titanium

Gadgets

The Folding Titanium Spork Is The Ultimate Portable Eating Utensil

10:00AM Sean Fallon | As the resident expert on the spork, I wholeheartedly endorse this super-rugged titanium folding combination bottle opener and spork design. More »
Cameras

Pentax K20D Titanium Edition Charges $US500 Extra For a Fancy Finish

7:20AM Adam Frucci | The Pentax K20D DSLR will set you back about $US700, which isn’t too bad for a DLSR. But the Titanum version? Oh, that one’s $US1,200. It’s got titanium on it, people! More »
Gadgets

High Tech Titanium Golf Clubs May Lead to Hearing Loss

9:30AM Sean Fallon | It looks like golfers may have more to worry about than bad backs and jacked-up knees. Apparently, swinging those new fangled fancy titanium drivers may lead to hearing loss. More »
Science

Pass Wine Through an Electric Field for Delicious, Rapid Aging

3:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | If you’re the kind of destitute scientist who drinks Franzia but has a couple of high-powered titanium electrodes lying around, you’re in luck, because a short blast of electricity can vastly improve your swill. More »
Gadgets

These Steampunk Goggles Really Are Too Nice

4:30AM Mark Wilson | When is a pair of steampunk goggles too nice to be just a pair of steampunk goggles? How about when the metal components have been swapped out for solid milled titanium that’s then coated in golden coloured titanium nitride? How about when the goggles feature irises that can be opened and closed through independent sliders, or photochromatic lenses that automatically tint in sunlight? Nah, these goggles still have plenty of room for improvement. When the leather has been replaced with tanned baby foreskin and the optics can pierce a brass corset, then we’ll be getting close. [SmugMug via bbGadgets] More »
Vehicles

Deep-Sea Submersible Alvin, Discoverer of the Titanic, To Be Replaced By Bigger, Badder Sub

12:30AM John Mahoney | The NY Times has a piece today about the monumental task of forging a pressure hull out of raw titanium to be used in the replacement for the legendary Alvin, the Navy’s only currently operational deep-sea scientific sub that first explored the wreckage of the Titanic. Where Alvin could dive 3.9km down, its successor can go up to 6.4km under (hence the serious forging above), which will open up 99% of the ocean floor for exploration. That’s a pretty big deal. More »

Kensington Ci70 Wireless Desktop is a Lovely Girlfriend for Your Cinema Display

1:15AM Seamus Byrne | If you’re looking for a perfect match for your Mac Pro, Apple Cinema display or MacBook Pro, you may have just found it with this Kensington Ci70 wireless desktop set. Somebody with some design chops just got on board at Kensington, because this baby is thin enough to be a runway model, has a slim mouse that docks into the keyboard, and it’s made of titanium. Woo, woo. More »

Solid Titanium Re-Nano iPod nano Case: Almost Worth All 80,000 Pennies

9:05AM Seamus Byrne | If it’s obscenely expensive or shiny (preferably both), odds are, we love it. So obviously we dig the $818 (Â¥99,750) solid titanium FACTRON Re-Nano iPod nano case from Kiwami Studios. Besides being one of the sexiest (and sturdiest) cases we’ve ever seen, it sports hooks on each corner to allow dangleage from any direction. If only they could forge the follow-up from solid adamantium, we’d be totally sold. – Matt Buchanan Product Page [via Tech Digest] More »