3, Sep 2008
Google Uber Alles – Chrome Users Read The Fine Print!

Yesterday, the much touted Google Chrome launched,  like a firestorm, spreading through the nerd online community. Today is the “morning after” people waking up to some sobering “coyote ugly” realizations about Google. Most people clicked past the “I have read and accept the Terms” without ever reading the EULA, not…

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3, Sep 2008
(de)light Of Liquid Light

I know that Art is subjective, but come on! Since when is pouring Glow Stick content into a glass considered art? In a “bold” move “artist” Christina Ferraz Rigo creates a lamp that uses liquid as its source of light… How freakin original! Let me walk you through the steps…

21, Aug 2008
Mental Commitment Robot Seal, Love You Long Time

From Japan, the country that brought you Hello Kitty and Life Like Extreme Sex Robots, comes the Seal Type Mental Commit Robot for Psychological Enrichment. No, that’s not from Borat. That would be the mental marketing giants from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology crushing it with…

21, Aug 2008
Wacky "Good Idea" Gadgets? Vote For Your Favorite.

One of our readers sent us this wacky lineup of “good idea” gadgets. Where was this stuff when I was furnishing my college dorm?!   1. Behold, the Humpfest 3000™ , spring loaded Futon. Not for the queasy or weak of heart.2. Pour your shots twice as fast. Becomes increasingly…

18, Aug 2008
Strap-On For The iPhone

Despite its weird appearance, this is actually not a bad gadget, if it works. For mere $19.00 you can get the Apple iPhone 3G Mobile Phone Telescope. Its a 6x optical appendage that will compensate for your iPhone’s shortcomings. The only problem I see with this item is its price.…

18, Aug 2008
Big Toys For Big Brother In UK

Friend of mine send me this pic of some anal retentive British Defense Ministry chap playing with what looks like a hover-copter. Apparently having Mother England covered with static surveillance cameras is not enough – time to upgrade the toys. At first look, this reminds me of one of those…

13, Aug 2008
Large Hadron Collider Explained… In A Nerdy Rap

Short and sweet, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider explained with an Uber Nerdy Rap! Biggest show on earth is going live in September 2008. Check it here, yo! C to the E to the R to the N!

5, Aug 2008
Stupid Rumor – iPhone Nano Coming By Christmas

So I heard this from my father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate who lives in England that there is an iPhone Nano in the making and it will be landing by Christmas. This was confirmed by an online article in UK so you know this shit is real. The product…

4, Aug 2008
Robot Sub Competition Winners Announced

Although I was deeply disappointed at the absence of robot sharks with frickin laser beams attached to their heads, the 11th International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition was still awesome. Robotic subs competed in a variety of tasks showing off their technological prowess. This year a team from the University of…

4, Aug 2008
Toyota Geeks It Up Segway Style – Winglet

As if Segway wasn’t lame enough, Toyota joined the lineup of Segway’s knockoffs with a gimp little entry called Winglet. Winglet sounds more like a Maxi Pad knockoff for tiny cooters but I digress. Since Sony scrapped most of its robotics division (yes kids they shot Aibo the dog), Toyota…