It's been 13 long years since Honda did any major redesigning of its stair-stumblin' Asimo robot. Now, they're about ready to unveil P4, the fourth version of Asimo. More »

Sure, you've been able to buy cheap plastic arc reactors for a while, but this is the real-deal Mark I "Hero" reactor from the actual movie. And it's just one of a boatload of props and costumes up for auction. More »

A unit of Intellectual Ventures—the patent firm started by ex-Microsoft chief tech dude Nathan Myhrvold and funded partly by Bill Gates—called TerraPower is talking with Toshiba about using its nuclear reactor tech to build underground reactors. More »

Imagined back story: Tokyo Flash designer had one too many sakes, attempted to screw a Labyrinth maze game onto the face of an ordinary watch, got fired, moved to Project Designs, and is now flogging the watches for $100. [Yanko] More »

Genius: a cup sleeve that expands via endothermic reaction when the cup is filled with hot liquid, insulating your hot coffee and keeping your hand from getting roasted. Utterly horrifying: the end of this video. [Heatswell] More »

I was playing the Splinter Cell: Conviction demo after turning my Xbox on for the first time in a month, and thought, "man, it's easy to stealthily snap necks." JETProtect's CS300K Long Range Counter Surveillance Camera would've gotten me killed. More »

Mozilla's officially abandoning development of Firefox Mobile for Windows Mobile in the wake of the shiny—er, matte—future of Windows Phone 7. Which they're not latching onto, either, because there's no native SDK. More »

"Why," you're probably asking, "would I want another browser on my iPhone, when mobile Safari's the best one around?" Because Opera Mini on the iPhone makes pokey EDGE feel like 3G. Check it out. More »

A 12MP Nokia handset has been on the cards, and if IT168 is right, the above blurrypic could be it—the N8-00, Nokia's newest flagship. More »

Is it too early to say that augmented reality has jumped the shark? Probably, but now that UK laydee's mag Grazia has done a "3D issue" with pop-twiglet Florence and the Machine dancing across the cover, we're officially On Watch. More »

Obviously you're going to need some space to flail your arms and legs about, but 4m? Seems like quite a bit just to play video games—even if Project Natal is the most anticipated gaming add-on this year. More »

Measuring just 44m sq., this Tokyo house offers slightly more space than the typical capsule living space, but as you can see from the numerous photos inside (at the bottom of this post), it's still best-suited for diminutive human beings. More »

Last week we said the HTC Supersonic would be announced next week, and as it's now "next week," it figures that select Sprint Premier customers are being told about a "groundbreaking new device" due to be announced today. More »

The BBC Wildlife magazine archives have been uploaded to the internet library, so if you've been wanting to nail your macro, landscape, and of course animal photography, definitely take a peek. [BBC Wildlife via Lifehacker] More »

Samsung's Omnia II handset was the first phone to feature Swype, the super-fast input method for texting. It's now officially the world's fastest way to text, breaking the Guinness World Record with five seconds to spare. More »

Nintendo Japan has announced that they will present the newest portable console, the Nintendo 3DS, in June. The new handheld will offer 3D viewing without glasses. Here's all the information we have gathered so far: More »

Already on sale in its native Korea, LG's 15-inch EL9500 OLED TV (the ultra-styled origami-like set) has been listed on Amazon UK for £1,970—or $2,966. More »

Saying hello to Spring is always bittersweet for me. More »

Walt Mosspuppet's in a poetic mood and he's got an ode to all the iPad haters of the world. Behold his "literary majesty!" [Mosspuppet] More »

Home audio company Definitive Technology thought that it's a crime to put huge, thick, ugly speakers next to a slim wall-mounted TV. So they made the ultra-thin 1.5-inch Mythos XTR-50 home theater speakers to prevent decorating disasters. More »