Author: Jesus Diaz

Concrete Pong, a console made by Guus Oosterban by insulating a Pong clone console’s guts into plastic, dropping it into a box, and pouring concrete all over it. [Guus Oosterbaan via Make] More »

Hold on to your Spiderman underpants because here’s a planetary-sized nerdgasm. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has made the most amazing discovery in the history of science: Pac-Man actually lives on the Death Star. There. Beat that, Large Hadron Collider. More »

You need insulated gonads of steel to get into a harness and let a helicopter fly you into a high voltage cable to service them. That’s precisely what the technicians from Air2 do for utilities companies nationwide. [Air2 via Flightglobal] More »

From Safari to Pages, from Photos to iBooks… Apple has published all the tutorials you can possibly imagine and would like to see about the iPad. Some of them are quite nice. [Apple] More »

This Cornered Glass was designed by James Laurie for nature lovers. Those who, whenever they see a giant spider in their homes, want to catch it to free it outside the house. I will keep using my method: More »

People believe that cycles were invented in the 19th century in Europe. Historian Xu Quan Long disagrees. He says cycles were invented 2,500 years ago, and he built this fully functional tricycle to prove it. More »

The model for a new Frank Gehry building? No, just a beautiful—and extremely expensive—gadget: The DaVinci Audio Labs UniSon MK II. More »

I’m sure Photoshop CS5 Content-aware fill works with magic. It can remove trees, fix sun glare, or extend landscapes with a single click. But did you know that you can use it to make a sandwich and do your homework? More »

Want to know what’s next from Apple? Looking for some advice from the man himself? Want to know what he really thinks of Eric Schmidt? Look no further: Now you can Ask El Jobso. More »

Here’s an offer no girl can refuse: Show your boobs or the snake eats the baby bird! It works. Every single time. Or maybe not every time, but there are plenty of chickens. The sophistication level of Chatroulette is bottomless. More »

The International Space Station is almost done. This is Rassvet, one of the last three modules to be installed. It was shown today in Florida, and will travel to space in the last flight of the Atlantis. More »

Fighting cancer or making nuclear reactors that constantly self-repair themselves, helping to avoid the possibility of another Chernobyl. Clearly, nanotechnology will either save Earth or convert us into Borgs. Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists are betting on the first option. More »

Northrop Grumman‘s X-47B is getting closer to flight. The 62.1-foot wingspan unmanned aerial vehicle may populate all US Navy’s aircraft carriers by the end of the decade. [Flight Global] More »

The TrendyDigital WaterGuard waterproof case for the Apple iPad is the only iPad case that will let you control your tablet with your tongue or any other wet appendix. Which is kind of useless, since there are no smut apps. More »

Specs aren’t everything, but for those of you obsessed with them instead of only caring about what you actually like about a gadget, here’s the latest spec smackdown between the Apple iPhone and the HTC Nexus One. More »

I don’t know what the hell is that powder that Apple chefs are using at the cafeteria, but it’s working. Their latest patent is definitive proof that mixing psychedelic drugs and top banana technology research works: Enjoy… the sun-backlit Macbook! More »

Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter. Little darling, it feels like years since it’s been here. Here comes the sun, here comes the sun. And I say it’s alright. Even if it’s made of Swarovski crystals. More »

No browser is safe: Internet Explorer 8, Firefox, and Safari, all of them have been hacked at 2010 Pwn2Own, and used to take full control of a Windows 7 machine (Chrome wasn’t targeted). [Zdnet, Zdnet, Zdnet] More »

Time Warner Cable has opened Wi-Fi hotspots in public places all across New York for all their Road Runner internet customers. They will be able to use thousands of Optimum WiFi‘s hotspots, plus some new open space Wi-Fi areas: More »