Saturday, March 13, 2010

Geek Out

This Power Strip Has An Entire Miniature City On It

2:00PM March 13, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

As part of a graduate show at the Kyoto University of Art and Design, students built miniature cities out of common household objects—including this power strip. They’re just missing mini-people. [Spoon Tamago via Crib Candy via Boing Boing] More »


Software

By Your Accelerometers Combined, I Am Quake Catcher!

1:20PM March 13, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

What if computers could be turned into a worldwide earthquake detecting network? With the Quake Catcher software and your laptop’s built-in accelerometer, that might just be possible. More »


Friday Night Funnies: Eight Images To Close Out The Week

12:40PM March 13, 2010 | Lunchbreath

It’s been a long week and we could use a laugh. We’ve already started worrying about taxes and pre-ordering iPads, among other stresses. To sum it all up, here are some illustrations from a cartoon maestro called Lunchbreath. More »


Science

R/C Helicopters + Petri Dish + Flying Whale Snot = Science

12:39PM March 13, 2010 | Brian Lam

Instead of harpooning a whale for samples, wouldn’t it be easier to just collect their snot using an R/C helicopter? More »


Software

The Week’s Best iPhone Apps

11:00AM March 13, 2010 | John Herrman

In this week’s bipolar app roundup: Foursquare, squared! Videos, easily streamed! Street Fighter fans’ high standards, met! Twitter apps, set free! Your entire life, documented! Your every plan, shared! And more… More »


The Whole Cosmos Seems To Live In This Furry, Glowy Pillow

10:40AM March 13, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Maybe the whole cosmos isn’t in this pillow, but the LEDs hidden in a zippered compartment and causing these glowing, swirling patterns sure do give the illusion that it is. More »


Cash-and-Stock Bonus For Babysitting Apple While Steve Jobs Was Sick? $US22m

10:26AM March 13, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

First Apple COO Tim Cook received $US12.3 million in stock for watching the company while Steve Jobs was on sick leave and now he’s receiving an additional cash-and-stock bonus worth $US22 million. More »


Software

Oh MGD 64 iPhone App, Guide Me To A Healthier Lifestyle!

10:00AM March 13, 2010 | Mark Wilson

I don’t know about you, but I used to be the case a day type. You know, pick up a 24-pack in the morning, sort my cardboard and aluminium recycling in the evening. Then, one app changed my life. More »


Gadgets

Non-Enclosed 3D Printer Can Build Houses

9:20AM March 13, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Normally they’re contained in a box, so the fact that this 3D printer isn’t confined means it’s theoretically capable of building much larger objects that most. In fact, the owner wants to build a cathedral with it. More »


Online

Slacker Radio Planning On-Demand Music Service

8:55AM March 13, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Wired is reporting that Slacker Radio has secretly been prepping an on-demand music subscription service that will give users unprecedented control over streaming radio. More »