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Right back in January we brought you news that JVC had worked out some magic for making super-slim LCD TVs, and now they’re official products. The 42-inch LT-421L89 and the 46-inch LT-46SL89 measure up at just 1.5-inches deep (2.9-inches at the center) and let JVC say they’re the “world’s thinnest tuner-equipped LCD TVs.” The tuner-equipped…
Italian architect David Fisher is building his first skyscraper, the Dynamic Tower, and it happens to be one of the most ambitious construction plans since the Pyramid of Khufu. Every floor of the 80-story self-powered building rotates according to voice command, and nearly the entire structure of the $700 million building is pre-fabbed. I caught…
BoingBoing found this story of a cellphone camera voyeur trying to snap pics of a naked gal at a tanning salon before someone called the cops on him. This wouldn’t be interesting at all except for the fact that when the cops came, the guy kept denying that he did anything until the cops searched…
Just a reminder that our iPhone Application Contest is still going on, and we’re still looking for delicious entries from you and your squad of code monkeys. One of the prizes we’ve got for the best entries, which will be decided later, is this Cinemizer video glasses set that lets you keep yourself entertained even…
John Seabrook wrote a recent feature in The New Yorker about interactive-voice-response systems (I.V.R.) commonly used with customer service and tech support telephone hotlines. Seabrook spent time at B.B.N. Technologies watching these systems transcribe callers’ words and analyzing the tone of voice for emotions present. While breaking down the history of automated telephone services and…
If the Xbox 360 is simply too loud, hot and small for your taste, the Lian-Li PC-XB01 case mod can help. The case can silence the disc drive with sound-proofing foam and keep things cool with improved airflow, a single 120mm fan or optional water cooling system. Plus, it is four times the size of…
In appears that 21 year old James Milsom is in the running for both the dumbest and unluckiest criminial in the UK after being busted for the third time in four months for stealing sat navs from undercover police cars. As you can see, the CCTV system in the vehicle did a pretty good job…
The will she/won’t she back and forth of the Wii Homebrew scene lately probably has a bunch of you, even if you’re a veteran, confused. WiiHD has a good walkthrough teaching you how to get Homebrew onto your Wii, if only for the privilege of playing Quake and various other games. Piracy, on the other…
In a dwelling where space saving is of the utmost importance, the Badkamer concept could make a tremendous difference in a small bathroom. Essentially, the design would allow users to slide their fixtures out of the way on an abacus-like rail system that doubles as plumbing. Only the toilet would have to remain stationary because…
In this Japanese EMobile ad, a monkey politician stands before a crowd chanting and holding up signs calling for change. Yes, that’s right, a fucking monkey standing in for Obama is selling phones in Japan. I guess it’s to be expected coming from a country that thinks blackface is hilarious, but seriously — this is…
A-DATA’s Turbo Series CF card is 350X, which gets you a 52MB/sec read and 47MB/sec write, and comes in 8 and 16GB sizes. It’s the fastest Compact Flash card in the world, which is made out of Single-Level-Cell (SLC) flash memory, and has dual-channel support. [A-Data]
I have basically no information on this photo, but it’s pretty arresting, isn’t it? World’s colliding. It’s strange to think about coming in contact with modern technology such as a laptop for the first time; for most of us, knowing how to use a trackpad and enter a website address into the location bar is…
Memorex has a crazy (and expensive) new DVD-R line called SimpleSave, which automatically scans your computer for photos and videos and burns them to disc. From the description, these $14.99 for 5 discs sound like they’re perfect for your parents or grandparents who don’t really know how to use a burner and have photos scattered…
iSuppli, an authority on taking electronics apart and figuring how much it costs to build one, has just put preliminary price tag on the iPhone 3G of $173. That’s quite a bit higher from the $100 analysts were quoting earlier. Because this is only a virtual teardown based on estimated parts and not a real…
What is the HIS iClear Card you ask? Here is what the product page has to say: “the latest solution to video card noise reduction. It has an excellent implement of state-of-the-art design and technology and give you a better gaming experience by reducing the distortion and noise generated from graphic card. It reduces the…
You may know “futurist” Syd Mead from his design work on geek friendly movies like Blade Runner, Tron and Aliens-but in his most recent work he envisions a future city by the name of Doha, Qatar. Naturally, his work speaks for itself, but I must admit that it stands in stark contrast to the bleak…
RIM’s video tour of the BlackBerry Bold breezes through each feature a little more quickly than we’d like-especially the browser, please show us it won’t suck-but it looks more polished than the rough release we saw in action a month ago, with more color and silky smoothness. The interface is nice ‘n’ clean, entirely composed…
You know how miserable you felt when your girlfriend dumped you? Apparently the Camoria camera would—and it would snap a photo of that little life gem and file it under the “what a bitch” category. The Camoria, as designer Akbiyik Volkan envisions it, is an ear mounted digital camera that documents your memories in digital…
Designer Rune Larson has made a name for himself coming up with simple, but unique new takes on the cellphone. However, with this shape-shifter concept he complicates things a bit by incorporating two layers of plastic into his design—one flexible layer and one hard layer with liquid inside. The liquid would be pushed between the…
One of our main complaints about playing bass on Guitar Hero or Rock Band is that the guitars aren’t bass guitars. The Ant Commandos, a company that specializes in making cheaper versions of video game accessories, has just released a wireless PS2/PS3 bass guitar. It doesn’t solve the problem of not being able to double-strum…
