, Safari, and Bluetooth updates, among other things. [MacLife]
Showering standing up? That’s for savages. I want to lie down when I bathe—and I want it to be on a bed of colorful fish. I want a Hydroglass. In addition to the fish tank base, Hydroco’s Hydroglass unit can feature a 7-head rainbar, heated aquabed, warm water mattress and other accessories when fully decked…
I’m tired of uninspired flash drive designs. So it’s shaped like a donut huh? Meh. It’s filled with beer eh? Not interested. These mini MPC 2000XL and SP1200 flash drives are really where it’s at. https://gizmodo.com/doughnut-shaped-usb-drive-reminds-you-its-time-for-lunc-316788 These two drives are spittin’ images of the AKAI MPC2000XL sampler and the EMU SP1200 drum machine—devices that made…
I love the iLamp, with its completely flexible body and electro-luminescent polymer screen. It’s like a Terminator T1000 version of a Luxo desk lamp, one that won’t kill your adoptive parents. Too bad it’s just a concept, because I would buy one of these in a heartbeat. [SystemDesignStudio via Likecool]
I should have known what I was in for when I asked you to come up with disgusting processed foods for this week’s Photoshop Contest. But man, you guys are even grosser than I thought. You’re going to want to avoid everything below if you’re eating right now. You’ve been warned. First Place — Cobra…
Ex-Palm Senior Director Johnathan Oakes‘s LinkedIn profile reveals that he has joined HP’s Emerging Business Unit, sparking rumors that HP may be using Google’s Android as the new OS for a future smartphone. However, HP has declined to comment and minimal details have emerged except that Oakes’s duties include creating “new products and business models.”…
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If this image obtained by TmoNews contains correct information, T-Mobile customers will be able to enjoy visual voicemail on July 16th. The roadmap also lists the release dates of various phones, including the Sony Ericsson CS8 and CS5, Samsung t469 and t549, Rhodium, and Dash 3G. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-summer-roadmap-details-htc-touch-pro-2-blade-5199416 Again, keep in mind that this is all…
It may not compare to the io-Drive, but DDrdrive’s X1 still packs a punch in terms of speed and price. https://gizmodo.com/fusion-io-iodrive-duo-is-the-worlds-fastest-ssd-5168424 Unlike other SSDs, the X1 utilizes two types of memory—4GB DRAM and 4GB NAND aligned on a PCIe card. Because RAM can be volatile, the NAND kicks in and safely backs up the information.…