Tyler is a rather handsome German Shepherd who enjoys the company of the other dogs in his foster home. He has great recall and his favourite pastime is playing ball! He can be strong willed, so needs someone with GSD experience.
If 006 007 continues to kart around in Aston Martins by 2025, he could be behind the wheel of the slick design you see above. It’s one of the entries in a design contest for the students attending the Istituto Europeo Di Design (IED) in Turin, Italy. The only major criterion for the designers was that the cars couldn’t use technology that either isn’t available or couldn’t be realized within five years.
So which set of wheels should Bond be driving? My vote is for the car above, but there are two others in the gallery below: a similar, more colorful variant and a insectoid-looking trike.
Dell is slipping sideways into the cellphone business with its Mini 3I, and here are the best pictures of the incoming handset yet. Running the Android operating system, the intriguing DellPhone will show up in China first, as you can see by the weird Chinese “OPhone” flavor of Android on board in these pics.
Given Dell’s proven design chops, this could be a first-rate cell phone, with a 3.5″ 360 x 240 capacitive touch screen, 3-megapixel camera and a microSD slot. Now if Dell can just get the gumption to bring this little sucker Stateside, it might prove itself to be a nicely designed addition to the Android stable.
Who needs batteries? With this Doraemon flashlight, you simply squeeze the handle to charge it up. That way, even if the power goes out, you’ll still be able to find your way around by using the glowing eyes of an insane cartoon cat. How very convenient!
Perpetual Kid via Nerd Approved
AJ is a handsome 10 year old German Shepherd who is being rehomed by his current owner. He’s hoping to find a comfortable retirement home all of his own where he can still enjoy some regular walks and playtime with his squeaky toys.
Nothing says family fun like a terrifying, four-legged robotic spider being controlled by modified Wii controllers. Or does it? Because that’s just what this thing is.
With a price of about $1,000, this is one fancy piece of useless machinery. I mean, it’s certainly cool looking, but until it learns how to go fetch me a sandwich on its own, I think I’ll pass on it. Even if it is controlled by Wiimotes.
Okay conspiracy theorists ( otherwise known as “truthers“), swallow this: Scientists at Purdue University and the American Society of Civil Engineers spent two years creating the most comprehensive computer model yet of the impact of an American Airlines Boeing 767 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Just as we thought:
“Purdue’s findings confirm the report by the National Institute of Standards and Technology: that widespread fires initiated by the jet fuel weakened the steel columns and brought down the towers.”
Sure, it’s exciting to think government spooks planted high explosives in the World Trade Center towers, bringing both down just after a couple of planes crashed into them. But really, how could they have kept such a widespread conspiracy a secret? Truthers, take off your tinfoil hats and please let us know, how much evidence do you need?
National Geographic, via Dvorak Uncensored
Roy’s owner has gone into residential care, so he’s looking for a new retirement home. He’s approx 10 years old and is an easy-going old boy who will make a great companion for someone. He’d be happy with short walks and a nice garden to potter around in.
Biking is a great way to get around, especially in cities. The fresh air, the exercise, the lack of greenhouse gasses! The trouble is, there’s basically no storage room on a bike. It’s very difficult to go to the grocery store on your bike, for example. That’s not the case with the Bullitt.
Bullitt is a bike, sure, but it doesn’t look much like any bike I’ve seen before. In front it’s got a huge cargo space, enough to hold all sorts of groceries if you so desired. Sure, it’s probably difficult to store and not as maneuverable as a normal bike, but what are your priorities?
Watching the development of super-thin OLED video displays is a lot like watching a baby grow up. The early pictures show a little, cute, and sometimes clever toddler, showing great promise. Soon the kid starts getting more sophisticated, like this 15-inch OLED HDTV from LG that goes on sale in Korea this November, and the rest of the world next year.
Of course, we’re assuming you’ll pay a pretty penny for this attractive, ultra-sharp bauble, probably in the neighborhood of Sony’s $2500 11-inch XEL-1 OLED display that rolled out a couple of years ago. So LG is next. And then there were two.
Bigger OLED screens can’t be that far off, but wait, now we find out LG’s 30-inch OLED display has been delayed until 2012, and Sony is putting off its next OLED screen, too. What’s the holdup? Entirely new manufacturing techniques must be developed. One day soon, though, these fantastic displays will be cheap.
Ready to take the leap from point-and-shoot to full-fledged DSLR? You could do worse than the Olympus E-600, an entry-level model that includes a few art filters to add some flavor to your 12.1-megapixel pics. The Soft Focus filter is self-explanatory, plus you get Pop Art, which enhances colors for “high-impact” images, and Pin Hole, said to add a nostalgic look with a darkened vignette. Sounds like something that’ll impress that pretty lady in your art history class.
It’s also nice to have that 2.7-inch swiveling Live View LCD. Paired with a 14-42mm f3.5/5.6 lens, the E-600 goes for the easy-to-remember sum of $600. Is should be hitting stores this November.
Photography Bay, via CrunchGear
In the gigantic Apple App Store with its vast selection of nearly 100,000 applications, there are bound to be some stinkers. Amid such a garden of delights, most of us are vulnerable to being lured into a regrettable purchase. That’s just what happened to us as we hoarded apps with reckless abandon.
We’ve picked out 10 of those apps that initially intrigued us but ultimately disappointed us. At first glance, they seemed so wonderful, filled with such bounty and promise, but ultimately didn’t hold our interest enough to get us to launch them again. Ever.
Have your own regrettable, loathsome app downloads? Spare all of us the anguish by warning us about them in the comments. Love some of the apps we didn’t? We want to know! Continue reading to see our by-no-means-comprehensive rogue’s gallery, and consider yourself warned:
For the peaceniks among us, please excuse yourselves while the rest of us indulge in some old school, macho firearm technology courtesy of Doryu. Created for the Japanese police department, the DORYU 2-16 pistol camera was designed to work as a fully functioning 16millimeter camera.
Unveiled way back in 1952, the cam-gun was originally designed to provide Japanese police with a tool to catch criminals in the act, as well as photograph protestors. Equipped with a built-in flash system (for night shots) and a clip of five magnesium cartridges in the handle (as opposed to actual bullets), the DORYU 2-16 pistol camera was ultimately a failure with the general public, but remains as a testament to the early days of Japanese cool design.
Via WFDJ
Billows of smoke and steam rise above Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida alongside space shuttle Discovery as it races toward space…
This big handsome boy is Othello, an 8 year old Newfoundland. He’s very friendly and playful and acts like a big puppy, so he’ll need a home with someone who has an active lifestyle.
Maliki is a very laid-back 9-10 year old crossbreed and she’ll make a great companion for some lucky person. She gets on very well with other dogs and loves being around people.
Carbon fiber is an amazing material that we see more and more in applications where incredible strength combined light weight really matter. The fact that it also has a super cool high-tech look doesn’t hurt much either.
Most of us don’t schlep our desk around the office on a regular basis, so I suspect that it’s this visual aspect rather than its light weight that prompted Turkish designer Can Yalman to use carbon fiber for his Hexa Desk from Nurus. With both its base and desk surface fashioned from the woven composite, it looks like just the thing for a Formula One team owner’s office.
No word on the price, but I’m guessing it’s not cheap.
The perfect family dog!! This is Sheba, a Lab who’s only just over 7. She’s lovely with children, fine with other dogs and is hoping for a loving family of her own.
Millie was found wandering a busy area of Nottingham, starving and wafer thin but through the care of her AARU fosterer she is starting to put on some weight and relax, in the knowledge that she is now safe.
But she is a little worried as you can see by her frown. This beautiful girl thinks [...]
Little Alfie is only 7 years old and would love a forever home where he can settle down and gain confidence. He is a really affectionate boy and loves human and doggy company. He would make a great companion for someone who is looking for a calm, quiet and undemanding dog.
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