Sunday, December 5, 2010 - Page 2
Cars

An Airship Probably Shouldn’t Look Like This, Right?

This classic image of the USS Los Angeles shows what would happen when a gust of wind caught the backend of a moored airship. It could literally turn a 1,055m big blimp vertical. Amazingly, no one was hurt.

Dream Home: A Converted Firehouse With A Fire Pole

If you were anything like me growing up, you dreamt about living in a firehouse just so you could have a fire pole to slide down. This San Francisco townhouse is the house I dreamt about. I’m so moving here.

Online

Is The Internet Sustainable When Everyone On Earth Uses Over 3 Gigabytes Of Data Per Day?

As the internet gets more data intensive—the cloud, streaming media, etc.—how much data will we use in the future? A computer scientist crunched the numbers and came up with 3 gigabytes of data per day. Is that sustainable?

November 5, 2010
Computing

Pulitzer Prize Winning Author’s Take On The First Computer

The first computer was the ENIAC, right? Wait, no? If you’re ready to be schooled – by Pulitzer winning A Thousand Acres author Jane Smiley, no less – check out this Wired interview that gives credit where it’s due: Iowa.

Software

Mix Up To Four Songs Together With The Numark iDJ App

It may cost $13, but Numark’s reputation allows them to get away with it. Mix up to four songs for your iPad, with the app beat-matching for you. Then, create playlists of all your mixes, and dance. [iTunes via Recombu]

Another Foxconn Employee Has Jumped To Death Today

Today, another Foxconn employee leapt to his/her death from a Shenzhen window, despite the safety nets they erected several months ago – something our own Joel Johnson saw himself on his visit there last week. [Reuters]

Gaming

1000-Song Rock Band Marathon Live-Streaming For Charity Now

Bless the RSI-ridden hands of the Clan of the Gray Wolf, who are live-streaming their second annual Rock Band marathon, where they play 1000 songs straight. 17 hours in (at time of writing) and they’ve played 250 songs.

If Alessi Made Mobile Phones…

They’d look something like this. The fun homewares brand teamed up with Japanese designer iida, along with Stefano Giovannoni, Marcel Wanders and Patricia Urquiola, to re-imagine the mobile phone in ways not seen before. They’re quirky, but pretty cute.

Mobile

Dell: ‘We’re Kicking [BlackBerry] Out’

Kicking a boot into RIM’s side, Dell’s announced all 25,000 employees will be given Dell Venue Pros running WP7 in exchange for their BlackBerrys, but they’re also offering a new service to their clients for help switching from BlackBerry.

Online

Google Instant Hits Android And iPhones In US

Several Android phones started showing Google Instant early, but Google’s made the addition official, writing on its blog that a beta version has hit (or is hitting) “most iPhone and Android devices in the US”. Basically, that’s Androids running Froyo, and iOS 4 devices.

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