Saturday, April 4, 2009
Design
Cyberoctopus Attacked by Steamships
2:00PM Wilson Rothman | Yeah, usually our featured images are photos, but Alex Broeckel’s photorealistic rendering—of that all-too-likely scenario that we will soon battle giant robo-octopuses using the power of steam—well, it just made horrifying, paranoia-inducing sense. [io9] More »
Peripherals
Light-Up HDMI Cables Make Sense, But Not Like This
1:00PM Wilson Rothman | I love the idea of light-up HDMI cables but I’m not sold on these, from Japan’s Donya electronics retailer. In a sense, they are completely backwards. Have you guessed why? More »
Science
Russians Will Announce Soyuz Replacement Spaceship Monday
12:30PM Wilson Rothman | The BBC reports that a long overdue replacement for the Soyuz spaceship will be announced Monday. For now dubbed PPTS—Prospective Piloted Transport System—the moon-reachable ship should look like the one above. More »
Phones
Samsung Omnia OLED Screen Is At Least Good for Something
12:00PM Adrian Covert | One nice thing I stumbled upon during this year’s mostly underwhelming CTIA mobile phone show was Samsung’s wall of 300 OLED displays, the same screen used in their Omnia. More »
Design
Friday Easy Origami: Business Card Becomes iPod Earbud Winder
11:30AM Wilson Rothman | Those designers at Core77 never stop. Today, one of them devised a super-simple but damn-if-it’s-not-worth-it business-card hack that finally gives you a way to stash those damn white earbuds. Share your attempts in comments. [Core77] More »
Gadgets
Vintage Massagers Look Like Torture Devices
11:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | The geniuses at Oobject have curated a hilarious gallery of 18 forgotten vibrators/massagers, all of which look more likely to induce pain than pleasure. More »
Design
CD Turntables Are Possibly the Product of the (Last) Century
10:30AM Sean Fallon | Pete Verrando has himself some CD turntables and, as you can see in the images, these beauties are patent pending. More »
Networks
AT&T Says Horrible Terms of Service Update Was All a Big Mistake
10:14AM Matt Buchanan | Millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and AT&T swiftly backtracked on the draconian updates to their terms of the service that effectively ban Skype, Sling and other goodness: It’s all a big mistake! More »
Robots
Japan Pledges To Land Humanoid Robot On Moon By 2020
10:00AM Wilson Rothman | In an otherwise vague announcement, Japan’s Strategic Headquarters for Space Development said that it would put a two-legged humanoid robot on the moon by 2020. More »
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