The Optoma 1080p HD20 earned Bestmodo marks from us last year, but how well would the company's chops translate into the "gaming" space? Later this year, when the Game Time 720 (GT720) arrives, we should be able to tell you. More »
Category Archives: Futurist
Never Before Seen Look Inside a $300 Million Phillippe Starck Mega-Yacht [Yachts]
This site is no stranger to multi-million dollar mega yachts, but rarely do we see such an in-depth video tour of these modern day sea monsters as we do in this video of Andrey Melnichenko's "A" from the WSJ: More »
Overly Sensitive Populace Leads Microsoft to Kill "Sexting" Kin Ad [Microsoft Kin]
In an otherwise unremarkable Microsoft Kin ad (complete with ironically dressed hipsters!), an of-age man snaps a quick shot of his chest and sends it to a girl. In the aftermath of this atrocity America's youth was threatened. More »
Eyjafjallajökull Daily CO2 Output Utterly Dwarfed by European Aviation Industry [Eyjafjallajokull]
Mt. Eyjafjallajökull is wreaking havoc on European travel right now, but what about the continent's environment? That's a lot of CO2 in the air, after all, but you'd be surprised to learn the airplanes it's grounded are much, much worse. More »
Adobe CEO Confirms Slight Delay for Flash 10.1 On WebOS, BlackBerry Phones [Delays]
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, in an interview with FOX Business, has revealed that flash 10.1 support for WebOS and BlackBerry phones would arrive slightly later than expected in the second half of 2010. More »
Carl Zeiss Cine Lenses Target HDSLR Filmmakers This June [Carl Zeiss]
Later this June, well-known lens manufacturer Carl Zeiss will begin offering a line of Compact Prime CP.2 lenses with the discerning HDSLR filmmaker in mind. More »
Listen to Wilson Rothman’s Soothing Voice Discuss Kin, iPad, the Future [Podcast]
Confused about Kin? Still, somehow, not yet tapped out on iPad news? Then sit a spell and hit play on this podcast, wherein our very own Wilson Rothman talks tech with TechFlash. Listen closely, dear readers, for he is old and wise. More »
Colombian Artist Storms Bogota with Nude Art-Displaying iPad Necklace [Art]
A man walking around at night with an iPad lanyard around his neck, displaying semi-nude artwork, could be seen as a meandering perv. Or, as was the case in Bogota, the man is Claudio Arango, and he's an artist. More »
One of the Worst Ways to Introduce Yourself [Image Cache]
As if it's not enough that he turned his iPad into an overpriced name tag, this guy had to go a step further and let it dangle precariously from his neck. Geez. There are classier ways to announce your name. More »
Milking Cows for Electricity [Cow]
The livestock power mill makes cows even more productive turning farms into virtual power plants. More »
The Man Who Dissected Einstein’s Brain [Image Cache]
One remarkable photo out of many in Life's quietly stunning photogallery, The Day That Einstein Died: Dr. Thomas Harvey, who famously dissected Einstein's brain, cuts into one here. It might be Einstein's. [Life via Jon Snyder] More »
Inside America’s Secret Historical Tweet Vault [Tgif]
The Library of Congress announced this week that they'll be archiving every public tweet made since 2006, but they've been keeping track of some people's Twitter accounts way longer than that. We've collected some of the great tweets from yesteryear: More »
Painting With Light, Or: How to Make a Sexy Hennessy Ad [Photography]
Light painting was the killer technique behind the winners in our slow shot photo contest—and it's how this quite awesome Hennessy ad was made, not CGI. Wanna know how they do it? Check out the video. [Strobist] More »
Wi-Fi-Only Nook "Lite" Coming Soon, Nook 2 To Follow [Unconfirmed]
We're told that Barnes & Noble will be revealing some new products later this year: Nook 2 ("Project Encore") and a Wi-Fi-only Nook Lite. Meanwhile, a software update that includes a full browser is supposed to hit next week. More »
Palm Bribes Key Employees to Stick Around as SVP of Software Jumps Ship [Palm]
An SEC filing shows that Michael Abbott, Palm's Senior Vice President of software and services, will be leaving the company this month. The same filing also revealed that several key employees received generous incentives to stick around. More »
The Flexible, Solar-Powered Wrist Displays of War [Displays]
In future wars, our soldiers will be equipped with flexible, solar-powered computer displays on their wrists. And making it work has required a complete rethinking of how flexible displays are made. More »
A Garden On Your Work Desk [Home Offices]
Nicholas Todd has a garden on his work desk, a patch of lawn in which pikmins and gnomes can play while he world. I'd do the same, but I'm sure my dog would find a way to poop on it. More »
Spawn Labs HD-720 Review: A Slingbox for Xbox? [Review]
The Most Spectacular Sun View to Date [Space]
Look, Hell exists, and it's beautiful. Here's the Sun showing its largest eruption in 15 years, according to NASA. 126 Earths fit into that plasma 500,000-mile-long tongue. Here's the video: More »
Celebrity Hacker: Microsoft Leads Industry In Security [Security]
Security expert Marc Maiffret parlayed his teen hacking skills into getting paid to find holes in Microsoft software. Now, he says, Adobe and Apple can learn from Microsoft's past. More »

















