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Top 10 Pervasive Tech Myths That Are Only Wasting Your Time If you missed it during Leno, here are forty-five more tantalizing seconds of the Transformers movie. It looks like little Louis Stevens (Shia LaBeouf) may bring some humor to the film after all.
For this anti-gravity experiment we will need one cat (preferably cute) and one piece of toast buttered on one side only. Now this experiment relies on two constants, one being a cat in motion will always land on its feet. And the other being when buttered toast travels from point X to point Y, it will always land butter side down.
AU: I have to shout out to an old friend who did this joke as a voice over back in my university revue days. Circa 1997? Onya Geoff. Anyway, an oldie, but if you haven’t heard it before, it’s a great geek gag! -SB
If you’re the kind of person who is always at your computer, you might want to look into importing a Rocobo. Due out in August in Japan for around $11, the little boxy bot will keep you company on cold, late nights—through the good times as well as the bad. Treat Rocobo poorly and it’ll shake around or swing its arms. Treat your Rocobo right, however, and you might just hear a little melody for your efforts, a fortune, or a smile on its LCD face. How are you going to treat yours?
Product page [Amazon Japan via <3yen]
The iPhone may be Apple’s new cash cow, but Apple isn’t the only one looking to make a quick buck off the hysteria. BetUs is currently willing to help you lose your hard-earned money by offering odds on a variety of crazy launch-day-and-beyond iPhone possibilities. From someone getting trampled (20:1, place ‘em now!) to the phone itself malfunctioning, cracking or even spontaneously bursting into flames (150:1), if gambling is your vice and gadgets are your passion, Christmas is here early. The minimum bet is $5, maximum is $10,000. Perhaps a strategic bet could pay for my new iPhone… – Karson Thompson
[Via Crunch Gear]
With the iPhone coming out in just a few days, you’re going to need two things fast: something to do, and some extra cash in your pocket. Luckily, picking up Horse Racing Challenge will let you do both, all the while watching energetic little Infrared horses chatter their way around the track. For $100 you get the track, two controls which double as chargers, and two horses, but you might want to pick up a few spare stallions if you want to make things interesting. It also comes with some funny money, though you can toss that out after you rig all the horses but yours. Hop over to Firebox for a video demonstration. – Kevin Hall
Product page [Firebox via coolest-gadgets]
The product mix from the talking chair people at Pyramat is about to get a little deeper. Word on the street is their next gadget accessory is the Lap Blaster, a laptop dock that replaces those tinny tweeters on your mobile machine with the real McCoy. A USB iPod dock rounds out the audio utility of the device.
We’ve got laptop docks, cooling platforms, and now speaker stands…it is only a matter of time before some Frankencreation appears incorporating everything your laptop needs to no longer be a laptop. But don’t get too excited—no price point or release date on this one just yet. – Karson Thompson
[Via The UberReview]
Seems there was a big fancy launch for the coming of TiVo to Australia (in ’08), and Giz wasn’t invited. Yeah, that happens. But that’s okay, because from what we’re seeing, it is going to suck like a Dyson.
If you haven’t heard: TiVo in 2008; distributed by Engin (the VoIP crew); all backed locally by Seven Media Group. Yes, that’s Channel Seven.
As soon as I heard Channel Seven is heavily involved, a long time advocate of treating EPGs with prejudice, things started to stink. Even if it wasn’t them – shouldn’t networks hate this stuff? It can skip their ads! At least, that’s what we hope, right?
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You know those two guys waiting in line for the iPhone a whole 100 hours early? We’ve got an exclusive interview with them. Watch as our own Richard Blakeley asks them life’s greatest questions: what they’re doing here, what they’ve got in their hands, and whether they have a girlfriend.
AU: Go on, laugh at the freaky fanboys. But deep inside you know they are just like you… it might not be an iPhone, but we all have a gadget in our hearts that we’d queue 100 hours for… -SB
Video by Richard Blakeley
What are you carrying in your pockets right now? Show the world in the “Face Your Pockets” mass photo project whose organizers are inviting worldwide participation. Artfully arrange the contents of your pockets onto a scanner, perhaps add something funny or poignant to the mix, position your face nearby and push the button. When you’re happy with the results, send it to faceyourpockets@gmail.com with a few personal details. Check out the gallery below for some of the submissions we’ve seen so far.
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“Face Your Pockets” mass photo project [Core 77 Design Blog]
How much do you think it costs to power all of the computers left on overnight? According to a recent study, $1,720,000,000.00. And that’s just in the USA. It’s a stat raised by a company keen to sell power management software, but it is still a pretty freaky figure. 30% of corporate computers are left on overnight. Is this the fault of lazy users, or unreliable sleep / hibernate settings that make people scared of powering down?
[EcoGeek]
