inauguration
Vehicles
NASA Electric Lunar Rover Looks Silly In Obama’s Inaugural Parade
12:11PM Wilson Rothman | Call me old-timey, but I prefer my lunar rovers on the moon or—barring that—on some sort of rocky facsimile, not rolling up Pennsylvania Avenue. Only thing worse? Dudes wearing spacesuits on earth. [More at Jalopnik] More »
Music
Itzhak and Yo-Yo Go Milli Vanilli With John Williams’s Inaugural Soundtrack
3:20AM John Mahoney | If, like me, you thought there was something a little off with the performance of John Williams’s Oscar-grabbing inauguration theme, you were right. What we heard was a recording made two days prior. More »
Cameras
1,474 Megapixel Inauguration Panorama is a Treasure Trove of Candid Captures
8:52PM John Herrman | We’ve all seen the iconic imagery of the day again and again: the nervous smile as the oath went haywire, the rapt crowds, Aretha’s hat. But what about everything else? It’s all in here. More »
Gadgets
Barack Obama’s Bulletproof Inaugural Suit
6:00AM John Mahoney | Jesse Jackson choked on his sandwich on CNN when Barack got out of the Beast and walked in the open, unprotected air. Thankfully, the reverend could have relaxed: BHO was wearing a bullet-resistant suit. More »
Phones
Dude Fiddles With iPhone Despite Having Best Seat in the House at Obama Inauguration
4:40AM Sean Fallon | “Wow, this is amazing. I’m bearing witness to a truly historical moment. Hmmm…seems like the perfect time to play a game of Bejeweled on my iPhone.” [NYT Thanks James!] More »
Entertainment
CNN Debuts Exclusive SuperQuickZoom Camera Technology
7:39AM Matt Buchanan | CNN isn’t holding back the Inauguration Day techno-wizardry. In addition to the Photosynth-powered crowdsourced 3D photo and exclusive satellite crowd shot Wolf keeps teasing, CNN debuted its exclusive SuperQuickZoom tech, seen here. More »
Online
CNN’s Inauguration Day Photosynth: It’s No Hologram
6:22AM John Mahoney | Wolf has been somewhat confusedly hyping CNN’s “PhotoSynth moment,” much to Anderson Cooper’s chagrin, and behold, here it is, presented by CNN’s intrepid multitouch whiz John King. Wait, there’s Oprah! More »
Weapons
The Fancy Security Gear the FBI Busted Out for the Inauguration
3:30AM Adam Frucci | An event like the inauguration is a great excuse for the FBI to roll out all of its super-expensive security gear, like a truck you can explode a live bomb in without hurting anyone. More »
Cameras
Malia Obama Snaps a Photo Of Her Dad
3:27AM Mark Wilson | Using her Kodak*, Malia grabs a shot (or maybe video) of her father giving the Inaugural Address today. More »
Cameras
