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Forensic specialists can now pinpoint the exact make and model of a camera simply by analyzing the pixels in digital photos. This technique would be useful in the future for tracking down criminals, such as kidnappers who’ve leaked photos of their hostages to the media. Read on to find out how it works.When a digital…
According to the MIT Technology Review, Adobe is working with mobile processor manufacturer ARM on optimizing Flash Player 10 and AIR for ARM processors. Why does this matter? Because ARM processors are found in 90% of mobile phones (iPhone and G1 included), not to mention set top boxes, PMPs, and gaming devices (like the Nintendo…
This Zak Designs Ice Cream Keeper could be the best thing I’ve ever seen. I mean, keeping up to a pint of ice cream cold so you can eat it in the car, on the toilet, in the office, in the office toilet and in public bathrooms? How is that not genius? The freezable gel…
Wii shortages at Christmas time are officially a crummy holiday tradition, like fruitcakes, gift cards for crappy stores and whiskey-soaked fake Santas. This year, though, it’s because of pirates. No really. The Suez Canal is infested with Somali pirates (who’ve already stolen 1000 Wiis), so companies are diverting shipments around the Cape of Good Hope,…
The release of the OpenTable iPhone app and the TiVo partnership with Dominos Pizza got me thinking about whether or not less interaction with human beings in these situations is a good thing. I mean, in the case of OpenTable why call up and make reservations when you can press a few buttons and schedule…
If you couldn’t make it to Times Square this morning, the clip above shows what happens when humans become vending machines. Yes, it was a stunt put on by Uniqlo, and no, it didn’t ruin shopping forever. It’s actually pretty great; first you get your body scanned to reveal your hottest and coldest parts, then…
The New Xbox Experience, a.k.a. the new Xbox 360 Dashboard, hits tomorrow. If you’ve got an Xbox 360 that’s connected to the internet, you’re going to be prompted to update your console as soon as you turn it on. No exceptions; this is what your machine will look like until either it dies, you die,…
Following up Zune 3.1 and this new TV spot, Microsoft’s going to announce price cuts across the board for its flash Zunes tomorrow. Not drastic or desperate, but nice, solid drops: The 4GB model will fall to $100, 8GB will go for $140 ($10 off) and 16GB for $180, down from $200, making them all…
Jason, last week everything went kind of crazy with the dogs and work, and my machines.Noah is going to work for Fast Company, Lisa went to Tokyo for NPR work and left me to watch the new puppy, go to puppy school and get him neutered and pick up poo and pee at all hours…
Today, Ben and Hank are testifying for the House Financial Services Committee on how to dole out the bailout monies. Detroit is on their knees with their hands out. Here in New York, an emergency legislative session has failed to make any progress on our own little $6 billion budget hole. Sounds like a good…
NASA and Vint Cerf (Google VP, co-creator of the internet, nerd legend) have been working on updating our antiquated radio communications system for space for nearly a decade now, and a recent successful test represents the first step towards the goal of creating a deep space internet. Using software called Disruption-Tolerant Networking (DTN) the team…
Where, oh where were you, Nintendo Gameboy Color disguised as a Texas Instruments TI-83 Series calculator, when I was in school? Where? WHERE? Probably nowhere to be found, really, as Gameboy Colors weren’t invented back then, and I was too busy trying to get off latin class to make out with girls in the backyard…
Netgear is launching their new GearHead service, which provides support and assistance in setting up any of your home networking gear—whether it’s made by Netgear or not. The brand independent service is a service in the same vein as Best Buy’s Geek Squad, except it’s focused soley on home networking (and they probably won’t steal…
The iCEphone is a semi-in-production insurance policy that may or may not be small enough to actually fit in your pocket. A tri-folding WinMo phone (or “Micro PC” as the company calls it), the iCEphone has software that can not only walk you through common medical emergencies like administering CPR, but it can one-touch dial…
If you don’t have big plans this weekend, Microcenter will be selling both the MSI Wind and Acer Aspire One for $300 in-store only on November 22nd. After recent price reductions, both 1.6GHz Atom systems retail for $350. But as we all learned in grade school, $50 is $50. And if you can ever save…
US sodiers are not the only ones getting advanced uniforms. In fact, Koreans may be taking the lead with a new stormtrooper suit that-if it goes beyond the vaporware stage-will include every sci-fi technology you can imagine. From a heads-up-display helmet to personal cooling and heating syss to a matching weapon that includes a laser-guided…
See this ad right here? It’s the Zune’s latest TV spot, which debuted last night during Heroes. Needless to say, it has a generic look that could be for anyone. (Personally, I thought it was another Blackberry ad at first glance). There is an alternative. And it was produced by Sibling Rivalry on spec (as…
Most of you probably know how annoying it is to work on something like an engine or a computer with a flashlight in one hand and a tool in the other. This bracelet helps free up both hands using four built-in LEDs—and it comes in packs of two so you can wear one on each…
While the manufacturer sells this Nap Cap as a way to help you sleep comfortably in planes and Greyhound buses by holding your head straight against the seat, I think they got it all wrong. In reality, this is the perfect system to strap the old lady/kid/John Candy-lookalike sitting next to you before they start…
A bowl of Froot Loops and and a couple eggs sounds like a delicious part of a balanced breakfast to me, but in this case both may be a little hard to swallow. Like the Froot Loop lamp, Ukrainian designer Igor Pinigin’s “Egg Light” takes an everyday foodstuff and transforms it into a functional work…
