Sunday, December 14, 2008

Is This the Thinnest House in the World?

2:42PM December 14, 2008 | Jesus Diaz

Following our anti-Dubai-gigarchitecture article on the slimmest houses in the world, reader Micah Sherman has sent us which may be the thinnest, smallest house in any city in the world. Absolutely crazy.

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Cameras

Twelve-Strobe Camera Rig Smites the Sun, Shoots at 1/8000 Seconds

11:00AM December 14, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

Photographer Syl Arena created an impressive array of twelve strobes to help him take ultra-clear high speed shots, and possibly to incite God’s wrath by one-upping the sun.

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Science

Self-Healing Paint Is Full of Magical Tiny Caulk Crystals

10:15AM December 14, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

Autonomic Materials plans to bring self-healing paint to market in less than four months. The paint is designed to protect cars, bridges, and boats from corrosion, but don’t get too excited just yet:

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Gaming

Lego NES Mod Shamelessly Exploits Our Nostalgia

9:30AM December 14, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

Project Red is a direct appeal to your inner child, if you’re in your mid-20s. You loved your NES, didn’t you? And Lego too? Well, how about I shove one of those inside the other?

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The Week in IPhone Apps: Adults Only!

8:30AM December 14, 2008 | John Mahoney

Since the App Store got ratings a few months ago, it was only a matter of time before the first Rated M game popped up. Well, that time is now.


Mobile

New Nokia Smartphone Patent Features Swiveling Widescreen and QWERTY

8:15AM December 14, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

A new patent from Nokia shows a pretty interesting new design: a full widescreen that can swivel behind a QWERTY keyboard so only half the screen is visible.

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MacBooks: Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adaptor Available Soon

8:00AM December 14, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

Apple’s decision to make its customised Mini DisplayPort the only method of video output on their new MacBooks annoyed a lot of users, but they’ve finally decided to fix the problem— with an adapter.

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Gym Car Concept Sounds Both Healthy and Extremely Dangerous

6:30AM December 14, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

Designer Da Feng created the Gym Car mockup that includes a near-complete home gym as well as a Batmobile-esque carbon fibre exterior. No word on the safety of doing bench-presses while driving.

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Software

iPhone Copy/Paste App Pastebud Delivers Copied Text to Random Strangers

5:45AM December 14, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

Pastebud, the app that lets you copy and paste text from email and Safari, has been sending the copied emails (including personal information) out to anybody but the original user.

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Gadgets

Kickbee: Now the World Can Know What Your Fetus is Up To

5:00AM December 14, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

Corey Menscher, in a fit of fatherly devotion, constructed a device that notifies him when his unborn baby kicks inside the womb. Even better, he’s training his kid to post on Twitter right from conception.

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