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Design

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

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

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

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

Mashimaro Rabbit MP3 Player

8:30AM Jason Chen | Mashimaro is a Korean rabbit that debuted in flash clips around the turn of the century. He’s famous for toilet humor. Now he’s an MP3 player. More »