KLM Indonesia are running a competition for concept airline plans. It’s the WB-1010 that’s caught the internet’s attention. It looks something between a cross of a whale and a spaceship. A space whale? This is just a concept design. It can’t actually be built with the materials we have today. That’s okay as the focus […]
Sir James Dyson explains the air multiplier
Dyson successfully launched their new bladeless fan / air multiplier yesterday. I say “successfully” as the term air multiplier quickly became a hot trend on Google and on Twitter. The Telegraph have a video of James Dyson describing the new invention. In a nutshell the famous inventor pitches the fan as being smoother than a […]
Computational Pop-Up Book
This is a demo of what would be an extremely funky pop-up book. The usual trick is to load the pop-up book with glitter and other shiny stuff that explodes over the reader and haunts the carpet fluff for weeks to come. This computational pop-book does better than shiny – it manages to actually light […]
Hubble upgraded: fantastic new images
Servicing Mission 4 was a dramatic makeover for the Hubble telescope. How dramatic? The following pictures speak for themselves as they let you compare like-for-like shots taken 7 years apart. The upgrade makes the telescope far more sensitive to light. The result is pretty clear; Hubble becomes a much better telescope. Hat to tip to […]
New handheld video camera concept from Whipsaw
I’m tempted by a Flip camera. The idea of having something small enough to pop into my regularly used travel bag and pull out just when I need to is appealing. It would be a great way to start to produce video content for this and many other sites. Then there’s the iPhone S3G debate. […]
Kim Jiyoun’s hangman lights
Kim Jiyoun is a designer in South Korea who might be best known for electronic devices such as the wind powered battery recharger. I think the rather freaky but kinda cool hangman lights are worthy of a shout out though.
Xbox 360 Super Elite – 250GB
South African gaming site xboxgaming.co.za has been able to confirm a new breed of Xbox. The Super Elite will have 250GB (that’s 130GB more) and will come with two wireless controllers. The “leak” is due to the local South African Xbox distributors Comztek who happily confirmed the model to Xboxgaming. Comztek may have had no […]
