Saturday, March 28, 2009

Gaming

Puke Into the Centrifuge That Is the Storm-G Arcade Game

2:30PM March 28, 2009 | Andi Wang

Just like any other racing game, the object of Sega’s Storm-G is to get down to the finish line as quickly as possible. However, unlike other racing games, there’s a twist—literally.

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Time Will Eat Your Flesh While Robots Stay Beautiful

1:45PM March 28, 2009 | Brian Lam

“I’m all for fighting the good fight, but I don’t care how much you work out or how much cream you put on-things change.” Cindy Crawford, as an ageless robot applies some tonic. [Allure]

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Mobile

Palm Throws Down a C&D Warning on the TealOS Skin

1:30PM March 28, 2009 | Adrian Covert

Displeased with others copying their work, PalmInfoCenter reports that Palm snuffed the TealOS skin for PalmOS phones, which imitates the Palm Pre’s newer WebOS interface.

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Gaming

Toshiba’s Digital Billboard Lets Japanese Pedestrians Interactively Game Using Their Mobile Phones

1:00PM March 28, 2009 | Adrian Covert

Nikkei has a post about Toshiba’s new Digital Billboard in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, where passerbys can dial up a number and connect to an interactive game which is displayed on the giant sign.

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Mobile

Police Chief Unintentionally Shows that BlackBerry+Driving=Car Accident

12:30PM March 28, 2009 | Andi Wang

Police Chief Brian Wilson, of Washington, issued a public apology after his squad car crashed into another vehicle because his eyes were on his Blackberry instead of the road. Tsk tsk.

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Geek Out

How Peeps Are Born

11:40AM March 28, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Peeps taste like the foam rubber inside a Temperpedic mattress, but enough people devour the marshmallow birdies that they’re reborn every Easter. The Tribune shows us the industrial womb they’re born in via photogallery. [Tribune]

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Online

OnStar Wants You To Twitter From the Car?

11:20AM March 28, 2009 | Jason Chen

Gear Live just received a survey asking whether or not they’d be interested in Twittering from their car. Yes, THAT Twitter.

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Glowing Girls Blade Runner Fashion To Life

11:00AM March 28, 2009 | Jason Chen

Twenty-seven years later, these girls are wearing EL wire and conductive thread in order to bring the spirit of Blade Runner into the 21st century. Or, they were hocking a book. Not sure. [BBGadgets]

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Dornbracht Supernova Bathroom is An Island…A Fantasy Island

10:40AM March 28, 2009 | Sean Fallon

In my fantasy, Calgon takes me away to the Dornbracht “Supernova” bathroom. A luxury installation where all the fixtures are located in the centre of the room—an island of pure design bliss.

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Gaming

Sweet Songs of Zeus! Geek Anthems Sung By Tesla Coils

10:20AM March 28, 2009 | Brian Lam

Zaps from tesla coils sound like old school synthesisers, so they’re the perfect instrument of delivery for 8-bit video game and geek anthems. Plus, lightning.

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