Monday, August 10, 2009

Retro-Projection Urinal Lets You Pee Over Football Games

11:20PM August 10, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

A pub in Melbourne came up with what potentially could be the best and wrongest thing ever invented: A urinal with a retro projector, so you don’t miss a single second of a game when you have to pee. More »

Science

Wood Is The New Bone

10:53PM August 10, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Don’t let the hippies hear that wood may make a better artificial bone than titanium. We’ll never live it down. More »

Mobile

Bank To Let Customers Deposit Cheques With iPhone Photos

9:55PM August 10, 2009 | Danny Allen

Great ideas tend to make so much sense that you wonder why they took so long. Here’s another: USAA, a privately held bank/insurance company, is updating its iPhone app to let customers snap both sides of a cheque for deposits. More »

Computing

Toshiba Bites The Blu-ray Bullet, Laptops Coming Soon

9:15PM August 10, 2009 | Danny Allen

After killing off HD-DVD and suggesting it’ll probably, maybe, do something with Blu-ray, Toshiba has finally applied to join the Blu-ray Disc Association, and plans to launch set-top players and notebooks with BD drives “in the course of this year”. More »

Sony’s New S-Series Walkman Specs, Pricing Leaked

7:30PM August 10, 2009 | Danny Allen

Built-in speakers were obvious when we first glimpsed Sony’s updated S-Series, but thanks to French retailer Materiel, it looks like the 2.4-inch (QVGA) screen players will come sized 8GB or 16GB, and playback 42 hours of audio or 6.4 hours video. More »

Entertainment

Summer Reading Fun With Absinthe And Flamethrowers

6:00PM August 10, 2009 | Danny Allen

If you’ve ever wanted to make Absinthe, gunpowder, rockets, or even build a flamethrower, then Absinthe & Flamethrowers: Projects and Ruminations on the Art of Living Dangerously ($12), looks like some hazardous, but fascinating reading. [Amazon via Uncrate] More »

Computing

Sony Laptops Have Hardware Virtualisation Disabled

5:45PM August 10, 2009 | Danny Allen

A user backlash is brewing after Sony confirmed it deliberately disables hardware virtualisation (required to run Windows 7′s XP Mode) on all current Vaio laptops, due to security concerns. More »

Sanwa’s Waterproof IPhone Case Lets You Get Wet And Wild

4:15PM August 10, 2009 | Danny Allen

Leaving your iPhone pool or beach side while taking a dip can be a risky move, so a waterproof iPhone case seems like a smart idea. This one even has a special jack for use with waterproof headphones. More »

Gaming

Awesome Neo Geo Mini Arcade Cabinet Mod

3:30PM August 10, 2009 | Danny Allen

Pocket Lucho is well-known in modding circles for his work building cool mini-arcade cabinets using old game consoles. He’s spent the last five months perfecting an earlier Neo Geo cabinet design, and has now posted detailed info on the build. More »

Need To Fly A Military Drone? Yep, There’s An IPhone App For That

2:40PM August 10, 2009 | Danny Allen

MIT Professor Missy Cummings (a former F-18 Hornet Navy Pilot), and her team of 30 students and undergrads, have successfully demonstrated how an iPhone could be used to control an unmanned area vehicle, or UAV. More »