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Click to viewAlthough rumors of a possible Google Phone have been making the rounds really hard lately, any such phone will have to be amazing to grab enough end-user and media attention. Expectations are high, but since we’re dreaming, here’s our wishlist: Tight integration with Google Apps: • Picasa: A 2MP camera with decent color…
AU Optronics unveils 0.69mm ultra-thin mobile device panel and multi-touch coolness [AU Optronics]
There’s nothing concrete about this, but a Wal-Mart employee claims that he saw a Toshiba UPC in their system labeled “Toshiba HDA2-W” priced at $198. This could be the mythical sub-$200 HD DVD player Wal-Mart’s been waiting for, having previously declined selling the Venturer $199 HD DVD player due to Venturer being a tier two…
The MOTO PNIS clock image we found yesterday caused such an uprising over at Motorola, they felt the need to respond to any possible penis allegations today. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-penis-easter-egg-312016 They said: The image that you see is actually the result of shading applied to the clock background graphic to give it more of a three-dimensional appearance,…
A robot cannon began wildly and autonomously firing its huge gun in South Africa last Friday, killing 9 soldiers and wounding 14. The Oerlikon GDF-005 antiaircraft gun suddenly began uncontrollably shooting as it swung back and forth, spraying hundreds of high-explosive 35mm cannon shells all over the place. The crazed robot’s handlers are still trying…
Sony VAIO VGN-UX490N mini notebook PC with 4.5″ screen raises solid-state hard drive capacity to 48GB, ships October 21 for $2500 [Amazon]
The Pitch A balding butterball stumbles through a barren, Tatooine-like landscape. He’s on the search for water, no doubt, but instead he finds a cluster of fridge-sized servers—the gods are obviously displeased with our afflicted protagonist. “The servers are too hot!” he exclaims, before crumbling in a heap. Moments from death, however, a bespectacled angel…
The folding bike continues to evolve, and here’s one of the best, the Strida 5.0. Its folding mechanism is about as simple as you can get, collapsing in seconds into a size that fits easily into a car trunk or under your desk. It’s a significant improvement over version 4, with disc brakes instead of…
Edge Tech shipping 32GB DiskGO thumb drive for record low price of $399.95 [Business Wire]
This week at Uncrate: We head for the great outdoors in the 2008 Airstream Basecamp Trailer, make ourselves look like pirates using the Pirate Self Portrait Mirror, and become the most popular hosts on the block thanks to an Official Beer Pong Table. We also mount our new flat panel on the funky Logue Studio…
What if you could have all your email delivered to you by Boeing 747s, simulated as if they’re pulling into LAX? That’s what the free $29.95 3D Mailbox Level 2 software can do, giving you a 3D animation—complete with air traffic control tower chatter—for each sent and received email. Your emails will arrive and depart…
Kyoto Station is one of the most impressive buildings I’ve seen here in Japan, or anywhere for that matter. Standing in stark contrast to the ancient temples the city is known for, this marvel of modern architecture is currently celebrating only its 10th anniversary. Featuring an open-air design that allows the breeze to blow through…
The prospect of smellivision has intrigued Man since he was enjoying the earthy scent of dinosaur cooking over an open flame, wishing He could exploit its musk to sell more dinoburgers. At long last, NTT Communications is incorporating smells into their digital signs. Using one billboard (OK, LCD display) as an experiment this month, visitors…
If you can’t stand the thought of a buzzing, whining electric contraption grinding away at your face every morning, maybe this new Art of Shaving Fusion Chrome Collection Power Razor with a tiny spotlight is just the face-scraping utensil you’ve been looking for. The luxury razor company teamed up with blademaker Gillette for this handle…
For the next Airforce One, rumor has it that the US is considering the world’s biggest jet airliner, the famous Airbus A380. The upgrade seems a little late, considering Hummers have lost their mystique and McD’s has ditched the supersizing pitch, but when the President needs a new plane, he can’t be outdone by some…
BBC News says that mobile phone use on planes within European airspace might be implemented next year. These wouldn’t be United Flight 93-style grab-whatever-cell-tower-you-can calls, but GSM calls routed to a base station located on the plane, then bounced off a satellite down to switches on the ground. The service would, of course, cost more…
What, is this International Doorbell Week? The techno-doorbell scene continues its explosive growth and innovation, and following those two more-sophisticated MP3 doorbells we showed you earlier this week, this Chinese Recordable Parrot Wireless Doorbell approaches the realm of the absurd. This cheapshit $22 plastic bird is not like those doorbells, such as the ReBell and…
One industrious modder decided that the bet use for his newly acquired Mac Classic was to make it into this personal jukebox. After ripping out the CRT monitor, he was able to squeeze in a new LCD display, 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo Mac Mini, extra 750GB drive and power supply. The only external modifications included…
Panasonic’s newest iris-scanner, BM-ET200, shoots laser beams into your eyes from 20 inches away as you stare into a green light on its face. It can identify an individual out of a database of 10,000 users in just 0.3 seconds. Not only that, but if you walk up to it with a slouch, the $2,500…
The Air Force has announced that in addition to their helmet designed in insects hell, their upcoming F-35 Lightning II will be the first plane with speech recognition, designed to manage “various aircraft subsystems.” I don’t know how good the speech recognition system is, but I hope the list of subsystems doesn’t include “Weapons,” “Emergency…