You know what? Nokia's just about had it with you guys complaining about the design of their devices. "Let's see you do better," the company says. "No, really, use this panel of sliders and buttons to design your dream phone." More »
Category Archives: Futurist
The Department of Defense Covertly Dismantled a Terrorist Message Board…Created By the CIA [Cybersecurity]
An incident from 2008, brought to light recently by the Washington Post, reveals just how discombobulated our nation's cybersecurity efforts actually are. A terrorist-tracking forum, created by the CIA and Saudi government, was shut down by the National Security Agency. More »
The Life and Death of the Rolodex [Memory Forever]
Just a few years ago there were no virtual social networks, no synchronized address books, and no smartphones. But people had social networks and phones, and they had to memorize and organize thousands of contacts. Or have a Rolodex. More »
Wrapsol Ultra Film Protects Phones When They’re Dragged Behind a Car at 35 MPH [Protection]
The makers of Wrapsol Ultra adhesive film wanted to prove how well their product protects gadgets. So they took an innocent Nokia, wrapped it up like a sandwich, and dragged it behind a car at 35 miles per hour. Ouch. More »
Sometimes the Photoshop Crop Tool Is All You Need [Image Cache]
A caption of "no, I did not photoshop this" accompanied this silly picture and I didn't believe it. I still don't, but that's just because I have proof: The crop tool was used. Here's the original image: More »
GameBone Accessory Will Turn iPhones Into PSP Look-Alikes [IPhone]
When we last saw renders of the GameBone iPhone gaming accessory it looked ridiculous. But the latest design actually looks like something we might slip our iPhones into to give them four buttons and a d-pad. More »
Energy-Generating Waterfall Doubles As Bungee Platform [Concept]
During the night, this tower is an energy-generating waterfall. During the day, it creates power using large solar panels while allowing bungee jumpers to leap from level 90.5. More »
Night of the Gun: Remembering Only What We Can Stand To Remember [Memoryforever]
The Typo We’ve Been Waiting For [Image Cache]
Admit it. You've been waiting for someone at a publication to slip up and make this typo ever since the LHC was announced. Unfortunately for Telegraph.co.uk and fortunately for us, Rebecca Watson caught a screenshot when it finally happened. [Flickr] More »
Football – Real Kick iPhone Game Actually Plays Meatspace Soccer [IPhone Apps]
Some app developer was smart enough to realize that the iPhone's speaker pushes air around, and thus, can be used to move a little styrofoam ball around a fake soccer field. More »
Tendril Vision Clock Helps You Save in Electricity Bills [Energy]
I like the Tendril Vision's looks. And I like it even more because it's real, even while it feels like a spare part for the Enterprise's bridge. The clock connects to the electric grid, giving you real time consumption information. More »
DIY Alien Race Invades Earth [Google Street View]
After birds and firetrucks and scuba divers and branches and the devil and burgers and God and teddy bears and drunks and noses invaded Earth, now it's the turn of crafty DIY aliens. Here's their mothership. [Google - Thanks oakleytimebomb!] More »
The Five Stages of Data Loss Grief [Tgif]
So your hard drive just died, and you didn't back it up. I'm so, so sorry. You can expect to go through the following five stages once you discover that all of your photos, files and music are gone forever. More »
Steve Jobs on Organ Transplant Lists: "I Almost Died" Waiting [Health]
When Steve Jobs received his liver transplant, he was considered "the sickest person on the waiting list." Now he's speaking out about the faults in California's current organ donor system which left 400 people dying in wait last year alone: More »
Best Buy Now Completely Full of Crap in 3D [Broken]
If you drop a few grand on a 3DTV package, the Geek Squad will "sync" those 3D glasses for you free—part of a "$149.99 value." The problem? Syncing shutter glasses only requires that you LOOK AT THE SCREEN. More »
The Future of Storage [Memory Forever]
If you take the guts of a Blu-ray or DVD player, blow it up, and spread it across a work bench, it looks like this. So you might be surprised to know that you're looking at the future of storage. More »
You’d Be Crazy to Buy a Palm Now [Palm]
Palm is dying. They've been hemorrhaging money since late last year, and yesterday's woeful earnings announcement sealed its fate. It didn't have to be this way. But it's been coming for a long time. More »
My Childhood Memories Live In Lego’s Underground Secure Vault [Lego]
Nothing brings up memories as smells do. In my case, it's the smell of plastic. Thousands of little colorful plastic pieces in cardboard boxes. Literally, all those memories live in a secure, temperature- and humidity-controlled, fireproof archival vault in Denmark. More »
Old Websites Sure Are Embarrassing [Retromodo]
The Wayback Machine offers an incredible catalog of what the web once was. But unlike that beloved Polaroid of your dad donning tweed and an afro, anyone can access the skeletons in your digital closet, anytime. Here's our peek wayback. More »
Leaked BlackBerry OS 6.0 Screenshots Show Widgets Aplenty [BlackBerry]
This is it. This is the moment us BlackBerry users have been waiting for. After countless Android, Symbian and Windows Phone 7 OS leaks, our time has come. This could be the turning point—BlackBerry OS 6.0. More »



















