Archive for May, 2009
So the PSP Go Is Basically a Sony Mylo 2 With Gaming Then?
By Hong Kiat at 31 May, 2009, 4:30 am
The PSP Go leak confirmed two things: that the device was real and that it’s coming at E3, and that Sony’s experience with the Mylo internet device wasn’t going to be wasted. They look almost exactly the same.
Read More >>LiveSpark Is a Real-Life Visualiser Made of Fire
By admin at 31 May, 2009, 3:30 am
The LiveSpark Fireplace features music-reactive flames, meaning, like a real-life visualizer, that the fire will jump and shrink itself based on the thumping beats it detects.
Read More >>The Month in Android Apps: Grey Cupcakes Have Delicious Spots
By admin at 31 May, 2009, 2:30 am
Hello, welcome to the inaugural this month in Android apps. It’s been a pastry-packed month, what with cupcakes and donuts and, um, ions flying around. We’ve got spots, searches, flicks and apps that will make you burn with jealous rage just ahead. AU: Because we still don’t have paid Android apps here in Australia, some of these aren’t exactly relevant yet…
Read More >>Canon Employees Are Forbidden to Sit Down, Walk at Normal Pace
By yanko at 31 May, 2009, 1:30 am
You might think your job sucks, but at least your boss wasn’t insane enough to remove all the chairs and install security so an alarm goes off if you don’t walk fast enough.
Read More >>PSP Go Leaked: Slider With 16GB of Flash Storage and Bluetooth
By admin at 31 May, 2009, 12:31 am
Live images have leaked of Sony’s PSP Go, set to launch at next week’s E3. Looks like those rumours were true: It’s a UMD-less slider with 16GB of memory, and it’ll ship this fall. No price yet, but that should come with the official announcement next week. Update with video:
Read More >>The Machine That Changed the World
By yanko at 31 May, 2009, 12:00 am
Perhaps more than anything else previously invented, this pretty black box changed the world of communications, entertainment, commerce, scientific research, and even war forever. In fact, the world as we know it today would have never existed without it.
Read More >>Scientists Nearing Creation of Sound Cloak, Breaking Laws of Physics
By yanko at 30 May, 2009, 11:15 pm
While some work toward an invisibility cloak, University of Illinois professor Nicholas Fang is taking steps to create a similar material, only for sound, that could, for example, make ships invisible to SONAR. To successfully do this, of course, requires we break the laws of physics. But, you know, whatever.
Read More >>Vibra-Finger: You Know, to Massage Your Gums
By AutoBlog at 30 May, 2009, 11:00 pm
It vibrates to massage your gums . Sure. [ Dark Roasted Blend ]
Read More >>Dell to Discontinue Our Favourite Hackintoshable Netbook, the Mini 9
By AutoBlog at 30 May, 2009, 10:30 pm
Dell’s Mini 9 netbook, despite being one of the best in its class, is being phased out in favour of the Mini 10. Engadget has confirmation from Dell, so if you want to replicate John’s Hackintosh , we’d recommend snapping one up quickly. [ Engadget ]
Read More >>Spaceship Wrecks Are So Much Worse Than Car Crashes
By Hong Kiat at 30 May, 2009, 10:30 am
I’ve survived a 160kph car crash—the floating shrapnel confetti that used to be Federation’s armada shows no one survives space wrecks. You can see more stunning concept art James Clyne did for Star Trek , The Fountain and Minority Report and more at his site: [ James Clyne via io9 ]
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