Data hogs, rejoice: The 3G iPad’s unlimited data plan appears to be truly unlimited. A tech blogger put AT&T’s network through a “torture test” by downloading a huge amount of data, and he faced zero obstacles
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3G iPad’s ‘Unlimited’ Data Plan Survives Torture Test
This week at CrunchGear , we’re looking back at some of our favorite gadgets from the not-so-distant past — old phones, computers, media players, toys… those devices that still stand out in our memories despite their obsolescence. Feel free to contribute some of your own nostalgia. The Hewlett Packard DeskJet 500 was the first printer I bought with my own money
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Gadgets of days gone by: HP DeskJet 500
The indie game scene has been blowing up in recent years along with a wealth of blogs and communities surrounding the sub-industry. Even “major” indie games, however, still get overlooked if they don’t have a console release, and as a consequence a number of excellent games get passed up and some really ingenious developers don’t get the compensation they deserve.
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“Humble Indie Bundle” lets you pay what you want for a stellar lineup
One number that wasn’t affected by the recession was the size of the digital universe, which grew 62% in 2009 to around 800,000 petabytes. However, the petabyte, or 1000 terabytes, is quickly becoming an obsolete unit for measuring the amount of information in the world. To remedy this we will begin to use the zettabyte, or a million petabytes (we skipped the exabyte, or 1000 petabytes)
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Zettabyte = really big number
Junjie Zhang’s V-Lock concept is a boon for all those who stumble home drunk then rattle and scrape their key across the front door, hoping to find the keyhole. In fact, it will probably be even more welcome amongst the light-sleeping spouses and neighbors who have to listen to your painful, drawn-out fumblings.
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V-Lock Helps Drunks Get Home to Bed
What better way to spend your hard earned Latte break than with an ice blue Digital Photo Mug and a slideshow of your favourite digital photographs? Forty-Five photos, 1.5 inch screen, fifteen minutes to enjoy drink and digitals before the 97 words | permalink | No comments | digg this
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Digital Photo Mug – kick back and sip-along-a-snap
If your Bell-supplied Mi-Fi cellular Wi-Fi modem died yesterday, here’s why: The batteries in some MiFi 2372 units are swelling and causing malfunctions. Bell Canada is recalling units (an envelope is likely already on its way to you) to replace both battery and battery cover.
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Bell Canada Remotely Kills, Recalls MiFi Routers
If you have an Eye-Fi card and an iPad, you need ShutterSnitch. The $8 iPhone and iPad application lets you beam photos as you shoot them direct to the iPad where they are displayed on the large 10-inch screen. This is useful for “tethered” shooting where you may want somebody else to monitor the images as you shoot, or just to help you out with a giant image preview.
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ShutterSnitch Beams Photos from Camera to iPad
I don’t know if anyone is lamenting the iPad’s lack of a physical keyboard (and they probably wouldn’t say anything if they were) but Brando can help if you are. This Slim Bluetooth Keyboard is about the size of 106 words | permalink | No comments | digg this
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Slim Bluetooth Keyboard – The most comfortable way to fit 52 keys in your pocket
At the Beijing Auto Show, China automaker Brilliance Auto introduced its BEV A0 concept car for the low carbon era. The BEV A0 is totally electric and produces zero emissions. It also uses as many recyclable materials as possible in 168 words | permalink | No comments | digg this
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Brilliance BEV A0 electric concept car – When you’re done driving, turn it into a nice soup?
Tripod-maker Induro has tried to combine the quick-adjusting ball-head and the slow-but-accurate pan-tilt head into the new PHQ-series of tripod heads. While these two new heads don’t quite manage this feat, they pack in enough smart gimmicks and features to make your old head look positively primitive
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Quintaxial Tripod Heads Twist Five Ways
Until now, outdoor LCD displays go black at 75°C which is warm enough to be sure, but Korea’s LG has gone one twenty five better. Their new 55″ inch outdoor LCD display can withstand temperatures up 111 words | permalink | No comments | digg this
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LG outdoor LCD display withstands 100 degrees Celsius
I’ve drilled a lot of holes in concrete and brick, and it’s a pretty darn messy business, especially inside. In fact I’ve even killed a Dyson vacuum cleaner by feeding it one too many powdered bricks (no loss of 201 words | permalink | 2 comments | digg this
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Bosch 11221DVS Rotary Hammer – Cough free drilling
I like this Thanko Notebook Tripod Stand, it gets your stupid leg-burning laptop off your lap and onto an ergonomic and adjustable surface. Sure it’s just an aluminium plate with a 1/4″ tripod thread and air vents, but it’s 161 words | permalink | 4 comments | digg this
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Thanko Notebook Tripod Stand – Turns a camera tripod into a desk
This Motz Tiny Wooden Speaker is delightfully cute, contains a full auto-scan FM radio and rechargeable Lithium Ion battery and is incredibly cute. Did we mention that already? It’s hand made out of dried apricots, has a USB connector and 79 words | permalink | No comments | digg this
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Motz Tiny Wooden Speaker – super cute tiny speaker for the miniaturist in all of us
The AirVita Neo15 is a washable air cleaner and night light which features ‘plasma potential difference electric discharge’, which is good to know. Whether a product named after a character in a movie can ever clean the air as well 139 words | permalink | No comments | digg this
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AirVita Neo15 Air Cleaner – the washable air scrubber and night light
A Japanese company called Eamex claims it has found a way [JP] to increase the life of high-capacity lithium-ion batteries (that can be used in electric vehicles). Eamex says the new batteries can be charged and discharged over 10,000 times
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New technology extends lithium-ion battery life
Gun comb: because you just don’t get arrested enough already A true AFOL would carry one of these LEGO wallets Proximity sensing shirts light up within ten feet of each other THQ CEO says Sony’s motion controller is actually named Arc, not Gem What are you playing?
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Daily Crunch: Stop or My Comb Will Shoot Edition
Areogel , the 90% air material previously used in such space platforms as the Mars Pathfinder Rover, is actually dropping in price. So much so that’s actually being used as insulation in some commercial applications.
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Your next home might be insulated with aerogel, really
When it was announced that this administration was redefining space-related goals (and, many seemed not to notice, increasing NASA funding by $6bn) there were mixed reactions. We’d already spent a bundle on moon mission stuff, but it was over budget and behind schedule.
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Buzz Aldrin: this “new direction” for space programs sounds great
Intel’s Core i5 and i3 CPUs have found a new home in MSi’s latest notebook offerings. The CX520 and CR20 Classic Series combine otherwise standard specs and a 15.6-inch 16:9 screen with the powerful cores. Both seem like solid rigs although you’ll likely pass over them in favor of something a bit more flashy.
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The new MSi Classic Series CX520 and CR620 notebooks rock Core i5 or i3 CPUs
Just because something is cool doesn’t mean it’s a good idea. Transparent displays, for instance: we’ve all seen them in movies. Of course, the reason they’re transparent in movies is because A : it looks cool and B : it lets the camera see the operator’s face
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Samsung may actually make some of them transparent laptops