skiing
Robots
When Robots Attack, They’ll Also Come By Ski
11:50PM Mark Wilson | Even though it’s not technically an android, the skiing robot looks remarkably like a small child on the slopes, a short figure carving through turns with no real reaction to the experience whatsoever. [boingboing]
Random Stuff
POV Helmet Cam Captures Skier Causing Avalanche
2:40AM Adam Frucci | In this intense video, a skier with a helmet cam on gets caught in a huge avalanche, getting buried for four and a half minutes and then getting dug out. Good lord. More »
Design
Surf Skiing Takes Surfing And Injects It With Dorkiness
12:00AM Adam Frucci | I can’t tell if these surf skis are a brilliant invention or one of the dorkiest things I’ve ever seen. Probably a little bit of both. More »
Phones
Blackberry Saves Man From Falling 200 Metres (And Dying)
7:40AM Mark Wilson | David Fitzherbert was skiing down a glacier in Switzerland when the snow gave out and he dropped 21 metres before being trapped somewhat securely between two rocks…thanks to his Blackberry. More »
Gadgets
Olymp Ski Trainer Brings Big Carves Into the Gym
3:50AM Adam Frucci | Ski season is over, sadly, which means that hardcore skiers need to figure out ways to stay in shape over the warm, boring months. This Olymp ski trainer seems like a pretty good way. More »
Gadgets
Snowing Billboards Screwing Up Careers in Norway
4:00AM Sean Fallon | Imagine lumbering, blurry-eyed and beat-down to the bus stop on a Monday morning. Just then you notice that the billboard at the stop is snowing—alerting you to optimal skiing conditions at the nearby resort. More »
Design
Snowmodo: The Twin Parabolic Ski Concept
8:18AM Gizmodo US Edition | In the world of downhill ski races the skis’ edges are everything, so designer Charlie Pyott has mocked up a Twin Parabolic Ski concept that would add four extra edges to a skis’ base. More »
Cameras
Snowmodo: Don’t You Wish You Were Snowboarding?
7:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | This beautiful, sharp video, captured with a Canon EOS 5D MarkII and a 15mm fisheye lens inside a protective canvas bag, really shows the mountain fun we’re missing here on the surprisingly-temperate East coast. More »
Games
SkiGym Beats Wii Ski For Realism, Simulated Danger
5:45AM Gizmodo US Edition | The SkiGym simulator looks like it’s going for realism rather than the silly fun offered by the Wii, but some people probably want an accurate depiction of brief exhilaration before the inevitable faceplant. More »
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