Archive for August, 2009
Monday, August 31st, 2009
It’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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Tags: ati, breaking, com, house, Ipod Nano, the, top, with
Posted in 1, 3, 9/9/09, Cameras, Gadgets, Iphone, Ipod, Ipod Nano, Ipods, Mms, Object, ads, ai, app, apple, art, ati, beatles, box, breaking, camera, com, dance, ds, gallery, go, ideo, in, ion, ipod classic, ipod touch, mac, os, ouch, pre, s, sd, the, top, update, video, w, with | No Comments »
Monday, August 31st, 2009
James 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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Tags: 420, box, Gadgets, homes, house, houses, Lego, lists, strange houses, top, with
Posted in 1, 3, 420, Gadgets, Lego, Object, ads, architecture, box, building materials, com, ds, go, home, homes, house, houses, in, lists, recycled houses, s, strange houses, the, top, w, with | No Comments »
Monday, August 31st, 2009
Induction 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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Tags: alinea, alinea kitchen, america, app, arm, cooking, cooler, food, induction cooking, isp, pro, processor, the
Posted in 1, 3, 3d, E3, Gadgets, Object, Taste Test, Technology, Wikipedia, ads, ai, alinea, alinea files, alinea kitchen, america, app, arm, art, ati, best, box, car, com, cooking, cool, cooler, design, ds, environment, food, go, grant achatz, green, how to, hp, in, induction, induction cooking, ion, kitchen, law, media, motion, mystery, os, ouch, palm, pc, plate, pre, price, pro, rant, rants, restaurants, retail, s, tech, the, top, w, week, wired, with, xp | No Comments »
Monday, August 31st, 2009
A 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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Tags: art, ati, food, ham, ion, isp, led, nanotechnology, processor, rim, star, Taste Test, the, week, with
Posted in 1, 3, 3d, Atom, Batteries, Downloads, E3, Food Week, Gadgets, Ibm, Lunch, Nyt, Object, Optics, Replicators, Star Trek, Supercomputer, Taste Test, Technology, Wikipedia, ads, ai, alinea, anywhere, app, arm, art, ati, atoms, battery, box, camera, car, com, computing, design, dive, drive, ds, emi, food, go, ham, how to, in, ion, isp, iss, iverse, led, lens, mac, machines, nano, nanotech, nanotechnology, os, ovi, plastic, plate, pre, pro, processor, processors, quantum, rim, s, sd, search, sense, star, subs, tech, the, top, trek, via, voice, w, week, with, xp | No Comments »
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
It’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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Tags: 420, air, america, led, lists, media, sandwiches, tech, top
Posted in 1, 3, 3d, 420, Flu, Gadgets, Iphone, Itunes, Louis Pasteur, Lunch, Nyt, Object, Taste Test, Technology, ads, agriculture, ai, air, amazon, america, app, apple, arm, art, ati, books, box, breaking, camp, car, chicken, china, chip, chips, clarence birdseye, com, dance, design, distance, ds, dvd, eds, emi, environment, food, food industry, foods, go, government, green, guide, hands on, health, history, in, industry, ion, iphone app, isp, iss, jobs, led, lists, lte, mario, meat, media, movie, movies, mystery, nas, nec, npr, os, ovi, pre, pro, rim, s, sandwiches, sd, sense, shopping, size, software, space, star, store, storm, subs, tech, the, top, transportation, via, w, web, week, with, xp | No Comments »
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
This 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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Tags: app, Apple Tablet, concept, fox, ion, Iphone, iPhone OS, jobs, mac, macbook touch, pro, top, touchscreen, with, Wsj
Posted in 1, 3, Apple Tablet, E3, Gadgets, Iphone, Object, Steve Jobs, Wsj, Xl, ads, ai, app, apple, apple i, ati, box, camp, china, com, concept, driving, ds, fox, foxconn, iPhone OS, in, ion, jobs, led, mac, mac os, mac os x, macbook touch, os, os x, oses, ouch, phones, pre, pro, rumor, rumors, s, steve, tablet, the, top, touchscreen, w, with, xp | No Comments »
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
You 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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Tags: best, com, dumbphones, feature phones, food, rugged phones, star, text, the, top, unlock, web, xp3
Posted in 1, 3, 3g, Best Buy, Cellphone, Gadgets, Iphone, Object, P3, Taste Test, Technology, ads, ai, art, ati, battery, beer, best, box, car, cellphones, clear, com, ds, dumbphones, emi, feature, feature phones, food, gallery, go, ideo, in, ion, isp, nec, os, phones, plastic, plate, pre, price, pro, review, rugged, rugged phones, s, snow, sonim, sonim xp3, sonim xp3 review, star, tech, text, the, top, tough phones, unlock, verizon, video, w, waterproof, web, week, with, xp, xp3, yum | No Comments »
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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Tags: alinea kitchen, box, design, Donuts, food, Gadgets, meat, Taste Test, tech, with
Posted in 1, 3, Bacon, Donuts, E3, Gadgets, Gross, Object, Taste Test, Technology, ads, ai, app, arm, art, ati, bad ideas, books, box, camp, com, design, donut, ds, exclusive, food, foods, go, in, ion, led, lg, meat, mystery, os, pc, pre, pro, s, sound, storm, tech, the, this is why you're fat, top, w, web, week, with, xp, youtube | No Comments »
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
You 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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Tags: alinea files, alinea kitchen, box, food, Gadgets, grant achatz, ion, logitech, nec, plate, tech, with
Posted in 1, 3, Atom, Gadgets, Object, Taste Test, ads, ai, alinea, alinea files, alinea kitchen, audio, box, broadcast, clips, com, cooking, ds, eds, food, grant achatz, ideo, in, ion, iss, kitchen, logitech, mono, nec, os, plate, pre, price, rant, s, tech, the, top, tv, video, w, with | No Comments »
Friday, August 28th, 2009
From 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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Tags: box, emi, Gadgets, mac, nano, nanotechnology, quantum, quantum computer, Quantum Computing, size, star, Star Trek
Posted in 1, 3, 3d, Atom, Email, Gadgets, Ibm, Object, Quantum Computing, Screens, Space Travel, Star Trek, Wikipedia, ads, ai, air, android, app, ati, atoms, box, car, com, computers, computing, desktop, desktops, ds, dslr, eds, emi, go, graph, hardware, how to, in, ion, led, microscopes, nano, nanotechnology, nikon, os, ovi, pre, pro, processor, processors, quantum, quantum computer, rim, s, school, sense, size, slr, space, star, subs, surface, tablet, the, top, trek, via, w, with, xp | No Comments »