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Dash over at Fleshbot’s got a very interesting look at Ars Elektronika in SF, where inventors and teledildonics fanatics gather together to show off the weird, gadgety and sexy things they made in their sex dungeons. One invention is a vibrator that’s connected to the U.S. Geological Survey which only activates during an earthquake somewhere…
IGN has the first hands on with Guitar Hero World Tour, which continues the instrument one-upmanship with a touch-sensitive neck on its more guitar-sized guitar that’ll let you do lots of wicked stuff like alter notes during a sustain above and beyond the whammy bar, or tap it to play like a slap bass. In…
Anyone who watches the History Channel regularly knows that Armageddon is inevitable. It is the “how” and the “when” that remains a mystery. Back in the day it was a simple catastrophic natural disaster-a comet or a volcano that would wipe everything out. However, as intelligent beings we have “evolved” to a point where we…
Mad Catz has an entire set of Rock Band instruments coming next week, all with some weird features that aren’t on the official Harmonix ones. Rock Band Mods found that there’s the wired bass guitar, a wired regular guitar, wired microphone, portable drum kit and premium wired drums. Hit the jump to see details on…
Only days after Taser International was found liable in a wrongful death suit, a new study conducted by CBC News/Radio-Canada and the Canadian Press have concluded that one in three people shot by a Taser require medical attention. The information was gathered from RCMP incident reports filed between 2002 and 2007. Of the 3,226 tasings…
Sprint really does want the Instinct to be the best iPhone clone in the land, ’cause they’re adding corporate email (Exchange and Lotus Notes) to it and a slew of other consumer phones through Sprint Mobile Email Work. The corporate email setup comes gratis with their Everything plans, or $9.99 separately. The other lucky phones…
When Apple releases a new generation of iPod, it’s smaller, but Apple aims to keep profit margins in check too. A new patent points to Apple possibly developing a lower-cost touchscreen for the iPod classic. Instead of utilizing thick glass panels, the design takes advantage of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic. We see this PET in…
Treadmill desks are nothing new, but while products like the Steelcase Walkstation try to trick you into doing extra work while exercising, the JW Treadmill desk is unapologetic about being purely focused on entertainment. In fact, it goes completely over the top with a five-display setup. https://gizmodo.com/hands-and-feet-on-the-steelcase-walkstation-video-315082 Despite it’s name, the JW Treadmill desk can…
Like the 27-inch 2707WFP before it, Dell’s new UltraSharp 2709W features a mediocre 1920 by 1200 resolution with a 9-in-2 media card reader and 6ms response time, but the contrast ratio has been upgraded to to 3000:1 and the brightness level to 450 nits. Outside of that you will get just about every port you…
Here’s the deal. Dell agreed to Microsoft’s plan of allowing Windows XP sales after June 30, but at a surcharge over installing Vista. How much of one? $20 to $50. ComputerWorld says that customers who buy the Vostro (low-end) desktops and notebooks will pay this fee in order to downgrade from Vista, which Dell is…
Bill Gates is retiring in a couple of weeks! Oh lordy, the crown prince of Microsoft, retired! What’s he going to do with all his free time? He’ll be the richest retiree ever, so he’ll have plenty of options to fill his days. As you can see, I posit that he’ll hang out on the…
Microsoft will extend the life of its MSN Music servers—that authorize its old purchased music for new PCs or players—to at least 2011, after originally scheduling them for shutdown later this year. After “careful consideration”, it decided it was a good idea to hold off on screwing the poor folks who bought songs smothered in…
If you ever wondered where the Galactic Empire gets all those stormtroopers, look no further than the Lego factory in Denmark: here’s an exclusive video about how the iconic mini-figure gets its characteristic evil look after getting out of the mold machine. The printing of these mini-figs is one of the most expensive and delicate…
Taking the words out of your mouth, and wrapping them round your neck: These scarfs are typographic wonders, and they’re cut by frickin’ laser beams! And that’s just cool. Made from microfiber suede, they’re available in Uppercase, Lowercase and Numbers styles and in off-white and black. They may be fashionable, though I’m guessing just a…
Judging by the numbers, a good amount of you downloaded Firefox 3 during World Download Day on Tuesday. Curious as to how the HTML rendering engine in Firefox looks rendering your websites? Yeah, you probably weren’t, but now that there are these neat videos of how it works, maybe you are? Above is a visualization…
Over at Mac Rumors they’ve unearthed a recent patent that shows Apple is researching cleverer use of the iPhone’s many sensors. More nifty than turning the screen off when you put it to your ear, the new uses may include things like working out it’s in your pocket (by temperature, proximity and ambient light) and…
Better get over to Woot quick, it’s Woot Off time! You just missed some awesome Reservoir Dogs shot glasses, but if you’re quick you can still get your hands on a Navigon N100 Pocket Loox Portable GPS…or wait for a coveted Bag O’ Crap. [Woot]
This week at Uncrate: We satisfy our hunger for pork with some Bacon Floss, renovate the Uncrate offices with some help from the Stiletto Titanium Clawbar, and go to training camp NASA-style at the Astronaut Training Experience. We also add some lighting effects to our Rock Band performances using the SpeaQualiser, freak out our guests…
Soon, all those silly individuals who like to marry underwater, on top of mountains, jumping off planes, or even in church, will have another way to get into this futile and utterly-frustrating experience that some people like to call “marriage,” but that I would like to call The China Syndrome. Space will now be the…
A non-USB product from Brando, and one that’s surprisingly cute? Good grief, I nearly fell off my keyboard. These Firefly jars are solar-powered, charging up during the day and adding a simulated bioluminescent insect-ass glow to wherever you pop them at night. The kitchen worktop, perhaps—perfect for lighting your way to that midnight snack. Standing…
