Cricket commentators at a match in Dubai survived a technical disaster yesterday thanks to an iPad and a piece of quick thinking. The BBC crew were commentating for Test Match Special, a radio show that has been a British institution since 1957. Although now available online on digital radio and even via podcast, it remains […]
A company named HzO is claiming waterproof smartphones could be on the way this summer, and will be the norm in a couple of years. The company says its solution, WaterBlock, works differently than current techniques. Instead of merely waterproofing the exterior of the phone, it uses a “nanotechnology” coating on the interior, covering individual […]
Manufacturing has begun on a Linux computer that costs just $25. But the British developers have conceded they will have to outsource production overseas to make it viable. The long-running project aims to cut costs by reducing a computer to its most basic components while still having all the functionality you’d expect from modern hardware. […]
After reviewing the second season of “The Walking Dead”, the team at The Slingshot Channel realized that firearms are weapons of last resort in a Zombie outbreak. Gunshots are just too loud, veritable dinner bells for the Undead. A powerful slingshot is a very good choice, as earlier tests clearly proved. But then again, a […]
Cubelets are magnetic blocks that can be snapped together to make an endless variety of robots with no programming and no wires. You can build robots that drive around on a tabletop, respond to light, sound, and temperature, and have surprisingly lifelike behavior. But instead of programming that behavior, you snap the cubelets together and […]
iPhone 4s users beware: your precious toy might one day be the end of you! [Via CB]
The days of electronic chips becoming useless when they develop a small fault could be numbered. Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a system that could allow chips to self-heal physical damage. While integrated chips are a great space-saver and ideal for portable electronic devices, they currently have an inherent problem: if one […]
A 3-in-1 USB cable that features a mini USB, a Micro USB, and an Apple 40 pin connector, all in the same setup, allowing you to charge and sync a wide variety of mobile devices with just one cable. [Innergie | Via Laughing Squid]
If you want to create a tablet computer or smartphone that’s a pointy green pyramid, Apple has no objection. That’s the only logical conclusion from a curious court filing the company has made in an ongoing legal battle with Samsung. Long story short, Apple is suing Samsung for copying the design of its products with […]
From Enandis.com: Passive Amplifier for iphone made of ceramic. the form is designed to amplify and optimize the best sound output. the amplifier is based on a thin wooden frame that allows the object to float off the table. this in order to increase the vibration of the object and to optimize the emission of […]