Archive for August 2009
Rockmelt, a Facebook-Integrated Browser: Wtf or Ftw?
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Internet Explorer is still the world’s most popular internet browser, but its market share has dropped because of sweet alternatives like Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Safari. And if ReadWriteWeb‘s “reputable sources” are to be believed, a new challenger is about to drop a metaphorical token in the metaphorical arcade machine… |
August 14th, 2009
Genetically Engineered Pigs Could be Harvested for Human Organ Transplants – Still No Spiderpig
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Sorry Homer. But what’s important is that a group of Korean scientists have successfully produced a genetically engineered pig whose organs could be compatible with the human body. Chung Nam University’s Jin Dong-il and local bio-tech firm Mgen claim that their cloned piglet contains a protein called fas ligand (FasL),… |
August 14th, 2009
Mass Effect 2 and Shepard’S New Friend
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If you were paying attention during E3, you probably noticed a prominent new face in the trailer for Mass Effect 2…. Newly released screenshots offer a longer, lingering look at Thane, an assassin who’ll be a part of the squad in the upcoming sequel. I don’t know much about |
August 14th, 2009
Hairsticks, for That Subtle Touch of Fandom
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I love the less overt displays of fandom as much as I do the building of lifesize robot replicas, so I couldn’t possibly resist hairsticks decorated with little touches of iconic images from video games. Can you imagine walking behind someone with the T-virus bobbing along in their hair? I’m… |
August 14th, 2009
Atari Terminator Grenade Joystick: Controllers That Time Forgot
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I have a very vague memory of playing with one of these Terminator joysticks on my old Atari computer system back in the 80s. I can’t believe somebody managed to dig one of these oddities up. I found these images over on Klonoaxero’s Flickr page, where he says he recently… |
August 13th, 2009
Rotgutonix Booze Detector: Good Whiskey or Bad Moonshine?
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Next time somebody serves you a glass of mystery booze at a cocktail party, whip out the Rotgutonix pen, and find out what you’re really drinking. Just dip the Rotgutonix pen into a glass of alcohol (no mixers, please), and let it soak for 20 seconds. The pen’s liquid-crystal display… |
August 13th, 2009
Where Babies Come From – Portal Wear for Tots
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When the ESRB gave Portal… a “T” rating, I don’t think they meant “T for Toddler”. But your tots can get this hysterical “Where Babies Come From” C-Section graphic on an infant body suit, tiny t-shirt, or a baby bib over at CafePress. |
August 13th, 2009
Make Your Mark on the Dsi With Flipnote Studio
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Flip Notebook has been in this space before, only then it was Moving Memo Pad…, and it was limited to the Japanese Nintendo DSi. Now, however, the free animation app for DSiWare is suddenly available, outside the regular release schedule. Someone had to know how much we wanted it! |
August 13th, 2009
Ben Heck’S Next Project: the Bill Paxton Pinball Machine
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Master modician Benjamin Heckendorn is known for his video game console-to-laptop transformations, but most of his creations are either commissioned works or are sold for a cause. This time he’s making something for himself, and he’s decided to go with a pinball machine. With Bill Paxton as the theme. Hey… |
August 13th, 2009
Color Picker Pen Might Make That Box of 120 Crayons Obsolete
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When I was in grade school, crayons served as our introduction to the art of one-upmanship – you have a box of 8? Well your seatmate has a box of 16! So you tell your mom to buy you a box of 24, but – oh snap! - your rival’s… |
August 13th, 2009
