Friday, May 30, 2008
Games
Wireless Pong Between Multiple iPhones, iPod Touch
11:45PM Gizmodo US Edition | This has to be the coolest implementation of Pong ever: load the iPong application in two or three iPod touch units or iPhones, and start playing between them using your finger, with the ball actually passing from one screen to the other depending on the ball angle. More »
Phones
Wired Editor Drops, Destroys RAZR on Live TV
11:38PM Adam Frucci | Wired Senior Editor Nick Thompson was on the Today Show this morning talking about why the N95 and iPhone are the best high-end phones and the RAZR is the best cheap phone. OK, fair enough. Unfortunately for Nick, when he dropped the RAZR to the floor to demonstrate its durability, it ended up getting destroyed in the process. It’s a sound and sight I’m sure many of you former RAZR owners are familiar with. Well, I guess it proved your point, Nick: the RAZR is cheap. Very cheap. [Boing Boing Gadgets] More »
Software
Valve’s Steam Cloud Brings Cloud Computing to Gaming Masses
11:30PM Matt Buchanan | In the next update to Valve’s Steam client, which distributes and manages PC games, and is probably the best digital distribution setup around (other software companies wish they had a setup half as good), Valve will be throwing cloud computing into the mix. Called Steam Cloud, the update will let you store profiles, keybindings and all of your save games online, in addition to social networking features like calendars and stuff. The cloud storage is free. Why is this a big deal? More »
Peripherals
Asus Reinvents the Wiimote
11:15PM Mark Wilson | Some of our readers pointed out that the new Asus Eee Box resembled a Nintendo Wii. And while that may be true, Asus has just debuted something straight out of Nintendo’s handbook: a “Wiimote” for the PC. More »
Gadgets
Gigantic, Ceiling-Sized Digital Clock Threatens to Crush You with Time
11:00PM Adam Frucci | Do you ever feel like time is hanging over your head, adding apprehension and dread to your life? Like it could just crash down and kill you at any moment? Like time has an annoying buzz to it and that it throws a harsh, flat light? Either you have OCD or you’ve got one of these gigantic, florescent digital clocks hanging on your ceiling. More »
Software
.Mac Getting a New Name?
10:38PM Mark Wilson | Aside from the obvious 3G iPhone rumour floating around this year’s WWDC, the other, quieter rumour has been that Apple will be revamping .Mac in a major way. Now one code enthusiast thinks he’s found some evidence in a pile of 10.5.3 strings that points to a name change (which we think points to a revamp). He explains: More »
Gadgets
Peeandgo, The Lady Urinal with a Splash of Gold
9:59PM Gizmodo US Edition | You may be forgiven for thinking it’s toilet week here on Giz, but how could we not show you this? The Peeandgo, designed by Chen-Karlsson takes its inspiration from traditional squat urinals in Asia and the Middle East, and I’m guessing its *ahem* provocative shape is designed to stop splashback. There’s no info on pricing, or indeed on whether that’s real gold, so it looks like a design prototype. It’s nice to see a rethink, and a bit of luxury devoted to the oft-ignored porcelain things in the bathroom, but, ladies of Giz, do you think this design is actually convenient nowadays? [Belowtheclouds via Likecool]
Toys
LEGO Star Wars Minifig Lights Up with LED, Scares Other Minifigs
9:47PM Gizmodo US Edition | This modded LEGO Star Wars Clone Trooper is the best use of a light-emitting diode since my LED-based Lava shot glasses, Philips Living Colours lamp, and psychedelic bath tub rubber ducky (which work extremely well combined.) The process of adding the LED is fairly easy, as you can see in the gallery. More »
Science
Be a Space Ambassador, Fly On Virgin Galactic for Free
9:21PM Gizmodo US Edition | Screw volunteering to lie down for 90 days for NASA: the National Space Society is offering a job as a Space Ambassador, with taking a ride into space as part of the duties. Yes— this is the kind of job you dreamed of when you were a kid, but you’d also have to “inspire the astronauts, space scientists and extraterrestrial entrepreneurs of the future.” Made possible by a Virgin Galactic donation, the program’s open to anyone, anywhere. What are you waiting for? Head on over to the website and fill in the form to register your interest, spaceman. I’ve already filled it in. [Wired Science] More »
Gadgets
