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Click to viewArtist Scott Weaver spent 35 years working on this toothpick structure of San Francisco, which required 100,000 toothpicks and has a ball that rolls through the entire thing in Rube Goldberg fashion. But perhaps the best part of this is Weaver’s sentiment towards the project, when he mentions that he loves to “know…
Precisely how the Flowlight would work is a little unclear, but the design page notes that a base station would focus a laser beam 100 times a second into a point in the space, creating small plasma points that glow in mid air. Users could then use the pen to draw and write, making doodles…
If you’re covering an event and already carrying a huge gear bag with a laptop, camera, emergency Cliff bars and all the rest, QuickVoice is a welcome replacement for a standalone digital voice recorder. We like QuickVoice as a late addition to our favorites for its pause feature, which allows you to start and stop…
It seems like a distant memory now, but there was a time I could walk out of my house without a cellphone and never give it a second thought. As the years have gone by I have found myself growing increasingly attached to my phone. To be perfectly honest, I would rather not be bothered…
No, we are not kidding: the infamous Zune Guy, that dude who got three Zune tattoos, and then decided to get rid of them, says now that he avoided buying a Zune last time he was at Best Buy and got an iPod classic 80GB. He openly admitted it in the Zune Scene forums. https://gizmodo.com/zune-tattoo-guy-asks-microsofts-permission-to-change-na-379580…
After disappearing for a while due to a fair use scuff-up, the aTV software that helps turn the Apple TV into the media center it should have been is now back and freshly updated. Big new features are a GUI installer for loading the hack onto a USB stick, eliminating the messy command line work…
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Aurora Feint, the iPhone game that was de-listed because of security concerns, has made it back onto the App Store. So what did the developers do? They ripped out the contact list integration entirely, opting for a more Nintendo friend code-like system that they will introduce in the near future. And if you’re still worried…
This video is some sort of really strange new attempt at going viral sponsored by Samsung, pitching the Q1 Ultra using comedy. Normally, not something we’d be all that interested in. This, however, stars Bob Odenkirk and Mike Naughton. Yes, the same Bob Odenkirk from best-show-of-all-time Mr. Show. So we’ll give it the benefit of…
(Photo by Steve Morse) Not to be outdone by those crazy Danish bastards out on the isle of Samso, Science Daily reports an equally crazy group of Missourian bastards in Rock Port now generate all their electricity using wind turbines. Rock Port went completely wind-powered last week, making use of the 75 wind turbines spread…
Nothing puts a damper on summertime activities quite like an infestation of pests. The warm weather brings out all kinds of creepy-crawlies, and getting the upper hand on them is no easy task. There are plenty of traditional methods of handling the situation, but they all lack one key element-fun. Indeed, a twisted type of…
Architecture has always been a mixture of art and engineering, but as we press on through the 21st century, the role of computers in the design process is becoming more and more integral. Algorithmic architecture is on the cutting edge of this movement, and the complex, rhythmic designs can be truly breathtaking. With that in…
After two weeks of using the iPhone 2.0 full-time, each of us here has developed a fondness for a handful of apps that we can’t live without. Some of them show up in just about everyone’s top five (Yelp, Facebook), and some of them we’ll just attribute to the guy being a weirdo (MooCowMusic’s Band).…
What a brilliant idea by someone at LG to name their KF600-a phone we’ve covered before-the Bikini. What better way can you think of, besides more money, to convince your models to pose in Bikinis? None. None better. Just when we thought Samsung had the upper hand on shoehorning Korean ladies into product photos, LG…
I’ll be the first to admit that having someone massage your hands is relaxing, especially after a long day of typing away on a computer. If you agree, a finger massage from this DanBall device may be just the thing to help melt away your stress. According to the manufacturer, it can give you up…
Jaime del Val isn’t your average flasher. Old-fashioned flashers lurk around in trenchcoats, praying on women walking the streets alone-but not Jamie. Nope, he is a new breed-a high-tech pervert that strapped a projector to his shoulders, powered it with a car battery and proceeded to walk the streets of Madrid, projecting his “manhood” on…
We’re not sure if Brando’s version of the external iPhone battery pack bests the others we’ve seen in performance, but it’s definitely the cheapest by far. At $25, it’s a whole $18 cheaper than the iPhoneck, and half as costly as Macally’s PowerLink. Is it any good? No clue yet. But it’s cheap, which is…
When Apple said it didn’t care about cut and paste on the iPhone, it’s possible that it meant “not right now, but soon, possibly.” Because over at MacNN they’re reporting that the developer firmware 2.1 may have hints of copy-paste within it. “In exploring the Localizable.strings entry under English.lproj in the current iPhone WebKit framework,…
In a continuation of Yahoo Music’s move to send their customers over to Rhapsody, YM’s shutting down their DRM servers as of September 30. Unlike when MSN’s Music servers shut down and then re-opened, it’s very unlikely that Yahoo’s will do the same, seeing as there’s a process to convert your existing Yahoo Music tunes…
Last night, David Letterman had some expensive toys at his disposal. He checked out the Pleo, then he got to test drive a crazy, $1,000 remote control monster truck. Naturally, the docile, innocent Pleo wasn’t going to fare well in such an environment. Oh, Letterman, you cruel bastard!
