Thursday, September 10, 2009

Geek Out

Evil Speeding Monkey Defeats The Evil Speeding Tickets

11:50PM September 10, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Another idiot roams the world in his speeding car. The world being the squarish state of Arizona. This guy has avoided 37 tickets totalling $US6700 using a monkey mask. Still, not a match to Animal in Germany. [Thanks gitemstevedave]

Bird Beats Broadband! Pigeon Flies Faster Than South African DSL

11:33PM September 10, 2009 | Joanna Stern

South Africa’s broadband has got to be feeling pretty ill-equipped today considering a real, wing-flapping pigeon beat its transfer speeds. No really, a company found out that sending a bird with a 4GB USB drive was faster than uploading. More »

JVC’s LT-32WX50 Is Insanely Thin, Insanelier Expensive

11:00PM September 10, 2009 | Mark Wilson

I’m not sure you could ever call a 32-inch monitor portable, but if you could, the JVC LT-32WX50 fits the bill. Aside from the LCD’s 6.4mm depth, the display weighs but 5.7kg. More »

Who Has An Extra $US175,000 For A Cinema Quality Projector?

11:00PM September 10, 2009 | Mark Wilson

We know, we know. You don’t think the bank will support your $US175,000 “projector mortgage” request. But JVC’s highest end 4K projector isn’t going to buy itself. More »

Gadgets

PlayStation Eye Research Paves Way For Auto Generated Avatars

10:40PM September 10, 2009 | Danny Allen

Sony Labs has demoed some advanced facial recognition that it’s researching for the PlayStation Eye. The system determines gender, knows where you’re facing, and even tracks mouth movement. And eventually, the tech will make its way into new PS3 games. More »

WD’s Ever-Smaller External Hard Drives Bring New Features

10:00PM September 10, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Western Digital’s new line of hard drives have the expected upgrades (higher capacity, smaller size) but also feature tough-as-nails hardware security and incremental backups. More »

HAL Robo-Suit Exoskeleton Hits The Streets Of Tokyo

9:15PM September 10, 2009 | Danny Allen

Remember that HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) exoskeleton from the real-life Cyberdyne? Ahead of plans to rent the suit to those with mobility issues (or Iron Man fantasies), it’s now being tested on the streets of Tokyo. Here’s the video. More »

Software

Rhapsody Music Streaming iPhone App Gets Approved

5:50PM September 10, 2009 | Danny Allen

Though it can’t cache songs like the recently-approved Spotify, Rhapsody’s app is available in the US only, and lets $US15-a-month Rhapsody To Go subscribers stream unlimited tracks over Wi-Fi, 3G or Edge. It’s also free to try for a week. More »

Nintendo Wii Anatomy Art Is Pleasantly Twisted

4:45PM September 10, 2009 | Danny Allen

Created for a project that would encourage doctors to use the Wii for patient rehabilitation, these illustrations are like something David Cronenberg would dream up, and remind me of those spooky Lego Minifig anatomy renders. More »

Geek Out

Oops! Did Someone Forget Something?

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3:45PM September 10, 2009 | Nick Broughall

I don’t know what’s worse – that someone forgot to stick in a memory card, or that this sign has been displaying the words “Insert Memory Card” for at least two full days.

[Thanks Damo!]