These Machines Can Turn Iron Bars Into Silly Putty
I love machines that can grab any piece of iron and twist it like it's silly putty -- trust crazy German blacksmiths to come up with the Hebo system.
I love machines that can grab any piece of iron and twist it like it's silly putty -- trust crazy German blacksmiths to come up with the Hebo system.
It turns out Apple's questionable rebuild of its 5th Avenue store wasn't in vain—the company now has the ability to make some pretty daring glass structures. Case in point: this French shop will be almost totally transparent.
Not all adverts are created equally – some are genuinely awesome and some just drive you insane. An infuriating example of the latter is the WeBuyAnyCar.com advert, which apparently is the nations most annoying ad from last year, and I can well believe it.
Thunderbolt is fast. Actually, that's a simplistic view. It's incredibly fast (10Gbps bi-directional speeds!) and can handle multiple protocols. You can use Thunderbolt to attach a monitor, external drives, video capture devices, and hubs that support USB and Firewire. Real products are finally arriving, so we thought we'd make a list of the best ones.
The first Sony-only smartphone, the Xperia S, has been priced and dated for the UK. It’ll arrive on these shores around the 5th of March, and will set you back from £429.99 SIM-free.
According to the Private Eye, Vodafone’s dodging another £2 billion a year in tax with a complicated internal loan scheme. It was apparently cleared with the company’s other tax dodging plans in the controversial tax write-off by the HM Revenue and Customs 18 months ago.
Short answer: no. Longer answer: still no. Unless you believe the pseudo-scientific ramblings of psychologist Cliff Arnall, of course, who once developed an equation he thought could predict the day we all feel most depressed.
Apple’s suing Motorola and attempting to stop it selling certain handsets in the US. But it’s not exactly going to plan for Cupertino, as a judge has made an initial determination that Motorola’s not actually in the wrong, and doesn’t infringe on Apple’s patents.
It's not like this is the first Star Wars cake we've ever clapped eyes upon, but I have a feeling this may just be the largest. Taller than the average man at 6 foot 4 inches, the stormtrooper was created for the Arisia sci-fi convention last week. I bet it took less time to eat than the 14 days it took to build, though probably a bit more time than it took the rebel alliance to take down Alderaan.
Not that you watch porn, of course. Ahem. But I did want to call your attention to Vice magazine's SFW-ish round-up of the worst (read: BEST) home decor in the backgrounds of porn flicks. Amateur porn flicks, that is. No-one really lives in a house with a Swarovski-encrusted hot tub. But evidently they do watch Batman & Robin while going through their grim motions. [Vice]
One of the coolest space missions of recent time, to be carried out by Russia's Phobos-Grunt, failed last November. Now the unsuccessful probe has crash-landed in the Pacific Ocean.
With their continued prevalence on the streets, folding bikes have grown from being a wobbly novelty to a serious option for the daily commute. Early February sees the UK launch of a new brand in the crowded market, Tern, available exclusively from Evans Cycles. The company has had a bit of a bumpy ride, however, blighted by a bitter spat – both legal and familial – with the market-leader in folders, Dahon.
Boffins from the University of Cambridge have managed to grow blood vessels in the lab from a patient’s own skin cells, which could mean veins and arteries could be grown for life-saving surgery on an industrial scale.
If you've ever had the pleasure of experiencing endoscopy, you'll think there must be a better way to check out your insides than having a camera shoved up your arse. Now there is, and it's robotic!
If I Die is a Facebook app that lets users create a text status update or a particularly morbid video message, which will be pinged out to all your followers "if" you should happen to die.
We’ve got an array of modern gadgets and gizmos at tremendous prices further down in this piece, but the one that has tickled us the most today is decidedly retro.
