This rather worthy-looking laptop is Fujitsu’s WoodShell. Made with cedar wood, it’s part of the Japan Design Innovation 2008 exhibit at the Salone Internazionale Del Mobile in Milan, an event for furniture strokers everywhere. There’s a picture of the WoodShell with its lid down below, and you’ve got to love Fujitsu’s take on a generic 70s sci-fi font, not to mention its black-and-red-ness.
Time to wake up Australia – big business is about to bend you over – again – and sodomise you with your own ignorance.
This time it’s eBay Australia. They’ve decided that our country is even more risky than the rest of the world when it comes to online security, so they’ve decided to get rid of all payment options for online auctions except cash and PayPal. And cash is only available when the product is picked up from you, which means all online transactions have to be through Paypal.
If this were just a simple clock shaped like a Rubiks Cube it would be cool. Throw in the ability to twist the top row to switch between time, temperature, alarm and date modes and it becomes awesome. Plus, it is priced at an affordable US$24.98 and you never have to endure the shame of being unable to solve it. [What on Earth via GeekAlerts]
The internet’s an exciting, lively place, full of innovation and wonder, right? Wrong. It’s dying. The cancer that’s slowly killing our internets: the iPhone and Xbox. While it sounds like some fool’s jibba-jabba, it must be true, because an Oxford professor with degrees from Harvard and Yale says so.
The army’s machine-gun wielding, insurgent-slaying robot SWORDS is no longer spraying foes with hot doom in Iraq. Actually, it never got the chance to notch a single frag, and never will. Apparently, there was an incident where “the gun started moving when it was not intended to move,” meaning it totally pointed somewhere it wasn’t supposed to—like at friendlies, which resulted in recall from the field and might’ve set the program back 10-20 years, according to the Army’s Program Executive Officer for Ground Forces, Kevin Fahey.
If you are a multitasker that receives numerous calls, texts, ims, facebook messages and the like, you may find something useful in the idea behind this Tame Cube concept. Each side of the cube can be customised with a status message of your choosing and can be synced to your devices and applications. For example, if you are driving and don’t want to be distracted, simply turn the cube over to the appropriate message and anyone that tries to contact you will be notified of your situation.
Ok, it may not be an officially licensed product, but the term Lego-esque certainly applies to this desktop calendar. In true Lego style, the sections can be stacked and configured into any pattern you choose—and changing the date is as simple as smacking the top of each brick. And we all know that relieving some stress by smacking something at the office can be good thing…except when it is a face and/or arse. Available for around $27 US. [Early Adopter via TFTS via Uberreview]
First watch with all mechanical “digital” display (verdict: absolutely amazing)The verdict says it all.
Networked LED blocks build amazing lightshowsBuild amazing, expensive lightshows.Blockbuster announcing a media streamer this monthWho wants to put money on this never actually taking off?
This is what a wrecked US$1.2 billion B-2 Bomber looks likeI hope they were insured…
Classy Ferrari mobile phone is business in the front, party in the backJust like a mullet. hopefully it won’t be as inexplicably popular as mullets seem to be.
Originally thought to be another one of those obscene Japan-only gamer perks, the limited edition Metal Gear Solid 4 gun-metal grey PS3 is going to be infiltrating the US after all. But it might be easier to procure an actual Metal Gear than one of these babies—the official Playstation blog warns that the package is going to be a “VERY, VERY Limited Edition bundle!” [Playstation Blog via Kotaku]
Whether you’re walking through a dark city alley or stalking prey in wilder terrain, Nuge knows you should always be armed, preferably with a bow. That’s where this crossbow-ish marshmallow shooter comes in. Just pop a load of Stay Pufts into the Bow and Mallow’s magazine, draw back the bowstring and let fly the marshmallows of war. The US$20 weapon supposedly fires up to 30 feet; my own experience with more primitive marshmallow blasters leads me to believe that they are probably not lying. [Product Page via Nerd Approved]
