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Henckels’ Absolutely Striking Magnetic Knife Block
By AutoBlog at 16 March, 2010, 6:40 am
Displaying one’s prized knives on magnets has grown so trendy it’s already tiresome. But when those magnets are hidden within a properly angled slab of wood? It’s absolutely striking. (more…)
Read More >>A Homophone, By AT&T
By AutoBlog at 15 March, 2010, 10:41 pm
Supposedly spotted in an AT&T store, and presented without comment. Update : AT&T swears they didn’t make it; it’s possibly from a dealer store. (more…)
Read More >>Overclock Your Palm Pre To A Fiery 800MHz
By AutoBlog at 15 March, 2010, 9:59 pm
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Read More >>Byteside Talks 3D Tomorrow Night
By AutoBlog at 15 March, 2010, 11:45 am
Like the idea of 3D, but worried about the prospect of ‘binocular dysphoria’? Tomorrow night Byteside is all about what’s going on in the world of 3D. Screens, content, glasses or no, how it’s changing the business, and what’s going to be the hook that sells a thousand screens? You’re welcome to join the fun live in Sydney! (more…)
Read More >>Win! Gillette Fusion Gamer Prize Packs
By AutoBlog at 15 March, 2010, 7:00 am
Shaving has always been one of the less exciting bathroom activities. Wouldn’t it be so much better if it were like a video game? Well now you can pretend it is, with the Gillette Fusion Gamer razor. (more…)
Read More >>Celsius X VI II’s Mysterious Mechanical Cellphone Gets Slightly Less Mysterious
By AutoBlog at 14 March, 2010, 8:55 am
Last month, I risked life and limb to tell you about Celsius X-VI-II, a shadowy French company who was building a $US300,000 mechanical mobile phone. The first pictures of the phone have surfaced, and they don’t exactly answer our questions. The phone’s official unveiling is still to come next week at Baselworld Watch Show, but these shots from Watchismo at least give you a sense of what a $US275,000 mechanical cell phone looks like. gawkerGallery(5492781,4,”); The body is transparent, so owners can look at the phone’s mechanical guts and remind themselves why they paid so damn much for this thing. Celsius seems awfully proud of some sort of micromechanical system that functions when the clamshell is opened and closed, but it’s still not really clear what it does. The mystery of Celsius X VI II and their mechanical phone endures. Will Baselworld finally provide the answers we seek? [ The Awesomer via Watchismo ]
Read More >>Apple’s IPad Will (Perhaps Controversially) Read E-Books Aloud
By AutoBlog at 14 March, 2010, 1:47 am
In addition to the orientation-lock button, yesterday’s pre-order commencement delivered another surprise nugget: the iPad will read all EPUB books out loud. If you remember the shitstorm that surrounded Kindle’s text-to-voice feature, you’ll know that this is a bold move. (more…)
Read More >>R/C Helicopters + Petri Dish + Flying Whale Snot = Science
By AutoBlog at 13 March, 2010, 9:39 am
Instead of harpooning a whale for samples, wouldn’t it be easier to just collect their snot using an R/C helicopter? (more…)
Read More >>Insert The PlayStation Move Wand Into The Situations It’ll Let You Simulate
By AutoBlog at 13 March, 2010, 1:40 am
For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I want you to take Sony’s new PlayStation Move and put it in some real contexts. It’s supposed to let you pretend to play with guns, swords and other objects, right? Let’s see it. (more…)
Read More >>PadNotes Offers Something Closer To Our Ideal iPad
By AutoBlog at 12 March, 2010, 11:43 pm
PadNotes, an upcoming iPad app, offers a very simple, very useful function that the iPad seems to lack: You can type and draw on any PDF. Watch the video and you’ll understand, the possibilities are quite impressive. [ 9to5Mac ]
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