The Telenoid R1 achieved a new level of creepiness on the Japanese robotic front — quite an achievement given the country’s long history of oddball automated creations. Elfoid takes the cake, though. Developed at Osaka University and with help from NTT DoCoMo, Elfoid looks just like the Telenoid and, indeed, does much the same thing: [...]
You know all that rumor and speculation about Apple launching a subscription-based streaming music service? Forget it — at least until the next rumor comes along. Bloomberg is citing three people with knowledge of private talks between Apple, Universal Music, Sony Music, and Warner Music to make purchased music more easily accessible to iTunes users. [...]
Whether you love or loathe Apple, you have to be happy with the company’s aggressive upgrade of the iPad. It has led to Samsung, purveyor of an Android 3.0 tablet by the name of Galaxy Tab 10.1, to look more closely at its own hardware and pricing model and, according to executive VP Lee Don-Joo, [...]
Give yourself a cookie if you can still remember as far back as August 29th of last year. That was the day when HP’s Phil McKinney teased the world with images of three new prototypes being developed in his company’s labs — there was a tablet, now known as the HP TouchPad, a smartphone that’s [...]
Another year has passed, and another iPad has surfaced from the shadowy Cupertino mist. But you know what else has resurfaced? The iPad suit. Yep, Mohan’s, the NYC tailoring outpost, is still offering to add an oversized “iPad pocket” to their suit coats, which is a perfectly good way to take the class out of [...]
If you can use Thrutu on your Android phone, it’s pretty neat. When you’re on a phone call, the app gives you a sliding drawer on top of your dialer to give you easy access to send pictures, contact info, location, etc. to the person you’re talking to. It’s quick and painless—just think about how [...]
Instead, photographer Anton Jankovoy spent months camping out at the foot of Mount Everest, waiting for the right moment to capture the “star trails.” The photograph itself takes hours to capture, as the stars move slowly through the sky. [Daily Mail] More » Gizmodo
Samson has a spanking new Meteor Mic which will also come in a limited edition for those who love to think that they are a class above the rest simply because they deserve it – after all, if bling is your thing, then you will find Samson’s latest version of their Meteor Mic to be [...]
We love axes. We love gorgeously shot videos. We love American flags. So it’s no surprise that we’re positively drooling over this beautiful introduction to Best Made‘s new American Felling Axe. Four pounds of steel, three feet of hickory, a lifetime of patriotic chopping. [Best Made] More » Gizmodo
Feeling patriotic and want to let your family and friends kno whwere your loyalties lie? This is where you put your money where your mouth is, coughing up a whopping £1,799 for the Union Flag Illuminating Coffee Table. Definitely a conversation starter for those who find it difficult to think about a topic to talk [...]