Man Falls Into Vat Of Chocholate
Oompa Loompa doom-pa-dee-do I’ve got a little story for you Oompa, Loompa, doom-pa-dee-dee If you are wise you’ll read it with me What do you get if you fall in a vat? Getting your pants leg stuck just like that? What do you do if you’re in the chocolate goo? Call 911, that’s what I…
TileVision Waterproof Bathroom TV
Steelcube’s Tilevision is a “totally waterproof” LCD TV based on LG-Philips’ TFT technology. Since it’s waterproof, you can enjoy the Tilevision in places where it there’s always the danger of water spilling and splashing, namely the bathroom. Once installed, the Tilevision should provide you with hours of entertainment as you lather up, blow dry your…
Shuttle Put PC In Car, Drivers Everywhere Tremble In Fear
There’s nothing new in sticking a PC in your car, but Shuttle themselves are now getting in on the act. They stuffed one of their own XPC SN21GS systems into a Mercedes S-Class for the Cartronics show in Taiwan. I’m really not sure about their choice of location for the keyboard, though: I have a…
IGN Calls DS Opera Web Browser ‘Unusable’
The hype surrounding the Nintendo DS Web browser is palpable ($1 to Penny Arcade!), but the reviews coming in aren’t exactly glowing, with IGN calling the browser “very close to unusable” because it’s so slow. They acknowledged that the concept of touch screen-based Web browsing is sound, and that navigation within the browser proper is…
Mood Swing-Matching Morpheus Ambient Lighting Module
The Morpheus ambient lighting module promises to illuminate your room with all the colors of the rainbow. Looking no different than an ordinary lamp (well, more like an iron, actually), the Morpheus uses custom hardware and software to light up the adjacent walls with your choice of colors. In the middle of winter and want…
The Frankenstein PowerBook
MacRumors forum user Baxterbrittle was obviously feeling a bit jealous of the new MacBook Pros, so he decided to hack a hi-def 1920 by 1200 screen into his old G4 Powerbook. He describes it as the frankenbook, and claims that the hacks took only a couple of hours and cost only a couple of hundred…