Some people see the iPhone’s Airport mode as a way to save battery life.

For thinkers like Jan Chipchase it’s the indicator that triggers a flow of insight into the future of mobile device…

Jan Chipchase on our multiple communication device future.

Randy George is my new musical hero, with his 21C take on a one-man cover band. His cover of Something About Us by Daft Punk was:

performed on Nintendo DS Ubisoft Jam Sessions, Midi controlled…

A One-Man DaftPunk Cover Band

When I finally get around to the lifetime of debt you need to buy a house these days, I want Jonathon Ben-Tovim to design my kitchen.

His “all mesh microwave, which releases cooking aromas yet…

the safely dangerous microwave

From Gizmodo:

UC at San Diego has the closest thing to an X-Men-style Danger Room in its new StarCAVE, a small room that entirely surrounds you, hurtling 68 million pixels at your…

UCSD’s StarCAVE Is bringing Virtual Reality back

From Army Times:

The Army said Tuesday it will begin testing a composite, nonmetal Humvee utility vehicle that is 900 pounds lighter than its conventional counterpart so it can carry…

US Army tests balsa wood Humvee

Mike Hills left a comment for Metacelsus

Mike Hills left a comment for Metacelsus

The Onion nails it again. This is just the sort of news report one might expect to see in the near future:

via Jerem Morrow

The Onion on Disney genetically engineering it’s child stars

Mike Hills replied to the discussion Doktor Sleepless #8

Mike Hills replied to the discussion Doktor Sleepless #8

This is Chris Natt’s take on a lamp:

The Stimuli light draws inspiration from the behaviour of plants and how they respond to changes in their environment such as sunlight exposure. The…

The self-adjusting lamp

Sadly this ad for the iArm is still total science-fiction:

But it is used as a the basis to explore the state of current prosthetics…

iArm and the state of prosthetics technology