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Table Made of DC-4 Wing Shall Be Mine
Posted by Jesus Diaz at 10:57 PM on December 15, 2007
It's no secret I love planes. I love sneaking in them, standing on them, walking into them, and watching them do crazy stuff. But while I would love to fly a fighter like a madman or use an engine for a BBQ (maybe even a whole plane,) I would have to content myself with eating on this new DC-4 Desk from MotorArt. And maybe dance on top. Sadly, because it's made of a real DC-4 wing, glass and aluminium i-beams, they list no price and there's a waiting list for them, I would have to keep eating on a crate with cardboard wings that says F-35 on the side. [MotorArt]
If you take the time to develop an 
The Gadget: LED Christmas Lights with Decorative Rain Light, feature 40 muti-color LEDs, various effects / speeds, clear wiring, and control box for selecting effect settings. What makes these lights different is the "Rainy" effect, that is produced by a clear bubbled end cap on each LED.The Price: $US19.95
A masterful 
Hokay. So, we understand that tis the season to be jolly. Tis the season to give away love and good stuff!. Tis the season to enjoy hot chocolate and marshmallows... in front of the fire while being half naked with black leather frack-me boots and a tiny Santa Claws suit? For shame! First 
While one of the major quibbles with Kindle is its sure-to-darken-your-wallet $400 pricetag, apparently knowledge is priceless, since the sold-out snowspeeders have been going for up to $US1500 on eBay. The average is only around $US830, but that's still kinda gross. While we're wandering around the seedy area of the eBay neighbourhood:
Today Fujitsu took the lid off ReRAM, a new form of non-volatile memory with low power consumption. Like flash, ReRAM can maintain data after power is lost, but Fujitsu's product adds one important element: speed. By wrapping titanium in nickel oxide, and by limiting the current flow from the transistor, the current needed to erase memory has been reduced to 100 micro-amperes or less. Plus, the whole operation can be completed in 5 nanoseconds. That represents a 10,000 fold improvement over previous attempts at ReRAM. 
While we haven't seen anywhere near the kind of buzz in geek circles for Intel's Classmate, it played a prominent, crushing role in the 
Although 
Scientists at the University of Tokyo have developed a new 1mm thick plastic sheet inkjet-printed with various nanoparticles and insulating and semiconducting polymers that enables electronic devices placed on it to communicate with one another. A technology like this would have advantages over other means of short-range wireless communication (like Bluetooth) because it is inherently more secure and power efficient. 
While cramming gadgets into wristwatches isn't all that notable these days, back in the 1960's, it wasn't that easy. That's why this Kilfitt UKA 659 camerawatch is so sweet. It's a tiny analogue camera stuffed into a (relatively) stylish watch. It's the only one in existence, created as a prototype in the Munich laboratory of famed optician Heinz Kilfitt in the 60's. It has a 1.3mm-10.5mm lens, shutter speed from 1/15 sec to 1/1,000 sec, and it uses a custom film disc. This one-of-a-kind piece of history ain't cheap, but if you've got $US60,000 sitting around there'd be worse ways to blow it. [
At Intel's Pre-CES briefing today, execs discussed a new super-small solid state drive, WiMax-capable devices, and 45nm Penryn chips in everything from UMPCs to television sets to slender desktop all-in-ones from your favourite computer makers. Here's the rundown:
DLO's Action Jacket armband for the iPhone is perfect for the guy who likes to take his iPhone jogging with him (namely, me). The iPhone may be slightly heavier than a nano, not to mention many times more expensive, but can your nano make calls? What if you're waiting for an important call from your lawyer telling you whether or not someone's going to press charges? What do you do then? This is the answer. And if the 
Picture a Vudu IPTV box that brings porn into your living room over the internet. That's FyreTV, which will be "The Hottest BoXXX You'll Ever Experience" when beta applications begin in just about 12 hours. There's not many details on their home page or their meager press release that just says they've signed up non-exclusive deals with a few adult content providers. What we do know is that this is completely streaming (no downloading and saving), and you'll be able to create favourites and search movies for "specific performers and scenes". Sounds like FireTV isn't the only thing that'll be coming soon. [
Gridskipper's got a video of the 
All the back and forth between Activision and Harmonix, it's starting to look like Poison vs. Motley Crue or Sammy Hagar vs. David Lee Roth or something. Today, Sammy (Activision) said that MTV Games/Viacom shot down a deal to use Guitar Hero's guitars with Rock Band—it wasn't just Activision 
Aimed at parents of teenagers who just can't get their offspring to stop using a mobile phone in the car, the CellCoach emits a high-pitched beep whenever it detects mobile phone traffic. The result? A really annoying noise that reinforces the fact that they shouldn't text or call while driving. It installs "permanently" under the car's dashboard so your kid can't remove it, and should be a much cheaper alternative to actually talking to your kids and teaching them right from wrong. What? They're bastards. Oh and it would be an awesome prank to pull on a buddy. [
The folks over at Meizu have decided that it's finally time to unveil actual shots of the 
While overseeing a hearing on the PRO-IP Act, a bill that might make statutory damages for copyright infringement even 
We normally don't get super excited about concept cars, but this Land Rover LRX Concept has something we're quite interested in: iPhone integration. Not only does it have a slot carved out especially for the phone that allows it to dock into the car like some sort of brushed-metal lover, it's even got a gigantic "Start" button that appears so you can (we presume) start the car! In addition to this, there's an iPod docking station on either side of the power-adjustable speakers, so you can take even more music on the go. Check the jump for an even sexier shot, and hit Jalopnik for exterior photos. [
In the soccer world (or "football," to freedom-hating ale swillers), you do not want to be a referee who makes a questionable call. I mean, soccer fans are animals. Europeans seem to just accept the fact that after a match a roving pack of belligerent, mulleted steakheads will roam the streets of their towns looking for people to injure to make up for the team that they like not winning. Imagine what they'd do to you if they thought you made the wrong call! Luckily, there's a fancy new soccer ball that'll take some of the pressure off of refs.
We just got the scoop from Microsoft on Windows Mobile 7 and Windows Mobile 8, the two upcoming platforms that will fix what is undeniably broken about the Windows Mobile platform to date. 
Nintendo's big man Reggie Fils-Aime just said this in their conference call:
O'Neill is offering its European market a glimpse of the snowy future with the NavJacket, a GoreTex parka with a stitched-in GPS receiver, speakers in the hood, and a "flexible display sleeve." We don't have any demonstration video (but damn do we wish we did). In fact, this is really the only picture floating around. But here's what we know:
As much as we loathe the thought of yet another kind of plug, we do like the idea of a universal one that'll hook up with anything like Paris Hilton but is energy efficient like Nicole Ritchie. The idea behind the green plug's a lot like the energy-saving chip 
The hi def DVD industry never fails to disappoint. Because now even the consumers who are versed in the differences between Blu-ray and HD DVD—those who can tell a blue box from a red one with ease—are also getting shat on by a mixed up industry. Numerous reports have surfaced that a new $100+ Harry Potter box set has a fourth disc in HD DVD format—that's Goblet of Fire for those interested. It looks like even Warner Bros' conservative route of supporting both formats has its risks. [
Google, who will not be satisfied until it owns pretty much every major site on the internet, has its sights set on Wikipedia. No, it doesn't want to buy the gigantic, credibility-challenged encyclopedia. It wants to beat it at its own game. That's why Google is developing Knol, an open encyclopedia that aims to bring some credibility to the genre while, yes, bringing in some more coin to the big G.
Korean scientists have developed a liver enzyme checker that analyzes a blood sample then connects to the base of a mobile phone. Once connected, it relays the test results to a server at a hospital or doctor's office. There's no word on when this technology will be released to the public, but the Korean Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology has apparently filed a patent on it, so it must be close. That's good news for anyone on a first name basis with Sir Osis of Liver, if you know what I mean. [