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Darpa
Pentagon Putting $22 Million Into Aimbot-ish Bullets
Like Wanted come to life, the Pentagon's now funding $22 million into researching bullets that could change course mid-flight to hit their targets. DARPA, the Defense Department's R&D office, is handing out $12.3 million to Lockheed Martin and $9.5 million to Teledyne Scientific & Imaging to design .50-caliber sniper rifles with guided ammo. More » -
gestures
FluidTunes Lets You Frantically Flail Through Your iTunes Library
Mgestyk's system-wide camera control system looks fun, but FluidTunes, a simple program that lets your toss around your iTunes library via your iSight, has two important things that it doesn't: free-ness and out-now-ness. More » -
Hands briefly on
Nokia N97 Unveiled, The First High-End N-Series Touch Phone
It's been a long time coming, but after dabbling with touch on the midrange 5800, Nokia has finally brought a touchscreen to its brand new flagship S60 smartphone, the N97. More »
3:30 AM on Tue Dec 2 2008
By John Mahoney
4,187 views, 27 commentsMost discussed armendni: No 3G or wi-fi?? and $700? Yeah I'm gonna pass on this one. Cell Providers probably won't more »
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Smart Home
Nokia Smart Home Solution Puts Power of Control Onto Your Cellphone
With energy conservation and easy eco-friendliness on just about everybody's agenda these days, one of the most popular concepts is the “Smart Home,” a living environment that knows just how much power you actually need to be comfortable and gives you not a drop more. Nokia's hopping on that wagon with its new Nokia Home Control Center, a Linux-based platform that will control your house's resources via your mobile phone. More »2:30 AM on Tue Dec 2 2008
By Elaine Chow
838 views, 1 commentLatest by ZetaCrossfire: ill have to see it to believe it. more »
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Shanghai Tower
632-Meter Shanghai Tower Will Spin Towards The Sky
Financial apocalypse be damned! The Shanghai Tower, set to reach a whopping 632 meters by the time it's completed, broke ground over the weekend. With its zenith a full 140 meters higher than the Mori Building (currently the world's highest observatory), it'll grab the honors of the tallest building in China.
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arc mouse
Chinese-Themed Microsoft Arc Mice Can Get Lost In Your Pottery Collection
During my visit to Hong Kong, Brian showed me to a local design store called G.O.D. (Goods Of Desire), which kind of reminded me of a China kitsch-themed Urban Outfitters. When I get a chance to go back there, I'm definitely saving up some money for these laser mice, a Microsoft Arc and G.O.D. mashup. Man, could you even tell computer mice were in the picture? Fooled me at first glance! More » -
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China
Old Beijing Subway Trains Get Second Life As Homeless Shelters
Ever wonder what happens to old subway cars when subway lines upgrade to newer trains? In Beijing at least, the ones used pre-Olympics have been shipped to Sichuan and converted into temporary winter shelters. Ten DK-16 trains, each with six cars, are now in Guangyuan, a city north of Sichuan's capital Chengdu. More »11:30 PM on Mon Dec 1 2008
By Elaine Chow
3,777 views, 27 commentsMost discussed DigitalSciGuy: Most often subway cars don't just get thrown into landfills. The amount of metal in subway cars is much too more »
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Unsexy
Japanese Healthy Cigarettes Do Nothing for Kicking the Habit
A Japanese company, Sosu, has recently revealed healthy cigarettes, rechargeable battery-powered butts that emit flavored steam, complete with glowing LED lights. Unfortunately these cigarettes won’t actually help with those nicotine—you know, the addictive part—cravings. More » -
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At Gizmodo Gallery: A Live "Will It Blend?" Demo
The Gizmodo Gallery, which starts this week in NYC, is going to have voodoo. See, Blendtec, the guys responsible for those catchy videos of gadgets being destroyed aren't just giving us one to give away as a door prize, but they're setting us up with a demo model we can use to pulp our own gadgets with.
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cloud computing
Good OS Launches A Cloud-centric Version of Their Linux OS called...Cloud
Good OS, who provided the $200 Wal-mart PCs with gOS, will release a cloud-based version of the OS, the pragmatically named Cloud. Cloud runs a hybrid browser/linux kernel, offering quick startups and minimal lag. More » -
Retromodo
Product Manual Archive Gives Us a Glimpse of Gadgets of Yesteryear
For those of us who don't remember life before the NES, Boing Boing uncovered a collection of vintage instruction manuals, ads, hang tags and more, which give us a glimpse of gadgets from the past. More »
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Japan robot
Super Dexterous Japanese Motoman Robot Chef Makes Okonomiyaki
Okonomiyaki's a Japanese omlette/pancake dish that's made of a mish-mash of anything you like. I love them. Kotaku's Ashcraft loves them. This Japanese robot can make them. This makes it the best robot ever. More »
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