Monday, January 26, 2009 - Page 2
Gadgets

We-Vibe Heralds New NASA’s Technology-Based Mystery Sex Toy

We-Vibe is a 60-gram sex toy designed to “fit between two people” while making love. Apparently it’s been a hit, and now its creators want to use an unknown NASA technology for their next hit:


Cars

1951 Article Promises ‘Helicopters for Everybody’ (So Long As You’re Male)

Boing Boing stumbled across this fascinating look at the future of helicopters from an 1951 issue of Mechanics Illustrated. All these babies required to operate was a single seat, small motor and, naturally, a penis.


Gadgets

Pentagon Mitex Satellites Are the First to Actively Spy… On Other Satellites!

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? If we’re talking spy satellites, the answer this week became “U.S. satellites,” two of which completed a first-of-its kind manoeuvre that had wide-ranging ramifications for all satellites currently in orbit.


Software

iLife ’09 Shipping Now, Hitting Torrents in Three, Two…

According to some readers, the $US79 iLife ’09 is now shipping. For metadata fanatic loons like me, it’s worthy just for iPhoto alone and its new face tagging and localisation features.


Taiyou Ropeway Provides Open, Solar-Powered Views of Very High Places

This design concept from Fredrik Hylten would replace the trusty mountain gondola with an open-faced, sun-powered pod that, thankfully, has some beefy-looking safety harnesses.


Software

Pizza Calculator Is Probably the Most Useful iPhone Application Yet

Seriously. Forget copy and paste, forget Bluetooth file transfer, and forget Yelp. The Pizza Calculator is the iPhone killer application. Come on people, this is just beautiful.


Man Gets Life in Prison For Killing Wife Who Changed Facebook Status to ‘Single’

Edward Richardson, douche bag, got what he deserved this week when a jury of his peers convicted him of murdering wife Sarah Richardson, after she changed her Facebook status from “married” to “single.”


Cars

Obama Boards Air Force One for the First Time

newVideoPlayer("/obamaairforceone.flv", 528, 312,""); Here you have President Obama boarding the Air Force One for the first time ever, with some really awesome insider footage. I love when the Commander-In-Chief meets the 747′s Commander for the first time:


Cars

Biker’s Revenge Handlebar Concept Is Absolutely Evil/Ingenious and Probably Not Real

Any cyclist who’s had their fair share of close calls with an errant motorist while travelling in the bike lane will appreciate this concept out of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.


Gadgets

Argon Laser Putter Delivers Birdies With Predator-Like Efficiency

If the Predator were a golfer, he’d hunt his prey—the pin, in this case—with this tri-laser equipped putter.