Looking for geeky Valentine’s Day gift ideas, and have a broken Apple G4 lying around? Then it’s time to convert the computer into a tissue box, using this tutorial. Or, you can just “pull the whole computer assembly right out of the case, remove the upper housing as well as the air filter, and lastly, secure the tissue box.
[via Instructables]
Sony launched the website Precinct 52 to give players the chance to try the Heavy Rain PS3 demo early. Just click here, and look for these four pieces of evidence: “Short cigarette (117b), Origami bird, Coffee shop C (it says “diner”), and 117h (tyre tracks).” Continue reading for the Heavy Rain intro.
Upcoming psychological thriller Heavy Rain won’t be out until February 23. The game’s demo is not scheduled until February 11. Today is February 5. So what, let’s get the demo.
[via Kotaku]
Google’s Nexus One may be the best Android-powered smartphone to be released yet, but do you know what went on during its concept and design process? If not, Google’s Erick Tseng among others talk “about the Nexus One’s unprecedented fusion of bleeding-edge hardware and software design” after the break.
One of them is already available — the desktop dock — but the other two appear to be a standard desktop dock with an integrated spare battery charger and the nav-friendly car dock on the left and right, respectively.
[via Engadget]
Sure, there have been plenty of other Alien-inspired gadgets — including flash drives, lamp, and the famous M41-A pulse rifle — but this PS3 case mod is definitely one of the creepiest. This mod features “a gory Chestburster pushing its way out of the side of a poor old 1st gen PlayStation 3.” Click here for first picture in gallery.
Since the original movie Chestburster is said to assimilate some traits of its host, GivinTats decided to make him a bit of an alien cyborg instead of a straight-up organic creature.
ISS Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi decided to make use of the satellite internet connection by snapping amazing photos of earth and then uploading them to Twitpic for his Twitter tweets. More information. Click here for first picture in gallery.
The astronauts on the ISS sent their first tweet from space just a short time ago. Now they’ve upped their game, using Twitpic to send us breathtaking shots of significant locations all around the world.
[via Gizmodo]
The 2010 Super Bowl time countdown meter shows a little more than 2-days left until kickoff (6:25pm EST on CBS), but video streaming site Hulu has already leaked its own commercial — starring Alec Baldwin — for your viewing enjoyment. Continue reading to watch.
Invented by teenagers, Strawllers may not be cutting edge technology, but rather a simple straw-like gadget that makes curling your hair a breeze. It was recently featured on the Tyra Banks show. Continue reading for the news report.
Remember the movie BIG, starring Tom Hanks? There’s a rumor circulating on Twitter that his character, Josh Baskin, actually invented the Amazon Kindle during the “final presentation to the MacMillan toy executives.” For those who have the movie, you can skip to that scene for confirmation. If not, here’s a summary:
In that scene, Baskin hypothesizes an electronic reader for comic books, and many of the advantages he suggests for it could be taken straight from a Bezos press release.
