Getting tired of that old, gray and grungy phone of yours? Put away that iPhone envy and go to the Instructables site, which will show you how to kiss that frog with pearly colors and turn it into a handsome prince. But spraying a gleaming coat of paint on a delicate instrument such as a phone is not quite as easy as you might think. More »
Scientists at an Italian university have come up with a pollution-detecting robot that jumps around like a flea. The palm-sized device was developed with its bug-like abilities to enable it to move more quickly over the ground when searching for the source of a noxious leak.
I’m all for big dreamy concepts. This one, of a modular computer, is gorgeous, and I hated it at first, but it’s essentially a computer built up of several parts that plug together. Seems like a complicated setup, but it’s not any different than the inside of a PC’s case now. Well, it’s just like that, but vomited inside out. More »
Litracon, or translucent concrete, has been around for a couple of years now, but its inventor, Hungarian architect Ãron Losonczi, is going one further by making a lamp out of it. Called the Litracube, it measures seven inches and weighs over 10 kilos. It’ll cost you a hefty 570€ ($763) plus the shipping from Hungary. [ via OhGizmo!] More »
Unless you’re Steve Jobs, you have to have number plates on your car – so you may as well have fun with them. These scrolling LED plate holders from ThinkGeek will store 5 different 120-character messages, which you can start with the IR remote. Just remember that while we do have freedom of speech, we also have obscenity laws. [ThinkGeek] More »
Korean company Digix has brought out a ballpoint pen with a 1GB flash memory. See it boxed below. More »
Velodyne has described its new subwoofer as “room-pounding bass in a room-friendly box.” With its digital amplifier and triple-driver system, the MicroVee is suitable for both music and movies. Available from November, pricing and full specs are after the jump. More »
Diebold takes such pride in the secure craftsmanship of its voting machines that it’s changing the name of that division to Premier Election Solutions Inc., and even giving it its own board of directors. This is after no one stepped up to take the division off of Diebold’s hands, probably because they’d feel guilty for relieving it of such a stellar asset. Wonder why they wouldn’t want their ATMs and safes associated with their voting machines? [Threat Level, Image via Flickr] More »
Samsung’s putting itself back in the game with these YP-S5 and YP-T10 digital audio players. Joining the other DAP official at IFA, that YP-P2. Like the P2, these two have Bluetooth for we’d assume audio streaming purposes…and according to that image above, at least the S5 can work as a Bluetooth dialpad and headset mixer for your cellphone. Cool. galleryPost('newdapsamsung', 8, 'Samsung YP-S5 and YP-T10'); More »
