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Back to the Future hoverboard up for auction: $30k to play (38)
on Engadget (3204) permalinkFiled under: Transportation Tired of waiting for scientists to crack the secrets of levitation in order to purchase a bona fide hoverboard? Look, life's short -- why not take matters into your own hands? A genuine wooden Mattel hoverboard used by Michael J. Fox (or Marty McFly, as we prefer to call him) in Back to the Future II and III is up for auction, though the barrier to entry is rather substantial. Of course, ...Shared by António Afonso (0) Bramanga (0) Brenton (43) Cale (13) Cameron (7) CosmicV (16) crazyjaf (99) danb420 (26) Doug Stewart (112) Dustin Diaz (8) Dzu (0) Edo (74) Fireman17 (67) gergi (27) Jason (8) Jason Matthews (0) Jeremy Weiss (11) jerry (35) Joe (15) John (0) Jon (14) JustonWestern (5) Marco (2) Mark (191) Martin Gordon (52) Matthew (117) Mazz (96) Michael (30) Michael (46) Monsur (17) nkronberg (97) Punksolid (92) Richard (117) syck (0) TheFlamingoKing (12) Thomas (1) Tim (6) Wratty (145)
- Jason Matthews said: now, finally, your grade school dreams can come true and be instantly crushed when you realize it's just a piece of wood.
- Doug Stewart said: The playground rumor back in my school days was that these existed in Japan, but overly-litigious parents groups in the US were preventing their importation. Never have I been so furious at adults before.
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Big Blue Saw has a free part day - August 6th... (14)
on MAKE Magazine (734) permalinkBig Blue Saw has a free part day coming up on August 6th, I'll put a post up again on the 6th, for now here are some details... Big Blue Saw, a leading online retailer of machining services, announces the first Free Part Day, allowing everyone to receive a custom machined metal or plastic part of their own design. On Free Part Day, August 6, 2008, customers across the Internet will be able to design ...Shared by Ben (22) Bill (16) Bramanga (0) Chris (12) Chris (0) Grandje5ter (57) jbussoli (4) Jeremy P (40) Pirate Scott (38) potentato (64) pt9386 (15) sasb (7) steveivy (3) urbanant (19)Contribute comment
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Double Driver Backs Up Your System's Drivers [Featured Windows Download] (47)
on Lifehacker (6610) permalinkWindows only: Backup utility Double Driver lists all the hardware drivers installed on your system and creates backups of both the actual drivers and lists of the driver names. While handy with any...Shared by aaron.lidman (0) Andrew (9) Art (201) Arvin (42) Ben (19) Black_Skorpio (0) blntechie (0) Bramanga (0) btvillarin (18) Daniel (23) Daniel Light (17) Degauss (26) Dustin McLaughlin (17) Hannibal (78) Helge (4) Hooman (10) Icefreez (0) John (1) Jonas (33) joshed (40) Juan (7) kant (56) Keith (4) Ken Horovatin (0) khoyot3 (0) Library (0) Marcel (0) Michael P (5) Mika (1) Paul (184) Peter (0) riwilo (13) Ronald van der Putte (4) Ryan (66) Sam (0) Scott (69) shevdog (0) Shinn Photography (10) starbane (1) Stelian Iancu (3) stormin (2) tapir (121) tarman (118) Tomo (0) Trey (27) ydant (162) zany (1)
- Art said: There's another program I use to do the same thing. Execution might be different, the idea is the same. And the idea is important. Having the drivers easily accessible when you reinstall is critical; packaging that is godlike.
- Ben said: I'll use this if Greg ever lets me rebuild his laptop.
- Icefreez said: This could be a very useful program if things go bad one day on your laptop.
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Audi pilot program tells drivers how to squeeze the lemon (16)
on Engadget (3204) permalinkFiled under: Transportation Though we're hesitant to believe something this fantastic could actually be implemented in real life, word on the pavement has it that Audi is currently running a pilot program that informs motorists "how fast to drive to catch a green light." Over in Ingolstadt, Germany, 50 traffic lights have been equipped with sensors that beam information to specially equipped whips; the network of "smart" signals not only "adapts to traffic patterns to ...Shared by Adam (47) Amer (0) Bramanga (0) Cameron (7) Crossbar (64) David (0) Franzel (0) hank (99) Jason (30) jayman16 (85) jer_c (32) npike (0) Olya (2) Randy (48) Steve (23) Tim (75)Contribute comment
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Lightweight Grid Control for jQuery (27)
on Ajaxian » Front Page (396) permalinkDevelopers are always looking for a great grid control that is easy to use, customizable and, of course, feature-rich. Paulo Mariñas has created just that for jQuery developers. Flexigrid is an extremely flexible grid control with provides many of the features highly-desired by developers. These include: Resizable columns Resizable height and width Sortable column headers Cool theme Can convert an ordinary table Ability to connect to an ajax data source (XML and JSON[new]) Paging Show/hide ...Shared by Aditya (1) AJ (693) Andrés David (26) Bananalope (24) Bramanga (0) ckaroli (82) Danny (0) diongillard (9) ehu4ever (263) GaelicGod (0) glaforge (79) guttertec (28) halans (14) Jilted (20) Jon Wiley (2) Monsur (17) nakajiman (21) Niels (0) Pyrosuke (70) Ron (24) Scott (1) Seth (18) Shaun (18) tforster (4) vinu (4) Vipul (84) 毒毒 (3)
- Niels said: Looks really good
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Logged In or Out, Facebook Is Watching You (33)
on Slashdot (2169) permalinkkaos07 links to this ZDNet story, according to which "Researchers at software vendor CA have discovered that social networking site Facebook is able to track the buying habits of its users on affiliated third-party sites even when they are logged out of their account or have opted out of its controversial 'Beacon' tracking service. Responding to privacy concerns, Facebook has since moved to reassure users that it only tracks and publishes data about their purchases ...Shared by Aga (34) AJ (40) Alex (273) Andy (34) Bill (0) Bramanga (0) Brian (6) Candace Holly (142) Clint (67) Eric Mortensen (72) fyc (50) Glenn Batuyong (185) happy_soil (82) Hassan (141) heringermr (28) itsthenewmike (0) Jack (4) Jake (39) Josh Bancroft (40) lbinic (22) Manuel (18) Nick Nogueira (56) Oneiros (37) pfm (2) Rick (61) rkj (10) robert steburg (53) ryan.capote (30) Scott (3) sherlock2040 (17) sirmikester (52) Tanath (120) Zach (204)Contribute comment
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writing | ben fry » Brains on the Line (6)
on writing | ben fry (4) permalinkI was reminded this morning that Mario Manningham, a wide receiver who played for Michigan was rumored to have scored a 6 (out of 50) on the Wonderlic, an intelligence test administered in some occupations (and now pro football) to check the mental capability of job candidates. Intelligence tests are strange beasts, but after watching my niece working on similar problems—for fun—during her summer vacation last week, the tests caught my eye more than when ...Contribute comment
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SenseSurface sticks knobs onto screens, turns virtual controls physical (42)
on Engadget (3204) permalinkFiled under: Misc. Gadgets, Laptops Imagine if you could attach a physical knob, slider, or switch to any application which called for some tactile interaction (say a music app like Live or Logic). That concept is exactly what led Lyndsay Williams to create the SenseSurface -- a modular system that allows you to literally stick a controller onto a display when you need it. The devices use an X/Y matrix on the backside of a ...Shared by arkiver (0) Army of Gnomes (137) Augmented Web (61) Brad (15) Bramanga (0) Camtron 9000 (170) Chris (56) Chris Leydon (6) darkeye11547 (614) deusdiabolus (264) Dudu P (22) Frank (56) Geoff Thomsen (24) Hokey (2) Jack (11) James (4) James (18) James (6) jamie (0) Joe (6) Lee (3) Lucas (35) Matt (18) Melkir (41) Michael (0) MissM (1) MrGuff (65) MV (32) Neil (1) nkronberg (97) Olya (2) Pascal Sijen (16) pigliapost (6) Rob (23) Rui (14) s (10) SFSlim (99) sillyjw (15) spavis (0) steve (8) Yeehaw (0) zemlanin (117)Explore read five notes
- Neil said: Now THAT's a cool idea! Interesting possibilities for hybrid UI
- James said: funky
- spavis said: digital to analog? it's retrograde but makes a lot of sense. that technology would have a lot of applications in our increasingly digital world; keep the tactile control as well as the electronic processing and storage.
- zemlanin said: @Inque:Производство стоит меньше 100$, так что думаю, что не так уж и дорого
- Frank said: This is unbelievable. I need this now.
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Cat Faucet solves elusive cat drinking from sink issue, we sigh in relief (26)
on Engadget (3204) permalinkFiled under: Misc. Gadgets Cats like to drink from everywhere but the places they're supposed to drink from, and for that they offer no excuses, reasons, and just walk away, tails in the air. This independent spirit, though, means that we're often stuck turning faucets on and off for thirsty felines because heaven forbid they drink from a dish. One crafty soul has solved this gripping conundrum with an IR detector, valves, some plastic tubing, ...Shared by Alan (21) Arturo (246) beanj007 (1) Boxpuppy (30) Bramanga (0) Cameron (7) Carl (33) Cheryl (32) chris (6) Dave (45) David (11) dk (77) ellie (19) Eneko Alonso (0) gizmo (58) Jared (58) jayman16 (85) jerry (35) Jess (15) Joe (9) Kyle Bamford (30) Leo K (0) Martin (24) Mike (0) npike (0) StevieB (79)
- Jared said: we need this for our cat
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WordPress and TypePad Spawn Mobile Blogging (50)
on TechCrunch (4788) permalinkForgive us while we navel-gaze for a minute, but we were particularly pleased to learn that a mobile app for WordPress will debut in the iPhone store soon. The app will work with both Wordpress.com blogs and on-premise installations of version 2.5.1 and newer. Its announcement comes just over a month after competitor TypePad showcased its iPhone app onstage at the WWDC keynote (you can download it here). Blogging through Safari is practically impossible on ...Shared by Adam (44) Alard (0) Anand Sharma (25) Ankur (25) bfernald (60) Bob (60) Bramanga (0) Brian Junyor (93) cisellis (78) Daiko (50) David Buchanan (10) Digg Boss (165) doransky (113) ehu4ever (263) Eoin (50) Gil (328) inna (2) James Forbes Keir (42) Jay Barcelo (3) Jayx (5) John (5) John (42) John (23) Jun Labao (55) JuneM (19) JUSTIN (35) Justin Yost (190) Kevin (86) kjmorley (3) lizunlong (90) LouCypher (141) Michael (227) Mike (2) Muhammad Saleem (483) Phreak 2.0 (147) Richard (3) Rob (323) Roel (21) Ryan (83) Sam (37) Slobokan (10) SMC (514) spiri (66) Stefan (29) Sue B (54) Tal Siach (1029) Todd (2) Trey (27) Vulpes (43) Warlach (0)
- doransky said: mindenki a mobilra vagyik
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New Radiohead Video is Shot with Lasers, Not Cameras [Radiohead] (173)
on Gizmodo (5326) permalinkRadiohead, never ones to shy away from trying new things, has shot its new video for "House of Cards" without using cameras at all. Whaa? Yes, they've used two fancy new technologies called Geometric Informatics and Velodyne Lidar. To shoot it using lasers and stuff. Let's break it down here. The Geometric Informatics scanning system employs structured light to capture detailed 3D images at close proximity, and was used to render the performances of Radiohead's ...Shared by Aaron H. (50) Adam (11) adam (1005) Adam (10) Adam Debreczeni (20) Adam Maldonado (346) Adrian Pratt (4) adstew (5) AJ (693) Aleksander (31) Alex (32) Alex (56) Alex (7) Ali Tehrani (2) Amit Chowdhry (25) Andrew Rietze-Fehr (3) Andy Bell (0) Anthony Marco (9) anutron (4) arjo (93) arshad (19) azmo (12) Ben (2) Ben (19) bendi (15) Bill (0) Brad (51) Brad Roark (0) Bramanga (0) Brian (21) Brian (0) Brian Kennedy (6) brianwyrick (2) Buzzworkers (49) Cameron Yeager (76) Chabarred (120) Chad Jaggers (7) Chandan (3) Chet Nichols III (2) chris (7) Chris Makarsky (53) Chris Stamas (29) Christian (15) Christopher (141) Christopher Infante (32) Chung (182) Corwin Hoover (8) Cory (0) Curt (20) dan (10) danb420 (26) Danielle (25) Darren Isbrecht (206) Dave Keffler (76) David Machiavello (50) davidjtate (45) Dillon Amburgey (14) Divya Mistry (10) dobata (757) Dru Kelly (18) Eric Portelance (1) eschnou (21) Evan (0) Felix Bredoteau (599) Fourbin (47) G Code (237) Garry Benfold (18) Geoff Gresh (2) Geoffrey Richard (1) Getinet (57) Glenn Xavier Lopez (20) gnusic (196) greg (24) Greg Munson (2) GS (7) guy (935) Hayden Booth (5) hoover900 (4) Huichul Yang (7) iammikeb (52) Ion (19) Isaac Bythewood (7) J. Phil (81) Jacob (4) Jamie M (15) Jane Burt (25) Jason (20) Jason Allen (7) Jeff (523) Jeremiah (61) Jesse Crayston (0) John Gunn (18) Jojo (113) Josh (26) Josh Aburto (1) Josh Kaplan (115) Joshua Vladimir Kopstein (1) JR A (64) Junsu Park (56) Kai (801) Karla Vanessa Redor (0) Kevin Rose (16) Kevin Rose (32) LeapsandBounds (33) Lee (63) Lester (225) Lindsay (44) Lord (37) Mani Karthik (49) Mark (11) Mark Guzman (2) markie (16) Marko Sultsing (26) Mathew (75) Matt Campbell (13) Matt Wood (9) Mazz (96) McBilly Wilford Sy (0) Michael (227) Michael Bartnett (42) Michael Mior (147) Mike Butler (9) Mike F (1570) mrshl (33) Muzo (24) Nathan (117) Nathan Reale (56) Nick Humphries (38) Nik Outchcunis (35) Nikollas Ordway (117) nparker13 (453) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (63) Patrick Looney (2) Patrick Stedem (10) pfm (2) Phillie Casablanca (26) Rey Ramos (31) rezar (35) Ricardo Giesta (32) Rich (5) richard (7) Rick (12) Rob (7) Rob (12) Rob Kelley (14) Robert Birming (617) Ron (0) Saket (22) Sarah Crisman (0) sarmar (43) scott (2) Scott Reynolds (32) Scott Varcoe (9) sean (0) Setu (21) SFSlim (99) Sigurd Foshaug (19) Stephen Parker (9) Stuart Tracte (2) ted (15) Terry McElhennon (11) Tim Dorr (58) Tucker Bickler (24) Vahid (727) warrior007 (450) will (112) William Hammock (5) Woof (5) yonmacklein (9) Zhao (17) Zie (5)Contribute comment
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Activision shareholders approve Vivendi deal (1)
on Reuters: Technology News (6) permalinkLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Activision Inc shareholders approved a deal on Tuesday to merge with French telecommunications and media group Vivendi SA's games unit, creating a public company called Activision Blizzard.Shared by Bramanga (0)Contribute comment
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Apple just gave out my Apple ID password because someone asked (MK&C) (7)
on Techmeme (532) permalinkMK&C: Apple just gave out my Apple ID password because someone asked — I tried to log in to Apple Developer Connection this morning to find out that my password had been changed and the email associated with my account was now a yahoo.com address that wasn't mine.Shared by Alexandru (0) Andy (32) Bramanga (0) Jake (39) nkronberg (97) Terence (12) Tony Ruscoe (20)
- Terence said: wow!
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Google evaoprates Docs and Spreadsheets cloud (Cade Metz/The Register) (9)
on Techmeme (532) permalinkCade Metz / The Register: Google evaoprates Docs and Spreadsheets cloud — Try again in 30 seconds. Or an hour — Google's Docs and Spreadsheets disappeared today for close to an hour, proving that the world's largest search engine is a long way from perfecting the art of online business applications.Shared by bam (3) Bramanga (0) Chris. F. Masse (0) Jimmy (37) Oudi Antebi (76) phillprice (44) Radi (41) Rick (16) Ullash (47)
- phillprice said: see i knew it was down...
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Test Drive of the Google Hosted Ajax Libraries (10)
on HttpWatch Blog (0) permalinkThe recently announced Google Ajax Libraries API caught our attention because it offers some significant performance improvements if you use a popular Javascript library (e.g. JQuery, prototype, script_aculo_us, MooTools or dojo) on your site. You can now reference these libraries at Google rather than having to host your own copy. The benefits of this approach are: The libraries are hosted on Google’s high speed global network providing fast access from most locations world wide HTTP ...Shared by AJ (693) Albert (5) andré.friedrichs (44) Andrew M (3) Bramanga (0) Jeremy (236) Jonathan (6) Marcos Toledo (21) Roman Nurik (1) rsgalloway (9)Contribute comment
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Crowd-Controlling MEDUSA Ray Gun Puts Voices Inside Your Head [Medusa] (13)
on Gizmodo (5326) permalinkThe Sierra Nevada Corporation claimed this week that it is ready to begin production on the MEDUSA, a damned scary ray gun that uses the "microwave audio effect" to implant sounds and perhaps even specific messages inside people's heads. Short for Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio, MEDUSA creates the audio effect with short microwave pulses. The pulses create a shockwave inside the skull that's detected by the ears, and basically makes you think you're ...Shared by brad (38) Bramanga (0)
