iPhone Sighting Makes World Hate Anonymous Dude
Yes, unless this is one incredible Photoshop job, someone is already toting an iPhone around and his name is not Walter Mossberg. We know little about this except that the shot was snapped aboard the Caltrain, which runs between San Francisco and San Jose. That and the fact that many people are already hating this…
Morpho Tent Means You Can Leave the Tent Pegs at Home on Purpose
I have fond memories of Glastonbury 1997. Or was it 1998? Not surprisingly, I can’t remember much, apart from the mud. Oh, hold on, it’s all coming back to me now… Ah yes, Beck’s rhinestone Nudie Suit, queueing to file my copy from the only place with an ISDN line on the site (there is…
Easy Glider is Born to be Mild
This is the Easy Glider, a mean (13mph, tops) machine that has just won this year’s ispo BrandNew Awards. A 360-watt electric motor with a couple of wheels attached, the chariot can take you everywhere silently— that is, if you don’t order the optional MP3 player—at a top speed of 13 mph. With a range…
Samsung 70-inch LCD TV Has Local LED Backlighting
The Samsung Intergalactic Empire keeps presenting hot models left and right. And some LCD televisions too, like this 1080p 70-inch model they introduced today in Korea, the first commercial Full HD TV ever with selective local LED backlighting. The new system, which will be sold around the world during the second half of the year,…
R2-D2 Speakers Make the Bass be with You
These R2-D2 speakers aren’t shipping until December, but you don’t have to be Yoda to work out that they’ll sell out like gâteaux chauds once the galaxies and their girlfriends get to know about them. Sound quality isn’t great and the 4.7-inch droid connects via a 3.5-mm audio cable (USB connection is, as yet, unconfirmed).…