See that? That's a margarita, magnified 1,000x under a high-tech microscope. And a company called Bevshots has produced a whole series of similar shots of booze at the molecular level. Can you spot your spirit of choice? More »
Microscope - Business - Instruments and Supplies - Laboratory Equipment - Methods and Techniques
Where's Waldo and I Spy are two kids books that work best when they're held right up to the face, just like the iPad. Thankfully, both of them got gorgeous, thoughtful treatments for their newly-available iPad apps. More »
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MacRumors is reporting that iPhone 4 will pack 512MB of RAM, twice that of the 3GS and the iPad and on par with competitors like the Evo 4G. That's huge, for you and developers both. More »
IPhone - Handhelds - Smartphones - Apple - Wallpapers and Themes
The top and bottom parts of this image are the bulkhead and the nosecone of the Orion spacecraft. The machine on the left is welding them without melting the metal. How? Using MAGIC! OK, I lied. It's not magic. More »
Welding - Business - Industrial Goods and Services - Casting Molding Machining - Shopping
If you're curious what the crazy sound effects guy from the Police Academy movies has been up to lately, here's your answer: narrating—if that's the right word—115 years of typewriter history with, well, crazy sound effects. More »
Police Academy - Arts - Typewriter - Recreation - Antiques
Good news for the Little Japanese Solar Sail That Could, as the first images of the solar sail spread out in full deployment have been snapped. All is going according to plan, says the space agency, and "flying" looks possible. More »
Solar sail - Space - Technology - Unmanned - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
I was skeptic when I first saw this inflatable Mario kart for the Nintendo Wii last month. I thought it was silly. After seeing it in action in E3, I'm sold. [Twitpic via Angel Jimenez] More »
Mario Kart - Nintendo - Video game - Nintendo Wii - Games
People have come up with a lot of interesting ways to put a digital spin on analog media, but Analogue Tape Glove takes a uniquely hands-on approach: Its special gloves let you stroke a tape wall to make sweet music. More »
Tape drive - Hardware - Storage - Business - Gloves
The Chevy Volt is coming soon, but for the electric car to be a success its owners will need convenient power access. Which is why 4,400 lucky Volt owners will get free charging stations, installation (sometimes) included. More »
ChevroletVolt - GeneralMotors - ChevyVolt - Recreation - Autos
It took Shanghai just 20 years to go from nice city to megalopolis. For the City of Angels, it took a bit longer to evolve from the 1908 flickery twinkle town (top) to the 2002 sea of lights (bottom) More »
Los Angeles - United States - California - Counties - Business and Economy
Not quite a headphone, which sits on top of your ear, and not quite an earbud which burrows into your canal, these Medis 'phones clip onto your ear in a way you would never guess: More »
Headphones - Audio - Shopping - Consumer Electronics - Electronics
Between the Motorola Backflip and the HTC Aria, AT&T hasn't exactly been leading the charge on Android phones. But the Samsung Captivate, coming in the next few months, signals that the carrier is finally getting serious about Android. More »
Android - AT&T - Handhelds - HTC Corporation - HTC Aria
Sticking to their word about not giving up unlimited data plans, Clearwire's new 4G/3G dongle is compatible with Macs for the first time, and dances out alongside two more new modems offering up 4G unlimited data/Wi-Fi. More »
Clearwire - Modem - WiMAX - Sprint Nextel - Data Communications
It's not June 23 yet, but Verizon has lifted the veil off the "next generation of Droid." The Droid X—apparently boasting a 4.3", 720p screen(?) and HDMI out—has an official Verizon site and is "coming soon." [Verizon] More »
Droid - Verizon - Motorola - Android - Smartphone
On the left is a picture of a region globular cluster M92 taken by Hubble. On the right, that same cluster as captured by Arizona's Large Binocular Telescope. That's three times sharper. And we're not even at full capacity yet. More »
Hubble Space Telescope - Earth - Astronomy - Star cluster - Space
There are no pictures of the invisible mouse, because the mouse itself doesn't exist. It's just an infrared laser beam and an infrared camera tracking your hand from the side of a laptop. Could this be the next Apple mouse? More »
MightyMouse - MagicMouse - Apple - Mouse - Rodent
Can't vinyl and CDs get along? That's the reasonable question posed by electronic/techno musician Jeff Mills, who has released his latest album on a two-for-one hybrid format. Thoughtful mediation, or sixth sign of the apocalypse? Check out the flip side: More »
Compact Disc - Shopping - Entertainment - Recordings - Audio
