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Design
10:06PM Danny Allen | Here are the best images yet of “Fluid”: the stunning whale-inspired floating pavilion being built for World Expo 2012 in Yeosu, South Korea. Designed by Australian architects, Peddle Thorp, Fluid will sail onto other Asian cities after the show. More »
Starship-Like Exhibition Space Will Set Sail In 2012
10:06PM Danny Allen | Here are the best images yet of “Fluid”: the stunning whale-inspired floating pavilion being built for World Expo 2012 in Yeosu, South Korea. Designed by Australian architects, Peddle Thorp, Fluid will sail onto other Asian cities after the show. More »
Design
7:25AM Brian Lam | The Living Light Sculpture looks like a giant metal flower, or a man-made approximation of a jungle canopy with artificial sunlight coming down through its branches. It’s actually a digital map sculpture reporting air quality in Seoul, Korea. More »
The Living Light Sculpture
7:25AM Brian Lam | The Living Light Sculpture looks like a giant metal flower, or a man-made approximation of a jungle canopy with artificial sunlight coming down through its branches. It’s actually a digital map sculpture reporting air quality in Seoul, Korea. More »
Robots
KDDI Iida Polaris Puts Phone Inside Robot, Follows You Around
12:00AM Joanna Stern | Leave it to a Japan mobile phone carrier to figure out the best way to breed robots and mobile phones. Korea’s KDDI au iida Polaris is a rolling robot that has a touchscreen candybar phone inside. More »
Music
First Aluminum iRiver E200 Pics
8:00PM Stephen Climpson | iRiver has some of the most stylish tech gear this side of Apple, but the upcoming E200 player looks boringly similar to its E100 predecessor, despite a new thinner, all-metal design, and a larger screen. More »
Weapons
More Analysis On The Korean Rocket Launch
6:20AM Jason Chen | Really interested in what kind of nuclear rocket capability North Korea has? The Bulletin does a really in-depth analysis of the latest launch, based on released and carefully reasoned interpolated data. More »
Online
North Korea Secrets Uncovered In Google Earth by Amateur Spies
12:10AM Jesus Diaz | On April 4 2007, Curtis Melvin—a PhD student at George Mason University—decided to start the “North Korea Uncovered” project. Two years later it became the definitive reference for the country’s secrets, thanks to an army of amateur spies. More »
Random Stuff
12:00PM Nick Broughall | Tipster Howie saw something very familiar in this photo of Kim Jong II’s house. What could it be? More »
Kim Jong II’s House Reminds Us Of Something…
12:00PM Nick Broughall | Tipster Howie saw something very familiar in this photo of Kim Jong II’s house. What could it be? More »
Phones
Samsung SCH-W760 Shoots Your G-Rated Videos in the Dark
2:40AM Mark Wilson | It’s as if thousands of preteens sharing naughty videos cried out over a direct line into Samsung’s R&D department. More »
Robots
5:00PM Nick Broughall | What’s worse than the fact that I actually stood there and filmed the entire routine is that it was one of the highlights of the Australian CeBit show. Seriously – for the average gadget fan, there was not a lot more than cheap, ugly electronics that you wouldn’t even buy cheap in China. If you were thinking about going tomorrow, I’d save yourself the price of entry… More »
And Now For Something Completely Underwhelming – Dancing Robots
5:00PM Nick Broughall | What’s worse than the fact that I actually stood there and filmed the entire routine is that it was one of the highlights of the Australian CeBit show. Seriously – for the average gadget fan, there was not a lot more than cheap, ugly electronics that you wouldn’t even buy cheap in China. If you were thinking about going tomorrow, I’d save yourself the price of entry… More »
Music