Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Gaming

Nintendo DSi Arriving April 5th for $US170

11:24PM February 18, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Nintendo’s DSi, out now in Japan, has finally been slated for US release on April 5th for $170. But you won’t score one in white.

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This Is a Großbelastungskörper

10:51PM February 18, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

What’s made of 12,650 tons of concrete, is sixty feet high, doesn’t have any windows, was built by Nazis, and sank into the ground seven inches in three years? And why does it exist?

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Mobile

Samsung Promises ‘More Than Three’ Android Handsets By End Of Year

10:04PM February 18, 2009 | John Herrman

Samsung’s Android-less showing at MWC may not have been a surprise, but that’s not to say that it wasn’t disappointing. So what now? Samsung says “more than three” Android handsets are coming before 2010.

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Software

Coolest Mobile Phone Interface Ever Is Also Absolutely Useless

9:55PM February 18, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Dear people from TAT: I love you, and not only because you are Swedish, but because you really do cool stuff. LIke this Foldout Physics UI for mobile phones, running on a TI OMAP 3430 chip.


Cars

Stealth Tech Blamed for International Sub Crash, French Crew Unaware They’d Hit Anyone for Days

8:34PM February 18, 2009 | John Herrman

How could two submarines end up colliding in the middle of the ocean? British military types are blaming excessive stealthiness, and the French claim they didn’t realise what had happened for days.

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Swordfish Motorcycle Concept Imagines Our Hubless Wheeled Future

5:30PM February 18, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Hubless bikes are kind of like hover boards – cool, but stuck firmly in the future. That doesn’t mean we can help ourselves from swooning every time we see the hint of one.

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Double Click Your Body to Cleanliness With the Soap Mouse

4:30PM February 18, 2009 | Elaine Chow

We’ve seen washable mice and mice you don’t need to wash before, but have you ever thought of possibly washing yourself with a mouse?

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Designer Mouse Dress Makes You Oh So Clickable

4:00PM February 18, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Can you imagine the jokes you could make at dinner parties with this dress? “Yeah baby, double click here to start up business time. Oh yeah.”

This dress brought to you be the genius of Belgian designer, Sancho Hemelsoen. [LikeCool via Engadget China ]

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Science

Postponed LHC Restart Could Wrestle ‘God Particle’ Discovery From CERN

3:05PM February 18, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Scientists are racing to to discover the Higgs boson particle first. That’s right – CERN isn’t the only one looking, and its Large Hadron Collider might be upstaged by a U.S. accelerator yet.

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Computing

Quest For Netbook Nirvana: Dell Mini 9

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3:00PM February 18, 2009 | Nick Broughall

I’m actually quite ashamed to admit this, but the Dell Mini 9 is the first netbook I’ve really actually tested. Sure, I’ve mucked around with a few other machines at media events and the local Harvey Norman, but just like at high school when that girl on the train fell chest first into the back of my arm, that doesn’t mean I made it to second base. Still, as far as losing my netbook virginity, it seems the Dell was a pretty good place to start. More »