By now, you’ve likely heard of the 25 year old truck driver arrested by Federal cops for allegedly hacking into Platform Networks, an ISP which has signed on for (but not yet begun) NBN trials. “The NBN has been breached!” cried the TV news, and today the frustrated NBN Co boss slammed the reports: “The incident yesterday related to a commercial customer of NBN Co that has not yet connected services over the NBN.” For real! And Gizmodo was on Sunrise to explain just that. Video! More »
Just days after preliminary data gathered in the largest mobile phone cancer study thoroughly depressed us, a new study claims that exposure causes red blood cells to leak hemoglobin—leading to kidney stones and heart disease.
If you are one of those people who constantly forget where you’ve parked your car, the Fireworks Locator System concept—a button on your key—could help grab your attention by triggering a holographic explosion of fireworks above your vehicle. However, the effectiveness of this gadget is questionable as there would be more and more fireworks exploding in parking lots as this device becomes more popular. This, however, would be problematic not only because of how distracting it may be to other drivers, but also because of the difficulty of distinguishing your set of fireworks from another’s—unless, of course, your fireworks exploded in the shape of a wang. [Yanko Design]
Well, things aren’t looking too great economy-wise. We might just be headed for a depression, which means you’ll need to start changing your lifestyle. While you may start out by changing your lifestyle in subtle ways, you need to be mentally prepared for the fact that more, well, drastic measures may be necessary in the not-too-distant future. Luckily, I’ve hand-picked 10 gadgets that may be necessary in our frightening, Lehman-Brothersless future.
