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The iPhone Leash: For Fanboy’s Best Friend
Technically, MyPhoneLeash prevents your clumsy mitts from letting your phone hit the floor. In practice, it’s an opportunity to make at least five “dropped calls” jokes a day. Oh, and you’ll look ridiculous. That, too. How does MyPhoneLeash work? Let’s ask their website: Step 1: Place desired label on the face of your PhoneLeash. Step … Continued
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Meet Craig Shoji, artist of forbidden worlds
You’ve marveled at Craig Shoji’s rich, detailed work in Avatar and Alice In Wonderland, and soon you’ll be seeing his world-building in Thor. Check out some of his amazing art and discover what his favorite project has been. Craig Shoji has only been working in the industry for a few years, but he’s already made … Continued
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This Toaster Is Actually a Dead Person
This is Anne Lindeboom. She was born in 1920 and died in 1984. Now, she is a toaster. Or better said, her ashes are. The toaster was created by Dutch artist Wieke Somers. She uses a prototype printing machine to create these objects, mixing dead people ashes and epoxy, which get melted in layers following … Continued
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What Is Xbox 360 Kinect?
Cameras? IR emitters? Natal? Kinect? Xbox 360? WTF? Give us three minutes. We can explain everything. Kinect is a camera for Xbox 360… Let’s boil this down to its most simple: Kinect is an Xbox 360 peripheral. Think of it as a webcam on steroids that plugs into the console’s USB port that looks like … Continued
By Mark Wilson - Tech News
Gadget Deals of the Day
Congratulations to the US soccer team, defeating England 1-1 this weekend. Surely, the Americans must have found the glorious buzz of the Vuvuzela Horns to be a relaxing, soothing tone, helping them to secure their victory over the Brits. Top Deals: • Archos 5 32GB 5-Inch Android Internet Tablet for $299.99 plus free shipping (normally … Continued
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This Is Not How You Design a Robotic Vacuum Cleaner
You’ve got to love design concepts. This one, for example, takes a perfectly functional product—the Roomba—and makes it completely useless by putting it in the form of a robotic dog. Sigh. The only benefit of this reimagining of the Roomba is that it’s cute. Other than that, it makes no sense whatsoever. It makes the … Continued
By Adam Frucci - io9
Who’s more posthuman: Zombies or Vampires?
We all dream of upgrading beyond Human 1.0. But meanwhile, our fantasy worlds are full of creatures who’ve already become superhuman and semi-immortal. Which deathless creatures are closer to our cherished posthuman ideal: vampires? Or zombies? We already wrote recently about how zombies are eerily similar to posthumans in some ways. But really, any undead … Continued
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ESPN on Xbox 360 is Free For Gold Members (Updated)
Microsoft signed a deal with ESPN to bring ESPN to the Xbox. You get 3500 live sporting events, with most in HD. When you’re watching a game, you can pick a side (basically live polling), and real-time trivia questions you can answer too. Also access ESPN.com stats and highlights without leaving the game you’re watching. … Continued
By Jason Chen - Tech NewsMicrosoft
Video Kinect Lets You Chat With Xbox Live and Windows Live Messenger
With Kinect, you can do video chats with other Xbox users (with Kinect), as well as Windows Live Messenger on the PC. Microsoft’s also talked about Windows Phone 7. More details about Windows Phone 7 integration to come. And, with Kinect, when you’re in the middle of a video call, you can watch movies and … Continued
By Jason Chen - Tech News
121 Flaring Wallpapers
For this week’s Shooting Challenge, you were asked to reignite our interest in lens flare. And, at least for me, you did. Lead Shot Canon T2I, 55-250mm EF-S mount lens, Opteka infrared filter. ISO: 1600, focal length: 55mm, f/4.0, shutter: 1/10 sec. -Gilson Siegel From the Heavens Shot with canon 450D, + sigma 30mm 1.4, … Continued
By Mark Wilson - Tech News
Shooting Challenge: Lens Flare Gallery Part One
-Jeffrey Levine bubble gum flare. shutter speed 1/60 f/9 focal lenght 48 (18-105mm) iso 800 nikon d90 -Bondari Silviu Nikon D60 with the AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm 3.5-5.6G ED lens Shutter 1/4000, f/8, ISO 200 -Amy Hinkle This was at a concert of my friends band last night. Burden of a Day is the name of … Continued
By Mark Wilson - Tech News
Shooting Challenge: Lens Flare Gallery Part Two
This was a Sony Cybershot H55 , Zion Park in Utah, the hike was angles landing -Thomas Cleveland This is a shot of cattails in front of the sun. I used a Canon Rebel XT with a Canon 28-105mm lens at 105mm, f/4, 1/4000 and ISO 100. -Joe Russo Canon T1i Canon 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6 Kit … Continued
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South Korea may weaponize girly K-pop for psychological warfare
Relations between North and South Korea have been frosty since the sinking of the ROK Cheonan, and it looks like South Korea may be turning to an old trick for reprisal…blasting the music of girl groups over the demilitarized zone. The Republic of Korea has installed large loudspeakers facing North Koreans, who have threatened to … Continued
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This Is Flash Running On an iPhone
There’s no clear end in sight to the Adobe-Apple conflict. But the guy who gave us the Spirit iPhone and iPad jailbreaks has just produced a real live example of Flash ported to an iPhone. Looks… utopian. The hack is described as “very preliminary,” and the video quality isn’t great. But there’s something kind of … Continued