Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Games
Nintendo DSi Arriving April 5th for $US170
11:24PM 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. More »
Design
This Is a Großbelastungskörper
10:51PM 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? More »
Phones
Samsung Promises ‘More Than Three’ Android Handsets By End Of Year
10:04PM 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. More »
Software
Coolest Mobile Phone Interface Ever Is Also Absolutely Useless
9:55PM 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.
Vehicles
Stealth Tech Blamed for International Sub Crash, French Crew Unaware They’d Hit Anyone for Days
8:34PM 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. More »
Design
Swordfish Motorcycle Concept Imagines Our Hubless Wheeled Future
5:30PM 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. More »
Peripherals
Double Click Your Body to Cleanliness With the Soap Mouse
4:30PM 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? More »
Design
Designer Mouse Dress Makes You Oh So Clickable
4:00PM 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 ] More »
Science
Postponed LHC Restart Could Wrestle ‘God Particle’ Discovery From CERN
3:05PM 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. More »
Computers
3:00PM 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 »
Quest For Netbook Nirvana: Dell Mini 9
3:00PM 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 » 