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Prada’s Phone Spokesmodel Looks Like An Alien
By admin at 7 February, 2012, 2:00 pm
OK, so a media release just landed in my inbox, spruiking Prada’s new smartphone. But all I can think about is how much the promotional shot makes Ukrainian-Canadian model Daria Werbowy look like an alien. I’ll come clean — up until the release landed in my inbox, I had no idea whatsoever who Daria Werbowy actually was. So I checked with the lovely ladies of FabSugar, who assure …
Read More >>Shooting Challenge: 30 Icky Insects
By admin at 7 February, 2012, 10:00 am
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, insects make for fascinating photography subjects. We received a huge number of entries for this week’s shooting challenge, with many of you braving the rain and fear of spiders to snap an awesome shot. Take a closer look at the entries after the jump. Don’t forget to click on each image to see the full-size version. James Munro Click on image …
Read More >>I Want These Rave Gloves So I Can Blow My Kid’s Mind
By admin at 7 February, 2012, 8:30 am
OK, my rave days are long, long over. But I still want some of these EmazingLights gloves that the dude in this video has (who is apparently and unfortunately named Skidz) because I’m sure they would blow my one-year-old’s mind. When I was going to raves people wore white gloves, without the lit-up fingertips. Even those were cool! And, I know I’m showing my age here, but do peop …
Read More >>Your Deleted Facebook Photos Still Aren’t Really Deleted
By admin at 7 February, 2012, 5:30 am
Three years ago, Ars Technica discovered that when you “deleted” your photos, they were still kept on Facebook’s servers, and anyone with a static URL could still access it. Three years later, Ars Technica revisited the matter and found little has changed. But Facebook says that things will be different… eventually. Ars Technica’s Jacqui Cheng got Facebook to comment …
Read More >>Will Facebook Mobile Ads Be Here By March?
By admin at 6 February, 2012, 9:00 pm
Last week’s IPO filing was bound to see Facebook push for extra revenue, and it is. The Financial Times reports that Zuckerberg is bringing ads to mobile devices in the next two months. Facebook’s public offering brings with it extra responsibility, and it seems a reaction is to find extra revenue sources. The most obvious solution is to take adverts to the mobile version of t …
Read More >>How A 3D-Printed Jaw Let A Woman Eat Again
By admin at 6 February, 2012, 6:00 pm
If dental hygiene isn’t high on your priorities, don’t worry: now you can just print a new set of teeth. Last year, an 83-year-old woman had her entire lower jaw replaced with a 3D printed replica. The surgery, carried out by doctors from the University of Hasselt, Belgium, saw them replace the woman’s original, badly infected jaw with a 3D-printed titanium and bioceramic version …
Read More >>Aussie Scientists Head To Antarctica To Investigate Sunspots
By admin at 6 February, 2012, 3:00 pm
A group of Australian scientists from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) are on the way to Antarctica to find out what effect solar activity has had on Earth’s global warming. Before the smarmy comments begin, this isn’t to do with the existence of the sun — we wouldn’t be here without it, after all — but to test for specific conditio …
Read More >>Slick Augmented Reality Demo Works On Any Object Without Special Markers
By admin at 6 February, 2012, 12:00 pm
One of the (many) reasons augmented reality apps haven’t caught on is because they usually require markers or special objects for their tracking software to work. Unlike this Obvious Engine system, which can easily track anything in a scene. The results are, admittedly, pretty impressive. This quick demo shows a Dr Pepper can being bulged and warped in real time, without also distorting the …
Read More >>Time-Lapse Tortoise Absolutely Murders Salads
By admin at 6 February, 2012, 11:00 am
I never used to be scared of tortoises. I mean, if ever there was a creature I could be reasonably confident I could outrun, it was a tortoise. This time lapse video of a tortoise has me kind of concerned, though. If I was a salad, I’d be quaking in my dressing right now. [Youtube via Geekosystem] …
Read More >>Haptic Weather Forecaster Lets You Feel Tomorrow’s Temperature
By admin at 5 February, 2012, 5:00 am
The Sun? Clouds? Little wavy lines? These cryptic icons used by meteorologists only serve to confuse those of us wanting to know tomorrow’s forecast. So Robb Godshaw created this easy-to-understand forecasting device that lets you feel what tomorrow’s temperature will be. Robb, an industrial design student at Rochester Institute of Technology, created the Cryoscope from a heat sink, co …
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