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A few days ago we discovered that Sharper Image had “something big coming,” but as of today, there has been no official word from the company about their future plans. However, the WSJ is reporting that the company will resurrect itself as a virtual brand. No stores, just a name that retailers can rent to…
iPhoneAtlas claims to have received an internal AT&T memo detailing what the iPhone 3G MMS app might look like. Even iPhoneAtlas doesn’t believe that these photos are 100% real, and lookin at the button layout and the UI design, we can pretty much say that these things better NOT be real. The memo doesn’t list…
Hollywood is going a little bit crazy with the unnecessary sequels and remakes these days, more often than not taking a beloved show or movie from our younger years and holding it down while it drowns in a bathtub. Still, there are properties left unmolested, memories that have yet to be tarnished. Trust me: it’s…
Garmin has just announced a successor to their original Astro GPS dog collar. With a new more rugged and flexible design, the Astro DC 30 can track your best friend for up to 30 hours at a time, depending on the variable update rate. And while it still needs to sync with the Astro pocketable…
If Luke had worn these on the Death Star, Leia would have never said he was too short to be a stormtrooper. And then she would have smacked his sorry peasant ass to grab them. And maybe George Lucas would have never decided to produce the prequels after that. And the world would have been…
While Sony was smart enough to make PS3 games region-free, they still insisted on putting those pesky regional restrictions on Blu-ray discs. Now Blu-ray Mods is selling a modified player that can run all of the world’s Blu-ray films and still accept firmware updates. A turnkey hacked Panasonic DMP-BD30, their system runs a steep $781.…
Chrysler hasn’t exactly hidden their intentions on bringing Wi-Fi to their automobiles, but today they’ve come forth with all the fun details. If you’re interested in the UConnect service, the wireless broadband router will cost $449 plus another $50 for installation. Then, if you’d actually like to browse the web on the device, that’ll be…
Creating an organization bent on world domination takes more than just a maniacal leader with a high, cackling voice. It takes underlings. Henchmen, if you will. But these are no Bond villains. Bill Gates rewarded his geniuses with stock, just as they rewarded him with their hard work and ingenuity—and they wound up very rich.…
This week at Uncrate: We make pouring our favorite drinks even easier with a Super Side Bar, pimp our lounge with the M21 Flat TV Console, and rock out mashup-style to Feed the Animals by Girl Talk. We also tend to our Fu Manchus with some Jack Black Beard Lube, confuse our digicam-toting friends with…
While the Amish make technological sacrifices that most of us could never tolerate, you might be surprised at how tech-friendly some of the Amish have become. Namely, adults will turn a blind-eye to teenagers on the cusp of adulthood so that they may explore technology before swearing it off. And you know what that means?…
Back in March we showed Leah Buechley’s neat signaling jacket for cyclists, the one that has LED turn-indicators on the back. Not much info was available on it at the time, save for the fact it used an Arduino Lilypad controller. But now Leah’s posted a detailed Instructable for the jacket, including handy things like…
At today’s Sony press conference, SCE president Kaz Hirai revealed new software on the way to all PS3s. Dubbed “Life With PlayStation,” it’s a virtual globe that can be explored to reveal weather and news. And while, sure, it sounds a lot like Nintendo’s forecast and news channels (almost identical in theory, really), it also…
Yesterday, I showed you the first photos of the new NYC waterfalls in action, taken during a test run. This morning, a grey and muggy NYC morning, they were turned on officially. Here’s a close-up video taken of the waterfall under the Brooklyn Bridge from Fulton Landing in Brooklyn. I can’t wait to see it…
The bottom line on the STR-DA4400ES, STR-DA3400ES and STR-DA2400ES is that they are Sony’s new high end line of 7.1 receivers, outstanding for low noise, clean power, chassis dampening, 5 year warranty and high price. They all have cross media bar interfaces like the PS3. The HDMI ports also do BRAVIA control for over the…
The Joy of Tech has taken a shot at those of us digging through the couch cushions and begging mommy and dad for the latest Apple product. Because, let’s face it. It’s expensive to be this geek-trendy and some of us don’t have jobs. Only one thing we can’t figure out… Which one’s Frucci? [JoyofTech]…
Japan’s second most dubiously famous technological predilection (behind panty-vending machines) is its highfalutin’ toilets, which warm, wash, blow dry and deodorize your bum, just to cover the basics. Japan is also well regarded for taking the lead on going green-average energy consumption per person is half ours. Tragically, the Japanese desire for a pampered and…
I know it’s an office building, but really, I want to have an apartment at the Kraanspoor, this beautiful glass and steel structure constructed over an old craneway at a former shipyard in Amsterdam. The titanic 134,548-square-foot edifice is 885 feet long and 45.2 feet wide has a perfect view over the largest waterway in…
Sony revealed some new numbers about their PlayStation Network today. There are 9.8 million registrants worldwide and they’ve downloaded 170 million files. All in all, PSN has distributed 86 peta bytes of data worth something like 17 million (single layer) DVDs (read: not Blu-ray discs). Now think about those 17 million DVDs stacked in a…
Sure the Kindle is fab, and printed media may soon be “dead“… but ebooks really don’t feel quite as good the real thing do they? A science team from Maryland and Berkeley Universities noted that we do much more sophisticated navigation when we read a real book than is offered by current ebooks, so they’ve…
Do you want to know how many bricks are produced per minute? How many bricks have been produced in history? What’s the best-selling set ever? What has been the worst? Do they recycle? How did they survive the crisis that almost killed them? How successful is Mindstorms? What are the actual names of each of…
