Researchers Successfully Translate Brainwaves Into Words

In a recent study, researchers at the University of Utah successfully translated brainwaves into words, a huge breakthrough that could eventually give paralyzed patients a new way to communicate. More »
#apple

Apple iOS 4.1 Is Available Right Now

iOS 4.1 is live, bringing Game Center, HDR photos, a proximity sensor fix and more to iPhones (3G, 3GS, and 4) and iPod Touches (second-generation on up). Let the Game Center username land grab begin! [Apple] More »

How Not To Fire a Watermelon Out of a Huge Slingshot

If successfully launching a watermelon out of a person-sized slingshot means sending it soaring away from you at an incredibly high speed, then I guess this is pretty much the exact opposite. "Ouch" doesn't even begin to describe it. [Reddit] More »
#photography

The Year's Best Smallest Photography

Every year, Nikon's Small World photomicrography contest collects the very best in microscopic photography, and every year the results are strange, beautiful, and basically impossible to identify. This tiny cosmos, for example, is soap. Soy sauce looks even crazier: More »

Behold! The Nintendo Entertainment System Coffee Table

A man named Matt has built a coffee table. It is designed to look like the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is awesome. More »
#digitalcameras

Nikon Coolpix S8100: A 1080p, 10x Zoom Point-and-Shoot That Actually Fits In Your Pocket

Any point-and-shoot can fit in your bag, but not every point-and-shoot can fit in your pants. The super-slim Nikon S8100, however, doesn't sacrifice power for pocketability: it shoots 1080p video; and has 10x optical zoom and 10fps full-res high-speed shooting. More »

Nikon Coolpix S80 Point-and-Shoot: 14.1MP with a 3.5" OLED Touchscreen

The Nikon Coolpix S80 takes up where the S70 left off: bumping the megapixels up to 14.1 (from 12.1), upgrading the 3.5" touchscreen to OLED, and rounding some corners for a decidedly sleeker (like .7" thick sleek) look. More »
#mindcontrol

XWave Headset Lets You Control iPhone Apps With Your BRAIN

You could argue that the iPhone's biggest UI leap was turning the user's finger into a stylus. Now, with the PLX XWave headest, you can turn your BRAIN into the stylus. Or your finger? My head hurts already. More »

Squirrel Falls Victim to High-Tech Bird Feeder

Don't want vermin stealing from your bird feeder? Then do what this family did, which is to motorize the bottom of it, should something heavier than a bird (e.g. a squirrel) infiltrate. Watch what happens to the unsuspecting critter inside. More »

RIM Wants Billboards That Know How Fast You're Driving

You're flying down the highway at 70MPH and you notice a billboard that reads "LIFE'S BETTER WITH BBM." The next day, crawling along that same stretch during a traffic jam, the billboard enumerates a BlackBerry's many features. That's RIM's vision. More »

Apple: Game Center Not Coming to iPhone 3G

Apple's new Game Center page lists the iOS devices that will let you get involved in this whole playing games with other people thing that's happening soon. Second-generation iPod Touch owners: you're in luck! iPhone 3G owners: you're not! More »
#leaks

Leaked WebOS 2.0 Shots Show a Bevy of New Features

Two dozen or so purported webOS 2.0 screenshots have fluttered out onto the web, and while their origins are a bit hazy, they show plenty of interesting new features, like Dropbox support baked into the OS. More »
#remotes

Philips DUAL: A QWERTY TV Remote That Begs To Be Touched

The internet's coming to TV's, haven't you heard, and searching for YouTubes with your standard TV remote just isn't gonna cut it. Philips Home Control's DUAL, however, will let you surf channels and search the web with one elegant device. More »

Mercedes-Benz's iPhone App Just Got Even Fancier

Thanks to the mbrace iPhone app, Benzo owners have long enjoyed the ability to find their vehicles and unlock them from their iPhones. MBbrace 2.0 adds access to M-B's extensive concierge services and more. More »

AppShopper App Lets You Track App Sales Like a Hawk

Apple's App Store is a sprawling, unwieldy thing, and every day hundreds of apps go on sale without you even knowing it. Now there's a way to keep track of all those sales and freebies, right from your iOS device. More »
#storage

The HyperDrive Is a 750GB Hard Drive That Connects Right To Your iPad

From the good folks who make the power-in-a-pinch HyperMac batteries, the HyperDrive is a hard drive that connects directly to your iPad. It has a touch screen, can read 12 types of memory cards, and has capacities reaching 750GB. More »

All the Rations Inside All the Rations

There are 47 countries with troops currently stationed in Afghanistan, and that means 47 different pouch-sized meals "intended not just to nourish but also to remind the soldier of home." Here are a few of the most impressive: More »

Access Gmail's Priority Inbox on Your Mobile Device

Want access to Gmail's fancy new Priority Inbox sorting on your portable browser? You can view the messages you've trained Gmail to consider Priority through a simple email search bookmarked for later. More »

Man Climbs 60-Story Skyscraper With Suction Cups

Yesterday afternoon, "Skyscraper Man" Dan Goodwin, also known as Spider Dan, climbed the 58-story Millennium Tower in San Francisco to raise awareness for terrorism and cancer. Spider Dan's means of conveyance: suction cups, of course. More »
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