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The Caroline Collective is coming together

Monday, March 31, 2008

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When I first laid eyes last week on the buildings that will house the Caroline Collective, a new co-working space I wrote about last month, I was not impressed. Rice University graduate students Matthew Wettergreen and Ned Dodington hope to have a “soft opening” in May and a grand opening June 1, but they’ve got [...]

eBay Watch: Radioactive Tritium Glow Keychain

Monday, March 31, 2008

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Yes, you can buy your own Radioactive Tritium Glow Keychain on eBay for just $24.99. Plus, “the tiny piece used in this keychain will glow for about 10 years.” Auction page. Click here for first picture in gallery. If you’re worried that keeping something radioactive in your pocket next to your gonads is a bad idea, [...]

VIDEO: World’s First Sony PSP Modded with Dual Analog Sticks

Monday, March 31, 2008

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Why wait for Sony to integrate a second analog stick into the next-generation PSP? This modder took the matter into his own hands. One caveat: there are no official games (yet) that support it. Video after the break. Click here for one more picture. The catch? No games for the PSP support it…nor will most homebrew, [...]

PICTURES: Apple Products Get Shopped

Monday, March 31, 2008

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This is what happens when several of Apple’s most popular products (iPod, iPhone, etc.) meet graphic designer/Photoshop user Travis Hammond. Click here for first picture in gallery. Photographer and digital artist Travis Hammond takes iconic photos and seamlessly integrates images of iPods and iPhones to create some really wonderful scenes. From Gumby to Indy, the images [...]

PICTURES: Sony Unveils New PSN Design

Monday, March 31, 2008

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Sony has just unveiled a new PSN design, which “delivers a hugely improved navigation system, much greater scope for categorisation and a dynamic new user interface.” Click here for first picture in gallery. This April, PLAYSTATION Store, the online content store on PLAYSTATION Network, is getting a whole new look and feel - and it’s in [...]

Man left with $12k in damages after Circuit City GPS install gone wrong

Monday, March 31, 2008

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Filed under: GPS, Transportation Installs gone wrong certainly aren’t all that uncommon, but the tale told by one VTECnical of the 8thcivic.com forum is undoubtedly a cut above the rest, and could well have you reconsidering that suction cup option. As VTECnical tells it, he bought a Pioneer AVIC Z2 GPS unit and some other components [...]

VIDEO: Circuit City Botches Navigation System Installation, Causes $12,119 in Damages

Monday, March 31, 2008

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That’s right, Circuit City managed to cause “$12,119 worth of damage to VTECnical’s 2007 Honda Civic while trying to install a Pioneer AVIC Z2 navigation system.” Continue reading to see a video of the damage. Honda later declared VTECnical’s car a fire hazard and told him it was unsafe to drive. Despite destroying the car’s [...]

PICTURES: Scion Hako Gets Redesigned

Monday, March 31, 2008

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So you’ve seen the Scion Hako, now check out some interesting fan-made concepts, starting off with the hot rod version above. Click here for first picture in gallery. ..friends at Jalopnik were equally uninspired by Hako, so they asked their readers to build a better concept using the magic of Photoshop [via Jalopnik - Autoblog]

VIDEO: Vertical Farming Skyscraper

Monday, March 31, 2008

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Unlike other skyscrapers, this vertical farming skyscraper, by Atelier SOA was designed to “revolutionize agriculture as we know it.” Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery. A light-shading skin wraps around the structure and opens to admit sunlight at particular locations for various functional purposes. The building’s air, heating and cooling systems [...]

VIDEO: Fan Creates Incredible Stop Motion “Tron” Sequence

Monday, March 31, 2008

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Freres-hueon managed to create this incredible stop-motion “Tron” sequence “using cardboard, among other things.” Video after the break. Want to learn how to pull off graphics? Make it work with optical and real for real first. Tron may have been a pioneering moment in computer graphics, but a lot of its unique look came from unique [...]