A 15-year-old Korean high school student studying in Canada recently created Butterfly: A Social Networking Solution, which seems to incorporate the best of contemporary gadgets. It's an iPod-meets-iPhone-meets-PSP-meets-DS Lite, and if created would amalgamate all the features teens (and grown-ups!) desire of their electronics.
It touts a touch display, music playback, camera, event tracker, IM and web features.
The project has sparked some skepticism from bloggers who don't believe the designer is 15, but I choose to believe. In an introduction, the designer Andrew Kim asked: How do I compare to other 15 year old (Grade 10) high school students? And I am currently teaching myself about design, do you think I need a real teacher? Ummmmm, I think the answers are "wow" and "no"!
Are you the proud owner of one of the 10 Worst PCs of All Time? PC World has put together a list of systems that were "overpriced and underpowered," had parts that failed two days after the warranty expired and well, caused you to enter PC Hell. (Their words, not mine!) I've always been a Mac girl myself, but it's always fun to reminisce about clunky hunks of junk. Here's more:
Number one, we focused strictly on desktops. (We'll leave the flaming/exploding laptops for another occasion.) Two, these machines had to have shipped to consumers--no vaporware or concept computers allowed. Tres, we decided to ignore systems we've kicked around elsewhere (like the IBM PCjr, the Gateway 10th Anniversary PC, and the FreePC, all part of our 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time story), and home in on a different batch of turkeys.
The No. 1 winner were the Packard Bell PCs made between 1986 and 1996. "Part of the problem was Packard Bell's strategy of selling nearly identical systems under different names, depending on where they were sold," says PC World. "So the Packard Bell Legend 406CD hawked at Circuit City was more or less the same as the Axcel 467 on the shelves at Staples or the Force 480CD sold at CompUSA, making apples-to-apples (or in this case, lemons-to-lemons) comparisons impossible."
This week Flickr user tikigod posted photos of an iPod that reportedly saved the life of a soldier when he was shot with an AK-47. The photo belonged to tikigod's friend Danny, who said:
Kevin Garrad (3rd Infantry Division) was on a street patrol in Iraq (Tikrit I believe) and as he rounded the corner of a building an armed (AK-47) insurgent came from the other side.
The two of them were within just a few feet of each other when they opened fire. The insurgent was killed and Kevin was hit in the left chest where his IPod was in his jacket pocket. It slowed the bullet down enough that it did not completely penetrate his body armor. Fortunately, Kevin suffered no wound.
Tikigod later got an e-mail from Apple, saying they were working to get Garrad a new iPod.
These bio-tech mobile plant cell phone straps definitely have a bit more 'life' to them than these other wacky cell phone straps! Available in blue and pink, these real life plant phone charms don't require any food or water - you just leave them alone and let them survive off the food in the bottle. Kinda cute, I'm just hoping that they wouldn't break or leak inside my purse. Do you like? Leave your comments below! To purchase for $9, go to Strapya World
This is such a neat tool. Go to image mosaic generator and choose an image file to convert to an artsy mosaic. It really works! Just upload the pic and after a few minutes the generator will covert it into a mosaic- very cool! One word of advice. Try using smaller images as I uploaded a huge (3MB sized) image, and didn't get the full effect because the mosaic boxes were so big. Unless you are making a life size mosaic picture, you won't be able to see any details, especially from portrait shots.
Put aside the piddly factory designed Wii strap, and forget about having any minor Wii strap incidences because the Wii cuff will keep the remote safely and securely attached to your wrist. The cuff can retract up to thirteen inches and is adjustable so you can get the perfect fit! Maybe not the most gorgeous gadget accessory, but for $6 you can keep it on the sidelines for intense boxing rounds.
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It's not a pink Cadillac cruisin' down the street, it's a pink “Princess Kitty” Mitsubishi drivin' down the freeway. This limited edition Hello Kitty car - limited meaning one and only one was made in Tokyo last year - is entirely pink with matching wheels, making it prime geeksugar talk. The Hello Kitty trademark ribbon logo is splattered on the front doors and roof, while the rear doors get a “Princess Kitty” graphic with the lovable cartoon character’s face. Both back window and side view mirrors also get a Hello Kitty face decal as well. According to autoblog.com, one lucky buyer got to purchase the car for ¥2,100,000 ($18,200), with most of the proceeds going to Japan's UNICEF. Seems like a good price for a unique Hello Kitty car? Would you have to be a total geek to drive one of these?
A 15-year-old Korean high school student studying in Canada recently created Butterfly: A Social Networking Solution, which seems to incorporate the best of contemporary gadgets. It's an iPod-meets-iPhone-meets-PSP-meets-DS Lite, and if created would amalgamate all the features teens (and grown-ups!) desire of their electronics. 
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