Author: Kat Hannaford

According to All Things Digital, that $10-a-month Hulu Plus subscription service won’t quite make it out the doors in time for the rumored May 24th launch-date. Considering Hulu still hasn’t confirmed that a subscription service is on the cards, it’s not entirely surprising we won’t be seeing anything next Monday. [All Things D] More »










Hulu – HuluPlus – Business – Subscription business model – All Things Digital

Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s President, has been especially cagey about the final name for what’s known as the 3DS, but according to recent trademarks filed in Japan the 3DS model name could very well stick. More »










Nintendo – Video game – Games – Console Platforms – Nintendo DS

Being a Parkinson’s disease sufferer, and previously having prostate cancer, Andrew Grove knows all to well the ins and outs of hospital life. That’s partly why the ex-CEO and chairman of Intel has pumped money into “translational medicine” research. More »










Health – Medical research – Conditions and Diseases – Parkinson’s disease – Cancer

It’s the Dutch bunny Miffy’s 55th birthday, and to celebrate, Green House has knocked together the cutest little MP3 player ever. More »










Arts – MP3 – Shopping – Broadcasting – United States

As we expected, Apple has refreshed its solitary plastic MacBook (favored by cheap-ass students), bumping it from 2.26GHz to 2.4GHz. Hard drive capacity is the same as last October’s refresh, but the real story is the extra three hours’ battery-life. More »










Apple – MacBook – Macintosh – Hardware – MacBook Air

Meet the next-gen grave, or “genesis biopod,” as creator Jack Hokanson calls it. It’s a pod containing the cremated remains inside a dissolvable bag. Mere minutes after being tossed into the waves it dissolves, creating a plaything for curious sea-creatures. More »










Davy Jones – England – Video game – Games – Simulation

One of London’s most famous icons got retired in 2005 to international dismay—the Routemaster bus. Seen on the roads since 1956, they were replaced by bendy-buses that almost everyone despises. Until now! Meet the new Routemaster. More »










London – Routemaster – Boris Johnson – Bus – Transport

Being a day-two customer of the G1, I know the plight of slide-out QWERTY Android-lovers well. WHERE ARE OUR GODDAMN SLIDEY-ANDROIDS, HTC?! More »










QWERTY – Android – Handhelds – Business and Economy – Telecommunications

DuPont has excelled where no man has before—demonstrating the first OLED panels to be printed, and in under two minutes no less. Using a Dainippon Screen multi-nozzle printer, they successfully created a 50-inch display. More »










Organic LED – Business – Construction and Maintenance – Materials and Supplies – Electronics and Electrical

Destined for our European friends, the Wildfire is a budget-friendly Android phone from HTC, with their much-loved Sense interface slicked over the top. What separates it from others is the new app-sharing widget that works on Twitter, texts or email. More »










Android – HTC – Twitter – Handhelds – HTC Hero

This typewriter will look familiar to many of you—in fact, your parents might still have one tucked away, like mine do. I’m willing to bet your ‘rents didn’t have a giant red joystick sticking out of theirs, though. More »










Typewriter – Personal computer – Games – Recreation – Antiques

The fourth and final Darth Vader Project exhibition is being staged this June, where over 100 helmets have been redesigned by some of the biggest names in underground art. More »










starwars – Darth Vader – TomTom – Science Fiction – Toys

Like a bed that pops out of the wall, Focus Fireplace‘s wall-mounted barbecue swings down when the time is right—when your stomach is growling for action. More »










Barbecue – Shopping – Home and Garden – Outdoor cooking – United States

Talk about taking your work home with you. In this example, bride Satoko Inoue, who works for the company that created the i-Fairy robot, married her client Tomohiro Shibata yesterday—with the i-Fairy acting as registrar to the couple. More »










Robotics – Tokyo – Japan – Satoko Inoue – Robot

So much for that sub-$100 price we were all expecting. If some early prices from Swedish retailers are anything to go by, we’re all going to be scrimping on the luxury eggnog this Christmas. More »










Project Natal – Games – Microsoft – Video game – Business

When we said webOS was brilliant but that the hardware was dragging it down, we didn’t mean for a PreCentral forum-dweller to run it on a Dell laptop. More »










WebOS – Hardware – Hewlett-Packard – Engadget – HpSlate

Fetching over $131,200 when it went on auction last week, this Hildebrand & Wolfmüller motorcycle from 1894 was the first two-wheelin’ motorcycle ever to be put into production. More »

After the VAIO P and VAIO W, it seems Sony isn’t quite done in the “ultra mobile” scene. Sony Japan’s got a teaser page on its site, complete with a worrying paperclip. Will it be pre-loaded with Microsoft Word? More »

Construction began in December for what will be China’s largest sports park, the Hangzhou Sports Park. It’ll be green, sustainable, and will span around 400,000 square meters. Did I mention how it looks like a space city? More »