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Steve Jobs knighthood blocked by ex UK Prime Minister

, Mar 1st 2011 Discuss [3]

Steve Jobs was reportedly blocked from receiving an honorary British knighthood in 2009, after then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown was supposedly snubbed by the Apple CEO. According to an unnamed senior MP from the UK's Labour party - who left the UK Parliament at the country's last general election - Brown had invited Jobs to speak at the annual Labour party conference but been turned down. In response, Brown denied requests by the MP to honor the Apple CEO for services to technology. Read The Full Story

DIY Transformers 2 Megatron tank is utterly crazy

, Feb 22nd 2011 Discuss [4]

All of a sudden, Batman Tumbler replicas don't seem quite so intimidating. Chinese artist "Steel Legend" has put together an incredible, huge replica of the Megatron tank from the Transformers 2 movie, as seen on ZCool: almost five tons of hand-crafted madness. Read The Full Story

DIY cyborg costume gives you Borg eye [Video]

, Feb 18th 2011 Discuss [0]

As DIY costumes go, Ryan Sturmer's cyborg masquerade mask is all kinds of awesome. Constructed from the salvaged - and still functional - parts from a digital camera, the mask uses the zoom lens as an eyepiece (complete with a Terminator-style red LED) and reacts to breathing to run through some suitably Borg-like movements. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Embedded head camera project in trouble as artist’s body rejects implant

, Feb 9th 2011 Discuss [0]

NYU assistant professor and would-be artist Wafaa Bilal has encountered a new problem with the embedded camera attached to the back of his head: not only are there arguments about whether it counts as art, his body is rejecting the implanted mount. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, one of the three titanium posts has had to be removed, after failing to respond to medication. Read The Full Story

Google 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea doodle is best yet

, Feb 8th 2011 Discuss [1]

Google has set the bar pretty high with its homepage doodles - the search giant's playable Pac-Man logo remains one of our favorites - but today's Jules Verne example is perhaps the best yet. Celebrating Verne's 183rd birthday, the Google logo has been transformed into viewing windows from the Nautilus, from the author's famous 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Read The Full Story

Pentax K-r Bonnie Pink Model DSLR: limited edition, limited taste

, Feb 4th 2011 Discuss [3]

LG will be giving G-Tablet buyers a pair of glasses so they can see the tablet's 3D display; maybe Pentax should give K-r Bonnie Pink Model special edition buyers a pair of sunglasses to protect their eyes from the garish, clashing colors? Named after Japanese popstar Bonnie Pink, this new K-r limited edition DSLR is based on the same 12.4-megapixel camera as announced in September last year. Read The Full Story

XPERIA Play advert leaks: Gaming so good you’ll graft on thumbs

, Feb 3rd 2011 Discuss [1]

Sony has built something of a reputation for itself by putting together unusual, odd or vaguely unpleasant commercials in the past, but Sony Ericsson has outdone itself with its latest Android spot. Just in time for launch of the XPERIA Play at MWC 2011, everybody's favorite Android mascot gets a set of human thumbs grafted on in a leaked spot caught by DROiDNYTT. Video after the cut Read The Full Story

Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 promo: Our Win7 tablet is as obvious as a hammer [Video]

, Jan 28th 2011 Discuss [2]

A video demo of Fujitsu's Stylistic Q550 tablet has been released, and the company seems pretty keen to differentiate the slate from other Windows 7 machines. According to director of mobile product Meinolf Althaus, Fujitsu's custom UI attempts to mimic the usability of a hammer: not in that you have to thump it, but in that you automatically recognize how to interact with the tablet, rather than needing to remember what does what. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

FIfteen display MMOG gaming rig allows for massive multiplay [Video]

, Jan 24th 2011 Discuss [0]

You might remember an EVE multibox hack from mid-2010 which allowed one arguably-too-dedicated gamer play as up to fourteen characters simultaneously, while still skating on the allowed side of the MMOG's rules. Now Zhek Kromtor is back with a new game and an even more crazy setup: fifteen suspended monitors playing browser-based MMO Nodiatis as fifteen different characters. Video after the cut Read The Full Story

BMW 1-Series gets Nokia C7 remote-control [Video]

, Jan 20th 2011 Discuss [7]

Nokia's C7 proved a respectable business handset when we reviewed it, but then we didn't try remotely-controlling a BMW with the Symbian smartphone. That's just what two engineers from Nokia Asia have apparently managed, taking just twenty days to create the necessary software and remote control hardware to operate a 1-Series' steering, brakes and accelerator, as well as all the regular gadgets inside. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Moog OMG-1 custom synth is twin-iPad, twin-iPod touch and all awesome

, Jan 18th 2011 Discuss [1]

If you're into musical instruments then you've probably heard of Bob Moog, and the Bob Moog Foundation created in the synth maker's honor is doing a solid job continuing his awesome work. The foundation has collaborated with Spectrasonics' Eric Persing to create the OMG-1, a custom, one-of-a-kind synth that pairs a Mac mini with two iPads and two iPod touch PMPs. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Macintosh Plus + iPad = Daft Punk alternative helmet [Video]

, Jan 14th 2011 Discuss [3]

Daft Punk is well known for the eye-catching helmets that have become synonymous with the group itself, but that's not to say a keen DIYer with an iPad and a hot-glue gun can't compete. DJ Kid Chameleon has given up face recognition in favor of a home-made helmet that mixes a classic Macintosh Plus with an iPad faceplate and sound-activated LEDs. Video after the cut Read The Full Story
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