NASA captured the re-entry of Japan's troubled but still successful Hayabusa probe early this morning over Australia. The payload reportedly ejected without incident and parachuted to earth. What you see here is everything else going to hell (by design): More »
Space - NASA - Technology - Hayabusa - 25143 Itokawa
Pro tip: When you post a Craigslist ad proposing an iPad-for-"blue dream straight outta Cali" marijuana trade and also post a picture of said illegal substance for all to see, the local police will find and arrest you. More »
Craigslist - Drugs - Recreation - Pro-Legalization - Illegal
The Sigma SD15, notable for its Foveon sensor that captures RGB at different depths on its sensor, will finally start shipping at the end of the month. More »
Sigma Corporation - Organizations - Nikon D700 - Sigma SD15 - United States
The JooJoo tablet, possibly big in Europe but not much else, now runs Windows 7 with touchscreen controls for some reason thanks to Joojoo Forums dweller darkdavy. More »
JooJoo - tablet - FusionGarage - Windows 7 - Engadget
Humans and the occasional antelope aren't the only beings training their eyes on South Africa for that World Cup thing. Indeed, there are a few artificial spectators as well, hovering above, hundreds of miles in orbit. These are their stories. More »
South Africa - World Cup - sport - Soccer - Competitions
It's tough to find someone who doesn't appreciate a good game of foosball—whether he's a soccer fan or not. It can just be tough to find a foosball table sometimes. Guess this Foosball HD iPad app will do. More »
Game - SoccerTable - Yard Deck and Table Games - Table football - Foosball
With the imminent release Rock Band 3, keytars have been on my mind a lot lately. Then again, when are they not? Anyway, here's the world's all-time greatest keytar-platypus Venn diagram to get you through the weekend. [The Daily What] More »
Keytar - Rock Band 3 - Rock Band - Music - Guitar
Your Youtube videos could soon be scanned and evaluated for terror threats, thanks to a new project funded by the U.S. intelligence community that'll create a searchable warehouse of open-source clips. More »
YouTube - Terrorism - Counter Terrorism - Articles and Reports - Law
Apparently, the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets of the Royal Australian Air Force have teleporting powers. That, or the Australians have discovered a way to magically create combat jets out of vapor. More »
Military - United States - Air Force - Government - Royal Australian Air Force
In this epic mashup by gottabecarl, the Futuramaverse crosses streams with the X-menverse. Not to ruin the effect with lowly geek pedantry, but aside from points regarding Fry's fiery trichosis, shouldn't Leela be Cyclops? [deviantart-full rez via scifiwire] More »
People - Image Cache - Relationships - DNA - Laser
Get rid of Heineken's iconic green bottle and customize a bottle yourself. It'll cost you a pretty penny at $36 for a 6-pack so don't play beer pong with this, enjoy every sip. Responsibly, of course. [Heineken via Fast Company] More »
Beer - Games - Recreation - Food - Drink
The Cove, last year's Academy Award winner for Best Documentary, is an incredible account of the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan. Now the crew needs help bringing the damning film to the Japanese public. More »
Cove - Japan - Academy Award - Asia - Tokyo International Film Festival
No fakery here, folks. Just an honest to goodness adobe Photo Shop. You walk in lookin' kinda "eh" and walk out with your wrinkles buffed, smile brightened, and your blemishes content-aware filled away. [Global Nerdy via BoingBoing] More »
Adobe Systems - Graphics - Vector Based - Illustrator - Companies
The music video for Broken Bells' "The Ghost Inside" stars Christina Hendricks as a cyborg. On a spaceship. (You know, her.) Watch. Now. More »
Firefly - Christina Hendricks - Music video - Arts - Technology
Without a doubt, my favorite feature the iPad doesn't have is a kickstand. Some kickstand solutions have been proposed, but none of them will stand your iPad up autonomously like this bizarro robotic one. Bonus: robotic iPhone sidekick kickstand! [NoWhereElse] More »
IPhone - Handhelds - Smartphones - Coffee - Wallpapers and Themes
James Cameron's announcement last week that he was assembling a veritable Justice League of oceanographers, engineers, and other specialists to combat the BP oil disaster was met with some eye-rolling. But he may be the best man for the job. More »
James Cameron - White knight - Avatar - Health - Glenn Beck
Uh oh. Looks like it'll be a while before you can get your hands on a D-Link Boxee Box. Apparently the device's availability date has been changed to November: More »
Entertainment - Shopping - Tickets - Sports - Colleges
I'm tempted to ask for one of this Facebook Like button rubber stamp. Just to print the ten reasons you should quit Facebook and smash all the pages with it. More »
Facebook - Facebook Like - Online Communities - Social Networking - Arts
