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Category Archives: Futurist
We Rule App Lets You Run Kingdoms From Your iPhone [Apps]
Instead of growing up a princess and ruling kingdoms with an iron fist, I'm here building castles and controlling villagers with the We Rule iPhone app. Ah well. It's close enough to the old dream and cheaper than a tiara. More »
LightForm LED Strips Are Bendy, Cuttable, and Perfect For DIY Decorations [LEDs]
Ever struggle to find an LED strip that's just the right fit for your odd decorating project? Me either. But it's good to know that there's such a thing as these flexible light strips which can be cut to size. More »
Delay Line Memory: How Computers Remembered Before RAM [Memoryforvever]
Before there was random access memory, there was delay line memory. It was random in a different sense; it involved turning electrical pulses into sound waves, sending them through long tubes of mercury, and re-electrifying them at the other end. More »
Idapt i4 Charges 4,000 Gadgets, Four At a Time [Chargers]
Until your house is beaming juice to your gadgets wirelessly, you will resolutely consider charging stuff a pain in the ass. The Idapt i4 gets where we're coming from and offers one word of consolation: consolidation. More »
America Doesn’t Care About Cell Phone Radiation (But the Rest of the World Does) [Health]
When it comes to cell phone radiation, everyone thinks they're an expert. Recently, however, GQ talked to the real experts, and though there's no consensus, one thing's clear: the rest of the world is worried. The U.S. is not. More »
The iPad Kindle App Is a Peek at Kindle’s Full Color Future [Kindle]
The Kindle iPad app's more than an upscaled iPhone port, with a new "tablet-based interface that redesigns the core screen and the reading experience," says Kindle VP Ian Freed. In other words, it's a peek at the future of Kindle. More »
Hillcrest Labs Pairs Kylo "TV Browser" with Motion-Sensing Loop Pointer [Kylo]
Remember the Loop? It was an accelerator-equipped remote for media centers that arrived last June. It worked pretty well. Now the company behind it, Hillcrest Labs, is going to try its hand at a web browser called Kylo—for television! More »
The Day @ Became a Celebrated Work of Art [@]
Next time you send an email, take a moment to ponder the simple beauty of the address field. No, not the name. Who cares who you're sending emails to. I certainly don't. No, the @ symbol. It's artwork now! More »
McDonald’s Japan To Begin Training Employees with Nintendo DS, Software [McDonalds]
"Get your greasy fingers off that DS Li—oh, you work here. Sorry about that. Please, continue with your McDonald's training." More »
Sky, ESPN, acTVila 3D Programming All Inbound This Summer [3D]
It's no surprise given the current hype level, but there are no less than three 3D programming announcements making the rounds today. Two of the three deal with—surprise!—sporting events. More »
Quantum Mechanics Object Observed by the Human Eye [Quantum Mechanics]
Remember when, just the other day, we were talking about the future of storage, and how quantum mechanics is on the pipe dream, it's totally magic list for now? Yeah. Me too. Thing is, shit just got real: Updated. More »
FoxTrot Discovers One Comic That Just Won’t Work On the iPad [Comics]
Wal-Mart Already Selling HTC HD2, Early Buyer Unboxes Post-Haste [Htc Hd2]
Apple Begins Offering Discounted iPad 10-Packs for Educators [Ipad]
If you're head over heels for an iPad, it will pay to be a teacher or some other figure in an educational institution. More »
Firegard Robot Concept Slinks In and Saves in Fiery Situations [Robots]
I could have sworn I killed this thing while playing Mass Effect 2 the other day, but the designer says this is actually a benevolent, firefighting automaton called Firegard that's meant to aid firemen in the field, not kill them. More »
Neofonie WePad Named Using MS Word Find-and-Replace Tool [Tablets]
I realize comparisons to another "Pads" are unfair, especially given the Tablet Wars I just invented by saying Tablet Wars haven't even officially started, but surely the WePad's name is some kind of backhanded compliment/joke from its creators at Neofonie? More »
Line 6 iPhone Peripheral is for MIDI Masters On-the-Go [Apps]
Does the iPhone need a mobile MIDI app? Irrelevant question, self, because it has one now, regardless of need or want. Called the Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer, it's a low power, portable option for MIDI mixers on the move. More »
Ben Folds Takes Chatroulette on Stage with "Ode to Merton" [Chatroulette]
SQL Injection License Plate Hopes to Foil Euro Traffic Cameras [Imagecache]
Who knows if this little bit of database wizardry would actually cause the traffic camera's picture-parsing computer to drop a table? Even if it doesn't it's covered up his actual license plate. [See Also] More »


















