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Who knew that lightbulb design could suddenly become so interesting? Since we’re all well aware that regular old light bulbs are bad for the environment, we’re seeing new designs for LED bulbs come in. And man, they’re strange looking. The weird designs, such as the one above, are the result of the LED being lit…
What do you get for the Apple lover who has everything? This. You get them this. It’s a personalized bobblehead iPhone holder. The subject sends in three different shots of their face, chooses the skin, hair and eye color, and through the magic of…well, we don’t know exactly how they’re built…a figure arrives that looks…
We’ve got some good deals on video games, video game accessories and movies today, as well as some other miscellaneous deals that might be up your alley. There’s even a iPod nano for $1, although you’ve got to wait in line in front of a 99 cent store in California for it. But hey, if…
The world may be moving on to CFLs, but at least one designer is still thinking about how to improve the classic incandescent bulb. Joonhuyn Kim’s concept is simple: flat bulbs take up less space and make them easier (and cheaper) to store and transport. A great idea, if not a little late. Perhaps makers…
The US Army is ramping up the development of technology right out of the X-Files, “making science fiction into reality” as Dr. John Parmentola-Director of their Research and Laboratory Management-puts it. The list of things currently in the works is amazing: Regenerating body parts on “nano-scaffolding”, telepathy through electronic impulses in the scalp, and self-aware…
When I did the first walkthrough of my current apartment, I failed to notice that the kitchen sink does not have a separate spray hose. The digs are nice but that would have been a dealbreaker! Paini has the right idea though with their Hybrid I-KIC faucet. As you can see in the tantalizing image…
The phrase “64-bit” has been tossed around lately, the most it’s been since the Nintendo 64. If you haven’t heard it, pay attention. One of the most important steps forward in computer power is happening right under your nose, but most people don’t know thanks to the sneaky efforts of Microsoft and Apple. Though fully…
3D displays may or may not be the next big thing in home entertainment, but JVC has just announced the first 3D projector intended for home theaters. Needing no special glasses, the JVC DLA-RS2 uses D-ILA projection (that’s similar to LCD) and stereoscopic video processing to offer a 1080p 3D viewing experience.Details are light on…
Sometimes you have to respect a company if only because they’re doing something different. Now iZ3D has teamed with computer painters Smooth Creations to release 22-inch widescreen monitors that offer some 3D LCD “business” in the front and a little 2D hot rod paint job “party” in the back. The monitors run at resolutions up…
SanDisk has developed a new file system for flash-based SSD drives, improving random write speeds by up to 100 times. The system, dubbed ExtremeFFS, should be coming to products sometime next year. How’s it work? To maximize random write performance, SanDisk developed the ExtremeFFS flash file management system. This operates on a page-based algorithm, which…
Networked storage is not a new jig (check out our excellent how-to to get your own set up), but it’s never been more beautifully designed than LaCie’s Internet Space, which is a simple glossy white or black slab that makes even Apple’s Time Capsule look overdone. LaCie‘s first NAS only holds has 500GB or 1TB…
Appleinsider is reporting that the early ship dates for new Nvidia-powered MacBook Airs will be pushed back until November 24th for anyone who purchased a 1.6GHz model with a 128GB HDD. Supply chain issues related to the hard drive seem to be behind the delay. [Appleinsider]
It’s an unfortunately foggy morning in Shanghai, but from where I am, the crappy weather only adds to the feeling of standing in the middle of clouds. I’m towering almost half a kilometer over the rest of the city, on the highest man-made observation deck in the world, the 100th floor of the Shanghai World…
A growing mass of people have been reporting that the omni-button trackpads on the new MacBooks are glitchy—every 50 or so clicks, the trackpad will stop responding for a few seconds at a time, even to hard clicks. Whether it’s a hardware or software issue hasn’t been officially confirmed by Apple, but a supposed email…
Pong exerts a vicious grip on the minds of designers—it pops up in hundreds of reincarnations. But this one is sweet: a live “drawing on whiteboard” version, mixing electronics with the joy of drawing on, wiping off and repositioning your playing bat. Check it out, thrill to the high-speed action and grin at the ultimate…
Circuit City is sinking fast, but their loss is your gain! A tip coming in to Kotaku has revealed that the chain has begun discounting popular gaming gear. Apparently customers can now expect 5% off all consoles and their games, 10% off all accessories, 10% off “social games” like Rock Band and Guitar Hero, 10%…
Despite my best intentions, my photography is often 1 or 2 degrees off center, as if the horizon is slowly sliding my subjects off its back. But with the Brando 3-Axis Bubble Level Cube that fits in any hot shoe mount, photographers can conveniently double check every possible angle of their camera before snapping a…
This guy’s taken a jail-broken iPhone and hacked it by wiring it up to a genuine physical keyboard that’s about as big as the phone itself. Yes… it’s clever. But nononono: the beauty of the iPhone is its slender slippery sleekness, and I’ve found myself speeding up to darn fast text-entry rates using the virtual…
We’re still not sure that it’s worth it, but if you wanted to get your hands on one of the Xbox 360 Limited Edition Red Accessory Kits complete with red controller and gray Play & Charge components, we’ve found it for $50 with free shipping, or about $15 below retail. It’s possible we’ll see the…
By the time you finish reading this post about Sony’s latest media format—Blu-spec CD, which uses the same Blu Laser Diode as Blu-ray for audio CDs—they will likely have launched yet another one that we’ll report on shortly. In the meantime, Blu-spec CDs are apparently excellent because the new CD cutting machines “eliminate vibration,” which…
