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Laptop Buying Guide 2012: How To Find The Right Laptop For You Modder Taylor Merrill managed to get his Samsung Eternity phone into an old NES controller for a very slick little nerd-cred package. Bonus points for the ringtone, too. [YouTube via Nowhere Else, thanks Steve!]
A Californian power company is looking at launching giant, reflective solar panels into space to beam clean energy back to us on Earth. But the tech was originally designed for Bond-villain-like weather control.
Every Jackass in America has a cheap HD camcorder in the US these days, thanks to models from Flip, Creative, Sony, Kodak and god knows how many other manufacturers. Meanwhile, here in Australia, we’re left with pretty much nothing. Luckily, Kodak’s decided to offer us some hope with the Zx1, a weatherproof 720p camcorder that’s just $299. Now every jackass in Australia can record their misadventures in HD for YouTube glory!
Sculptor Bob Causey pulled out all the stops for his DIY, Batman Forever-era Batmobile, which features a retractable top, 3 LCD screens in the cockpit, and all the trimmings you’d expect from such a project.
Because I’m paranoid about backing up files in multiple places, Axxana’s Phoenix System, which features a multiple SSD array, looks pretty great. Especially considering it can withstand earthquakes, fire, water and “terror.”
You know those USB missile launchers? Now there’s an iPhone app that lets you control them from anywhere in your network, proving to siblings and cube-mates once and for all who’s the nerdiest toughest.
We knew it was coming, but you can now purchase a TiVo through ISP Internode.
For a class project, computer-engineering college kids built a system that tracks body movements using a camera and a coloured vest, mapping them to a Space Invaders-type game that requires you to jump to shoot.
Though the judgement in favour of a man who sued after being attacked by a robot is clearly a commentary on the inexcusability of machine-on-man violence, I think it’s a good case for robot insurance.
BusinessWeek cites two sources reporting that there might be an iPhone “lite” and a connected touchscreen tablet as early as this stateside summer.
