Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Science
Panayiotis Zavos Has Cloned Dead Humans, Implanted Other Cloned Embryos
11:40PM Mark Wilson | This is Cady, who died at age 10 in a car accident. More recently, Dr. Panayiotis Zavos infused her DNA into a cow’s egg to study human cloning. More »
Computers
A $US500 PC That Rocks Out Crysis
11:20PM Matt Buchanan | Okay, for $US699, you might not be able to buy the best laptop in the world. But for $US500, you can build a PC that plays Crysis at a solid 40 frames per second. More »
Vehicles
First Commercial 747 Is Now a Crappy Restaurant in Korea
11:00PM Jesus Diaz | It may not be in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list and, looking at it, you don’t have to wonder why. But this rusty Korean restaurant is special: It’s the first commercial 747 ever flown. More »
Gadgets
iSuppli: The Kindle 2 Costs $US185.49 to Build
10:33PM Mark Wilson | According to an iSuppli teardown, the Kindle 2 costs $US185 to build—or about half the device’s $US360 sticker price. That’s $US176.83 in parts, $8.66 in construction costs. Here’s the major component breakdown: More »
Random Stuff
Earth in HD from the Space Station
10:20PM Jesus Diaz | Today is Earth Day, you hippie treehugging commies you—you too in your jet, Al Gore—and to celebrate NASA has posted high definition video of our home planet from the space station. Ain’t it pretty? More »
Gadgets
The Future Is Not Coming Soon Enough
10:00PM Jesus Diaz | JJ Abrams may want mystery, but reading the last issue of Wired made me realise that I don’t want mysteries. I want to know. Which is why I used to love their future Found gadgets. More »
Design
YI Sound Concept Brings the Hot Jean-Crotch Aesthetic to Earbuds
9:25PM John Herrman | This zippered earbud concept might not truly solve the eternal tangling problem, but that doesn’t mean it’s not fantastic. More »
Vehicles
Lazy Porsche Demands Elevator Service
8:17PM John Herrman | At first, the organisers of the Shanghai Motor Show probably thought Porsche was joking when they suggested holding a press conference for their Panamera sedan on the 94th floor of an office building. They weren’t. More »
Business
AMD Continues to Hemorrhage Money, Mindshare Through Q1
6:55PM John Herrman | Q1 results are in for the processor industry’s #2, and they’re ugly. This news, combined with recent spinoffs, makes the company look kind of sick—and its executives’ obvious lack of optimism doesn’t really help matters. More »
Robots
