In Barcelona, anyone passing by is invited to lend some stationary bike exertion to a cause—lighting a tree to create a true Christmas miracle. It’s a neat idea, if you believe it.
The CV-MP01 shares a lot with some other mobile projectors we’ve seen—namely from 3M—but measures up at a stunningly small 40x57x59mm and 90 grams.
Scouring the recently-posted PopSci archives on Google Books, reader Wesley Treat has put together a collection documenting the magazine’s odd, decades-long obsession with the idea of a personal monowheel.
In the years that it took for eBook readers to become objectively decent, prices haven’t really come down much. Foxit seeks to take on Sony and Amazon with a solid reader at under $US250.
Already known as the world’s strongest material and a great solution for shrinking transistors, now researchers say it can also be used to make super-tough, super-small storage.
OLEDs boast great resolutions and energy efficiency, but they could also be used to treat skin cancer and acne. A U.K. team is developing wearable OLED stickers that’ll cure your skin ailments on the go.
So it’s the Friday before Christmas. Many of you will be beginning your holiday break with a quiet beer or two this afternoon. But if any of you are stuck with the task of working through the Xmas break, know that Giz AU will be right there with you, even if we do slow down a little bit between Xmas and New Years.
To kill off the last few hours of Friday afternoon, we want you to tell us exactly what gadgets you’re planning on playing with over your Christmas break. Are you planning an Xbox marathon? A session with PS Home (which should only keep you busy for about an hour, if you’re lucky)? A new phone? A new TV? Tell us what gadgets will keep you busy over the next couple of weeks. More »
Once upon a time, a guy named Rob got his iPhone 3G stolen at the dry cleaners. Thankfully, he was subscribed to MobileMe, which at the end saved the day. Or so he says.
LaCie’s newest ethernet disk isn’t only cool because it stores up to a whopping six terabytes in its stack. According to the company, it’s also a NAS that’s compatible with Apple’s Time Machine.
