With only two remaining space shuttle missions, NASA wants to send a picture of your face to space. Given that we've all passed on our dreams of being astronauts, unlike Leroy Chiao, this is as close as we'll ever get. More »
NASA - Space - Technology - Space Shuttle - Leroy Chiao
Getting a speeding fine is enough to drive anyone to road-rage, but Brian McCrary decided to do something entirely different with his rage. While browsing the local police department's website, he saw the domain was close to expiring... More »
Police - United States - Law Enforcement - Law - Road rage
Out of desperation or genius, T-Mobile will make every phone FREE on June 19th. That means everything from the HTC HD2 to Blackberrys to Android phones and more, ALL FREE. Only catch? Sign up for a new family plan. [TmoNews] More »
T-Mobile - HTC HD2 - Windows Mobile - Business and Economy - Telecommunications
You know how sometimes you've found yourself around a foosball table with only one other person? You say, "Hey, we'll just play one-on-one," and the game still sort of works? Well buddy, you're gonna need to find some more friends. More »
Game - SoccerTable - Yard Deck and Table Games - Table football - Foosball
The technology behind the MotoCzysz E1pc isn't just the future for motorcycles, it's the future of electric vehicles. When you have 10x the battery power of a Prius and 2.5x the torque of a Ducati it's easy to see why. More »
Motorcycle - Electric vehicle - Recreation - Technology - Transportation
The problem with 3DTV, as we've said, is that there normally isn't a damn thing to watch. But the World Cup in 3D, that's something to watch. More »
World Cup - Sport - Soccer - Competitions - 2006
Lens flare. Sometimes it's an annoyance, washing out photos. Other times, it's cliché. Whatever. At its best, lens flare creates something ethereal, something larger than the scope of an image can convey. And it's your Shooting Challenge for this week. More »
Business - Photography - Recreation - Guns - Competition Shooting
The TomToms and Navigons of the world have street-level turn-by-turn navigation down pat, but they're expensive. Skobbler uses OpenStreetMap, the "wikipedia of maps," to deliver its turn-by-turn directions for free, but it's kinda a "get what you pay for" thing. More »
iPhone - Handhelds - Smartphones - Apple - TomTom
"I haven't spoken to Steve in 20-odd years," says John Sculley, the former Apple CEO who ejected Jobs from the company in 1985, in an illuminating, slightly painful Daily Beast interview. Hindsight is 20/20, yes, but also cruel. More »
Steve Job - Apple - Macintosh - Pioneers - History
Yesterday, All Things D pointed out that Apple's revised iOS terms only allowed "independent" ad agencies to collect user data, effectively blocking the Google-dependent AdMob from competing on Apple's devices. AdMob doesn't like that one bit! More »
Apple - Google - Steve Jobs - Searching - Search Engines
Remember when you thought your new Sony Blu-ray player was the bees' knees? Well now Sony has a 3D Blu-ray player (and accompanying 5.1 channel speaker system). Don't worry, though, there's a 3D firmware upgrade for your old BDP. More »
Sony - Arts - Movies - Home Video - Blu-ray and HD
The promise of Sony's entry into the 3DTV market has been swirling since last September. Today they're not just dipping their toes in the 3D waters; they're delivering a full-on cannonball, with the launch of seven 3D and "3D-ready" TVs. More »
Sony - Television - Intellectual Property - Programmes - Comedy
For this week's Photoshop Contest, I asked you to come up with some highly unlikely potential features of the iPhone 3. And, unsurprisingly, not a single one of your ideas actually made it into the phone. Probably for the best! More »
Photoshop Contest - Photoshop - Smartphones - Handhelds - IPhone
This is not a photo of a USB cable mess over a dirty carpet. It's a real and completely un-retouched image capture from Google Maps. A satellite view of a small part of Waubra, in Victoria, Australia. More »
Google - Search Engines - Searching - GoogleMaps - Companies
Need yet another reason to jailbreak your iPad? That's the only way you'll be able to pull this off, and it looks awesome. Sure, the lack of physical buttons sucks, but what can you do? [WhereTheWoozleWasn't via iPadintosh] More »
IPad - IPhone - Smartphones - Handhelds - SNES
You may not be able to tell from this context-deprived picture, but Samsung's SP-H03 pico projector is small. Really small. Like, hockey puck small. And it puts 854x480 resolution and 1GB of internal memory in the palm of your hand. More »
Big Time - Handhelds - Shopping - Handheld projector - Hardware
Lasers. They're great aren't they? They're even better when they can detect explosives though, let me tell you. More »
Business - Security - Technology - Explosives - Fire and Security
The first 5,000 Hurt Locker lawsuits were filed two weeks ago, and now the IP addresses of those charged with illegally downloading the film have started trickling out. The first batch—about 700 IPs—are listed here: More »
Hurt Locker - Piracy - BitTorrent - Lawsuit - Academy Award
In-car GPS satellite navigation? Nothing special. A heads-up display for your windshield? Sure, we've seen that. But SpringTeq's WeGo HUD Navigator is the first to combine the two in one design. More »
Head-up display - Technology - Global Positioning System - GeneralMotors - Geomatics
We're getting scattered reports from Florida AT&T customers who aren't able to use data services on their mobile devices. AT&T has confirmed that there are some issues and is working on it: More »
Florida - United States - Business - Platforms - Wireless Data
