I like the Tendril Vision‘s looks. And I like it even more because it’s real, even while it feels like a spare part for the Enterprise’s bridge. The clock connects to the electric grid, giving you real time consumption information. More »
Author: Jesus Diaz
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Tendril Vision Clock Helps You Save in Electricity Bills [Energy]
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DIY Alien Race Invades Earth [Google Street View]
After birds and firetrucks and scuba divers and branches and the devil and burgers and God and teddy bears and drunks and noses invaded Earth, now it’s the turn of crafty DIY aliens. Here’s their mothership. [Google – Thanks oakleytimebomb!] More »
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My Childhood Memories Live In Lego’s Underground Secure Vault [Lego]
Nothing brings up memories as smells do. In my case, it’s the smell of plastic. Thousands of little colorful plastic pieces in cardboard boxes. Literally, all those memories live in a secure, temperature- and humidity-controlled, fireproof archival vault in Denmark. More »
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Would the iPad Take Over Casual Home Gaming? [Chart]
Get ready, because this one may get big: 44% of all iPad applications being tested on the actual device are games. Hey Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft, the iPhone/iPod titan is getting its tentacles all over the living room. More »
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Paladin XLC Gaming PC: Six-Core CPU, Liquid Cooling, and Looks from Hell [PCs]
The new liquid-cooled Paladin XLC gaming PCs from iBuypower come loaded with Intel Core i7 980X Extreme Edition processors, 12GB of DD3 memory, a maximum of 1 terabyte of storage, and Blu-ray. They start at $2,159. [iBuypower via Slashgear] More »
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The Windows Web Browser Choice Screen Works [Web]
According to the latest data from Opera, the Windows Web Browser Choice Screen—a browser download and activation pop-up mandated by the European Union in all versions of Windows—is working. There has been a “dramatic uptake on downloads.” More »
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A Calm Beach Day In Nuclear Hell [Imagecache]
Hey, may I have another caipirinha? Or another nuclear bomb? They often have the same effect. [Thanks David Keyes!] More »
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Today, Steve Jobs Is Sad: The Passing of Jerome York [Apple]
Apple Director and IBM ex-CFO Jerome B. York is dead following his hospitalization yesterday, after a burst brain aneurysm. He joined Apple’s board when Steve Jobs came back into the company. Needless to say, Steve is very sad: More »
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Cardboard Record Sleeve Doubles as Record Player [Record Player]
This is pure genius: Audio engineering company GGRP Sound sent a 45rpm record in a corrugated cardboard sleeve that doubles as a record player. You can put it together one single step. More »
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NASA Mission Posters Are Hilariously Painful [Nasa]
Sweet. Baby. Jesus. I’m speechless. I love NASA. I love astronauts. They’re true heroes, risking their lives in the name of science and progress. But why did they make these posters? WHY? They defy any description, they’re pure gold: Updated More »
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Rupert Murdoch Says Bigger iPads Are Coming [Ipad]
Rupert Murdoch says “the iPad will be pretty small to start with, but there will be more iPads…” Oh, really? REALLY RUPERT? Who said that? Did Steve tell you that, perchance? Steve… More »
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The Return of the Commodore 64 [PC]
Brace yourself, lovers of all things retro, because the Commodore 64 will rise from the dead in all its keyboard form factor glory. It will probably be based on the Cybernet ZPC-GX31, although I hope it looks like this: More »
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Drops Let You Caress People Remotely [Concept]
“Oooooh…hmmmyes, please. Up to the left, to the left, up, up, no, a little down, doooown, theretherethere… A little to the right? Oh yes. Theeeere! Aaaahooooohuuuuh. So good.” This is how I wish the Drops worked. But it’s still neat. More »
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The Most Accurate Flyby of Mars to Date [Space]
This 4:50 flyby over the surface of Mars—created by 3D artist Doug Ellison—is the most accurate to date, and the closest thing to being there than any of us would ever be. Simply spectacular. More »
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Diane Birch Lives In a Projector Screen—and Now In My Head Too [Music]
Diane Birch is very very very cute. She’s also a lovely singer. Her song Valentino is chirpy and sweet, and her music video—with its ghetto augmented reality—is quite ingenious. Watch it. You’ll like it. Then, watch the how-to: More »
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This Is How Solar Roadways Actually Look [Energy]
When I first read about Solar Roadways—super-tough solar panels with built-in LED signs designed to turn roads into power plants—I thought that they were never going to happen. Well, here’s a prototype. [Solar Roadways via GadgetReview] More »
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Hey Microsoft, Don’t F*ck Up Windows Phone 7 [Rant]
Dear Microsoft, you did a good job at out-Appling Apple with the Windows Phone 7. At least on paper. But instead of trying to beat them completely, it seems that you want to screw it all with two stupid decisions. More »
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One Shrimp Opens Door to Extraterrestrial Life In the Solar System [Science]
One three-inch shrimp—happily swimming under 600 feet of ice, 12.5 miles from open water—has shattered all scientists’ theories on life-harboring environments. An impossible discovery that opens the possibility of complex extraterrestrial life in our Solar System: More »
