The Times' Bits blog has an interesting little item on how the iPad is already making its way around the globe, courtesy of gadget travel agency eBay. Here are the countries who are paying top dollar. More »
EBay - auction - Home - Consumer Information - Apple
NASA's space shuttle is near its sad end—along with the US manned space program. As we watch the last launches, I'm glad Lego is releasing this new Lego Space Shuttle set. It even separates and lands! More »
Lego - NASA - Lego Space - Space - Recreation
Hollywood wants you to watch new release movies at home, but it doesn't want you copying them to the internet. They just got some help from the FCC, who granted them permission to remotely disable analog streams from cable boxes. More »
Federal Communications Commission - Motion Picture Association of America - Television - Business - Telecommunications
So, you've heard about jailbreaking, and it sounds intriguing. And dangerous. (But mostly just intriguing.) Here's how to hack your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad—yes, iPad—into an unrestricted, freshly empowered mega-machine. More »
IpodTouch - IPhone - IPad - Apple - Smartphones
Here is an excellent video of the best smashes, spins, and spark-ups from this year's RoboGames, recorded at 300fps with a Casio Exilim EX-F1. It's like Planet Earth, but instead of funky little bugs it's funky little battle bots. [Make] More »
Video Games - Games - Action - Casio Exilim - History
The Restore Clean Water System from HoMedics claims that its built-in ultraviolet lights will kill 99.9999% of bacteria, 99.99% of viruses and 99.95% of microbial cysts in your drinking water. Wait, what's in my water? More »
Drinking water - Environment - Water Resources - Water - Business
As part of a special report on the state of couch potatoes in the year 2010, the Economist collected data on perceived vs. actual media consumption. People are in denial about their TV addictions and overconfident in their YouTube cool. More »
YouTube - Media - Television - Business - Arts
Remember Cupidtino, the dating website for Apple fanboys and fangirls? It apparently really isn't a joke and the folks behind it decided to prove this by showing me how my dating profile would look once the site launches. More »
Apple - Dating - Relationships - Macintosh - IPhone
Gene Roddenberry wasn't a scientist, but he saw the future. From teleportation to tablets to warp drives, Star Trek inspired kids worldwide to invent amazing technologies. One of those kids was Dr. Marc Rayman, Chief Propulsion Engineer at NASA's JPL. More »
StarTrek - GeneRoddenberry - Television movie - Games - Science fiction
Remember the fiery X-51's scramjet test that looked like hell? This is the final aircraft—the Waverider—ready for its maiden flight. It'll fly at Mach 6 for 300 seconds. So fast that its nose will reach 2696º Fahrenheit. More »
Aircraft - Boeing X-51 - Business - Aerospace and Defense - Aviation
Since using a regular RFID-enabled credit card isn't flashy enough, you'll soon be able to slip your iPhone into a special Visa payWave case along with a memory card and simply wave it at cash registers to pay for things: More »
iPhone - Apple - Credit card - Business - Hardware
These UFO Abduction Lamps made by Jason Dietz sport some nifty tractor beam effects. Using a mix of glass, 10 gallons of water, and an air pump, cows float up along the base. See the video after the jump. More »
Maker Faire - Shopping - Lighting - Electrical - Glass
Sorry, time travel hopefuls. Even if you get it right, someday, it's going to go wrong. Although this would've made a great alternate ending for Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. [Buzzfeed] More »
Recreation - Humor - Magazines and E-zines - College and University - Humour
Warner Bros. has an interesting program that they've recently expanded a bit—mail in an old DVD movie along with $5 to swap it for the newer, Blu-ray version. After mulling it over, I think I like the idea. More »
Blu-ray Disc - Movies - Arts - Home Video - DVD
By deviantART member MooseCake, these Futurama characters as South Park characters are not an academic exercise; they're a peek into a more perfect dimension. [deviantART via geekologie] More »
Futurama - Animation - Arts - Park - Movies
You might think you can't live without your phone and laptop, but back when men were men and things made sense, a big fucking sword was all you needed. These days, however, swords are strictly for weirdos. [ColdSteel via Geekologie] More »
Sword - Militaria - Recreation - Collecting - Edged Weapons
There are well-known methods to extend depth of field. There are even digital cheats to extend depth of field. But imagine shooting macro photography and telephoto photography, all in perfect focus, as one image. A new camera makes it possible. More »
Photography - Arts - Techniques and Styles - Digital - Business
Sure, typos can be funny, but when a stock trader is able to cause a huge stock plunge by accidentally entering a "b" for billion instead of an "m" for million" it's just plain scary. [CNBC] More »
Business - Investing - Stocks and Bonds - Equities - CNBC
