Britain is not only getting a whole lotta lot of F-35B STOVL fighters, but two new 60,000-ton state-of-the-art aircraft carriers. Apparently, according to Dr Lee Willett, it’s all part of a new World arms race:
British politician Andy Burnham wants the internet to have film-like ratings for every English speaking website. According to Reuters, he’s planning on negotiating with President Obama on drawing up new rules for websites around the world.
Obviously, I don’t need to tell you guys why this will never happen, but I will anyway.
Looks like our favourite bricks can help you do more than building giant spaceships, fly away in planes, or get you married: Researchers have discovered Lego can help autistic children to develop social skills.
This passive multitouch controller designed and built by Randy Jones requires no electric circuits to operate. All it needs it a little 80s synth and the party starts itself.
Well, we’re truly into the holiday season now. I hope you all had a great Christmas. Here’s the best of what you may have missed over the past four days:
Video of Gigantic Goldberg Machine Runs for More Than 20 Minutes It’s a pretty impressive feat of engineering…
Psion Orders Websites to Stop Using the Term Netbook Um, who the f^*k is Psion?
Choose Your Own Apple Adventure Dare I say post of the year from the US team – be prepared to waste a fair amount of time reading this one…
Best of Giz Explains 2008: Stuff You Absolutely Need to Know All the best Giz Explains columns from the year that’s been.
Lenovo OPhone Sizes Up Against iPhone, iPhone 3G Not sure why, but this doesn’t really make me go “O”…
Sony Vaio Pocket: The Fancy Mystery Netbook Leaked This will probably be expensive when it launches. How To Use Your New Digital Camera A great guide for n00bs. Send the link to your mum, dad, or other new-camera-owning relative.
How To Set Up Your New HDTV A bit US-centric in terms of cable and satellite sources, but still worth reading if K-Rudd bought you a new TV for Xmas.
One Year-Old Baby Will Kick Your Arse At Gaming, Melt Your Heart In the Process So. Cute.
Rumour: Dell Adamo to Pack Blu-Ray and eSATA Peripherals Hopefully they’ll also inspire Apple to drop the Air’s pricing….
There’s also a lot more good stuff, so check out everything, if you get the time/
Have a laser cutting device handy? Then you too can recreate real life landmarks using gingerbread.
Fall asleep at the wheel of the new Mercedes E-class and the car will attempt to wake you up. Then, like a good $US50,000 vehicle, it will suggest you pause for coffee.
Not everything is pretty in Apple land. This custom clear replacement case bares your iPhone 3G naughty bits completely naked. Some people hate it, some people love it, we just ogle. [icustom]
This bell rig, called a carillon by we cultured folk, is a late post-Christmas creation that puts and nice bookend to the holiday. Just ignore the crazy, twitching tambourine-playing doll.
CNET Asia writer Kevin Kang may have stumbled across the first real pic of Sony’s upcoming entry into the hot netbook space, the VAIO P, and it is indeed tiny. But is it real?
