Saturday, February 20, 2010

The Secret Sex Lives Of Robots

3:20PM February 20, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

I’ve always thought that even robots secretly have active sex lives, but this shirt shows just how dirty those piles of metal and screws can be after the kiddies go to bed. More »

Mobile

Winter Weather May Trigger Your iPhone’s Moisture Indicator

3:00PM February 20, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Your iPhone’s specs explain that it should survive through temperatures from -20 to 45 C just fine. Good news? That appears to be true. Bad news? Cold temperatures may cause your iPhone’s moisture indicator to imply liquid damage. More »

The Opposite Of Photoshop

2:40PM February 20, 2010 | Brian Barrett

This is a lovely painting—except that it’s a photo. Of a person. In front of a set. It’s an amazing blend of photography, body paint, and modelling. And it makes me so thankful that Photoshop exists. More »

Cars

PSA: Don’t Hookah And Drive

2:00PM February 20, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Just a friendly reminder not to hookah and drive this weekend. Not because you’ll get in an accident. Because it looks suggestive. More »

The Empower Chair Makes You Work To Charge Your Phone

1:40PM February 20, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Ever struggle to find a free outlet while waiting around at an airport? I bet it would be far easier to get a quick charge if everyone had to work to get some electricity like with these concept rocking chairs. More »

Gaming

This Week’s Gaming Stories You Cannot Miss

1:20PM February 20, 2010 | Mark Wilson

Starcraft 2 is in beta and the impressions are rolling in. Aliens Vs Predator has been reviewed. And the next Civilization game has a new, hexagonal combat system. Prepare for an information injection of painful (OK, slightly discomforting) proportions. More »

Cameras

How Much Camera Gear Does An Olympics Photographer Have To Haul Up A Bigass Mountain?

12:40PM February 20, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

Well, if you’re sent by Getty Images, the standard issue kit contains: two Nikon D3ses, 24-70mm lens, 400mm lens, 500/600mm lens, 1.4x teleconverter, batteries and memory cards. And you get to haul all that up a mountain! More »

Gaming

Metal Gear Arcade Getting 3D Head-Tracking Glasses

12:20PM February 20, 2010 | Adam Frucci

Back at E3 last summer, Hideo Kojima announced Metal Gear Arcade, an arcade version of his tactical shooter. And now we’re getting our first peek of its crazy head-tracking 3D glasses. This is gonna be some arcade game. More »

Software

The Week’s Best iPhone Apps

11:00AM February 20, 2010 | John Herrman

In this week’s porn-free app roundup: Expensive instant messaging apps, humbled! Zombies, organically defeated! Enigmatic Japanese game developers, being enigmatic! The sun, closely monitored! And more… More »

Gadgets

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Photoshop Edition

10:59AM February 20, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

In today’s Remainders: a celebration. Photoshop turns 20 and reminds us why we love it with laser-eyed babies and an Earth with AT-ATs. We’ve also got possible iPad pre-orders, definite MobileMe and Chromium OS improvements, PMA bummers and more. More »