Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Cars

Transparent Truck System Could Actually Save Lives

11:15PM December 22, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Art Lebedev calls this simple invention – a camera that takes images from the front of a truck to show it on screens in the back – Transparentius. I call it geeneeuzz. More »


Who Would’ve Guessed We’d Ever See A Stylish Phone Charger?

10:42PM December 22, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

With more smartphones being sold than ever before, it’s not surprising to see plenty of innovative chargers being designed for the battery-guzzlers. This “Juice” model not only charges phones, but AA and AAA batteries too. More »


Cars

Typo Caused Airbus Plane Tail-Strike During Takeoff In Australia

10:15PM December 22, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

Currently, there’s a typo in a trending topic on Twitter, and it’s doing my head in, though at least it won’t be responsible for a plane tail-strike like the one that occurred at Melbourne Airport earlier this year. More »


Cameras

NASA’s Space Camera Of Choice: The Nikon D3s DSLR

9:40PM December 22, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

Space: The final frontier – for Nikon, anyway. The camera company’s relationship with NASA has just got steamier, as they’re supplying 11 DS3 D-SLRs and seven AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED lenses for their space photography. More »


Gadgets

Sony Reader Daily Edition Starts Shipping, Adds More Newspapers

9:11PM December 22, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post not your favourite rags? Sony’s signed up a couple of dozen more newspapers for its Reader Daily Edition, with the New York Times, The Financial Times, and The Denver Post included. More »


Science

Mojave Desert Solar Farm Blocked By Senator Dianne Feinstein

8:51PM December 22, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

The Mojave Desert – last seen on our virtual pages when the SpaceShipTwo was unveiled – has leapt into the news again today, thanks to Senator Dianne Feinstein’s legislation which will stop 13 solar plants and wind turbines from moving in. More »


Gadgets

Remainders – The Good, Bad And Ugly Things We Didn’t Post

6:00PM December 22, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Come, gather round the Remainders tree for the orts and leavings of the day’s stories. Today: Apple’s gift-wrapped products, free overnight shipping for the Kindle, internet available under the San Francisco Bay, and many more. More »


Online

Google Wave Presents The Year 2009

5:20PM December 22, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

I cannot, I will not use the pun Google wants me to use. But this video kept my attention for the whole two-and-a-half minutes, which is no mean feat in this easily distractable time we bananas are surprisingly filling! More »


Gadgets

I Was A Photo Sticker Junkie

4:40PM December 22, 2009 | Anna Jane Grossman

Photo sticker booths, which still exist in some shopping centres, spawned a generation of Japanese young people who were referred to using the Japanese word for the machines: Purikura. More »


Gaming

What Is This?

4:00PM December 22, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

This is a tricky one. What’s the QR Code on that flag our little Android friend is waving? More »