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Science
Earth’s Weather Like You Have Never Seen It Before
2:20PM Jesus Diaz
This video shows Earth’s weather from August 17-26, 2009. It also shows how beautiful this planet is and how insignificant we are. It was created at a 7km resolution with NASA’s GEOS-5 atmospheric general circulation model. More »
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Spectacular Meteor Lights Up The Utah Skies
11:20AM Adam Frucci | If you were hanging out outside in Utah on Wednesday night, chances are good that you witnessed a pretty rare astronomic event: a friggin’ huge meteor that lit up the entire sky. More »
Random Stuff
Creating A Tornado Inside A Soap Bubble
9:00AM Adam Frucci | I’m not quite sure what exactly is going on here, me being somewhat of a dullard and all, but I do know one thing: this there is one neat video. More »
Computers
7:00AM Mark Wilson | The Camangi WebStation has been floating around for a few months now in little more than proof-of-concept form. Now, it’s on the cusp of being a real product, releasing in the US next month for $US400. More »
Camangi WebStation: 7 Inches Of Android Tablet
7:00AM Mark Wilson | The Camangi WebStation has been floating around for a few months now in little more than proof-of-concept form. Now, it’s on the cusp of being a real product, releasing in the US next month for $US400. More »
Weapons
Pistol-Rifle Converter Lets Your Pistol Dream Rifle Dreams
5:00AM Apoorva Prasad | Yes, believe it or not, this Pistol-Rifle system, which I spotted at Milipol 2009, converts any standard pistol into an assault rifle. Gimmicky? Mostly. More »
Software
Sometimes, Dreams Come True
3:40AM Jesus Diaz | In 2007 I whined and whined asking for an iPhone Software Developer’s Kit. Back then I asked for five apps. It took two years, but today I’ve got them all. The last one just came in yesterday. More »
Screens
Video: Sony’s Massive 280-inch (711cm) 3D LED Display
11:34PM Danny Allen | Similar to Mitsubishi’s 155-inch OLED screen, Sony’s huge display is made of individual panels (70 smaller LED screens in this case) and is designed for outdoor marketing. You know, because we all carry around polarised glasses, right? More »
Games
This Bulldog Is Better At Tony Hawk Than You
1:40PM Adam Frucci | Tony Hawk Ride comes with a skateboard controller. You know what that means: dogs playing video games. What’s amazing about this video is just how good this dog is. Impressive! More »
Robots
8:30AM Kyle VanHemert | Gadgets are overwhelmingly concerned with immediacy and functionality, but a production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Texas A&M University reminds us that technology, when applied creatively, can be timeless and transcendent. More »
Fly Away
8:30AM Kyle VanHemert | Gadgets are overwhelmingly concerned with immediacy and functionality, but a production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Texas A&M University reminds us that technology, when applied creatively, can be timeless and transcendent. More »
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