Archive for August, 2009

Apple "It’s Only Rock and Roll" iPod Event September 9

Monday, August 31st, 2009

f52936330bod9999 Apple "Its Only Rock and Roll" iPod Event September 9It’s here: The official invite for Apple’s September 9 annual iPod event. It kicks off at 10AM Pacific—that’s 1PM Eastern—and we’ll be there bringing it to you live, as always.

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10 Houses Built From Unlikely Materials

Monday, August 31st, 2009

f87d99dc7font 01 10 Houses Built From Unlikely MaterialsJames May’s Lego abode may be shaping up to be spectacular, but he’s far from the first mortal to build a house out of something novel. Here are ten more amazing homes with, shall we say, unorthodox constituents.

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Cooking with Magnets: An Intro to Induction

Monday, August 31st, 2009

83d65f6d94er egg Cooking with Magnets: An Intro to InductionInduction stoves may be making their way into restaurant kitchens, but for home cooks they’re still a mystery. Fortunately, Wired product editor (and food geek) Mark McClusky volunteered to enlighten us:

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Bring On the Replicator Already

Monday, August 31st, 2009

1313427dfceatroi Bring On the Replicator AlreadyA gadget site Taste Test week wouldn’t be complete without a hat tip to that fictional food-creating staple of the Star Trek universe, the replicator.

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Food Tech’s Dark Side: What Doesn’t Make You Stronger Could Kill You

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

9ddb97a45dusdiaz Food Techs Dark Side: What Doesnt Make You Stronger Could Kill YouIt’s hard to think of anything more essential to human survival than eating. And yet that very primal act of gobbling sustenance has, of late, become one of the most genuinely perplexing things we people do.

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Rumor: Apple May Be Working on XL Tablets Running Full Mac OS X

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

69a31e2e37cept 2 Rumor: Apple May Be Working on XL Tablets Running Full Mac OS XThis one caught us by surprise, but it comes from a source that has always been 100% reliable: Not only Apple may be working on a 10-inch tablet, but also in 13″ and 15″ models, one running Mac OS X.

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Sonim XP3 Review: Boiled Alive

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

3c24b133970x top Sonim XP3 Review: Boiled AliveYou might not know it, but you’ve heard about the XP3: It’s that phone that’s always getting drenched, elephant-smooshed or shot, and surviving. Well, I finally got one, and the timing couldn’t be better. XP3, I’m going to take you.

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10 Meat Structures That Require Engineering Degrees to Build and a Death Wish to Eat

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

You’re probably familiar with This is Why You’re Fat. In honor of Taste Test, co-author Jessica Amason has generously shared some gems of meat-related structure from the blog and from their upcoming book. Good lord, this stuff is gross.

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LIVE NOW: Mad Scientist Chef Grant Achatz Anti-Griddlin’ at Alinea

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

a660562afdon bio LIVE NOW: Mad Scientist Chef Grant Achatz Anti Griddlin at AlineaYou may not be healthy to spend hundreds on a meal at foodie mecca Alinea. But you can watch Grant Achatz pulverize, vaporize and atomize other people’s plates, streamed live here at 9:45PM ET/6:45PM PT (or a little later)…

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IBM Takes First 3D Image of Atomic Bonds

Friday, August 28th, 2009

d3897b884fnatomy IBM Takes First 3D Image of Atomic BondsFrom what I remember of chemistry, molecules were presented on computer screens, or at the very least with dowels and balls. Thanks to this incredible discovery, however, I’m distrustful of how tomorrow’s engineers will view—and control—nature’s building blocks.

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