branding

Phones

HTC Hero “Sense” UI Officially Coming To The Magic

12:03PM John Herrman | The HTC Magic is getting an official update to the Hero’s wonderful “Sense” UI, but there’s a catch: the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G, which is basically the same freakin’ phone, probably won’t get the update, for lame licensing reasons. More »
Gadgets

Retromodo: ‘Sun Lamp Held In Hand Brands Babies’

10:00AM Jason Chen | Medgadget found this 1938 issue of Popular Science with a really, really fun baby branding gadget designed to make sure hospital mixups were a thing of the past. Did it work? Oh, I’m sure it did. Did it eliminate hospital baby mixups? No, because somebody somewhere along the line thought it was a bad idea. We say bring this back! I don’t want to raise some dirty stranger’s baby for five years before I discover that he or she is not mine. [Medgadget] More »
Gadgets

Guy Uses Laser-Etch Machine to Tattoo Himself (Verdict: Flaming Nutcase)

9:50PM Gizmodo US Edition | See that robot there? It’s burned by a laser-etch machine. On genyoowine human skin. Ohoho yes: that sent an icky feeling up your spine didn’t it? If it didn’t, then it should have. Try looking through the gallery, and then watch the video of a skin-etch in action, and that should do the trick… More »