Thursday, May 22, 2008
Entertainment
Notes: The Brazilian Band Called Inimigos da HP (Translation: Enemies of HP)
11:35PM Brian Lam | On my last day in São Paulo, the good people we were working with on an upcoming Portuguese version of Giz with took us to some nightclub with an open roof and lots of beautiful younger people dancing and making out. Anyhow, here’s the gadget party of this story: There was a band there playing called Inimigos da HP, or Enemies of HP. Yes, that HP. Apparently the members started playing together in college, but are mostly former engineers and industrial designers who were forced in their previously not-rockstar life to use HP calcs every day. I like their music. Now I’m in Rio, taking a long weekend. Going to the beach. I should have played more Wii Fit. [Wiki, Amazon] More »
Entertainment
Hollywood Attacking Film Grain For Blu-ray
11:31PM Mark Wilson | For me, the first “ooooh” moment when I got my first HDTV was watching SportsCenter…and I don’t even watch sports. Never before had I seen such a crisp, vibrant image in my life. It didn’t look real. It looked more than real. More »
Networks
The Coolest Internet Network Operation Centers
11:15PM Gizmodo US Edition | This is a shot of the interior of AT&T’s Death Star, their stunning global network centre in Bedminster, New Jersey—where they work to suppress good wireless reception and run their Random Billing Generator. It looks more amazing than NASA’s, but it’s not the only cool network operation centre running the intarwebs, as you will see in the gallery. Updated: with specs on the Death Star in New Jersey after the jump. More »
Peripherals
Iomega Introduces Leather 250GB Hip Flask, Er, eGo Drive
10:45PM Wilson Rothman | The people who brought you the camouflage eGo portable USB hard drive have traded the hunting rifle for the meerschaum pipe: the leather-clad 250GB eGo, which goes on sale today for just over US$140, will look good in any study, but best in ones where there’s a roaring fire and many leather-bound books. Iomega takes pains to note that this is the only leather portable drive on the market. Our guess is that, as stylish as it is, it may remain so for a while. (Second photo after the jump.) [Iomega] More »
Screens
Sony To Make Bigger OLED TVs Soon
10:32PM Mark Wilson | That Sony OLED television isn’t bad—it’s just a little too tiny for the family to gather around comfortably. Luckily Sony has announced that they will indeed be investing more money (read: US$210 million) into their OLED manufacturing to produce “even larger” sized panels for release sometime between April 2009 and March 2010. That’s good. Since they have some competition soon. [digitimes] More »
Entertainment
Indiana Jones’ Theme Secret Lyrics Uncovered
10:00PM Gizmodo US Edition | Indy IV’s out! But what most people don’t know, however, is that the classic Indy theme now comes with new lyrics. Apparently, John Williams writes lyrics for all his compositions—even while they won’t be sung—as a way to keep them in character. Gizmodo has uncovered those lyrics after days of arduous investigation and heavy drinking, following up a scoop by Alex Balk. (Note: lyrics contain foul language.) More »
Design
Star Wars Makes World War II Even More Scary
9:56PM Gizmodo US Edition | Looking at these images, if Star Wars was real, we would probably be in a lot of trouble. Fortunately, this is just a site dedicated to transforming real vintage photos into unreal scenes using Photoshop magic tricks. Some of them are better than others, but all of them strike me as completely believable, as you can see in the full gallery after the jump. More »
Cameras
Finepix Z200fd has 10 Megapixels and a ‘Love-Timer’
9:45PM Gizmodo US Edition | One for obsessive celeb-watchers, perhaps, Fujifilm’s Finepix Z200fd has a kooky little feature that judges your loved up-ness by how close you’re standing in the frame to your special friend/stalker/parole officer. As well as face recognition technology, a 5 x zoom, 52MB internal memory as well as space for all sorts of memory cards, and available in four colours (black, pink, silver and a black-red combo) the Z200fd is available in Japan from early next month for around US$380. [Akihabara News] More »
Gadgets
AMXD Puts Fighter Pilots’ Piddle Packs Out of Business
9:05PM Gizmodo US Edition | Please, cease your screaming at the back, ladies, and feast your eyes on the AMXD, aka the “piddle pack.” Developed by a Vermont firm, the trunks have a built-in hose and pump (stop boasting, I’ve heard it all before) which allows fighter pilots to relieve themselves during missions. Until the AMXD, or Advanced Mission Extender Device, came along, the fliers had three options open: diapers; keep it all in, causing potential bladder damage; or let it all out, running the risk of debilitating headaches—or even crashing the plane. More below. More »
Design
