End of last week we had a spot about impending weather experiments taking place in Japan, and the cool light show that was set to take place. Well Pink Tentacle has some great photos up from the event. I hope they spread the word pretty well on what was about to happen, because that would be some freaky shit if you weren’t expecting it. And it was a weekend, too, so no doubt the cool kids were out on the town – doing things that might have made the experience all the worse. Or maybe they just thought Mothra had a new foe to defeat. -Seamus Byrne [Pink Tentacle]
The edge bits really are the tastiest, so this tin is a real solution to a real problem. Gives more crunchy, munchy side parts so there’s no fighting over who misses out. Looks like a pretty good way to keep portion sizes under control too. Oh, special baking tin, is there anything you don’t have an answer for? -Seamus Byrne [Kitchen Contraptions via Fosfor]
Hold on to your proverbial horses, this is nothing official, but it is an interesting looking mock-up nonetheless. We are going with mock-up because:
The Apple legal team has not contacted us, the source, Alflennierlandsen, has given no explanation of how he happened upon the image and finally, the blogger has an unusually lengthy name/handle. Based on those three facts, we are sticking to our verdict. Also, we are pretty confident our PS work is more likely to be closer to the real deal, but they do look a tad similar…
We can say one thing for sure; that hand definitely does not belong to our smashing Addy, given the lack of any electric coloured nail polish. We shall find out the truth soon enough, but until then, what do you guys make of it? [broken flicker]
Quietly over the weekend (far as I can tell), Network TEN has joined the Foxtel EPG. It’s been a long running ‘negotation’, but finally Foxtel users, and iQ users in particular, gain the benefit of actually seeing the stations programming in the schedule. Can any satellite users out there tell us whether this means you’re now receiving TEN on your box?
UPDATE (10:44): Confirmed by Giz readers that satellite subscribers are now receiving TEN too. Thanks folks!
So it’s now just Channel Seven still holding out on Foxtel. Not sure whether the bad blood over the C7 sport court case is going to cloud their judgment on the value of being part of the system, but if their TiVo deal is going to get a universal EPG I wouldn’t be surprised if they turn up on there sometime soon as well. Let’s hope, anyway. -Seamus Byrne
Robot-staffed restaurant launches in Germany. Never have our robotic overlords demeaned themselves so far.
Casio Exilim cam lets you shoot 300 fps. Not as slim as its Exilim siblings, but damn if it ain’t fast. 300fps VGA, 60fps stills.
BMW officially the first car with Google Search. Yes. Of course. If you were holding out on that BMW, it’s now, ummm, perfect…
Hardware unlock explodes iPhone. Methinks this won’t be covered by warranty.
Sharp’s new multitouch LCD panel. At up to 12-inches, could this be the answer to your future tablet PC prayers?
Google Flight Simulator lets you fly Big G style. Thrown in with Google Earth. Now Microsoft is going to be really pissed.
Up close and personal video of Philips Aurea. Great spot of vid by the crew in Berlin. Looks much better than in the photos.
Brian the brain: Blam’s brain in toy form? Awesome toy that is full of more info than your brain ever will be.
We had the pleasure of listening to the new JBL’s Project Everest Everest DD66000 speakers plus a few other important-sounding things, but, frankly, they had us at “$40,000 per speaker.” Where were we? In JBL’s rather impressive home cinema that cost $300,000 to build —including 6TB of storage for DVDs, their lowest end setup. And while we were there, we learned that someone installed a $4 million version on his yacht, as well.
Given the lack of decent games on the PS3, you probably do not need more excuses to keep your distance from the console. This demon embossed protective mask is another such reason, though kick-ass, it is so bed-wettingly petrifying, you will have problems getting within two meters of any next gen bad boy sporting it. The protective casing is constructed from black glossy plastic in the classic PS3 casing style. The case slips on and off and as far as we can tell, only protects the outermost surface. Retailing on eBay at around $15, it is a small price to make your PS3 look even more bad to the bone.
Considering sleeping in the dark, and panties, still cause us to have anxiety attacks laced with fear, we shall have to give this one a miss. If you think you are tough enough, hit the link. [eBay via I4U] .
Dear Giz Readers, Well, here I am in front of Samsung’s ma-ma-ma-mahoosive TV that they are showing off in Berlin. It’s 102 inches of plasma loveliness and Mark and J made me stand in front of it…
Go on, Addy, they exhorted, pretend you’re a booth babe. It didn’t work, though, because I still look like a tool. Next time, I suggest we take along a Real Doll for the size tests… See you next week, lots of love, Addy.
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Here at IFA, we got our grubby, bar stamp-stained mitts on Canon’s wicked EOS-1Ds Mark III. It’s sporting a full-frame 21.1MP sensor that gave Jesus and I, as Ad aptly put it, “little techno woodies.”
Check out that Canon rep in the back. He doesn’t trust us one bit, afraid that we might smuggle the camera into the back and “make it a man.” We can’t blame him one bit.
