Scientists believe that fly eyes are perfectly shaped for manufacturing efficient solar cells. Specifically, copying the eye of the Blowfly would allow solar cells to “collect sunlight from a larger area than just light that falls directly on a flat surface.” More » Gizmodo
Love Star Wars? Then this Stormtrooper’s got your back – literally. Available for pre-order on the official Star Wars shop, this piece of merchandise is perfect for those who want to get back to school in style. While it has an official retail price tag of .99, placing a pre-order will help you save 20%, [...]
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To win at Mario Kart on a console you must master two things: drifting and power-ups. Half of that is replicated in these R/C Mario Kart toys, which we saw standing still last month but now can finally see in action motoring around what looks to be either Corporate Carpet Raceway or CDR Castle. The [...]
The University of Central Florida has developed a full-body motion-control video game that promotes abstinence. It lets tween girls control avatars that are placed in social situations that may lead to making out and, gasp, sex. More » Gizmodo
Putting the right kind of strain on a patch of graphene can make super-strong pseudo-magnetic fields, a new study says. The finding sheds new light on the properties of electromagnetism, not to mention the odd properties of graphene. More » Gizmodo
The recently released PS3 firmware 3.41 seemed to just be a minor update that added a new “You May Like” section to the PlayStation Store, but it looks like it’s been causing nothing but headaches for anyone trying to upgrade the hard drive in their console. As a 30-page strong thread on the official PlayStation [...]
After years of pleading, the fine folks over at Data Robotics finally gifted you with a Drobo NAS. They called it the Drobo FS, but we all know what the real skinny is. But is the five-bay, Ethernet-friendly storage robot really a dream come true? We’ve had nothing but success with it in our Time [...]
All we know is, he’s called The Stig. And that now we can race through the air with an RC mini-helicopter styled after the mysterious Top Gear cast member’s iconic helmet. More » Gizmodo
Why not prepare for winter with the Six Zone Heated Mattress Pad from Hammacher? You might balk at the 9.99 price point since it might be a whole lot cheaper to just purchase an extremely thick blanket to keep yourself warm, but then again a blanket won’t be able to offer individual spots of different [...]