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Design
Nobo Radiator Belongs In Superman’s Fortress Of Solitude
8:40AM Sean Fallon | It seemed weird at first, but I’m falling in love with this Nobo electric radiator. It’s like an indoor campfire coffee table made with fire and ice. More »
Gadgets
Japanese Ice Suit Equips Ice Packs For Hot Tokyo Summers, Salarymen Now Expected To Give 110% Effort
9:30AM Adrian Covert | This “New Ice Suit” has integrated jacket icepacks, designed to alleviate some of the discomfort of Japanese salarymen who have to walking around scorching Japan streets during the summer. Looks like this newfangled ice technology isn’t just for elite-level athletes anymore! More »
Music
iPod Classic Survives Deep Freeze in the Yukon
2:10PM Dan Nosowitz | In the melting ice, amidst the thawing dog crap, Whitehorse, Yukon resident Andrew noticed an oddly-familiar rectangular item: An iPod classic. He brought it home and found, to his surprise, that it was fully functional. More »
Gadgets
10:29AM Nick Broughall | Hope none of you guys imported a set of these Space Invaders ice cube trays after we showed them to you a couple of weeks ago. Latestbuy has announced that they’ll be selling them locally for $14.95. Awesome.
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Get Your Own Space Invader Ice Cubes
10:29AM Nick Broughall | Hope none of you guys imported a set of these Space Invaders ice cube trays after we showed them to you a couple of weeks ago. Latestbuy has announced that they’ll be selling them locally for $14.95. Awesome.
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Phones
Nationalistic Canadians Sculpt Giant BlackBerry Out of Ice
4:45AM Gizmodo US Edition | Who says Canada sucks for gadgets? Oh, wait. Well, Ottawa’s Winterlude festival includes this huge icy BlackBerry (Curve 8900?), showing hometown hero RIM’s contribution to the gadget world. Way to represent, eh? [thanks, Ryan!] More »
Gadgets
Ice Invaders Attack Girly Mixed Drinks Everywhere
1:07AM Mark Wilson | Sometimes it’s not enough to be a somewhat indifferent fan of an 80s arcade phenomenon. Sometimes you need to share your blasé passion with others by making them ingest it. More »
Weapons
Snowball Gun Advances Winter Sports Arms-Race With 15-Metre Range
8:22PM Kit Eaton | The worst bit of snowball-fighting has always been, to me, the massive pain caused as you over-chill your hands by frantically sculpting your 100′th snowball: something that’d not be a problem with this snowball gun. It sculpts the ‘balls for you, three at a time, and then you can use its internal slingshot to fire them at neighbour kids up to 15 metres away. Actually I’ve remembered that the worst bit of snowball fighting is being hit by one that “accidentally” has gravel in it, but you take my point. With this baby tucked under your arm, wintry Cold Wars will be decidedly more one-sided. Yours for $US30. [HammacherSchlemmer via OhGizmo] More »
Toys
Lego Minifig Ice Pop Mold Makes Something Cool Even Cooler
12:00AM Jack Loftus | As you wait for your eggs to boil, timed perfectly with your Lego minifig egg timer, why not throw down a few minifig-shaped ice pops to stay cool? With this US$13 tray from Lego, that wild fantasy can become a reality, today. The silicon tray makes three minifig ice pops, which you can eat or place in a Lego castle to recreate the witch death scene from the Wizard of Oz. Your choice. Lastly, as you have probably already figured out, sans sticks this mold doubles as a minifig ice tray too. Just be sure to eat the correct minifigs when the time comes. Little plastic people and lemonade just don’t mix, no matter how tasty that concoction may appear to the avid Lego collector. [Lego via OhGizmo] More »
Science
NASA Phoenix Lander Finds Water On Mars!
4:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | The landing thrusters aboard the Phoenix Mars Lander apparently did their job and them some. First, they successfully fired and gently deposited the multimillion dollar probe on the surface of the Red Planet. And then, by doing just that, they blew away three to six inches of Martian soil to reveal the shiny, slick face of what could be a large ice patch. Brendan Fraser’s frozen caveman body was noticeably absent from this block of ice, but NASA scientists were elated anyway. The discovery reaffirms that the landing was indeed a bull’s eye, akin to the Opportunity rover “hole in one” crater touchdown more than four years ago. More »
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