Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - Page 2

Beautiful Colander Table Makes Objects Appear To Float

I’m in love with the colander table by Daniel Rohr, a desk made out of a single piece of polished aluminium, a block that weighs 408kg before it’s carved using CNC milling. The making of video is absolutely hypnotising.


Cameras

World’s First USB 3.0 Webcam Streams 1080p Video

Point Grey demonstrated a new webcam using USB 3.0 that yields totally uncompressed video in 1080p at 60fps. It’s definitely the sharpest webcam image I’ve ever seen, giving crystal-clear picture even on the huge 42-inch demo monitor. It’s pretty stunning.


Gadgets

Remainders — Things We Didn’t Post

Bing Actually Stealing Google Market Share…Next-Gen Robotic Panda Will Sing Songs, Shoot Guns, Be “Attracted to Humans”…Linus Calls Linux Fat…Palm Cries to USB Forum About Apple and iTunes, Gets Nowhere…


Software

Ti’s $18 Calculator iPhone App No Threat To Real Calculators

The hallowed Texas Instruments BA II Plus financial calculator, selling for $US30 at Walmart, is now a reasonably identical iPhone app, selling for AU$18. But TI says that fears of cheating will keep standalone calcs selling for years to come.


Online

Exposing Government Security Holes Costs Guy $US700,000

Gary McKinnon hacked into 97 military computers searching for UFO secrets and now he’s liable for $US700,000 in security checks that were done afterward. As some say, why should he pay for a lock if the door was open?


Computing

NETGEAR Pimps Stora NAS With Easy Web Sharing

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NETGEAR, purveryors of quality Network Attached Storage devices, has announced NETGEAR Stora for the Australian market. Setting it apart from other NAS products is it has been designed to not only make home media sharing a snap but to send your fun stuff over the web, too. But you’ll have to wait a few weeks to get your paws on it.


Computing

Protection From Drive-By Looting

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There can be few greater delights in life for the mobile operator than taking their laptop out for a coffee. It’s like: “Hey, get me. I’m editing Oz Gizmodo from a Hudsons! Cool!”


What Should You Do With Fingers That Won’t Stop Drumming?

As an obsessive compulsive gum-chewer, I never thought to make art of my annoying habit like Nik Ramage. He built a mechanical copy of his hand, which drums its fingers without cessation. Anyone imagining a use for this thing?


Computing

Intel’s Four-Screen Laptop Suggests Superior Procrastinating

Playing with Intel’s monster four-screened concept laptop, you use gestures to select media (online or local) and fiddle with widgets developed for it with an SDK (calculator, IM). This will either be really great or totally horrible for productivity.


News

Win! One Of Five Copies Of Fringe Season 1 On Blu-ray

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JJ Abrams latest geek-friendly TV show, Fringe has just been released on Blu-ray. We’ve got five copies of the hit show to give away this week.