Friday, July 24, 2009

Robot Baseball Players To Necessitate Man’s Fusion With Rhinoceros

11:40PM July 24, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Unless you’re Mark Buehrle, it’s nearly impossible for humans to play a perfect game of baseball. But for robots, feats like batting 1000 are already a reality. More »


SteelSeries Xai Gaming Mouse Is HD, Whatever That Means

11:20PM July 24, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Did you know it was gaming mouse season? It’s the time of year when they come out of their Cheeto-packed burrows to mate. SteelSeries’ Xai’s mating call is its “high definition” sensor. More »


Dad Builds Imperial Walker Bed For Himself His Son

10:50PM July 24, 2009 | Mark Wilson

So one father of the year built a Star Wars Imperial Walker for his son. The catch? That’s actually daddy kneeling to pose as Darth Vader in the shot—we’re betting. [Instructables via Nowhere Else] More »


Science

What Is This?

10:33PM July 24, 2009 | John Herrman

You’d be forgiven for thinking this is digital age command centre, where generals direct scores of experimental drones with waving fingertips, holo-conference with the President and shield the world from terrifying threats unseen. In reality, it’s probably older than you are. More »


Computing

Maingear EX-L 18: World’s Fastest Laptop With A Tramp Stamp

10:08PM July 24, 2009 | Mark Wilson

I don’t know that anyone is going to double check Maingear’s claims that their eX-L 18 laptop is the world’s quickest. But if the glowing lower back tattoo is any indication, it’s as “fast” as any Dell I’ve met. More »


Mobile

Garmin Neverfone Nuvifone G60 Ships Next Week To Someone

9:31PM July 24, 2009 | John Herrman

Garmin, which has been fairly frank about how totally, like, hard it is to make a new smartphone, has finally announced they’ll be shipping the Nuvifone S60 to Taiwan on the 27th. It only took the—wait, 19 months? More »


Entertainment

You’ve Never Seen The Matrix Like This

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4:00PM July 24, 2009 | Nick Broughall

I have no idea whether this clip of a Bollywood adaption of The Matrix is real. I have no idea whether it’s actually part of an Indian version of the film, or just some clip that wound up on YouTube. But dear god it’s addictive. Like heroin laced candybars. More »


News

Last Week To Enter Our iWorld Comp For a Free iPhone 3GS or BlackBerry Curve

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2:30PM July 24, 2009 | Nick Broughall

Next Friday, entries will close for our iWorld iPhone 3GS / Blackberry Curve competition. Do you really want to miss out on account that you never got around to entering? More »


Science

A Centrifuge Spin Cycle A Day Keeps The Muscle Loss Away, In Space

2:30PM July 24, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Experiments are showing that muscle loss caused by prolonged periods spent in zero gravity could be prevented (or at least lessened) by daily spins in a centrifuge. Just thinking about this makes me nauseous, so there goes being an astronaut. More »


Computing

Nvidia’s Tegra-Based Netbook Christened “Firefly”

2:00PM July 24, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Nvidia seems to be shopping around a teeny netbook running the company’s Tegra ARM chipset and, of all things, Windows CE. It looks very barebones, since Tegra is really meant for smartphones, and nobody seems too thrilled with it. More »