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My dear friend—and tree-huggin’ hippie—Robyn reminds me that tonight is Earth Hour. It may seem silly, but turning off all your electrical devices is a nice gesture. If only to do many other things, like: • Make love (with yourself counts too). And if you need light, make your partner wear glow-in-the-dark neon lingerie or…
Making dinner for two? Then move along. The Electrolux Personal Mini Kitchen concept is designed to hold the bare essentials for one person: A small silicon hotplate, a tiny soda-can-sized fridge, and a tablet PC. The Mini Kitchen is designed for the growing numbers of young and single people in China, and features an all-in-one…
This DIY Wiimote-controlled Airsoft gun is a pretty impressive project with excellent sound effects. It’ll move a full 180 degrees horizontally and has an auto mode to take out the ankles of coworkers. The Airsoft pellet gun, in this case a 9mm replica, sits atop a Construx base and can be sighted with a webcam…
Even if you’ve been casually Torrenting for years, BitTorrent tools keep getting better. Here’s our guide for getting the most out of what is, slowly but surely, changing forever how people acquire and consume entertainments. This guide is intended for folks who understand the basics but may have only just started to scratch the surface…
In efficient, socialist, and thoroughly entertaining Sweden, a political party based on copyright activism has a legitimate shot at a seat in the European Parliament. Remember: A vote for them is a vote for piracy. The Pirate Party, staffed entirely by volunteers, may have only gotten about 35,000 votes (0.63%) in Sweden’s 2006 elections, but…
Looks like somebody over at the Apple legal department has been enjoying a little Jailbreak action, because a sketch in a recent patent application includes some features a stock iPhone just doesn’t have. Update: Let’s see here, we’ve got a custom wallpaper, that’s not allowed. We’ve got the Installer and SMBPrefs apps, you’re not going…
Just like any other racing game, the object of Sega’s Storm-G is to get down to the finish line as quickly as possible. However, unlike other racing games, there’s a twist—literally. Storm-G is a futuristic bobsled arcade game that features a cockpit, which physically turns you around at every turn. While simulating tunnels, it’ll also…
“I’m all for fighting the good fight, but I don’t care how much you work out or how much cream you put on-things change.” Cindy Crawford, as an ageless robot applies some tonic. [Allure]
Displeased with others copying their work, PalmInfoCenter reports that Palm snuffed the TealOS skin for PalmOS phones, which imitates the Palm Pre‘s newer WebOS interface. https://gizmodo.com/tealos-brings-the-palm-pre-experience-to-palmos-phones-5157892 TealPoint posted an official response on their TealTalk forum, which basically says that they’re shutting down sales and distribution for TealOS on March 30, at the request of Palm.…
Nikkei has a post about Toshiba’s new Digital Billboard in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, where passerbys can dial up a number and connect to an interactive game which is displayed on the giant sign. Cellphone gamers square off against other players connected through Toshiba’s Youtube channel. The number keys are used to control a paintbrush, and…
Police Chief Brian Wilson, of Washington, issued a public apology after his squad car crashed into another vehicle because his eyes were on his Blackberry instead of the road. Tsk tsk. On March 18, Chief Wilson was at a red light when he took his foot off the brake to check his e-mail and news…
It’s GDC week this week, so Kotaku has a LOT of news for you. Many exciting tidbits await ahead. • Sony may be announcing something on Tuesday! • Katamari Creator says he doesn’t use drugs • Punchout for Wii looks great https://kotaku.com/what-is-sony-announcing-on-tuesday-5187660 • Fable may not be an RPG forever • Terminator Salvation isn’t that…
Peeps taste like the foam rubber inside Temperpedic mattresses, but enough people devour the surprisingly-useful marshmallow birdies that they’re reborn every Easter. The Tribune shows us the industrial womb they’re born in via photogallery. [Tribune] https://gizmodo.com/use-marshmallow-peeps-to-control-your-nintendo-wii-5182155
Gear Live just received a survey asking whether or not they’d be interested in Twittering from their car. Yes, THAT Twitter. The setup works via hands-free calling and voice-to-text, as well as text-to-speech, in order to communicate to and from the short messaging service. Seriously? I love getting up-to-the-minute updates on John Mayer injuring his…
Twenty-seven years later, these girls are wearing EL wire and conductive thread in order to bring the spirit of Blade Runner into the 21st century. Or, they were hocking a book. Not sure. [BBGadgets]
In my fantasy, Calgon takes me away to the Dornbracht “Supernova” bathroom. A luxury installation where all the fixtures are located in the center of the room—an island of pure design bliss. I could go on about the cascading water, high gloss surfaces and the little sink designed specifically for your feet—but I’ll let the…
Zaps from tesla coils sound like old school synthesizers, so they’re the perfect instrument of delivery for 8-bit video game and geek anthems. Plus, lightning. ArcAttack brings sexy technology back when he plays the Zelda Theme Song remixed with Justin Timberlake at Dragon*Con 2008. [ArcAttack via Vimeo via BoingBoingGadgets] If there’s something strange in your…
Nokia is canceling all of their external cellphone production. That equates to them cutting 17% of their manufacturing output. Ouch. [iSuppli] Nokia Pulls More Than $5 Billion in Business From Contract Manufacturers El Segundo, Calif., Mar. 27, 2009-In another blow to the beleaguered electronics contract manufacturing business, Nokia-the world’s largest mobile handset brand-announced that it…
Watch the video. See that? Hip shaking is all this USB gadget does—and it costs $15. I think it may be the stupidest USB gadget on the market—and I’ve seen just about everything. USB Humping Dogs and Bunnies? Stupider. USB Shawl? Stupider. USB Strippers? That’s right…stupider. Still, if you have no problem throwing your money…
Fruit need not be healthy. The $12 Shotcarver will core almost any produce under the sun. The resulting hole is intended for hard liquor, which is intended to kill you. [CoolStuffExpress via NerdApproved]
