Thursday, June 11, 2009 - Page 2
Gaming

Project Natal Tested Live On Jimmy Fallon (Spoiler: It Works)

Canned videos and secondhand accounts can only tell us so much about Project Natal; it’s really the kind of product you want to see for yourself. Microsoft’s Kudo Tsunado went on Jimmy Fallon last night to give us a look.


Gadgets

Floating Garden Freshwater Aquarium Concept Uses 100% Vegetation Filtration To Keep Fish Happy

If this aquarium doesn’t qualify as green innovation, then I don’t know what does. Because using a small garden to filter out nitrates from your freshwater fish tank is pretty damn eco-conscious.


Science

Scientists Discover Superconducting Material That’s Just Two Atoms Thick

University of Texas researchers stumbled upon a new superconducting metal that is the world’s thinnest at a mere two atoms—slightly thicker than a marathon runner by comparison.


Entertainment

Sony’s VidZone Music Video Channel Launches Tonight

Gizmodo AU

I was excited by VidZone when it was announced because it seemed like the precursor to true video on demand for the PS3. And now it’s here.


Cameras

Man’s 17 Years Of Hair Loss In One Time-Lapse Video

Gizmodo AU

Every day for the past 17 years, Dan Hanna has taken two photos of himself with a custom-built rig and a couple of Ricoh film cameras. Now you can watch the video.


Software

Star Radio Communicator IPhone App Is NOTHING like Star Trek

Sure the Star Radio Communicator iPhone app looks kinda like that other communicator—you know, retro-futuristic design, flip door, 3 button layout—but last time I checked, Captain K’s communicator absolutely did not make calls on Earth’s phone system.


Cameras

Lego Now Making Gadgets, Including A Stop Motion Video Camera

No longer content to just have their notorious bricks serve as props, Lego are using their bricks for actual gadgets, including a digital camera, MP3 player, boombox, walkie-talkie and—my personal favourite-a stop motion video camera.


Uncategorized

Mystery Solved: This Is Where R2-D2 Is In Star Trek

The mystery is over. After all, R2-D2 wasn’t the astromech calculating the warp trajectories for the Enterprise. Here you have the exact location of the cameo—and the capture showing it:


Gadgets

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

Here’s the stuff that we didn’t post today. (Until now, obviously.)


Reversible Econo Keyboard Has Keys, Trackpad On Opposite Sides

Econo-keys is a compact, reversible gadget that has a full QWERTY keyboard on one side, and a built-in trackpad with buttons on the other.