Thursday, May 28, 2009 - Page 2
Cameras

Viral Ad Show’s Panasonic’s Lumix FT1 Rugged Camera Will Outlive You

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I reckon that if it was a really great camera, the police would use it to take their photos as well…

[Thanks Adam!]


Mobile

Chinese Buddha Phone Provides On-the-Go Nirvana

The Odin 99 phone, available only in China, includes such run-of-the-mill features as an mp3 player and both front- and rear-facing cameras. But it’s also a gold-painted, portable, virtual Buddhist altar that’s triggered with the press of a lotus-emblazoned button.


Gadgets

Immersion’s New Haptic Touchscreen Tech Encourages Corny iPhone Romance

Haptic technology has the possibility to make touchscreens so much better, improving accuracy and adding a whole new range of sensory feedback. Immersion, primary developers of haptic technology, presented both a refined onscreen keyboard and an incredibly cheesy “Immersive Messaging” protocol at this year’s All Things D conference.


Big Three/Vodafone Merger Announcement Tomorrow?

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Stick this one firmly in the rumour file, but at yesterday’s Skype event, a 3 representative sort of mentioned that they were expecting an announcement on the Voda/Three merger on Friday. Guess we’ll see if it actually happens tomorrow…


How Do You Avoid Hitting Stars at Warp 5? A Pulsar Positioning System

OK, mind blowing: A scientist at the Observatoire de Paris basically invented GPS for interstellar travelers: Simply tune in the radio signals from four pulsars, crunch some numbers having to do with relativity (natch) and read your position within the galaxy—to within a meter.


Mobile

3′s HTC Magic Pricing Announced

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After this morning’s HTC Magic event, Vodafone announced the phone was launching on June 15 (without pricing), and now Three has said they’ll be releasing their version of the handset in mid June for free on a $99 cap plan.


Online

Wanna Know What Apple Employees Are Eating?

Pull up Safari on your iDevice, punch in menu.apple.com, and you’ll get a beautiful web app explaining what’s cooking at the Caffè Macs at five different Apple campuses. Tonight at Infinite Loop: grilled snapper and pork carnitas, plus vegetarian pizza for the Jobs wannabes. [Thanks Tomhut!]


Gadgets

Don’t Just Save A Baby, Save Six with the BabyScatt Evacuation Device

Intended for nurseries, hospitals and Angelina Jolie, the BabyScatt Evacuation Device is a cart that can safely hold six infants or four toddlers in case of an emergency.


Uncategorized

Vodafone’s Launching The HTC Magic On June 15

Although there’s still no word on pricing yet… [Vodafone]


Gadgets

Hand In Hand Clock Would Need Plenty of Wall Space

The Hand In Hand clock is a fully functional software creation, where the minute hand rotates on the end of the hour hand, and the second hand rotates on the end of the minute hand. It’s hard to read at first, but soon makes sense. The catch?