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961 votes | submitted 2008-08-26 18:34:44 by jaybol | 97 comments
The first design image of the HTC Dream AKA T-Mobile G1 better known as the first Google Android OS
powered phone is out via the AndroidGuys. The phone seems inspired by HTC's Sidekick in its QWERTY
keyboard, buttons layout and slide out screen. It also seems to have a slim form factor, which
should help it compete with Apple's iPhone or the new Bl
275 votes | submitted 2008-08-27 01:08:44 by bViral | 14 comments
Inspired by James Nachtwey's TED Prize wish, designer Bas Groenendaal shares this prototype camera
with TED. The Scope camera has a fresh look and a singular purpose, he says:to be used as a
therapeutic instrument for underprivileged children, e.g. children living in (former) warzones.
765 votes | submitted 2008-08-26 15:23:59 by mklopez | 110 comments
Imagine being able to create any 3D object you want—a World of Warcraft avatar, a chess set, a
lamp, a Lego piece you are missing, a house for a train model, or a fully articulated astromech
droid—, print it remotely, and have it delivered to your house in just ten days, even without
knowing any 3D software. This is exactly what Shapeways does.
677 votes | submitted 2008-08-24 01:38:20 by hdar3415 | 50 comments
The Zephyr-6, as it is known, stayed aloft for more than three days, running through the night on
batteries it had recharged in sunlight. The flight was a demonstration for the US military, which is
looking for new types of technology to support its troops on the ground.
880 votes | submitted 2008-08-20 16:41:16 by akpwnz | 220 comments
Metallica's Lars Ulrich loves Black Sabbath and Deep Purple -- and so does his 10-year-old son.
7474 votes | submitted 2008-08-20 02:27:58 by badwithcomputer | 419 comments
I don't usually give a shit about unboxing videos, but this is some seriously impressive packaging
for Samsung's new phone.
2291 votes | submitted 2008-08-19 01:20:01 by domfosnz | 304 comments
The first handset to run Android (aka "the Google Phone") has been approved by the FCC. In the
documents provided, it appears that we have now a release date for this highly anticipated phone:
November 10th, 2008. So what will the HTC Dream offer? We take a look at some of the details and
unknowns surrounding this device.
739 votes | submitted 2008-08-18 00:28:36 by optimusprime01 | 48 comments
What clever, handy devices came out of the 19th-century imagination? Self-pouring teapots, periscope
glasses,fire grenades, and more.Pictured is a forerunner of your trusty Outlook calendar.It's a
memorandum clock, which indicates when a business appointment has finished.The device from 1890,
uses a bone note with the relevant person's name on it.
409 votes | submitted 2008-08-18 15:48:01 by irfanmp | 36 comments
The fight against terror is shrinking. As science races to confront terrorism with new technology,
researchers are unveiling a new generation of devices featuring ever-more sophisticated sensors to
quickly detect explosives, radiation, chemicals and biological agents.
748 votes | submitted 2008-08-17 21:52:30 by msaleem | 33 comments
Nanotechnology is already used in more ways than even science fiction authors could have dreamed up
a decade ago. From helping paralyzed patients move and feel limbs again to creating real-life
cloaking devices here are 15 amazing real-life applications of nanotechnology.
405 votes | submitted 2008-08-17 21:33:16 by suxmonkey | 78 comments
Someone was clearly dying to make that table. Get it? Get it? Commence heckling me ... now.
790 votes | submitted 2008-08-16 22:05:49 by numberneal | 94 comments
City officials have finally gotten rid of five high-tech self-cleaning toilets that cost Seattle $5
million but sold online for just $12,549.
841 votes | submitted 2008-08-15 11:20:45 by MrBabyMan | 43 comments
It was the invention of the future - a tiny machine complete with its own map that would tell
motorists which way to go. But this was no GPS, it was a wristwatch-style device equipped with
minuscule maps. It is one of the labour and face-saving devices to go on display from a private
collection of weird and wonderful gadgets from the past.
931 votes | submitted 2008-08-15 14:06:33 by mklopez | 95 comments
Here's a common scene, but still impressive, at the Beijing Olympics: dozens of photographers firing
the most expensive digital photography gear available on the planet. The sound of all those shutters
re-clacky-clicketing alone must give goosebumps to any photo aficionado, but the total price of all
this machinery would actually make anyone faint
477 votes | submitted 2008-08-13 22:56:26 by pizzler | 48 comments
Are the Olympics inspiring you to get in shape? These gadgets will help get you there.
2499 votes | submitted 2008-08-13 19:03:51 by Peachi | 348 comments
Do we really still need to talk about this? You’d think with over a decade of experience under our
belts along with our inherent delusions of hyper sophistication that we’d have figured things out
by now. But the sad truth remains: cell-phone douche-baggery is worse than ever!
637 votes | submitted 2008-08-12 18:25:48 by irfanmp | 89 comments
Fans of science fiction and luddites alike know that technology will cause the end of everything
wholesome — and it will happen in one of two ways. It could be that the Internet becomes
self-aware and sends the governor of California back naked through time to kill Sarah Connor.