Friday, November 6, 2009
Screens
Microsoft Research Demos Touchless, Transparent Glass Display
11:51PM Rosa Golijan | Microsoft’s research division is doing tours across university campuses and rather than turning them into snoozefests they’re showing off an incredibly prototype. It’s a clear glass display which accepts input through voice control, touchless gestures, pen and eye-tracking. More »
Peripherals
Xbox 360 Wireless N Adaptor Resurfaces For A Little Less
11:47PM Mark Wilson | Gamestop never released that new Xbox 360 wireless n dongle on November 3 for $US100. Meanwhile, Costco just listed the product for $US88 with a November 10 ship date…right before pulling the page. Tracking this thing has become unnecessarily difficult. [Engadget]
Design
ThunderCats Xbox 360 Makes Me Bummed The Movie Is On Hold
11:40PM Danny Allen | I’m a sucker for great paintwork, and this airbrushed 360 from largomods reminds me how much I loved the ThunderCats as a kid. Too bad WB put the CG-animated movie (directed by Jerry O’Flaherty from Gears of Wars) on hold. More »
Gadgets
Telephone Company Ripping You Off? Get Revenge With This Lamp
11:21PM Rosa Golijan | Somehow it doesn’t seem like landline providers would be happy about people using the tiny bit of electricity coming through phone-jacks to power lamps, but this thing is so kitschy-looking that it’d be hard to resist. Plus it’s cheeeeeeap. More »
Phones
Inventor Of Mobile Phones Says They’ve Become Too Complicated
10:36PM Danny Allen | I love that smartphones let me avoid cramming my pockets with extra gadgets like an MP3 player or camera. But Dr Martin Cooper — the former lead engineer of the Motorola team that developed the first mobile phone — reckons that’s just phooey. More »
Phones
$US99 8GB iPhone 3GS For Christmas?
9:43PM Danny Allen | It’s hearsay at this point, but Boy Genius Report’s sources claim the 8GB 3G will be swapped with a 3GS. They’ve had a decent-enough record with rumours lately, and it makes sense against the $US99 Droid Eris. We’ll see. [BGR]
Toys
High-Def Digital Pinball Machine Doesn’t Really “Get” Pinball
7:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Hammacher Schlemmer’s digital pinball machine crams a 720p, 32-inch display into a full-sized cabinet, and offers by way of emulation 17 classic boards. But I’m not sure pinball freaks are that interested in digitised flippers. More »
Design
Corrugated Steel Fallout Shelter Protects Against Mild Rainstorms
6:00PM Dan Nosowitz | This fallout shelter plan, from 1962, only cost $US150 in raw materials, and if properly made, has a “protection factor greater than 500″. 500 what? No idea! More »
Gadgets
5:30PM Nick Broughall | This weekend, I’ve got a hot date with HP’s new EX490 MediaSmart Home Server. I’m hoping she outputs. More »
Weekend Gadgets: HP Mediasmart Server
5:30PM Nick Broughall | This weekend, I’ve got a hot date with HP’s new EX490 MediaSmart Home Server. I’m hoping she outputs. More »
Software
