Archive for March, 2010

AT&T To Start Providing Real Phone Service, Only $150 + All Normal Costs

Mar 27 by Andrew Kozloski | 1 comment

Customers of AT&T will soon be able to buy into an option that makes the phone work the way it’s supposed to, for the one-time low price of $150. It’s called the Microcell–just set up this little baby wherever you happen to be–it supports up to 4 phones at a time and it taps into an existing DSL more »

"Heavy Rain" is Neither a Video Game, Nor a Cheesy Crime Film. Why Can't We Have Both?

Mar 27 by Andrew Kozloski | add comment

Image by 1up.com Every now and then the question of whether video games should qualify as art or not comes to the fore. A few years ago Roger Ebert famously concluded in his book “Answer Man” that games cannot be art because there is choice involved. Why anybody would want to know what an old man with bad taste more »

Everybody Cross Your Fingers: Google Announces Next Steps in Fiber-Optic for the US

Mar 27 by Andrew Kozloski | add comment

For some time now there has been talk of Google just going out and building experimental fiber optic networks in the US to test out the infrastructure, and the response has been extraordinary. Including cities renaming themselves to Google to draw the company’s attention. Other mayors have swam with sharks and dove into frozen lakes. Personally, more »

One Step Closer to Terminator: Salvation Day

Mar 27 by Andrew Kozloski | add comment

Pictured above, an unmanned drone taken from the military blog Armybase.us. Washington’s unmanned drone airplanes will not just be Washington’s anymore. Robert Gates, the U.S. Defense Secretary announced plans to start selling and giving them to other countries, including Pakistan. In the past they had more »

22 Megapixel Touchscreen Wall Allows Students to Pwn Noobs in HHHD

Mar 26 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Yesterday was a day for robots; today is a day for things that don’t need to exist. A team of students a the University of Tromsø, Norway, have gone to the trouble of creating the means to play Quake, with their hands, on a wall. This is by no means not awesome, but one has to wonder why. One really, more »

But No Star Wars Reference? I'm Not Impressed.

Mar 26 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

As a purveyor of offbeat geekery, I am absolutely obligated to show you this. Here’s a girl balancing 15 books on her head while reciting pi to the 100th digit and solving a Rubik’s Cube. Yep. That is all. more »

'Gas-powered' Alarm Clock Beats the System

Mar 26 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

I really, really hope I never get audited like this. Surely you know of EnergyStar – if you’re a PC user, you probably see their logo every time you boot up your machine. They’re the guys in charge of setting up guidelines to regulate the power consumption and efficiency of products. Recently, more »

HP Brings Us One Step Closer to Taking Flexible Displays For Granted

Mar 26 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Flexible displays might be on the way and widely used sooner than we think. 

Recently, HP unveiled a new idea in a demo of its flexible display technology. CTO Phil McKinney rolled up one of HP’s flexible displays…and it was immediately destroyed. “You’re probably good for about half more »

Your Accommodations Do The Travelling For You!

Mar 26 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

I’m completely fed up with hotels that stay in once place, man. Had it up to here. Haven’t you? They way they…don’t move? What kind of middle-aged barbarism is that? Thank goodness the hotel industry has finally caught up with today’s nomad. Rotel Tours is a German company that – yes – provides hotel more »

'Bad Guys' Abroad Choose iPhone

Mar 26 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Apparently, the Taliban have been outwitting Australian forces in Afghanistan by using a relatively inexpensive tool of war: the iPhone. Can someone explain to me how while I can barely get a signal in downtown Toronto, the middle of a desert is getting coverage enough to wage war? According to more »

New Keyboard Design Promises To Waste Countless Hours of Your Time

Mar 26 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

A true gentleman – a man who respects the finer things – realizes the value of slowing it down. Taking time out. Maybe have the manservant fix a beverage. Maybe take the Segway out to the patio. Maybe type an email. Maybe type it slowly. For this gentleman, designer Erik Campbell has developed a keyboard. more »

Is Facebook Good for the Internet? (Hint: No.)

Mar 26 by Navneet Alang | 1 comment

A few years ago, when Facebook broke out of its college ghetto into the mainstream, many people welcomed it with open arms. At the time, it seemed like such a helpful, innocuous thing – it was easy to use and offered a neat, simple way for people to share things with each other. And it’s true: Facebook more »

Skin-Controlled Input Almost Makes iPhone Look Medieval

Mar 26 by Navneet Alang | add comment

iPhones? Wii’s? Bet you think those are pretty fancy, right? Well, when it comes to sheer wow factor, those technologies have little on Skinput, which lets you control things by simply pressing different parts of your skin. Your skin! The system, which was developed by researchers from Carnegie Mellon more »

Artist Designs Next-Gen Bluetooth Didgeridoo. Yep.

Mar 26 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

If you’re not familiar with the telltale sound of a didgeridoo, Australia’s famous aboriginal instrument, think ‘being run over by a musical train’. If the thought of being run over by a musical train appeals to you, read on. 24-year-old Kyle Evans is a didgeridoo enthusiast. Apparently, more »