Monday, June 9, 2008
Gadgets
Stress Relieving Vase Takes Your Verbal Abuse, so Others Don’t Have To
11:30PM Gizmodo US Edition | Have you ever felt the need to let rip with a stream of expletives, yells and screams, but not been able to as you’d piss-off your noise-sensitive neighbours? Well, with a little help from the Sakebi no Tsufu “Shouting Vase” you’d be able to make as much noise as you like—get it all out, dump all your stress—and still be pretty much inaudible to everyone else. The plastic device is basically a muffler for your yells, with internal baffles that suppress the sound you make. It’s available in Japan for around US$48, and I wish it was buyable here: it would’ve been perfect when I jammed my thumb in a door yesterday and my wife was snoozing nearby. [Crunchgear] More »
Entertainment
HULK LIKES TONY STARK
11:15PM Gizmodo US Edition | HRRMMMM. WHAT IS THIS AGAIN? ANOTHER NEW HULK TV TRAILER!? HULK IS TIRED! THIS MOVIE WILL SUCK! Or maybe not, Hulk see again… hrrmmm. Bright light. Door. Chairs. HULK DON’T LIKE GENERAL ROSS! PUNY ROSS AND HIS PUNY TANKS! Oh! WAIT! IS THAT TONY STARK? HULK LIKES TONY STARK AND HIS GREEN MARTINI COCKTAILS AND HIS LITTLE PRETZELS AND RITZ COOKIES! Maybe this movie will not suck after all. More »
Random Stuff
One of Malaysia’s Anti-Piracy Sniffer Dogs Found Dead at Home
11:05PM Gizmodo US Edition | Gizmodo’s resident dogspert, Jones, will be wearing a black legband today to honour Manny—he’s the blond in the raver’s jacket, above—who was found dead at his kennel last week. The dog, who had arrived from Northern Ireland with his chum Paddy, both of them a.gift from the Motion Picture Association of America, was one of the newest members of Malaysia’s pirate DVD sniffer dog team, had not yet started work, as he had yet to acclimatise to the tropical heat in his new home. Lucky and Flo, the original members of the snooper-doggy-dog team, which rounded up over $6 million-worth of counterfeit DVDs during their tour of duty, had had a US$28,000 bounty on their furry heads, foul play is not thought to be responsible for Manny’s demise. Nevertheless, a post-mortem is taking place. [New Straits Times via Register Hardware] More »
Vehicles
Rocket Car Mod is Like Steampunked Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
10:48PM Gizmodo US Edition | Forget boring hydrogen-hybrid supercars and the like: a one-off vehicle mod like this recently-spotted Rocket Car is how to really impress passers-by. Built by Baron Margo, its shiny bullet-shape is all pipes, rocket exhaust (with what look like real jet engine parts), dials and a whirling propeller that apparently spins as you drive, keeping time with a ring of flashing lights. Basically it’s like the car that Chitty Chitty would dream of being when it grows up, and I can almost forgive its steampunk-esque nature as it’s just so astonishing. [LAMetblogs]
Design
Homemade Light Box and Desk Combo Moves Us (and Itself)
10:35PM Gizmodo US Edition | Here’s how to make a rather fab light box ‘n’ desk combo. Matt Nuzzaco even fitted the table with a Deskline from Linak, which lets him adjust the height depending on whether he’s sitting or standing at his desk. Useful for anyone who works with traditional film and transparencies. Or anyone with a serious Disco Queen bent. [MAKE] More »
Computers
Roadrunner Military Supercomputer Sets Processing Record
9:45PM Gizmodo US Edition | Roadrunner, the IBM supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, manages 1.026 quadrillion calculations per seconds, also known as a Petaflop. Twice as fast as IBM’s Blue Gene/L, the previous World’s Fastest, the Roadrunner—also from the House of IBM, will be used, once classified, to solve military problems—such as making sure our proud nation’s nuclear weapons will continue to work correctly as they age. Until classification, however, it will be used for important scientific problems, such as how I can get more shoes in my closet climate change. More »
Science
DuoFertility Patch Measures Ovulation Timing, No Pee Samples Needed
9:44PM Gizmodo US Edition | Finding out when you’re ovulating (assuming, you’re among the Giz readership with ovaries, and trying to have a baby) may be a lot easier thanks to this upcoming DuoFertility device. Designed by Cambridge Temperature Concepts, a spin-off by Cambridge University PhD students, it consists of a small stick-on patch device that goes under your arm, and a handheld reader. More »
Design
M21 Flat Panel has Mid-Century Roots with 21st Century Tech
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Entertainment
Do Your Own R2-D2 with Paper, Scissors and Glue
9:24PM Gizmodo US Edition | It may not be as amazing as one made out of aluminum, and you won’t be able project video with it, but in a day where all news is going to be about you know what, maybe it’s time to take a deep breath, turn on the ink jet printer, grab some scissors and glue and spend some quality time with your inner Force building your own R2-D2 paper robot (instead of a mini-Steve .) And it doesn’t only look cool: this thing is articulated. More »
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