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Spotify Finally Makes Its Australian Debut 
Top 10 Pervasive Tech Myths That Are Only Wasting Your Time First made in 1987, this Famicom-esque “Shooting Watch” counts how many times you can push a button in 10 seconds. Only 10,000 of these are being made in Japan (the only place they’re being made), so if you like to eschew modern graphics for more spastic gaming, a big yellow bus will come by your Japanese house and sell this to you. Man above? 16 pps. [ITmedia via Kotaku]
You can’t yet make energy out of thin air, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t untapped juice out there. Grad students at MIT have an idea to harness and transform a human stampede at, say, an office, train station, or mall into volts. They call such technology, which would take form as flooring made to turn physical vibration or movement into electricity, “crowd farming”.
According to research firm Gartner, SMS – which turned 15 this year – is on the way out and will eventually be replaced by mobile email.
“Once email becomes available more or less free of charge by default on your mobile handset, people will gravitate to that rather than just continuing to use SMS,” Simpson said.
This is a machine gun violin concept by Wei Lieh Lee of the School of Visual Arts. Looks like someone resented their mandatory music lessons. [via the amazing Geekologie]
We’re nuts about both clocks and fonts around here, so that’s why the notion of these three Font Clocks grabbed our attention right away. But when we saw them, we were reminded of those ransom-note newsletters people were slinging around in the mid-’80s, just when Pagemaker and Macs gave them the ability to swap out lots of typefaces. Perhaps it is possible to have too much of a good thing.
Hate having to bring an unnecessary amount of hardware when you want to produce your next musical opus on the go? Need more than a Boss 303 drum machine? The Trinity Audio Group may have what you’re looking for with their new linux-powered digital audio workstation.
Wa-hey, it’s the weekend! (And you’re sitting in front of the computer because..?)
Kazakhstani internet starting at the low price of $3,350 per month Wawaweewah! (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
Nothing Says Happiness Like a Slab of Rubber Forcing You to Smile I could’ve used one of these in high school for the school photos.
First iPhone Class-Action Suit Against Apple and AT&T Those yanks – anything for a quick buck!
Fantachrome Paint, Insta-Chrome Don’t let your kids near this one!
Email Typewriter for Luddites Get your parents onto email with this thing.
The Blue Screen of Death Tattoo This guy must work in IT support or something.
Oh, you’ve got a wristband for some cause? That’s nice. Oh, this? Yeah, it says “ANGER.” I’ve got six more just like it at home, each with their own deadly sin on it. Am I worried about Kevin Spacey attacking me in my sleep? No, why do you ask? [McPhee via Nerd Approved]
We’re on the computer nearly 18 hours a day, so it’s a miracle that we haven’t developed carpal tunnel or RSI yet. If we did, we’ll have one of these GripGlider Wristiciser wrist exercisers to relieve the pain. Just a few minutes a day doing “dozens of exercises” can take away your pain and get you back online and making inane comments at Fark with the best of them. [FeelGoodStore via Popgadget]
