Thursday, February 25, 2010 - Page 2

WhiteOut Art Makes The Effects Of Static Electricity Seem Dreamy

This lady’s walking between panels of thermally bonded polypropylene filaments which I keep thinking are giant dryer sheets. Either way, her body’s static charge is all that’s required to make the panels jump apart.

Sharp Releases New LCD TVs – 3D Not Mentioned Anywhere

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This seems… weird. Sharp have just announced three new LED backlit LCD TVs. But despite the industry trend to shout out 3D at the top of their lungs as often as possible, none of these has 3D. Or IPTV. One of them does have in integrated Blu-ray player though…

Robots Making Your Food

This sushi-making robot, along with the Okonomiyaki robot and the omelet robot, aren’t new, but they are featured in this NYT story about chef robots to get you up to speed on machine-prepared cuisine.

AFACT Appeals iiNet Court Ruling

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This is disappointing, although not necessarily unexpected: AFACT has confirmed that they’ll be appealing the court’s decision to find in favour of iiNet in their copyright case.

Science

The Time Tesla Won A War

This was Nikola Tesla’s letterhead. It reminded us that along with the overlooked little things changing our lives, but let’s face it: We need the loud, filthy, slaughter-filled battles just as much. Like the dirty War of the Currents.

Auto-Rebuilding Dominoes Speed Up Dominoes By 1000%

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The best part about dominoes? Watching them fall down. The worst part? Setting them back up again. The Ouroborus Domino sculpture turns the worst part into the best part and makes me dizzy in the process.

Cameras

“I’m Not Taking Your Picture, Don’t Look At Meeeeeeee”

The Cloak camera bag, presented without comment. (Mostly.) [Cloakbags via Craziest Gadgets]

Cameras

Pentax W90 Rugged Camera Is A Little Tougher And Brighter

The W90 is Pentax’s solid successor to the W80. It’s got a new strap, LEDs around the lens for close illumination and is slightly more resistant, rated to 6m of water and 1.2m drops.

Evict Bacteria With The Cleankeys Touch Sensitive Keyboard

Did you know that your run of the mill keyboard is basically a gigantic apartment complex for bacteria? Gross, no? Thankfully there’s Cleankeys, a keyboard that bulldozes that shit and replaces it with a sleek, sterile touch-sensitive slab.

Mobile

Modu Modular Phone Now Available Through Mobicity

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Wow. If ever there was a concept product I thought was destined to become Vaporware, it would have been the Modu modular mobile phone. Even when it was rumoured to be hitting production, I still thought it would never see the light of day, let alone release in Australia. But I was wrong – Mobicity has become the official Australian distributor for the handset, and it’s available now.

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