Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Science

In Space, Even Sharp’s Solar Cells Can Generate Energy

11:04PM December 23, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

Sharp’s made no secret of its interest in solar cell technology, but finally they’ve shown off the fruit of their efforts, the first solar cell capable of surviving in space. More »


Give Your Kid An Inflated Ego With The Ultimate Boy-Racer Stroller

11:00PM December 23, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

You just know that the kid who gets pushed around in this stroller will grow up to become a boy-racer. At $US2000, it’s almost karma for the parents who decided buying a Roddler was a good idea. More »


Cameras

Mind Blowing Video Of The Canon 1D Mark IV

10:27PM December 23, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Mob Condom Protects 230 People From STDs

10:12PM December 23, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Did you think the giant bed condom was the biggest condom in the planet? Wrong! Those Italians have made one for the biggest salami on Earth, one that can fit 230 people at the same time: The Mob Condom. More »


Cars

Boeing 737 Splits In Two At Landing

9:58PM December 23, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Details are unclear at this time, but an American Airlines’ Boeing 737-800 plane split in two, overrunning the runway at Jamaica’s Norman Manley International Airport, in Kingston. One of the passengers’ description is frightening. More »


Show The World What You’re Drinking, With The Cipher Drinking Glass

9:20PM December 23, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

Remember those plastic glasses we had as kids, which changed colour if liquid was inside? You’d quite often get them for 99c with a kid’s meal at a fast food chain. These are the next (grown-up) step in the evolution. More »


Computing

Multitouch ASUS Eee Pad Tablet With Tegra Chip On Sale In March?

9:10PM December 23, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

That Eee Pad we heard about earlier in the month has just been given another rinse through the gossip washing machine, with details about a multitouch, Tegra chipped 4 – 7-inch model breaking cover in March. More »


Mobile

Next-Generation iPhone May Have 5MP Camera, Sources Claim

9:06PM December 23, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Digitimes’ patchy sources are claiming that OmniVision Technologies – the current manufacturers of the iPhone 3GS’ 3.2-megapixel CMOS image sensor – has won a new contract with Apple to provide the Cupertino company with new sensors for the next-generation 2010 iPhone. More »


Gadgets

Kids On Dial-Up Internet, 9/11, Britney Spears And “Old Things”

9:00PM December 23, 2009 | Anna Jane Grossman

What does it mean to have been born in 2000? In a video that went viral earlier this month, Allison Louie-Garcia interviews nine-year-olds who can’t hum a Britney Spears song and learned about 9/11 from a library book. More »


Online

What Is This?

8:44PM December 23, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

It was bound to happen sooner or later: Here’s an inter-dimensional spaceship, breaking through the planet Xkyrzee 3, finally caught in Google’s Street View. At least, that’s what I believe it is. More »