Cars

Bullet 580 Blimp Is The World’s Largest Airship – Which You Can Hire

Costing $US8 million, the Bullet 580 is the world’s largest blimp, measuring 71m long and 6m in diameter. Able to be flown remotely or with a crew, you could rent it – for over $US300,000 a month.


March 9, 2010
Computing

See HP Slate. See HP Slate Run Flash.

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Adobe’s got a video out that proves the HP Slate can run Flash and AIR just fine, thankyouverymuch. To which we say: No kidding! It’s a Windows 7 device. What’s of some concern might be HP’s own marketing clip:


March 5, 2010
Computing

Apple Patents Using USB Ports As Air Vents For Cooling

AppleInsider found four cooling-related patents by Apple that might be used in future MacBooks in order to better keep temperatures from getting absurd as performance increases. The most interesting is the one that uses USB/Firewire ports as vents.


February 17, 2010
Entertainment

What Wired Will Look Like On The iPad

Over the last several months, Wired has been reimagined with depth and motion for tablets in a new digital product called Wired Reader. Here’s a demo of the experience, and it’s a definite feast for the eyes.


February 15, 2010
Software

Adobe AIR For Smartphones Wants To Rule All Platforms

Adobe’s launching AIR, its cross-platform runtime, for smartphones. Why’s that a big deal? It theoretically means developers can write an app once, and it’ll work on tons of OSes – at least any that support AIR. Oh, and the iPhone.


December 31, 2009
Computing

Reinventing The MacBook Air

How will Apple redesign the ultraslim, seminal MacBook Air that launched dozens of me-too ultraportable laptops? Only Apple knows. But here are some gratuitous musings anyway.


November 18, 2009
Entertainment

Flash 10.1 Tests: Hardware Accelerated HD Video? Yes Please

The first Flash 10.1 desktop player beta has arrived, and AnandTech has put the new GPU-accelerated video playback to the test. And while the OS X version currently lacks graphics acceleration, Flash 10.1 still serves up improvements on the Mac.


November 3, 2009

The Living Light Sculpture

The Living Light Sculpture looks like a giant metal flower, or a man-made approximation of a jungle canopy with artificial sunlight coming down through its branches. It’s actually a digital map sculpture reporting air quality in Seoul, Korea.


September 18, 2009
Software

Air iPhone App ‘Like Music For Airports Made Endless’

Bloom, Brian Eno’s first iPhone App, is still one of the best and most inventive apps in the store, so I’m pretty excited about Air, the followup.


June 27, 2009
Computing

Is The New Macbook Air Actually Slower Than The Last One?

Sluggishness was a consistent gripe with two prior versions of the MacBook Air, especially compared to the rest of the MacBook line. The latest version has speedier processor options, but according to recent benchmarks, might have gotten slower. Huh?