australia
Design
I’ve Always Wanted To Live In A Stealth Plane
8:20AM Jesus Diaz | The Klein Bottle House. According to the World Architecture Festival Awards, it’s the best home of 2009. F-117 pilots, dorky Tron fanboys and aliens all through the galaxy would agree. I’m in one of those categories. More »
Games
Whole Baby Wiimote Confirms I’m Trapped In Bizarro World
12:40AM Mark Wilson | I’d suspected so for years, but this baby doll Wiimote add-on proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that something is just not right with this Earth. More »
Gadgets
Apple Pitches Tablet To Australian Media
12:26AM Rosa Golijan | There’s excitement that Apple is in talks with Australian media companies to get content for a touchscreen reader-style product. It’s not news to us, but at least there’s a laugh in the size details given for the mystery device… More »
Cameras
Video: Extreme Hang Gliding With The Nikon D300s
2:25AM Danny Allen | This isn’t the first time Nikon has teamed up with sports photographers to showcase the D300s‘ new 720p video capabilities, but this footage of the world’s top hang glider surfing Australia’s mysterious “Morning Glory” wave-cloud phenomenon, is just as spectacular. More »
Gadgets
Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post
2:00PM Wilson Rothman | Baby Gets Hit By Train, Strolls Away…There’s a Hole In My Heart That Can Only Be Filled By—Stem Cells?…Beware Bobbies Bearing BlackBerries…Science Figures Out Why We Break Out Bubbly More »
Design
No Cars Allowed On The Eco-Friendly Kurilpa Bridge
4:00PM Rosa Golijan | At 470m, the Kurilpa Bridge in Brisbane is one of the longest footbridges of its kind and so eco-friendly that it generates more energy than it uses for its lighting system. Oh, and it’s kinda pretty. More »
Business
Deja Vu: Apple Sues Someone Because Their Logo Looks Like Fruit
10:00AM Jack Loftus | As part of a legal manoeuvre worthy of Monster Cable, Apple has set its lawyers on Australia’s largest supermarket chain because their new logo is a little tad too similar to their own. More »
Random Stuff
Vegemite iSnack 2.0 Is The Future Of Disgusting Australian Spreads
11:00AM Adam Frucci | It takes a lot to get Australians riled up, as they’re all descendants of violent criminals (just ask Giz’s Danny Allen, whose grandparents murdered a Prime Minister). But a new version of Vegemite called iSnack 2.0? Get the pitchforks! More »
Random Stuff
11:00AM Danny Allen | I woke up Wednesday, to a scene from Total Recall. Sydney had been blanketed by an apocalyptic glowing red dust storm. Red from iron-oxide: rust. And if I couldn’t breathe, my tech gear wouldn’t like this either… More »
Waking Up On Mars: Australia’s Bizarre Dust Storm
11:00AM Danny Allen | I woke up Wednesday, to a scene from Total Recall. Sydney had been blanketed by an apocalyptic glowing red dust storm. Red from iron-oxide: rust. And if I couldn’t breathe, my tech gear wouldn’t like this either… More »
Random Stuff
