contests
Robots
Create The Ultimate Bionic Human Upgrades
3:00AM Adam Frucci | In the not-too-distant future, we’ll be able to upgrade our bodies with real hardware. But what exactly do you want grafted onto your body? The world is your nanomachine-powered oyster! More »
Science
LaserMotive First To Win NASA’s $US900,000 Space Elevator Prize
11:20AM Sean Fallon | LaserMotive’s photovoltaic-powered machine became the first in the three-year history of NASA’s space elevator contest to climb a 900m-long ribbon, securing a prize of $US900,000. However, they fell short of the $US2 million grand prize. More »
Design
Cardboard iPhone Case Illustrating Contest
6:20PM Dan Nosowitz | Case-Mate released a $US0.99 cardboard iPhone case as a tongue-in-cheek, recession-appropriate gesture — and people bought them, drew on them, and now they’ve got a contest to see whose creation is best. More »
Gadgets
Your Views Inside The Workings Of Our Gadgets
10:00AM Adam Frucci | For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to show us how your gadgets really work. We all know there’s something fishy that makes everything run, and it turns out that thing involves Chuck Norris and animals making shadow puppets. More »
Random Stuff
Shooting Challenge: Fast Food
6:20AM Mark Wilson | Jason Chen’s experience with the Windows 7 burger was an inspiration to us all. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, I want to see the fast “food” that you eat — be it gorgeous or grotesque. More »
Online
DARPA Challenge: Find 10 Red Weather Balloons, Win $US40,000
12:11AM Danny Allen | To celebrate the Web’s 40th anniversary, DARPA wants to explore social networking’s role in time-critical communication. They will award $US40,000 cash to the first group who finds 10 2.4-metre weather balloons located at fixed locations around the US More »
Gadgets
What’s Really Powering Our Gadgets?
4:30AM Adam Frucci | I’m no scientist, but I don’t believe that we’ve really got “circuits” and “microchips” powering our devices. That’s just what Big Brother wants you to think! Let’s break free from mind prison and see what truth lies within our gadgets. More »
Cameras
Can You Tell The Difference Between Film And Digital Shots?
6:40PM Dan Nosowitz | Shane Hurlbut, who’s been Director of Photography on, ahem, illustrious projects like Terminator: Salvation, is a huge proponent of consumer DSLRs, especially the Canon 5D MKII. Now, he’s challenging viewers to separate digital from film shots in his new movie. Can you? More »
Software
Surefire Ways (Not) To Make Windows 7 Cooler
8:00AM John Herrman | Last week we put out a call for help. Windows 7 is great, but it just needs some sex appeal, you know? As usual, our lovely readers came through. Common themes in these Photoshops include: Apple, genitalia, sports and ugh. More »
Design
