Thursday, September 10, 2009
Random Stuff
Evil Speeding Monkey Defeats The Evil Speeding Tickets
11:50PM 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]
Networks
Bird Beats Broadband! Pigeon Flies Faster Than South African DSL
11:33PM 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 »
Screens
JVC’s LT-32WX50 Is Insanely Thin, Insanelier Expensive
11:00PM 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 »
Screens
Who Has An Extra $US175,000 For A Cinema Quality Projector?
11:00PM 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
10:40PM 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 »
PlayStation Eye Research Paves Way For Auto Generated Avatars
10:40PM 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 »
Hardware
WD’s Ever-Smaller External Hard Drives Bring New Features
10:00PM 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 »
Robots
HAL Robo-Suit Exoskeleton Hits The Streets Of Tokyo
9:15PM 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 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 »
Design
Nintendo Wii Anatomy Art Is Pleasantly Twisted
4:45PM 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 »
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