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The U.S. Navy is in the process of developing a next-generation all-electric warship that could potentially “revolutionize the Navy’s use of weaponry and manpower.” The system architecture, designed by Cemal Basaran, director of the Electronic Packaging Laboratory at the University at Buffalo, will distribute electrical power generated by power plants and the mechanical propulsion system…
Xmas is almost over. Use this tutorial to make an LED lamp from Christmas lights, which is a good way to get use out of them the other 11 months of the year. I’d hang it upside down as a DIY geek chandelier. Be Warned: The tutorial has some mind-numbing steps, like stripping out the…
Weapon tech fans or Ghost Recon fanatics will remember the the corner shot rifle. This mod has the same camera, LCD and hinge that lets a soldier shoot around building edges without getting in the line of fire. But this one is wrapped up in a cat suit, just like the one that used to…
The folks in Europe and Asia have already gotten their presents, and the rest of us in the States will be joining them very soon. So, what did you guys score? New gadgets? Clothes? Movies? DVDs? Games? A coupon for one free sexy time with Jesus Diaz? Let everyone know and we’ll see who made…
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, along with their Apple commercial alter egos, have enjoyed their share of repressed sexual tension hostility/rage. Today, through the help of everyone’s favorite online elf dancing tool, they put all the cheap geek jabs aside in honor of the season. On a side note, wouldn’t it be great to watch…
Everybody loves a slender waist, and what better way to get one than with the world’s most whored out cat? Just slip on the Slender Shaper, flip the switch to “Svelte,” and you’ll go from a size 6 to a size 2 in no time. Or not, since these things don’t actually work. [Tokyo Times]
The last time we saw HDMI cables for the Xbox 360 it was from the now out-of-business Lik-Sang. This HDMI Conversion Kit however, is from MadCatz, who have brought interesting and innovative products to market without going arse up. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-hdmi-cable-announced-sorta-173678 The concept is simple. Plug this into the back of a Core or Premium machine—the…
One of the developers at NI (we think this is National Instruments) took a guitar hero guitar, a copy of Frets on Fire (the open source PC version of Guitar Hero) and the office Christmas lights and rigged the three up to a cacophonous symphony of light and sound. Essentially, whenever he does something in…
This wee helicopter is the Ka-56 “Wasp,” a flying vehicle for one that can be folded down and carried by just one person. Designed and created in Soviet Russia in 1971, it doesn’t seem to have really gotten beyond the prototype stage. I’m assuming that’s because it’s horribly dangerous, but it could be for any…
It being Christmas Eve, it’s pretty cold and even snowy in many parts of the country. That’s why I’d like to present to you a video that’ll make you pine for the warm sun of summer. A bunch of people created giant slip-and-slides that ended with big jumps pointed towards a lake. What resulted looks…
It’s been a year since the PS3 was released, but TechBugTV and gametrailers.com have just figured out that you can tweak two settings to make the visual look not “washed out”&m—the main complaint people have when comparing PlayStation 3 graphics to Xbox 360 graphics on the same game. All you have to do is go…
• The Queen of England created her own YouTube channel. I can’t wait to see her reaction video to 2 Girls 1 Cup. [BBC] • The United States will outlaw the sale of incandescent light bulbs in 2012. [NYT] • Australia’s national ID program got the ax before it could be implemented, thanks to the…
In an attempt to score herself a sweet new rack, this married mother of four managed to gather up two Wiis and 7 Guitar Hero IIIs for auction on eBay. So I set out 3 weeks ago to find 20 Wii’s and sell them for $500-ish a piece like everyone else is doing to buy…
Still looking for a last minute gift? Might we recommend the How to Do Everything with Your iPhone? Not only does it go great as a gift if your other present is an iPhone, it works as a standalone gift as well. Don’t believe me? Is it because I wrote it with Adam Pash of…
Sure, for one night a year Santa pulls it together and manages to come across as wholesome and jolly. But what is he up to during the other 364 days? Free time mixed with celebrity and geographic isolation can be a dangerous combination. Unfortunately, it appears to have taken its toll on our fat festive…
When UK-based electrician (go figure) Alex Goodhind found that he couldn’t make a cup of tea when his massive Christmas display was turned on, he decided to shell out £700 ($1385) to install a factory-strength 145-amp power line to his home. The display took five weeks to put together, and it will run him about…
Last week I told you about how Rhys Millen plans to do a backflip in a truck on New Years Eve. Clearly, such a feat requires a specially-built jump, as you can’t just lean back in a truck and have it do a flip. So here’s a look at the jump they’ve build which includes…
We are publishing this story not because Kina Grannis has a wonderful voice. Or because she is good composer. Not even because she is beautiful and sexy and has a choir to match. Heck, we are not even doing it because of the song she has dedicated to Digg users, which is actually a really…
Good news procrastinators and slackasses! Have you still not bought The Orange Box or another appropriately awesome game for your best bud with an Xbox 360? No worries, just give them a shitload of Microsoft Points from the comfort of your lonely computer chair. As of yesterday, you can gift points from the Microsoft Points…
The good news is, all you guys who have been dreading the use of internet calling on airplanes may be in luck, because airlines and airborne service providers alike are considering a ban on Skype. The bad news is, they’re also considering a ban on that age-old lonely traveler’s companion, porn, says the AP. Here’s…
