In a run-down area of Vancouver, artist Isabelle Hayeur drew attention to the various issues plaguing abandoned buildings (such as homelessness, drug use and prostitution). She played 15 minute videos of fire, projecting them to the outside world. [DesignBoom] More »
Like a personal SAD light that wakes you up in the mornings with “natural” light, the Lumi Mask can be programmed with the wake-up time in evenings. 30 minutes prior to that time in the morning, it begins glowing softly. More »
At CES next week, LG plans on announcing the Smart TV Upgrader, but they’ve given us a sneak-preview today. What does it do? Basically, the add-on upgrades non-”smart” TV sets with DLNA, apps, plus a web browser. More »
The highly anticipated annual mashup of all the year’s poppiest songs is here: DJ Earworm’s United States of Pop. It’s a skillful collection of all the songs that you loved and loved to hate in 2010. More »
Just near “Badarad Britcolony” in India, Hostel Microsoft is opening up this weekend. Expect bars of soap carved in the shape of Windows logos, and nothing but clouds to byte at the included breakfast. [DeveloperPanda via TechCrunch] More »
Mayhem. That’s what you get. Modder “Goteking” hollowed out a Game Boy, and stuck a HTC Aria in, to peek through the Game Boy’s screen. Not to mention a fake white iPhone 4 for the back. Why? Err… More »
Firefox isn’t the only browser for power users anymore, but that didn’t stop it from having a great year of updates, extensions, and tweaks in 2010. Here’s a look back at the most popular Firefox extensions and posts. More »
Windows Phone 7 now has just over 5,000 titles (5,149 to be exact) in their 2 month old marketplace. That’s the same number as Palm’s 1.5 year old webOS store. More »
Yes-oh-yes! The Skype iPhone app now finally offers video calling—over Wi-Fi and 3G. You can now make calls to and from various iOS devices as well as desktops. More »
