Saturday, May 30, 2009
Design
Spaceship Wrecks Are So Much Worse Than Car Crashes
12:30PM Matt Buchanan | I’ve survived a 160kph car crash—the floating shrapnel confetti that used to be Federation’s armada shows no one survives space wrecks. You can see more stunning concept art James Clyne did for Star Trek, The Fountain and Minority Report and more at his site: [James Clyne via io9] More »
Design
Share Aware Lamps: The Greenest Way to Pick Fights at Home
12:00PM Wilson Rothman | Here’s one way to raise energy consciousness: Share Aware lights are connected to each other by radio, and share a finite amount of energy. When you make one brighter, the others get proportionately dimmer, but dim yours, and the rest get brighter. I can’t see any problem with that. More »
Random Stuff
Now Just What In the Hell Is Going On Here
11:30AM Adam Frucci | Seriously, can someone explain it to me? Because I, for one, am at a loss. [FailBlog] More »
Gadgets
Android Meets Energy Shows Why Android Will Be Powering Way More Than Just Phones
11:00AM Matt Buchanan | A lot of Android’s potential has nothing to do with phones—it’s running little gadgets. For starters, Moto Labs (not that one) put Android on aBeagleBoard, mashed that into a soup with a wireless cam and Flickr feed to monitor power usage from a custom Google Gadget. [Moto] More »
Gadgets
Heated Mosquito Bite Itch Relief Gadget Makes Scratching Obsolete
10:30AM Sean Fallon | If mosquitoes find you delicious, this gadget can help you find relief. Apparently, holding its heat source over the bite “helps neutralise the insect-injected proteins that cause itching and swelling.” More »
Vehicles
20 Twisted Bikes That Are An Affront To Good Design
10:00AM Sean Fallon | Late last year I put together a list of completely insane bikes that no one should ever ride. Matador life has put together a similar list, but filled it with more artsy and chopper-inspired designs. More »
Games
Wireless Xbox 360 Controllers on the Way From Mad Catz
9:40AM Matt Buchanan | Mad Catz has somehow snagged one of those mythical deals with Microsoft that allow it to make “specialty” wireless controllers for the Xbox 360 (think FightPad and FightStick). No small feat, so god knows how many babies they signed over for Ballmer to eat. [MTV] More »
Software
Windows 7 Kills Snow Leopard and Eats It
9:20AM Jesus Diaz | OK people, it’s over. Clearly, Windows 7 will kill and eat Snow Leopard. Apparently, people don’t give a damn about the kitten, but are drooling over Steve B’s beast. At least, that’s what Google Trends says: More »
Software
Page’s Law: Why Your Computer Runs Like Crap After 18 Months
9:00AM Matt Buchanan | That’s Page as in Larry Page, of Google. His law is the inverse of the Moore’s Law: Software gets twice as slow every 18 months.
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