Saturday, November 14, 2009
Design
There Shouldn’t Be A GPS Tracking System In My Lingerie
6:00PM Rosa Golijan | I’m all for naughty, oh-come-treat-me-like-a-bad-girl-tonight scraps of lace. What I’m not such a fan of is trashy oh-come-follow-me-using-the-built-in-GPS lingerie. I don’t care if it’s pretty, frilly designer lingerie. It’s got a damn tracking system embedded in the fabric. More »
Random Stuff
I Desperately Want This Video To Be Fake
5:20PM Rosa Golijan | This video shows Oli Lemieux practising on the trampoline wall of Cirque du Soleil and I’ve watched it twice already. I keep searching for clues that it’s just a cleverly edited video, that someone couldn’t possibly do these stunts. More »
Gadgets
Company Claims That Its DVDs Will Last 1000 Years
4:40PM Rosa Golijan | A start-up by the name of Cranberry is claiming that it’s DiamonDisc product can last for 1000 years without any deterioration. If true, that’s great, but will you even have the equipment to read the media at that time? More »
Gadgets
Becoming A Sexual Cyborg [NSFW]
4:00PM Dr. Debby Herbenick | I used to think “sexual enhancement” just meant “sex toys”. That is, until I started exploring the wonderful — and sometimes utterly weird — world of mechanical and electronic sex augmentations. Here’s what’s happening now and what will happen soon. More »
Gadgets
Remainders — Stuff We Didn’t Post (And Why)
3:20PM Dan Nosowitz | Apple Issues Update for Current-Gen iPod Nano…Barnes & Noble Giftcards Won’t Buy Ebooks, Screwing Some Nook Pre-Orderers…Dell Mini 3 Officially Launched in China…Palm Stock Skyrockets After Nokia Takeover Rumour… More »
Random Stuff
How Best Buy’s 24-Hour Store Can Kick The Apple Store’s Butt
2:00PM Adam Frucci | So, Best Buy’s new store in NYC is going to be open 24 hours during the week. Apple also has a 24-hour store in NYC, but this could be way better. I have some pitches for you, Best Buy. More »
Design
Finger Touching Phone Concept Gives You Touchtone Knuckles
1:40PM Rosa Golijan | The Finger Touching phone concept is perfect if you’re not brave enough to have a phone embedded under your skin, yet still want to look trendy and futuristic. Granted you’d look dorky talking into your hand, hologram buttons or not. More »
Design
It’s A Gundam Pen
1:40PM Jason Chen | There are two types of people in the world: People that get excited about filling the shit out of their taxes with a Gundam pen, and people who are dead inside. Who are you? More »
Science
This Is How An Earthquake Spreads Through The Entire Planet
1:00PM Jesus Diaz | Wired thinks that Roy A. Gallant’s 1950 classic science books need to be updated with 21st-century style and information. They’re right, but while their artwork may be flashier and more accurate, it is not necessarily clearer. Take these two examples. More »
Games
