Moving on from electric cars, I prompt Adam to give his thoughts on the newest fad: 3D. The professional that he is, he takes the idea and expands it to talk about technology as a whole, and our collective insatiability. More »
AdamCarolla - United States - California - Counties - KROQ
It's not too often I get to play with military-grade weaponry, and the military is usually pretty wary about reporters handling firearms. But yesterday I traveled to Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD to see the latest improvements in soldier weaponry. More »
Army - United States - Military - Government - Installations
Netbook sales aren't as brisk as they used to be, and some are blaming the iPad. Well, Morgan Stanley's released an enlightening chart that pegs the victims of the iPad as, well, just about everything. It just makes people anxious. More »
After jailbreaking your iPad, you can install SNES4iPhone, which will not only play SNES romz—it will open the Bluetooth stack, allowing you to play Mario with a Wiimote. Nintendotacular! [Instructions via SwagLikeMe via notcot] More »
Bacon is divine. (Although far from my favorite pork.) But can we all agree that bacon-as-a-flavor has run its course? If you're pouring bacon syrup into coffee you're just stunt casting. Bacon is the racist Robert DeNiro of flavorings. [Torani] More »
Mobile Spy's iPad Spy is a new app for jailbroken iPads that will let you keep track of what the iPad is being used for with the user being none the wiser. Creepy! More »
Russian regional president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov claims he was abducted by aliens. Now, a Russian MP has asked President Dmitry Medvedev to investigate his claims to make sure he didn't give any state secrets to the space visitors. More »
Penn State's Beaver Stadium is already one of the toughest away venues in college football. But this fall—thanks to some scientific chicanery—it's going to be nearly 50% louder, making it almost impossible for opposing QBs to be heard. More »
Sorry, Verizon users. If you wanted the new iPhone 4 this year, you better start looking around in beer gardens. According to BroadPoint AmTech analyst Brian Marshall, AT&T has extended its exclusive deal thanks to their bargaining with the iPad: More »
Have a SIM card that, for some reason (the iPad), you'd like to chop down to MicroSIM form? It's possible, just follow this handy tutorial. (You pretty much just cut the casing very carefully, keeping contacts intact.) [JohnBenson via DVICE] More »
The legendary Nikonos was created by Cousteau and Wouters in the 60s. Built for submarine photography, it could stand a Kraken's bite. Later, Nikon turned it into an SLR. But this US Navy SEAL's camera wasn't an ordinary Nikonos. More »
Digital photography - Photography - Arts - Digital - Business
It's far from a sure thing, but a listing on LinkedIn, which refers to an acquisition of a company called Azingo by Motorola, could mean that Motorola's about to charge headlong into the mobile software game. But why? More »
Motorola - Smartphone - LinkedIn - Azingo Motorola - Business
Google Goggles—the fun-to-say visual search app—now includes a point-and-click translation tool that'll take a lot of the guesswork out of your next overseas vacation. It's like having a little multilinguist living in your phone. More »
Google - Google Goggle - Searching - Search Engines - Translation
After opening its first store in the UK last Friday, Best Buy has seen its best-ever opening weekend sales since they first set up shop in 1983. In this age of online shopping, it's surprising. But not for the UK. More »
BestBuy - Business and Economy - Shopping - IPad - Business
Look closely at the URL field in this browser. It's one of the new non-latin domain names, which are live now. [ICANN] More »
Domain name - ICANN - For Sale or Auction - Internationalized domain name - Internet & Computers
The original "solution looking for a problem," the laser is now 50 years old. This gallery charts the evolution of a technology that underpins everything from the fibre-optic backbone of the internet to the search for clean fusion energy. More »
Laser - Physics - Business - Optoelectronics and Fiber - Electronics and Electrical
Few of mankind's inventions have approached the sheer geekiness of this well-edited Star Wars pregnancy announcement. Also, I always suspected that targeting an egg with my seed would be no harder than bullseyeing a womp rat in a T-16. [NeatoBambino] More »
starwars - Science fiction - Games - Roleplaying - Recreation
