Thursday, September 27, 2007
Solar Tree to Light up Streets outside Viennese Museum
11:39PM Addy Dugdale | Ross Lovegrove, designer of beautiful, yet useful, things, has teamed up with Artemide and Sharp Solar to produce these solar-powered street lamps that are to light up the Ringstrasse outside Vienna’s Museum for Angewandte Kunste (that’s the Museum for Applied Arts and Contemporary Art.) They’ll be going up on a tree-line boulevard, so expect the effect to be awesome. More pics and info below. More »
Gateway One Unboxed (Verdict: So Shiny and Sweet, It Gives Windows a Good Name)
11:30PM Wilson Rothman | Normally I don’t get this jazzed about desktop PCs, but the Gateway One is special. From the sleek yet substantial design to the quiet, powerful core, it’s a real statement, especially from the cow-pocked South Dakota underdog. Let me take you on a guided tour: More »
Palm Centro to Sprint to the Streets in Two Weeks for $99.99
11:27PM Charlie White | There have been spy shots and leaked official photos, and now Sprint just made it official that the Palm Centro will find itself in someone’s hot little hand on October 14 for a mere $99.99. And looky there, it’s got a surprising colour slathered onto it, too. More »
Undress Me Mug May Give You Oral Burns
11:06PM Addy Dugdale | A simpler version of the nudie pens that you turned upside down to reveal what was beneath the cupcake’s black bikini (I always found them in my dad’s suit pockets), the Undress Me mug comes in both guy and gal versions. You can find out how much it costs and check the girl’s version after the jump. More »
Dress Tent Is the Campest Thing in the Art World
10:28PM Addy Dugdale | An ongoing art project by Robin Lasser and Adrienne Pao, the Dress Tent “poses the question of what lies under a woman’s skirt in the 21st Century.” Tent poles? Guy ropes? Seventeen eagle scouts? An entire platoon of infantry? Monged-out festival-goers? Knickers? My lips are sealed. [Robin Lasser via Metro] More »Microsoft says they have pocketed $170 million …
10:18PM Jesus Diaz | Microsoft says they have pocketed US$170 million in the first 24 hours of Halo 3 sales, beating Spiderman 3—despite Brian’s spoiler. And yes, Bill Gates is the Prophet of Truth. [BBC] More »
Specs and Pics of the Samsung i780 Released
10:02PM Addy Dugdale | First spotted at Gitex in Dubai, Samsung’s i780 is a GPS phone with full QWERTY keyboard and is expected to hit Europe, Sweden first, at the beginning of next year. There is speculation that could be the new Blackjack, but you can judget for yourself by looking at the specs, which are below. More »Hands-On with the EyeClops and some Kooky Controllers
9:32PM Addy Dugdale | Here’s a vid of some of the weirder stuff from Show Stoppers. We wrote about the Eyeclops earlier this year, but here’s a hands-on of it, as well as a bunch of 20-buck themed game controllers (Millennium Falcon, Deal Or No Deal, Pirates Of The Caribbean and Pac Man.) Check out that 200x magnification on the PR lady’s skin. Creepy! Video: Nick McGlynn More »
Gyration M2000 Travel Air-Mouse Offers Greater Precision in Air or Desktop
9:21PM Jesus Diaz | The new Gyration M2000 Travel Air-Mouse works in the air using their new UltraSense 5-degrees-of-freedom motion sensor technology, which is what their media centre remote uses too. It also works over any surface, thanks to its built-in laser surface sensor. It only weighs 3.9 ounces, so don’t worry: you won’t be doing any significant exercise while waving the $70 Air-Mouse, which will be available in Q1 2008. More »
