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Star Trek TNG’s holodeck is a staple of geek lore, but its interface was designed 20 years ago. Bruce Branit’s World Builder is a short much along the same technological theme, but made today. After one day of shooting, World Builder was in post production for 2 years. Despite its extremely small artistic team (essentially…
Here’s an interesting, yet very depressing, video that gives you a look inside the Western Henrico Circuit City headquarters as shoppers raid the corporate offices during their liquidation sale. On Tuesday, shoppers looking for some cheap printers, fax machines, furniture, televisions and other electronics gathered at the CC headquarters looking for a deal, but—until they…
The cat-in-a-bong dude says he’s giving up pot. [Lincoln Journal Star] https://gizmodo.com/terrible-human-being-puts-his-cat-in-a-bong-to-chill-it-5163722
WMPowerUser discovers that there’s more than just the Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2 coming to HTC’s 2009 lineup. The good news? Most of them are Windows Mobile 6.5. https://gizmodo.com/htc-touch-diamond2-and-touch-pro2-feature-bigger-screen-5154108 The most interesting is the Firestone (above), which is the successor to the Touch HD, and runs a 3.6-inch WVGA display, 600MHz processor and Windows Mobile…
We have cheap memory, cheap storage and lots of freebies in today’s dealz. And yes, that is a zero-cost caramel mocha to wash it all down. Computing & Peripherals • Western Digital WD10EADS 1TB 32MB Hard Drive for $89.99 plus free shipping (normally $115). • Corsair 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 Memory…
There’s no concept more ridiculous to me than Wiimote peripherals, controllers for controllers. This parody, Wii Breakfast, warns us of what’s to come if we don’t nip this trend in the bud. [via Geekologie]
Wanna access BlackBerry’s “App World” app store? Sign up online now and be alerted at 10PM ET tonight when it goes live. Or, set your alarm (BBs have alarms, right?) and eliminate the middleman. [AppWorld]
The Big Picture has an album on cool real-world robots, but I only care about one type: Robots that scare me, terrifying metal monsters that can tear my guts apart. Here are the top five. 5. T-34 comes on fifth position: Any robot that can wrap me in a spiderweb, making me to fall down,…
OK, it’s not actually air hockey. Since the iMac’s glass panel is held on by fourteen magnets, you can just use two industrial suction cups to pull it right off. [ifixit via CrunchGear]
This week, Apple gave us minor hardware upgrades, while a little company made a linux tablet. This might leave you wishing for an Apple tablet, but that could be a stupid thing to ask for. https://gizmodo.com/big-mac-tuesday-what-apple-dropped-5163969 I mean, really, ask yourselves this: How would you use such a thing differently than a laptop? Tablets have…
According to Microsoft, you can now surf the audio podcast catalog in their Zune site and stream them directly without connecting to the Zune Marketplace, as well as waste your time doing music quizzes, like: 1. What was the name of the dog that tried to hump Kim Deal’s leg during the recording of Trompe…
When I die, I want my remains buried in this pyramid PC mod. https://gizmodo.com/my-final-gadget-will-and-testament-5144686 Just 7.5 pounds, the mighty pyramid pc’s frame was constructed from laser cut, black and silver aluminum before acrylic paneling sealed the system off to grave robbers and historians. Two 80mm fans keep things frosty with the assistance of liquid cooling.…
31 Days. 31 Widescreen HDTVs. Newegg.com and Samsung are bringing you over $75K in HDTV giveaways this March. Feel the rush! Enter now for your chance to win one of 31 Samsung 52″ HDTVs. Winners are announced DAILY! One lucky GRAND PRIZE WINNER will receive a complete 63″ plasma TV Home Theater System valued at…
Today, university scientists spanning the UK unveiled a special project: A virtual reality headset said to mimic all five senses to offer a user experience that’s indistinguishable from the real world. Now obviously the claim is at least a slight exaggeration, as the peripheral only covers your head. Regardless… The Cocoon is pitched as a…
Why get a super-thin, ultra-cool, beautiful Sony Vaio P when you can get a super-fatso, ultra-blah, furrible Vaino? After all, the Vaino has a bigger 10.2-inch screen and a faster Atom chip, right? https://gizmodo.com/sony-vaio-p-review-5131637 I tell you you why. Because despite the 1GB of memory, 160GB HD, multi-format card reader, 1.3 megapixel camera, and Wi-Fi,…
Thanko’s 4-slot SD card reader/pen, but we’re waiting for the 8-slot, double X-Wing version. No word on retail price, but we’re sure it’ll be available soon at various online import vendors. [Akihibara News]
What the hell is this? Neurons firing up inside a brain? An installation with several Tesla coils? A weird electrical storm phenomenon? A color-inverted photo of an spiders orgy? A new nano-technology organic-based processor? Actually, it’s Google Maps “mapplet”, like Ground Zero, the nuke your fav city app. It shows air traffic in the US…
After more than a few delays, Palm’s Treo Pro will be released to Sprint customers on March 15th (for $199 w/contract). [Palm] https://gizmodo.com/palm-pro-delayed-again-5149987
On one side, big train running at 100MPH. No driver. On the other, heavy duty containers with nuclear waste. What would happen? Boom. That’s what happens. But, surprisingly, not as bad as you can imagine. Click to view [VideoRadar via Dark Roasted Blend]
Scratch another one against privacy in the name of “public safety” and “protection”: Following European Union directives, Spain will disconnect all pre-paid phone lines that aren’t registered with the owner’s personal information. Who wins here? The move comes as part of a campaign that orders people to “Identify yourself!”, just like when Franco was a…
