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Tech NewsGadgetsPhotos Emerge of Emirates A380 Showers: Tiny, But Luxurious
See that happy-looking lady in the pic? She’s standing in an Emirates A380 in-flight shower room, details of which have emerged after we first alerted you to this airborne luxury. The “shower spas” are pretty decently kitted-out, and the aircraft carries an extra 1,100-pounds of water to allow every one of the 14 first-class passengers … Continued
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Meridian 10MP Projector Displays on 25-Foot Screen With No Pixelation
Meridian’s 810 projector boldly claims to be the Reference Video System, and after seeing it for myself I think that’s a fair assessment. The $185,000 box (that’s right!) uses specially calibrated JVC D-ILA light engine panels to deliver a resolution of 4096 x 2400 pixels, or put simply, 10-freaking-megapixels. Compare that to 1080i’s one paltry … Continued
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Thermaltake’s V1 Cooler is Half Artwork, Half Airy Lungs For Your CPU
Current gadget design tends to favor minimalism… but that’s simply not true for this Thermaltake V1 cooler. Ohoho no. The Thermaltake designer who came up with this must’ve been an artist in a former career. Just look at it: so detailed, organically-shaped and glittery it’s an artwork. And one you’d surely have to show off … Continued
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Sanyo Kits Out the Xacti Range With New DMX-HD800 HD Camcorder
Sanyo’s HD700 Xacti was the then smallest 720p camcorder in the world, and we liked it. Time’s moved on and Sanyo has a new Xacti, the HD800, and it’s apparently a great leap in video quality. The new cam has an 8-megapixel CMOS sensor, and shoots 720p video at 30fps in MPEG4 format. It’s also … Continued
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Dell to Release New MP3 Player with Zing Tech, Media Store, Says Rumor
Remember Dell’s DJ Ditty MP3 player? Probably not, since Dell shut its PMP shop a while back. But over at the Wall St Journal, there’s a rumor that Dell is planning on re-entering the PMP market with a new device that’s been under development and testing. The device, name unknown, has a screen and simple … Continued
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Space and National Security (1963)
The 1963 U.S. Air Force film Space and National Security envisioned futuristic wars conducted in space. The clip above is taken from the fascinating NOVA episode, Astrospies. Many thanks to Matt Chapman of Homestarrunner.com for bringing this clip to our attention. As Matt points out, the “non-animation animation” is similar in style to many of … Continued
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PlayStation 3 2.42 Update Now Available (Might Want to Wait Before Installing)
The 2.42 firmware release for PS3 is now out, and you can go grab it now. You might want to wait until tomorrow morning to install it, however, since we all remember what happened with the 2.40 update. We recommend waiting until other people have canaried the situation out for you. As a side note, … Continued
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Philippe Kahn Successful in Transpac Sailing Record Attempt
Sunday morning, Philippe Kahn of camera phone fame and Richard Clarke successfully finished their double handed record attempt of the Transpac Cup. The sleep deprived two man team survived squall after squall, cuts and bruises, waves the size of small buildings, exploding rigging, and fishing nets wrapped around their keels to arrive from SF to … Continued
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Heart Robot Looks Like an Anemic Leprechaun, Demands Physical Affection Anyway
Dave McGoran of the University of West England has built what he calls the Heart Robot, a semihumanoid doll that “appreciates” affection. Covered in a variety of sensors, Heart Robot responds to your attentions with a range of expressive and, to be honest, unsettling tools: batting eyelids, a beating heart and pleasant purring, to name … Continued
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Rocket Racers: Like Crazier NASCAR In the Sky
If you thought Red Bull Racing was crazy, you won’t believe the Rocket Racing League. Think NASCAR, but in the air, using planes powered by solid-state rockets flying simultaneously. The racers take off in pairs, separated by minutes, competing against the clock at the same time. That means that they will have to maneuver around … Continued
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iPhone Apps We Like: Dynolicious Car Performance Meter
Dynolicious is an all-purpose automotive performance meter, utilizing the built-in accelerometer in the iPhone and iPod touch to record your driving characteristics. BunsenTech, the makers of the software, claim that it can record 0-60 times within .08 of a second, accurately estimate your current speed and monitor and record any directional G force. The system … Continued
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Glass Multi-touch Trackpads Only Make Sense With Displays Under ‘Em
New Apple notebooks are most certainly coming in the next six to eight weeks, and they will probably have the most extensive design overhauls in years. And the long-fabled MacBook touch might finally appear on the mortal plane. But the best rumor, we think, is that the new MacBooks will have a glass, multi-touch trackpad. … Continued
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Current Profits For Game Publishing Puts Nintendo Up Front With Infinite Gold Cheat
These are the current software profits for Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony based on first-party game titles published under their banner. It’s much like the hardware situation, with Nintendo up front with an uncountable amount of money, Microsoft somewhere in the middle with a deficit, and Sony pulling up the rear with billions in the red. … Continued
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iPhone Apps We Like: Here I Am Location Sender
The idea of taking your current location and emailing it to one of your contacts is super simple, but super effective. If the recipient opens the resulting URL on their iPhone, it’ll pop open the GMaps app and show exactly where you are, which can then be used as an endpoint for driving directions. We … Continued
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New iPod nano Will Be Taller, Skinnier, More Zune-Like (Gasp!)
iLounge is reporting that this year’s iPod nano will have a bigger screen than the current generation, with the same 1.5:1 widescreen aspect ratio as the iPhone and iPod touch. In order to cram in that kind of screen real estate, it’s getting stretched back out to its old school proportions (which I like better … Continued
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Art Lebedev’s “Plastinkus” Lets You Jam With Wallet-Sized Scratch Sessions
There are a number of products out there that allow aspiring DJs to engage in mobile scratch sessions (like the recently released Mixmeister application for the iPhone), but Art Lebedev’s new Plastinkus scratch pad claims to deliver a sound that is close to the real thing on a disk that you can fit comfortably in … Continued
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iPhone 3G Data Plan for Deaf: $50/Month
The iPhone 3G’s data plan for the deaf will be $10 higher than the original, just like it is for everyone else. It comes with unlimited texting, email and web browsing for $50 a month, or $65 for the enterprise flavor (basically if you use Exchange). You have to sign up for a voice plan … Continued
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DirecTV Adding 30 HD Channels on August 14th, 1080p Movies Later This Year
DirecTV is poised to take the lead in the HD battle by adding 30 extra channels starting on August 14th. That would give them 130 channels of HD in total-putting them well on their way to the 150 mark they floated around early this year. By the end of this month they also plan to … Continued
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California Earthquake: Don’t Make Phone Calls, Use Text or IM Instead
You might’ve noticed that the ground got a little rumbly California. You also might’ve noticed that the phone lines are basically blowing up. AT&T is officially recommending to only “make emergency or urgent calls” and use text messaging instead, to keep lines open for emergency personnel. Facebook and Twitter are other options (if you’re one … Continued
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Apartment with Rotating Centerpiece is Amazingly Versatile
This room, located in an apartment in Hong Kong, features a central unit that can rotate 360 degrees with the push of a finger. It has different compartments on different sides, allowing you to basically rotate the walls of what should be different rooms to face different living areas. Want your TV facing the bed? … Continued
By Adam Frucci