Most of the news about USB 3.0—the finalisation of the spec, the first drivers, the first controller—doesn’t tell us much about when we’ll actually get to see a product hit stores. The answer? According to Nikkei, before 2010.
WhereIs.com has been working with Melbourne University to add landmarks to their online database, so instead of being told to turn right at the roundabout, you can be instructed to turn right at the Post Office. This has the potential to get me excited by mapping again!
Mnemosyne’s $US10,000, 16GB USB drive is housed inside a puzzle that must be solved to physically get to the memory within. Apparently simple encryption is just too middle-class for anybody rich enough to afford this thing.
From the vaults of Brando comes this retro glowing vacuum tube that’s actually a little USB sound card.
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Interesting fact: The PR company who looks after HTC in Australia also looks after Linksys by Cisco. And because Cisco recently purchased mini camcorder maker Flip, at yesterday’s HTC launch, they were carrying around their own little Flip UltraHD. Which led me to wonder: does the Flip UltraHD excite you?
I like this NYTimes blog about happiness. Our relationship with our personal tech is complicated, but overall, do you think we’re better or worse off for being so addicted to our gadgetry?
This respirator mask design by Elijah Stillson is meant to have comfort AND function, ensuring that when a biological attack does hit, you won’t even notice that you’re wearing a mask. You will notice the dead bodies, however. [Yanko Design]
We’re big Guitar Hero/Rock Band fans, but buying a controller so that it can play the songs perfectly so that you don’t have to do anything? That’s taking it a bit too far.
