Thursday, July 23, 2009
Vehicles
US Airways Getting In-Flight WiFi In 2010
11:40PM Adam Frucci | US Airways is the latest airline to hop on the in-flight WiFi train, signing up Gogo inflight internet service to its domestic A321 fleet for next year. More »
Science
When Things Go Wrong In Space
11:20PM Jesus Diaz | Astronaut Chris Cassidy is a space rookie. Yesterday he went on his first extra-vehicular activity in his first space mission, working to replace four aging batteries at the International Space Station. Until something in his suit went very wrong. More »
Peripherals
Wi-Fi MicroSD Card Makes Eye-Fi Look Obese
11:05PM John Herrman | Japanese phone king KDDI is showing off a MicroSD card with built-in Wi-Fi, sorta like those photo-uploading Eye-Fi cards everyone loves so much. Actually, they’re just like that, except, well, micro. More »
Entertainment
10:34PM Jesus Diaz | There’s no secret that we all love Tony Stark here in Gizmodo—the greatest tech hero and cocktail maker ever. Here’s a cool view of his new armours, at the San Diego Comic Con. [Follow Comic Con at io9] More »
Iron Man’s Many Faces
10:34PM Jesus Diaz | There’s no secret that we all love Tony Stark here in Gizmodo—the greatest tech hero and cocktail maker ever. Here’s a cool view of his new armours, at the San Diego Comic Con. [Follow Comic Con at io9] More »
Peripherals
Cambrionix 49-Port USB Hub Gives Your Expansive Novelty Thumb Drive Set A Home
10:28PM John Herrman | It’s a piece of industrial equipment, sure, but something about the Cambrionix Hub V2 is kind of fascinating. Consider this: With 49 500mAh ports, this USB hub needs its own ATX power supply. More »
Business
Chinese Police Take Over iPhone Suicide Investigation, Foxconn Security Official Suspended
9:39PM John Herrman | Foxconn has suspended a security official, and turned over its probe into a worker’s recent alleged suicide to police, who are currently investigating the possibility of murder. Reports say that 25-year-old Sun Danyong was subjected to brutal treatment—including beatings—by Foxconn security after a shipment of prototype iPhones turned up at Apple’s door one device short. More »
Screens
3:36PM Nick Broughall | The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) are having a big expo down in Darling Harbour at the moment, and Sony is using it to show off both their awesome OB vans, and a really cool 3D prototype display. More »
Sony Showing Off New 3D Display At SMPTE09
3:36PM Nick Broughall | The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) are having a big expo down in Darling Harbour at the moment, and Sony is using it to show off both their awesome OB vans, and a really cool 3D prototype display. More »
Peripherals
Hamburger USB Drive Marketers Only Sort Of Understand USB
2:25PM Dan Nosowitz | We get the idea to have a girl “eating” the plastic hamburger-shaped USB drive—it looks like food, ha ha. But then, why Photoshop a USB port into her mouth? Do these people understand either USB or food? [Crunchgear] More »
Vehicles
1:34PM Nick Broughall | From the outside, it looks like a regular truck: Your typical Isuzu chassis with a van on the back. If you drove past it on the road, you’d barely notice it. But when you step inside, it’s a wonderland of dials, knobs, screens and buttons – a technological nerdgasm – and it’s what makes your coverage of live sports events so entertaining. And yesterday at SMPTE09, I got to take a look inside two custom trucks built especially for Thoroughbred Racing Productions (TRP). More »
How Live HD TV Is Made: A Look Inside Sony’s Outside Broadcast Vans
1:34PM Nick Broughall | From the outside, it looks like a regular truck: Your typical Isuzu chassis with a van on the back. If you drove past it on the road, you’d barely notice it. But when you step inside, it’s a wonderland of dials, knobs, screens and buttons – a technological nerdgasm – and it’s what makes your coverage of live sports events so entertaining. And yesterday at SMPTE09, I got to take a look inside two custom trucks built especially for Thoroughbred Racing Productions (TRP). More »
Gadgets
