Author: Adam Frucci

Oh hello, pretty. This appears to be Microsoft’s upcoming Project Natal, complete with instructions, as seen by someone hired to test its speech recognition. More »

For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to help Microsoft take aim at some demographics other than hipsters. And while technically these entries fit that criteria, I’m not sure how many phones they’d sell. Yikes. More »

This clever beer packaging concept is a box with a tap. We’ve seen similar things before, yes, but this costs less, uses less packaging and is more efficient to transport. Plus, it holds beer! [Brand X Daily via Core77] More »

This robotic mouth was designed to mimic the mouth and throat motions that create accurate vowel sounds. Also, it is fucking terrifying. Progress! [I Heart Chaos via Daily What] More »

So Herrman thinks Microsoft needs to cool it with marketing to hipsters. OK! Let’s help them out by creating some marketing materials that aim at some underrepresented demographics. More »

Hoo boy! This design for “Pod Cribs” is as bad as it gets. Not only does it looks like something out of some sort of tube-baby-growing dystopia, but it’s almost designed to make sure babies fall out of it. More »

This video here is of lighting flashing on Saturn, and it’s the first ever captured of lightning not happening right here on planet Earth. More »

Well, this is awesome news for Cablevision, Time Warner and Comcast customers. If you live in the NY/NJ/CT area, the three companies have just announced a Wi-Fi roaming agreement that opens all of their Wi-Fi networks to each other’s customers. More »

The RIAA and MPAA have submitted a plan to the Office of Intellectual Property Enforcement. It’s basically a plan that they want the government to enact, and it’s terrifying. More »

20×200 is a great site to get limited-edition art prints for cheap, with new works coming out every few days. Today’s print? The saddest, most adorable lil GBA-playing Vader ever. Awwww. [20×200] More »

Our favorite photo blog’s subject today is the ISS and journeys to and from it. This one stands out: mealtime in space. Its familiar and alien at the same time. [The Big Picture] More »

It’s all about expectation management, you see. If you make your kid think he can be president, he will grow up disappointed. Tell him he’s headed for a life as an office drone and at least he’ll be mentally prepared. More »

It’s mind blowin’ time! According to a new theory, every black hole contains a smaller alternate universe. And our universe might just exist inside a black hole in a much larger universe. Ah-whaaaaaa? More »

This concept Sony DSLR design was created by industrial design student Ryan David Francis. Its unique shape is provides more room for your face for people who prefer the viewfinder to using the LCD screen. More »

Here’s a Photoshop Contest I shouldn’t have done: using staff photos as source material. You really dug deep for some of these, you bastards. More »

This whole Apple/Adobe spat is about to get a lot uglier, according to IT World. Their sources say Adobe is prepping for a major lawsuit against Apple in the coming weeks. More »

If you thought all the obnoxious comments found on the internet came from all sorts of various misanthropic and socially maladjusted people, you were wrong. It was the government. [FunnyorDie.uk via StuntMandrew] More »

It’s gotta happen all the time, but it’s rarely captured on film. But this past Saturday, an unlucky comet found itself pointed right at the unforgiving maw of our sun. Guess how this ended? More »

Video game addiction is a serious problem in Korea, where kids are prone to staying up all night long to play. So the government is disabling internet connections for six hours per night for underage gamers. More »