Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:20:00 EST

This Fuel-Injection System Might Increase Fuel Efficiency By Up To 50% [Cars]

The most fuel efficient hybrid for sale in the US gets 51 MPG, but a startup called Transonic Combustion claims they can improve that. They claim their fuel-injection system will get 64 MPG. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:08:46 EST

Sony Motion Controller is Called PlayStation Move, Launches Fall 2010 [Playstation Move]

Sony's finally put a name to their motion controller, and it's called PlayStation Move. Live Updating More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:00:00 EST

Irresistible iPhone Apps Fridge Magnets [IPhone]

$13 dollars. Whole package. Must. Resist. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:40:00 EST

Complain About Cellphone Use During A Movie And Get Stabbed With A Meat Thermometer [Wtf]

Next time someone complains about your habit of using a cellphone in the movie theater, just casually tell him this story of a man who got stabbed with a meat thermometer after making a similar complaint. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:00 EST

Absurdly Simple Ocean Pumps Could Thwart Hurricanes [Science]

In yet more research funded by Bill and Melinda Gates (and Intellectual Ventures), Stanford University's Ken Caldeira explores a mechanically simple ocean pump that could significantly diminish the power of a hurricane. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:53:00 EST

Google Prettifies RSS With Tablet-Ready Google Reader Play [Google]

The mad scientists at Google Labs have unleashed their latest concoction: Google Reader Play, a new way to look at your feeds one Google-suggested site at a time. It's actually pretty neat! And would be perfect for the iPad. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:38:54 EST

Brizzly: The iPhone New Best (Free) Twitter App [IPhone Apps]

It's not that Brizzly's perfect, or that it does justice to its source material (the unassailably pretty, wonderfully lean Birdfeed)—it's that it comes close enough, and it's free. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:20:38 EST

ASUS Cine5 Crams Five Channels Into Slender PC Speaker [Asus]

ASUS calls the Cine5 "the world's most compact five-channel speaker," but who cares about that when the thing actually looks good and supposedly provides ultra-realistic surround sound? Sadly we don't know when it'll be available or for how much. [Asus] More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:40:00 EST

It's Time to Declare War Against Apple's Censorship [Rant]

The App Store censorship horse may have been beaten to death, but mainstream German media—whose iPhone applications have been censored by Apple because of its content—are not surrendering. I'm glad. In fact, I hope they win this war. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:38:40 EST

Remainders - The Things We Didn't Post: Two Birds With One Stone Edition [Remainders]

In today's Remainders: Efficiency. Get out of your house and watch the Final Four basketball games in 3-D; treat yourself to some Chilean wine while supporting their relief effort; start choosing the color for your Dell Mini 5, and more. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:00:00 EST

DIY Cleanroom [Projects]

A few pieces of shelving. A PC fan. An air filter. A shower curtain. Some lighting. Combine, and you have a budget space fit for swapping lenses and analyzing moon rocks. [I Heart Robotics via MAKE] More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:38:40 EST

You Will Have the Power of a PS3 In Your Pocket In 3 Years [Powervr]

I spoke to Imagination Technologies—maker of the PowerVR chip that powers smartphones like the iPhone, Droid and many others—and they said, definitively, that you'll have graphics comparable to the PlayStation 3 in 3 years. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:20:00 EST

Shooting Challenge: Monotone [Photography]

With a single candle, your photos were stupendous. So for this week's Shooting Challenge, we're tying a different hand behind your back: color. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:14:46 EST

Android Surges While the iPhone Stalls Out [Smartphones]

The latest smartphone subscriber numbers are out, and the last three months have been kind to Google. Android's still a relatively small player, but its usage base more than doubled since October. The iPhone, meanwhile, keeps on treading water. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:00 EST

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]

Todays enticing deals are an HP tablet laptop that just begs to be touched all over. Those holding out on buying Uncharted 2, can finally give in with it's irresistible lower price, and snag some free cleaning supplies too. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:40:00 EST

NYC's New Condom Wrapper Lets You Power On When It Counts [Sex]

NYC hands out a whopping 40 million condoms every year (although to be fair, 15 million of them were used by Jesus Diaz before he got married). Now, they'll all come stamped with the classic "power on" symbol. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:15:04 EST

OnLive Streaming Game Service Launches June 17 For $15/Month [Onlive]

The OnLive streaming game service that takes console and PC games, renders them server-side, then streams it to your Mac or PC, will go live on June 17 in the US (lower 48). More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:00:48 EST

Giz Explains: How You're Gonna Get Screwed By Ebook Formats [Giz Explains]

"We use the epub format: It is the most popular open book format in the world." That's how Steve Jobs announced the iPad. And wow, that sounds like all the ebooks you own will just work on anything. Um, no. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:35:52 EST

HTML5 vs. Flash: The Video Benchmark Deathmatch [Online Video]

With the release of the iPad, among other things, HTML5's been pitted against Flash as the savior of web video. It might be! (Or not!) Either way, a crucial arguing point is that it's more efficient. So, uh, is it? More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:20:00 EST

Apple Must Feature PixieTea In Their Next iPhone Ad [IPhone]

A Chinese artist named PixieTea both recorded this song and shot the accompanying video almost entirely on an iPhone 3GS. The surprise? It's actually pretty decent! See for yourself: More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:18:16 EST

Canon Lens Thermos Now Available for Preorder [Awesome Things]

Remember this amazing travel mug shaped like a camera lens that Canon handed out to press at the Olympics? Well, now you can pre-order one for yourself for a mere $30 CAD. Sweet! [Vistek via DoobyBrain via The Daily What] More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:41:54 EST

Amazon Now Owns the Concept of One-Click Online Checkouts [Patents]

After years of fighting, Amazon's infamous 1-Click patent has been (re)confirmed. In other words, if a site wants to deploy a single-click checkout system for registered customers, it's gotta license the tech from Amazon. Oh, patents! More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:40:59 EST

Etirement Lamp Concept Looks Like An Umbrella But I Wouldn't Suggest Using It In A Downpour [Concepts]

If they ever make a 21st century Mary Poppins sequel—and say, Tim Burton directs it—I would like to see her umbrella replaced with this dimmer lamp. Mary could get swept away, up the electrical fuse. Forever. [Yanko Design] More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:40:39 EST

Bid For The Oldest "Flying Car" This Weekend [Cars]

This isn't just any old rusty antique of a car. It's the oldest-dated flying car, and comes with the blueprints, 1921 patent and documents charting inventor Frank Skroback's creation. Here's the catch though: it doesn't fly. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:20:44 EST

Rumor: Cisco Prepping New Flip Video Cameras [Cisco]

Silicon Alley Insider is reporting that Cisco is prepping a new line of Flip video cameras to be announced next month at the NAB conference in Vegas. Makes sense! No details on the models themselves, unfortunately. [Silicon Alley Insider] More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST

Transform Your Hoodie Into a Laptop Bag In Ten Seconds [How To]

The winter is almost over. Maybe it's time to transform one of your hoodies into a laptop sleeve/bag following these easy steps. It just takes a few seconds. [Likecool] More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:20:00 EST

Case-mate Hug Review: A Wireless iPhone Charging Pad That Actually Works Well [Review]

Wireless charging has been around—even for the iPhone—for years, but it wasn't until the last 12 months that it's been refined to be as good as standard wired charging. Case-mate's Hug is our favorite iPhone charging pad. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:40:00 EST

Dress Yourself, Linux Users [Linux]

A t-shirt-stuffed Linux store has opened for business, the proceeds from which support the Linux Foundation. But since Linux users are such penny-pinchers, $18 is probably more than they'll pay for a single garment of clothing. [LinuxStore via CrunchGear] More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:00:00 EST

Microsoft SideWinder X4 Review: Step Up, Son [Review]

First law of gadget recessionomics: Take something you make, which is great, make it ever so less great, and sell it for ever so less money. That's how you end up with products like Microsoft's SideWinder X4 keyboard. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:59:25 EST

Google Maps Gets Bike Lanes/Directions Just In Time for Spring [Biking]

Google added bike lanes and bicycle directions to Google Maps today, allowing you to find routes that aren't too hilly or congested. It's pretty awesome! More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:40:00 EST

Blocks of Life Bubbling in the Orion Nebula [Science]

It's confirmed: Space is bubbling with the potential for life. The Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared—on board the Herschel Space Observatory—has sent a high resolution analysis of the Orion Nebula's chemistry. It has scientists very excited. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:20:00 EST

Paper Calendar Tears Off Its Pages Automagically [Gadgets]

This daily calendar mixes analog, digital, nature, and poetry all in one: Every autumn day, each of its pages will fall off automatically, torn by a clever mechanism at its top. As this video shows, it works great. But why? More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:58:10 EST

Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives [Security]

With stories abounding of identity theft aided by information lifted from discarded storage devices, you want devices you no longer plan to use to have no usable information when they head out the door. Here's how to wipe them clean. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:40:02 EST

iKat Augmented Reality App Works Without Real-World Prompt [Apps]

Apart from the name—which I personally approve of very much—Zenitum's iKat app has another cool edge to it. It's (we think) the first augmented reality phone app to work without a marker, or real-world prompt. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:39 EST

Japanese Otaku Update: Now They're Indulging In "Factory Night Jungle Cruises" [Japan]

When planning your next Japan visit, better put aside a night for a "factory night jungle cruise" if you want to be right up there with the latest Japanese otaku craze. They literally visit factories, at night. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:41:15 EST

South Korea Testing "Recharging Roads" For Its Public Transport [Transport]

South Korea has overhauled its public transport network with recharging roads, where the vehicles use power from buried electric strips in the road. It was invented at the University of California, before South Korea adopted it for an amusement park. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:03:23 EST

40MP Pentax 645D Camera Will Be Japan's In May, And Ours Soon After [Cameras]

It's not a micro four thirds, but Pentax has lifted the lid on the 645D medium format camera, which will be available this May for close to $10,000. Why so expensive, you ask? There's that 40MP Kodak sensor for starters. More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:31:25 EST

Underwear Made From Bananas Hits Australian Shops [Science]

We often speak of material being used to conduct electricity, but what if underwear makers AussieBum—who've created underpants made from banana fiber—used carbon nanotubes as well? Think of the possibilities banana-derived electricity-conducting pants could bring you. [KoreaHerald] More »

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:35:13 EST

How to Look Like a Gadget Lover Without Buying Any Real Electronics [Wtf]

12 Full Color Printed VHS Video Boxes: $9. Full Scale Plastic Washer and Dryer Set: $139. 2 Piece 20" Wide Screen LCD Style Computer Package: $49. Outfitting your entire home with prop gadgets: Probably a bad idea. More »